Served NINTH TEXAS INFANTRY (NICHOLS') C.S.A
ALSO CALLED THE FIFTH REGIMENT TEXAS VOLUNTEERS
GALVESTON, 1861
This was a 6 month tour of duty to head off Lincoln's blockade of Galveston harbor in 1861.
Peter Tabor Sandel was born in 1843 in Pike County, Mississippi, and was the son of Peter W. and Winifred Tabor Sandel.
Winifred was the daughter of Isaac Tabor and was the sister of Minerva Tabor, who was married to Peter B. Irvine and later to Augustus Richards.
Father Peter W. Sandel was a Methodist minister and moved his family from Mississippi to Walker County, Texas, prior to 1860.
On October 10, 1861, at age nineteen, Peter T. enrolled at Montgomery in Captain R. F. Oliver's Company I, Sixth Texas Infantry (Nichols') along with several other men from Montgomery County. Nichols' was a six-month regiment engaged in building fortifications at Galveston in preparation for a possible Union invasion. On the muster roll of February, 1862, it was noted that he was absent on sick furlough. He was mustered out April 24, 1862. On his muster-out roll it was noted that he was absent on furlough, having reenlisted.
Oh April 28, Peter was mustered in at Camp Carter at Hempstead. He trained with the other cavalrymen and rode his horse with them to Arkansas. There they were dismounted and forced to serve the remainder of the war as infantry.
They were stationed at Arkansas Post in the fall of 1862 and were engaged in building cabins for the winter. Peter was counted present on the muster rolls.
In January, 1863, the men were attacked by the Union forces in the Battle of Arkansas Post. All the Confederates were captured there on January 11 and were sent to Union prisons by steamer on the Mississippi River. Peter T. was sent to one of the harshest prisons in the North, Gratiot Street prison in St. Louis, Missouri. Few of our men left the prison alive.
When Peter arrived in St. Louis, he was admitted to City General Hospital and treated for a gunshot wound. He was placed on Ward 5 on January 22, 1863.
Since the Confederate officers had lost their records on the battlefield at Arkansas Post, this was the first opportunity to update the rolls. Peter was counted present for the months from June 1862, to the parole in April 1863.
In October, he was paid for the use of his horse for one month, for the use of his gun for six months, and for the miles he traveled to rendezvous in April, 1862.
On 17 December 1868 Peter T. married Priscilla A. Samuels, the daughter of Baptist clergyman Allen Samuels and his wife, Nancy Wells, of Walker County. They were married in Walker County by Rev. J. G. Johnson, Minister of the Gospel.
After the death of Priscilla in 1888, he married Mollie E. Gibson on December 29, 1889. They had no children.
Forty years after his marriage to Priscilla, in May of 1908, Peter T. applied for a Texas Confederate Pension. He was a resident of Willis, Montgomery County and stated that he had moved there from Walker County on December 11, 1907. His witnesses were John M. Lewis, Robert L. Wood, and O. P. Chambers. O. P. testified that he had known Peter since they were boys in Walker County.
Served NINTH TEXAS INFANTRY (NICHOLS') C.S.A
ALSO CALLED THE FIFTH REGIMENT TEXAS VOLUNTEERS
GALVESTON, 1861
This was a 6 month tour of duty to head off Lincoln's blockade of Galveston harbor in 1861.
Peter Tabor Sandel was born in 1843 in Pike County, Mississippi, and was the son of Peter W. and Winifred Tabor Sandel.
Winifred was the daughter of Isaac Tabor and was the sister of Minerva Tabor, who was married to Peter B. Irvine and later to Augustus Richards.
Father Peter W. Sandel was a Methodist minister and moved his family from Mississippi to Walker County, Texas, prior to 1860.
On October 10, 1861, at age nineteen, Peter T. enrolled at Montgomery in Captain R. F. Oliver's Company I, Sixth Texas Infantry (Nichols') along with several other men from Montgomery County. Nichols' was a six-month regiment engaged in building fortifications at Galveston in preparation for a possible Union invasion. On the muster roll of February, 1862, it was noted that he was absent on sick furlough. He was mustered out April 24, 1862. On his muster-out roll it was noted that he was absent on furlough, having reenlisted.
Oh April 28, Peter was mustered in at Camp Carter at Hempstead. He trained with the other cavalrymen and rode his horse with them to Arkansas. There they were dismounted and forced to serve the remainder of the war as infantry.
They were stationed at Arkansas Post in the fall of 1862 and were engaged in building cabins for the winter. Peter was counted present on the muster rolls.
In January, 1863, the men were attacked by the Union forces in the Battle of Arkansas Post. All the Confederates were captured there on January 11 and were sent to Union prisons by steamer on the Mississippi River. Peter T. was sent to one of the harshest prisons in the North, Gratiot Street prison in St. Louis, Missouri. Few of our men left the prison alive.
When Peter arrived in St. Louis, he was admitted to City General Hospital and treated for a gunshot wound. He was placed on Ward 5 on January 22, 1863.
Since the Confederate officers had lost their records on the battlefield at Arkansas Post, this was the first opportunity to update the rolls. Peter was counted present for the months from June 1862, to the parole in April 1863.
In October, he was paid for the use of his horse for one month, for the use of his gun for six months, and for the miles he traveled to rendezvous in April, 1862.
On 17 December 1868 Peter T. married Priscilla A. Samuels, the daughter of Baptist clergyman Allen Samuels and his wife, Nancy Wells, of Walker County. They were married in Walker County by Rev. J. G. Johnson, Minister of the Gospel.
After the death of Priscilla in 1888, he married Mollie E. Gibson on December 29, 1889. They had no children.
Forty years after his marriage to Priscilla, in May of 1908, Peter T. applied for a Texas Confederate Pension. He was a resident of Willis, Montgomery County and stated that he had moved there from Walker County on December 11, 1907. His witnesses were John M. Lewis, Robert L. Wood, and O. P. Chambers. O. P. testified that he had known Peter since they were boys in Walker County.
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