Merchant, lawyer, rancher and miner. Captain of the Arizona Scouts of the Confederate States Army in Pinos Altos in 1861. He died of wounds in a battle defending Pinos Altos from an attack by over 400 Apaches led by Chief Cochise. His surname is found under different spellings. His stone has the spelling Marston. His military records use Mastin. He was the son of Reuben and Letitia Brown Mastin. His brother, Virgil, is also buried in this cemetery.
Captain Thomas J. Mastin [as spelled on Military Record]
Arizona Guards
2nd Texas Calvary Regiment Mounted Rifles
Muster location: Pino Altos, New Mexico Territory
Regiment History
2nd Cavalry Regiment, about 1,200 strong, was organized in May 1861, under the designation of the 2nd Texas Mounted Rifles. It was reorganized in April 1862, as the 2nd Cavalry Regiment. The men were recruited in San Antonio, Houston, Marshall and Beeville and the counties of Anderson, Houston, Nacogdoches and Cherokee. Serving in the Trans-Mississippi Department, it was active in various conflicts in the New Mexico Territory and Louisiana, then saw action in the defense of Galveston. In November 1862, the unit totaled 752 effectives, had 19 officers and 167 men in July 1864 and about 150 present in April 1865. Although it was included in the surrender on June 2, it had previously disbanded. The field officers were Colonels John S. Ford and Charles L. Pyron; Lieutenant Colonels John R. Baylor and James Walker; and Majors John Donelson, Matthew Nolan, William A. Spencer, and Edward Waller Jr.
Merchant, lawyer, rancher and miner. Captain of the Arizona Scouts of the Confederate States Army in Pinos Altos in 1861. He died of wounds in a battle defending Pinos Altos from an attack by over 400 Apaches led by Chief Cochise. His surname is found under different spellings. His stone has the spelling Marston. His military records use Mastin. He was the son of Reuben and Letitia Brown Mastin. His brother, Virgil, is also buried in this cemetery.
Captain Thomas J. Mastin [as spelled on Military Record]
Arizona Guards
2nd Texas Calvary Regiment Mounted Rifles
Muster location: Pino Altos, New Mexico Territory
Regiment History
2nd Cavalry Regiment, about 1,200 strong, was organized in May 1861, under the designation of the 2nd Texas Mounted Rifles. It was reorganized in April 1862, as the 2nd Cavalry Regiment. The men were recruited in San Antonio, Houston, Marshall and Beeville and the counties of Anderson, Houston, Nacogdoches and Cherokee. Serving in the Trans-Mississippi Department, it was active in various conflicts in the New Mexico Territory and Louisiana, then saw action in the defense of Galveston. In November 1862, the unit totaled 752 effectives, had 19 officers and 167 men in July 1864 and about 150 present in April 1865. Although it was included in the surrender on June 2, it had previously disbanded. The field officers were Colonels John S. Ford and Charles L. Pyron; Lieutenant Colonels John R. Baylor and James Walker; and Majors John Donelson, Matthew Nolan, William A. Spencer, and Edward Waller Jr.
Inscription
CAPT ARIZ SCOUTS
THOMAS J MARSTON (sic)
DIED OF FATAL WOUNDS RESD
IN ACTION
AS HE LED THE SETTLERS
DEFENSE
AND REPULSED 500 APACHES
LED BY CHIEF COCHISE
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