Texas Genealogical Records, Ellis County, Volume 16, 1800-1962 Page: 81
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"Col. Parsons with two companies reached Memphis, but
at this time, General Curtis with a larger army was advancing
to Little Rock and Col. Par sons returned to Little Rock with
his two companies.
"At Pine Bluff, our regiment was stricken with measles.
iy Brother Newton and J. Fulton Porterfield were victims of
the disease and I was detained to nurse them. As soon as they
were able to ride, we got to our camp and I went down with the
malady and was ordered to the female college building and left
alone in the middle of the chapel.
"But I could not remain alone in the dark and empty rooms,
so one of my company who was nursing two of our boys, one of
whom died, gave me permission to sit on an eight-inch cube in
front of the fire. He gave me hot tea and I always followed
the t~a with a large draft of cold cistern water. I suppose
I was not here more than one day and one night.
"While I was in the hospital, the regiment was ordered
to cross the Arkansas River. My captain, with a "cuss" word,
ordered me back to the hospital and ordered me to stay there.
But I crossed in the first flat boat. My condition was bad.
"Before I, with my patients, reached Little Rock on May
17, 1862, a detachment from our regiment under the command
of MIajor E.W. Rogers met Federal troops at Searcy's Lane,
May 17, 1862. Major Rogers made a dashing charge upon fora-
ging Federals.
"I have been told by friends who were in this charge
that nearly all the Federals were killed.
"In this charge, Lt. Brown McDonald was shot in the head
and fell dead at the head of the charging column. So said
Jerry Beauchamp who was by his side when the fatal shot ended
his life.
"May his name live ever in the memory of his friends and
comrades as Ellis County's first sacrifice to the Southern
cross and Southern homes.
"Another one of Lto McDonald Brown's Co. supposed to
have been killed in this Searcy Lane fight was G. Lowry, a
relation of the Meradeth family of Waxahachie. He was seen
by some of his comrades dismounted and this was the accepted
opinion of all his company. (Co. H)"
May 18, 1959
Continuing the account of the outbreak of the Civil War
as written in 1909 by the late W.R. Norman, who came to Ellis
County after the conflict:
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Daughters of the American Revolution. Rebecca Boyce Chapter (Waxahachie, Tex.). Genealogical Records Committee. Texas Genealogical Records, Ellis County, Volume 16, 1800-1962, book, 1962; Waxahachie, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth105041/m1/92/: accessed March 28, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Nicholas P. Sims Library.