Reminiscences of the Boys in Gray, 1861-1865 Page: 756
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756 Reminiscences of the Boys in Gray, 1861-1865.
of Ford's Regiment, which had captured Ft. Fillmore, and engaged the Federals
in the valley of Mesilla, N. M., where the enemy broke and fled in
disorder, but were pursued to St. Nicholas Springs.
Walker's Company served with Sibley's Brigade, and figured throughout
the New Mexico campaign, covering the coup of Baylor, the fight
of the Copewood at the Cottonwood, the reconnoissance before Craig, the
victory at Val Verde. The capture of the battery, the pride of the brigade,
the death of Sutton Lang, Lockridge and Requet, the battle of Albuquerque,
Glorietta and Peralta. To plant their standards upon all the
forts of the enemy from Brownsville to Bliss, and from Bliss to Santa Fe,
was a bold conception. But finding themselves between the enemy without
the necessary arms and ammunition of war, remote from their base of
operations, their ranks decimated, their enemies four fold strong, with
Santa Fe and Union on the North and Craig on the South, fortresses impregnable.
With the genius of a Jackson they had swept the country; with
the tactics of a Lee and Johnston, they now beat their retreat, descending
the river, followed by the Federals upon the opposite shore, the surprise
at Peralta, the cannonade, the rapping of the wheels of our guns to pass the
gorge, the burning of our baggage wagons, and the rounding of Craig.
Thus ended the campaign of this brigade and battalion in 1862. A troop,
a vanguard, the youth and yoemanry of the country, second to none, brilliant
at the outset, but fought with peril, privation and disaster,
at the outcome, fruitless as it were, overshadowed it is true, but entitled
to its page in history the record and details of which under their
gallant commanders, Greene, Scurry, Baylor, Pyron, Bagby, Walker and
others, would fill a volume worthy of the ablest pen, a large majority of
whom long since "crossed over the river to rest under the shades of trees"
and are now answering the roll call of mightier armies.
JOHN THOMAS TUCKER, Merkel, Texas-Born April 24, 1846, near
Honey Grove, Texas. Enlisted in the Confederate Army in February, 1863,
at Lanesport, Ark., as private in Company G, Thirtieth Texas Cavalry,
Gano' Brigade, Maxey's Division, E. Kirby Smith's Corps, Trans-Mississippi
Department. My first Captain was L. W. Goodrich, and first Colonel, E.
J. Gurley. Was never wounded, taken prisoner nor promoted. Was in the
battles of Poison Springs, Cabin Creek and a number of smaller engagements.WILLIAM WRIGHT TUCKER, Austin, Texas-Born on March 2. 1840.
near LaGrange, Tenn. Enlisted in the Confederate Army on the 27th of
March, 1861, at Hernando, Miss., as private in Company K, Ninth Mississippi
Infantry, Chalmer's Brigade, Wither's Division, Polk's Corps, Army
of Tennessee. My first Captain was Jas. R. Chalmers, who was afterwards
Colonel. Was changed to Gen. Forrest's command in February, 1864, and
remained with him till the close of the war. On account of disabilities was
retired for six months and as I could not stay at home I joined Gen. Forrest.
Was wounded at the battle of Missionary Ridge, shattering my arm
below the elbow. In 1862 was appointed First Lieutenant by the Secretary
of War and assigned to duty with Company A, Ninth Battalion of
Sharpshooters. In 1863 was promoted to Captaincy of same Company. Was
in the battle on Santa Rosa Island in October, 1861, where I fired the
first gun and killed the first. man (I think), outside of Virginia. Was at
Perryville, Murfreesboro, or Stone River, where I lost several killed and
twenty-six wounded out my company of fifty-six men. Was at Chickamauga,
Missionary Ridge, Springfield, Tenn., and many other smaller batts
and kirmishes,
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Yeary, Mamie, 1876-. Reminiscences of the Boys in Gray, 1861-1865, book, 1912; Dallas, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth29786/m1/798/?q=%22john+thomas+tucker%22: accessed June 7, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.