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Texas Coastal Defense, 1861z-865
With the blockade a reality enlistments in Texas coastal artil-
lery units increased, each company being rushed to its position
immediately upon mustering into the service. In Galveston the
Third Battalion Texas Artillery, composed of seven companies,
was organized under Major Joseph J. Cook. A graduate of the
United States Naval Academy, Cook had personally raised Com-
pany A in Fayette County as the Active Company of Dixie Grays
during June, 1861. When Cook was promoted to major, Captain
Sidney T. Fontaine succeeded to his command.8 Company B,
raised in Galveston by Augustine S. Labuzan, came under the
leadership of Captain A. R. Wier when Labuzan became major
of the battalion after Cook's promotion to lieutenant colonel in
December, i861.9 Captain E. B. H. Schneider headed Company
C, while Samuel Boyer Davis, original commander of Company
D, turned his battery over to Captain Charles M. Mason in late
October to accept a staff appointment. Company E was raised by
Captain Edward Von Harten. Captain Frederick H. Odlum com-
manded Company F, also known as the Davis Guards, which had
been enlisted in time to accompany Ford's Rio Grande Valley
expedition of February, 1861. Odlum's men were principally
Irish dock workers, recruited like most of the battalion in Gal-
veston and Houston.1o Company G, led by Captain John H. Man-
ly, had been a pre-war social organization known as the Houston
Artillery.'
In September, 1861, Colonel Joseph Bates was appointed com-
mander of the Fourth Texas Volunteer Regiment on coastal duty
between San Luis Pass and Caney Creek. His unit, accepted for
sConfederate Muster Roll (73) (MS., Archives, Texas State Library); Dudley
G. Wooten (ed.), A Comprehensive History of Texas 1685-z897 (2 vols.; Dallas,
1898), II, 572; List of Artillery Officers C. S. A. (University of Texas Library binder's
title; no title page, Marcus J. Wright lettered on spine), 134. The book is certainly
the work described as U. S. War Department, Records Office, Artillery Organization,
etc. of the Confederate Army (Washington, ?) in John Page Nicholson, Catalogue
of library of Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel John Page Nicholson Relating to the War
of the Rebellion z861-z866 (Philadelphia, 1914), 45-
9Ilbid., 135; Confederate Muster Roll (1702) (MS., Archives, Texas State Library).
lOList of Artillery Officers C. S. A., 135; Winkler, Journal of the Secession
Convention of Texas, 186z, p. 324; Galveston News, March 16, 1861; Francis Rob-
ertson Sackett, Dick Dowling (Houston, 1937), 16.
l1Confederate Muster Roll (298) (MS., Archives, Texas State Library); List of
Artillery Oficers C.S.A., 135; Houston Tri-Weekly Telegraph, May 6, 1859.
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