FEDERAL SOLDIERS IN BRAZOS COUNTY, 1865-1870

compiled by Bill Page, Copyright 2002


The following information is taken from National Archives Microfilm Publications
# 617, reel 1497; # 783, reel 6.



ALLEN, Patrick:  enlisted 24 Feb. 1869

ALLEN, Phillip:  arrived at Bryan, 22 Oct. 1868

BENNETT, Andrew S.:  on duty at Bryan, Oct. 1868 - May 1869

BROSBEARS, Ephriam:  private in Co. C, 11th Infantry; age 21; height 5' 9.5";
complexion dark; blue eyes; black hair; born Warriock, Indiana; occupation
farmer; enlisted at Evansville, Indiana; deserted 27 Sept. 1869, at Bryan

BROWN, Andrew M:  temporarily on duty, 3 Aug. - Sept. 1869

BROWN, Dennis:  enlisted at Bryan, 22 Oct. 1868

BUFFUM, Martin P.:  on duty at Bryan, 14 May 1869

BURNS, Michael:  enlisted at Bryan, 22 Oct. 1868

CALLEGHAN, Cornelius:  private in Co. C, 11th Infantry; age 28; height 5' 7";
complexion dark; brown eyes; brown hair; born County Cork, Ireland; occupation
laborer; enlisted in Boston, Mass.; deserted 14 Oct. 1869, at Bryan.

CHAMBERLIN, Wm. J.:  private Co. C, 11th Infantry; age 22; height 5' 8 3/4";
complexion fair; hazel eyes; brown hair; born Beaver Co., Pa.; occupation
farmer; enlisted Toledo, Ohio; deserted 13 Oct. 1869, at Bryan.

CONNOR, Tommy:  enlisted at Bryan, January 1869

DONOHUE, Andrew:  enlisted at Bryan, 16 Nov. 1868; deserted 30 Dec. 1868;
apprehended 5 Jan. 1869, at Bryan

DUNN, Thomas:  on duty at Bryan, 11 March - May 1869

FISHER, Peter:  deserted at New Salem, Tx., 2 Oct. 1868

GAINES, Henry:  discharged at Bryan 7 Oct. 1868

GALE, Robert:  on duty at Bryan, Oct. 1868 - Apr. 1869; retired 25 May 1869

GILL, John C.:  medical officer at Millican

GILLETTE, James:  on duty at Bryan, Oct. - Nov. 1868; absent from duty Dec. 1868
- March 1869; resigned 11 March 1869

GUTHRIE, John B.:  assigned to Bryan, 10 May 1869; absent commanding a guard in
Robertson Co., 29 June - July 1869; back in Bryan, Aug. - Sept. 1869

HEDBERG, Alfred:  on duty at Bryan, March - May 1869

HOUSTESS, Lawrence:  enlisted in Bryan, January 1869

HUDSON, Charles L.:  assigned to temporary duty elsewhere, Oct. 1868 - May 1869

KEATING, John:  enlisted at Bryan, 16 Nov. 1868; deserted 12 Dec. 1868

KELLY, John H.:  commander of post at Millican

KIMBERLY, A.G.:  temporarily stationed at Bryan, 10 Mar. - April 1869; retired
13 Apr. 1869

LATIMER, John:  enlisted at Bryan on 13 Jan. 1869

LEONARD, Patrick:  enlisted at Bryan on 22 Oct. 1868

LEWIS, William:  private, Co. C, 11th Infantry; age 24; height 5' 4"; complexion
fair; blue eyes; brown hair; born Liverpool, England; occupation musician;
enlisted Philadelphia; deserted 27 June 1869, at Bryan.

LINCOLN, James:  died of disease, 27 Feb. 1869

MARTIN, Patrick:  surrended from dessertion at Bryan, 14 Aug. 1869

MARX, Simon:  enlisted at Bryan 14 Nov. 1868

MATILE, Leon A.:  on special duty at Bryan, 26 Apr. 1869 - Sept. 1869

McLAUGHLIN, Thomas:  enlisted at Bryan on 14 Nov. 1868; deserted 4 Dec. 1868

MOORE, John S.:  enlisted at Bryan on 14 Nov. 1868; deserted 26 Dec. 1868

MURPHY, William:  enlisted at Bryan on 16 Nov. 1868; deserted 4 Dec. 1868

NEFF, Peter G.:  enlisted at Bryan on 18 Dec. 1868

NORTON, Thomas H.:  on duty in Bryan, Apr. - Sept. 1869

POWER, Frank:  apprehended from desertion at Bryan, 26 July 1869;  still being
held, Aug. 1869

RANDLETT, N.H:  at Millican

SLATER, Frederick:  discharged 28 Dec. 1868 at Bryan; reinlisted 4 Jan. 1869, at
Bryan

SLOAN, Sam C:  in charge of troops at Millican

SMITH, William F.:  assigned to Bryan, 25 May - Sept. 1869

SULLIVAN, James:  died in hospital at Marshall, 8 Oct. 1868

WEEKS, Samuel S.:  arrived at Bryan, 28 Oct. 1868; awaiting transportation to
Marshall, Tx.

WELSH, James:  enlisted at Bryan on 14 Nov. 1868; deserted 12 Dec. 1868

WESENDORFF, Max:  temporarily assigned to Bryan, Apr. 16 - Sept. 1869

WILSON, Charles:  enlisted at Bryan, 26 Dec. 1868; deserted at Bryan, 17 June
1869

WOBMONM, Bernhard:  enlisted at Bryan, 10 Dec. 1868

WOLFE, William V.:  at Bryan, June - July 1869; temporarily on detached duty at
Calvert, Robertson Co., Aug. 27 - Sept. 1869




Newspaper Abstracts


Testimonial in honor of federal troops at Millican; Houston Tri- Weekly
Telegraph, July 19, 1865, p. 2.


Officers on duty in this Bureau ... W.H. FARNER, esq., sub?asst. com'r, Millican
... Galveston Weekly News, Dec. 27, 1865, p. 1.


Troops in Texas -- As far as we can understand the following are the only troops
to be retained in Texas after this time ... Battalion, 17th Infantry,
Headquarters at Galveston ... one [company] at Millican ... Dallas Herald, May
19, 1866, p. 3.


Fight between soldiers and African Americans at Bryan, Galveston Daily News,
Apr. 24, 1868, p. 1.


Letter from Dr. FARNER concerning outrages by soldiers, Galveston Daily News,
May 3, 1868, p. 2.


We took the following from the [Bryan] News-Letter:  Quite a little skirmish
occured in the vicinity of our office last Sunday night, between some Federal
cavalry and our city police.  Several shots were exchanged, but nobody hurt.
Galveston Daily News, March 7, 1869, p. 2.


Registrar of voters - Brazos Co. - Lt. Max WESSENDORF, R.J. SHELTON, C.W.
GARDINER, Galveston Daily News, Nov. 26, 1869, p. 1.