Research provided by Bev:
Charles was a member of Terry's Texas Rangers.
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07 Sep 1861 = Mustered in with Comany F at Houston, TX
By Dec 1861 = Transferred to Company I
By Apr 1862 = Transferred to Company D
07 Apr 1862 = Suffered gunshot to the chest and shoulder during the engagement with the enemy's reserve forces at Shiloh, TN.
Received furlough to TX or VA to recover.
~ Sep 1862 = Returned to regiment
In Jan 1863 = Transferred to Wharton's Scouts
In Apr 1863 = Thought to have been killed near Franklin, TN when he was with Wharton's Scouts
From Aug 1863 to Oct 1863 = Absent on "secret scouting service"
In Feb 1864 = Detached (apparently still as scout)
In Jan 1865 = Captured at Wilson County, TN
Forwarded to Camp Chase, OH.
13 Jun 1865 = Paroled at Camp Chase, OH
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Correction and Additional information submitted by Charlie Howard: He did die in 1877 however he was a judge at the time and he was in the salt wars era in El Paso, TX. He was shot and thrown in an old well, he was returned to Austin when his wife died.
Correction by Geno-seeker: His wife died almost six months before him and according to the cemetery records, their bodies were returned to Austin from Mexico and reinterred on 7 Dec 1886 in Section 1, Lot 330.
Note from Irememberu:
(Excerpt from Reminiscences of the Terry Rangers by J. K. P. Blackburn, 1919, page 21.)
… There was a man, Charles Howard by name, strong physically and mentally, brave as Julias Caesar and well educated, but with the way and manners of a frontiersman, with many peculiarities. He had belonged to Company F but got a transfer to Company C for some reason I don’t recall. He had gotten a nice laundered white shirt from the sutler’s store the night of the 6th of April. Next morning, the 7th, as the regiment was formed to move, some one reproved Howard for tucking his shirt back at the neck, exposing his breast which was one of his habits, telling him it was a shame to treat a nice shirt in that way. His reply was, “If I get shot in the breast today I don’t want the bullet to injure my biled shirt.” Pretty soon we were ordered to move out towards the enemy and ascertain their position, their probable number, etc., and report back to the commanding general. Our movement, which was only intended for a reconnaissance, drew the fire of the enemy’s picket, for advance in their forward movement had already begun, and one ball struck Howard in the breast a little below the collar bone, going through him and lodging in the muscles or shoulder blade in the back part of his shoulder, not touching his laundered shirt. A little later while we stood in column still headed towards the enemy Howard came riding along the column singing “Blue-eyed Mary,” a favorite song of his. As he neared me I said, “Which way, Charles, with your ‘Blue-eyed Mary’ this morning?” He replied, “To Texas, don’t you see my furlough?” pointing to the wound in his breast. He rode horseback to Corinth that day, about fifteen miles, applied for and obtained a furlough soon after, went to Texas and about five months later reported back to his company for duty again, sound as a dollar.
Charles was a member of Terry's Texas Rangers.
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07 Sep 1861 = Mustered in with Comany F at Houston, TX
By Dec 1861 = Transferred to Company I
By Apr 1862 = Transferred to Company D
07 Apr 1862 = Suffered gunshot to the chest and shoulder during the engagement with the enemy's reserve forces at Shiloh, TN.
Received furlough to TX or VA to recover.
~ Sep 1862 = Returned to regiment
In Jan 1863 = Transferred to Wharton's Scouts
In Apr 1863 = Thought to have been killed near Franklin, TN when he was with Wharton's Scouts
From Aug 1863 to Oct 1863 = Absent on "secret scouting service"
In Feb 1864 = Detached (apparently still as scout)
In Jan 1865 = Captured at Wilson County, TN
Forwarded to Camp Chase, OH.
13 Jun 1865 = Paroled at Camp Chase, OH
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Correction and Additional information submitted by Charlie Howard: He did die in 1877 however he was a judge at the time and he was in the salt wars era in El Paso, TX. He was shot and thrown in an old well, he was returned to Austin when his wife died.
Correction by Geno-seeker: His wife died almost six months before him and according to the cemetery records, their bodies were returned to Austin from Mexico and reinterred on 7 Dec 1886 in Section 1, Lot 330.
Note from Irememberu:
(Excerpt from Reminiscences of the Terry Rangers by J. K. P. Blackburn, 1919, page 21.)
… There was a man, Charles Howard by name, strong physically and mentally, brave as Julias Caesar and well educated, but with the way and manners of a frontiersman, with many peculiarities. He had belonged to Company F but got a transfer to Company C for some reason I don’t recall. He had gotten a nice laundered white shirt from the sutler’s store the night of the 6th of April. Next morning, the 7th, as the regiment was formed to move, some one reproved Howard for tucking his shirt back at the neck, exposing his breast which was one of his habits, telling him it was a shame to treat a nice shirt in that way. His reply was, “If I get shot in the breast today I don’t want the bullet to injure my biled shirt.” Pretty soon we were ordered to move out towards the enemy and ascertain their position, their probable number, etc., and report back to the commanding general. Our movement, which was only intended for a reconnaissance, drew the fire of the enemy’s picket, for advance in their forward movement had already begun, and one ball struck Howard in the breast a little below the collar bone, going through him and lodging in the muscles or shoulder blade in the back part of his shoulder, not touching his laundered shirt. A little later while we stood in column still headed towards the enemy Howard came riding along the column singing “Blue-eyed Mary,” a favorite song of his. As he neared me I said, “Which way, Charles, with your ‘Blue-eyed Mary’ this morning?” He replied, “To Texas, don’t you see my furlough?” pointing to the wound in his breast. He rode horseback to Corinth that day, about fifteen miles, applied for and obtained a furlough soon after, went to Texas and about five months later reported back to his company for duty again, sound as a dollar.
Research provided by Bev:
Charles was a member of Terry's Texas Rangers.
==============================================
07 Sep 1861 = Mustered in with Comany F at Houston, TX
By Dec 1861 = Transferred to Company I
By Apr 1862 = Transferred to Company D
07 Apr 1862 = Suffered gunshot to the chest and shoulder during the engagement with the enemy's reserve forces at Shiloh, TN.
Received furlough to TX or VA to recover.
~ Sep 1862 = Returned to regiment
In Jan 1863 = Transferred to Wharton's Scouts
In Apr 1863 = Thought to have been killed near Franklin, TN when he was with Wharton's Scouts
From Aug 1863 to Oct 1863 = Absent on "secret scouting service"
In Feb 1864 = Detached (apparently still as scout)
In Jan 1865 = Captured at Wilson County, TN
Forwarded to Camp Chase, OH.
13 Jun 1865 = Paroled at Camp Chase, OH
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Correction and Additional information submitted by Charlie Howard: He did die in 1877 however he was a judge at the time and he was in the salt wars era in El Paso, TX. He was shot and thrown in an old well, he was returned to Austin when his wife died.
Correction by Geno-seeker: His wife died almost six months before him and according to the cemetery records, their bodies were returned to Austin from Mexico and reinterred on 7 Dec 1886 in Section 1, Lot 330.
Note from Irememberu:
(Excerpt from Reminiscences of the Terry Rangers by J. K. P. Blackburn, 1919, page 21.)
… There was a man, Charles Howard by name, strong physically and mentally, brave as Julias Caesar and well educated, but with the way and manners of a frontiersman, with many peculiarities. He had belonged to Company F but got a transfer to Company C for some reason I don’t recall. He had gotten a nice laundered white shirt from the sutler’s store the night of the 6th of April. Next morning, the 7th, as the regiment was formed to move, some one reproved Howard for tucking his shirt back at the neck, exposing his breast which was one of his habits, telling him it was a shame to treat a nice shirt in that way. His reply was, “If I get shot in the breast today I don’t want the bullet to injure my biled shirt.” Pretty soon we were ordered to move out towards the enemy and ascertain their position, their probable number, etc., and report back to the commanding general. Our movement, which was only intended for a reconnaissance, drew the fire of the enemy’s picket, for advance in their forward movement had already begun, and one ball struck Howard in the breast a little below the collar bone, going through him and lodging in the muscles or shoulder blade in the back part of his shoulder, not touching his laundered shirt. A little later while we stood in column still headed towards the enemy Howard came riding along the column singing “Blue-eyed Mary,” a favorite song of his. As he neared me I said, “Which way, Charles, with your ‘Blue-eyed Mary’ this morning?” He replied, “To Texas, don’t you see my furlough?” pointing to the wound in his breast. He rode horseback to Corinth that day, about fifteen miles, applied for and obtained a furlough soon after, went to Texas and about five months later reported back to his company for duty again, sound as a dollar.
Charles was a member of Terry's Texas Rangers.
==============================================
07 Sep 1861 = Mustered in with Comany F at Houston, TX
By Dec 1861 = Transferred to Company I
By Apr 1862 = Transferred to Company D
07 Apr 1862 = Suffered gunshot to the chest and shoulder during the engagement with the enemy's reserve forces at Shiloh, TN.
Received furlough to TX or VA to recover.
~ Sep 1862 = Returned to regiment
In Jan 1863 = Transferred to Wharton's Scouts
In Apr 1863 = Thought to have been killed near Franklin, TN when he was with Wharton's Scouts
From Aug 1863 to Oct 1863 = Absent on "secret scouting service"
In Feb 1864 = Detached (apparently still as scout)
In Jan 1865 = Captured at Wilson County, TN
Forwarded to Camp Chase, OH.
13 Jun 1865 = Paroled at Camp Chase, OH
==============================================
Correction and Additional information submitted by Charlie Howard: He did die in 1877 however he was a judge at the time and he was in the salt wars era in El Paso, TX. He was shot and thrown in an old well, he was returned to Austin when his wife died.
Correction by Geno-seeker: His wife died almost six months before him and according to the cemetery records, their bodies were returned to Austin from Mexico and reinterred on 7 Dec 1886 in Section 1, Lot 330.
Note from Irememberu:
(Excerpt from Reminiscences of the Terry Rangers by J. K. P. Blackburn, 1919, page 21.)
… There was a man, Charles Howard by name, strong physically and mentally, brave as Julias Caesar and well educated, but with the way and manners of a frontiersman, with many peculiarities. He had belonged to Company F but got a transfer to Company C for some reason I don’t recall. He had gotten a nice laundered white shirt from the sutler’s store the night of the 6th of April. Next morning, the 7th, as the regiment was formed to move, some one reproved Howard for tucking his shirt back at the neck, exposing his breast which was one of his habits, telling him it was a shame to treat a nice shirt in that way. His reply was, “If I get shot in the breast today I don’t want the bullet to injure my biled shirt.” Pretty soon we were ordered to move out towards the enemy and ascertain their position, their probable number, etc., and report back to the commanding general. Our movement, which was only intended for a reconnaissance, drew the fire of the enemy’s picket, for advance in their forward movement had already begun, and one ball struck Howard in the breast a little below the collar bone, going through him and lodging in the muscles or shoulder blade in the back part of his shoulder, not touching his laundered shirt. A little later while we stood in column still headed towards the enemy Howard came riding along the column singing “Blue-eyed Mary,” a favorite song of his. As he neared me I said, “Which way, Charles, with your ‘Blue-eyed Mary’ this morning?” He replied, “To Texas, don’t you see my furlough?” pointing to the wound in his breast. He rode horseback to Corinth that day, about fifteen miles, applied for and obtained a furlough soon after, went to Texas and about five months later reported back to his company for duty again, sound as a dollar.
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