War Veterans

Confederate Dead Buried at Victoria
1890 Texas Union Soldier Schedule, Victoria Co.
Union Soldiers Buried in Victoria-1865
Union Soldiers Who Died in Victoria, Buried Elsewhere
Union Soldiers at Victoria During 1865, story by Greg W. Lasley

Confederate Dead Buried at Victoria

This information was submitted by Rena McWilliams and was taken from the Victoria Advocate, May 11, 1923.
  • Austin, H. G
  • Ayres, Thos.
  • Bass, Archibald, Jr. (Killed, Marietta, Ga.)
  • Bauer, ____
  • Bernard, L.
  • Bierman, F.C.
  • Blossman, F. (Killed at Atlanta, Ga.)
  • Black, Gus
  • Boatner, Dr. E.S.
  • Barnefeldt, J.
  • Burchers, Paul (Grave unknown)
  • Brightwell, C.
  • Breeden, Capt. P.
  • Brann, L.
  • Brownson, J.M.
  • Bourke, H. and four brothers
  • Carroll, W.C.
  • Carter, W.H.
  • Clark, Alex.
  • Clark, Robt.
  • Curd, Dr. J.
  • Cocke, F. (Killed at Marietta, Ga.)
  • Conrad, J.W.
  • Collier, F. (Killed at Chickamauga)
  • Cunningham, Capt. A.
  • Cunningham, Capt. H.S.
  • Cunningham, Wm.
  • Cunningham, Jno. L.
  • Craig, W.J.
  • Coffey, Jno. (Grave unknown)
  • Crawford, J.W.
  • Daniel, L.S.
  • Deavers, _____ (Mexican and C.S.A. veteran)
  • Doss, R.A.
  • Dickson, F.
  • Driscoll, J.
  • Duncan, Dr. T.
  • Du Boss, _____ (This is almost certainly supposed to be DuBois.) (Buried at Marianna, Texas)
  • DeLeon, Sl__ostre (
  • DeLeon, P.
  • Ernst, Pvt. Anton, Teitz' Company, 24th Battalion, Texas State Troops
  • Ernst, Pvt. Joseph (son of Anton), Co.B of the 6th Texas Infantry
  • Fenner, Capt. F.
  • French, C.H.
  • Field, Al.
  • Field, Tom
  • Ferguson, J.
  • Fleming, T.N.
  • Fly, Major G.W.
  • Fox, J. (Wounded 4 times; prisoner)
  • Garrett, E.C.
  • Gervais, H.
  • Goehring, L.
  • Glass, W.S.
  • Goldman, A.
  • Hathaway, W.
  • Halfin, Sol.
  • Hauschild, G.H.
  • Harris, W.T.
  • Harrison, Geo. (Drowned in Neches coming home.)
  • Hill, Ben. (Adjutant General of Texas)
  • Hensoldt, A.
  • Heck, C.
  • Hefferman, Joe (Grave unknown)
  • Hyatt, Sam (Grave unknown)
  • Hughes, Pat.
  • Jatho, A.
  • January, Capt. J.P.B.
  • John, Chas. (Grave unknown)
  • Joyner, H.
  • Kearn, Jacob
  • Kern, J.
  • King, Al.
  • King, E.A.
  • Kibbe, I.
  • Kowald, A.
  • Kyle, W.H.
  • Kyle, T.
  • Leavitt, _____ (Mexican and C.S.A. veteran)
  • Lowe, _____ (Mexican and C.S.A. veteran)
  • Linn, Capt. C.
  • Linn, John
  • Lynn, R.
  • Mack, _____
  • Mallory, Geo.
  • Martin, O.
  • Meyer, J.
  • Moody, Jno.
  • Moody, Mercer (Grave unknown)
  • Nevins, Thos.
  • Nuner, Jas.
  • Newcomb, S. (Grave unknown)
  • Onderdonk, G.
  • Pela, V.
  • Peticolas, A.
  • Perrenot, Capt. E.
  • Phelps, E.M.
  • Philips, Capt. Wm. (Buried Camp Chase)
  • Pilgrim, Jno.
  • Pridham, F.R. (see more information below.)
  • Polka, F., Sr.
  • Priesmuth, F.
  • Proctor, D.C.
  • Rawley, R.
  • Ragland, Hy.
  • Ragland, T.
  • Rupley, Capt. J.
  • Roselle, J.
  • Rose, V.
  • Salziger, _____
  • Silberstein, I.
  • Sibley, F.
  • Schulte, F.
  • Stoner, P.
  • Stoner, G.O. (Last Commander Scurry Camp)
  • Summers, A.
  • Stubblefield, _____
  • Smith, Dr. E.H.
  • Stafford, J.
  • Sutton, Dr. E.
  • Sullivan, H.
  • Stapp, D.M. (Mexican and C.S.A. Veteran)
  • Sample, _____
  • Sengele, A.F.
  • Schwartz, C.
  • Schewitz, M. ("Bravest man in Company C")
  • Schraeder, Hy.
  • Schuchart, L.
  • Sheldon, L.
  • Smith, C.
  • Sigmund, M.
  • Sutton, Wm.
  • Swain, J.
  • Taylor, T.
  • Tippett, H.M. (1st volunteer in Victoria Co.)
  • Tippell, R.
  • Terry, Wm.
  • Traylor, Wm.
  • Traylor, P. (Killed at Atlanta)
  • Thomas, H.
  • Tom, W.R.
  • Wagner, August
  • Weisiger, Capt. Reid
  • Weisiger, Major R.
  • Wertheimer, C.
  • Woodapple, C. (Grave unknown)
  • Wood, Col. J.H.
  • Williams, D.
  • Williams, B.F.
  • Willemin, Aug.
  • White, A.B. (Mexican and C.S.A. veteran)
  • White, A.
  • Wilkins, S.a.
  • Wheeler, J.O., Jr.
  • Venable, _____ (Grave unknown)
  • Vandenberge, Joe
  • Vineyard, G.
  • VanRedern, U.S.A.
  • Voight, _____
  • Zahn, _____
An update from Chris Flemming, England UK:
"PRIDHAM, F R - is FRANCIS (or Frank) ROBERTS PRIDHAM - born abt 1841 and died 19th March 1904 in Texas. He was the son of P.U. PRIDHAM - PETER UNDERHAY PRIDHAM who was born in Guernsey and died abt. 1853 in Texas. I have a letter written by F R Pridham and proof that he fought for the Confederates. P U Pridham is my GGG Uncle and was one of the founders of Texas."

Grand Army of the Republic (G.A.R.) Veterans Buried in Evergreen Cemetery

  • Adler, H.C.
  • Adams, A.
  • Brown, P.
  • Clark, H.
  • Lemert, Capt. O.D.
  • Gilbert, L.S.
  • Haller, L. (Catholic Cemetery)
  • Stewart, M.
  • Rehm, J.
  • VonRedern, _____
  • Carpenter, Ed.
  • McCulley, Dr. A.C.

Spanish-American Veterans Buried in Evergreen

  • Haas, Jno.
  • Martin, W.
  • Matthews, Ben.
  • Mitchell, Max. (Catholic Cemetery)

The 1890 Texas Union Soldier Schedule

Microfilm Roll 101

Many thanks to Petra Wright who transcribed and donated these records to TXGenWeb!

LastFirstWidowRankRegimentSoundex
AldenCharles R.Cpl/MusicianF 42 Ill Inf/I 4 US CavA435
AlexanderLaeserA425
AndersonJohn1st PvtG 38 Colored Inf VolA536
BardenEvaCaptB 2 Mich VolB635
BeckJosephHersnia?PvtC 1 Tex CavB200
BillingsWilliamB452
ByasoJosiah L.SgtE 1 US CavB200
ClarkHiramPvtC 96 Ill InfC462
CrawfordJames S.Conf 2 LtK 33 Tex CavC616
DeLaGarzaVicenteConf PvtB 3 Tex CavD426
GavelJoePvtD 16 Ill CavG140
GibbsCharlesLucindaG120
GilbertNathanCplL 22 NY CavG416
GilbertNathan S.CplL 22 NY Vol CavG416
GrayEdDrummerG 12 Wis VolG600
GwinnWilliam W.1st LtE 38 IllG500
HadeckEdmund W.PvtE 168 NY VolH320
HallerE.ChristineH460
HammondAsherHannah M.CaptB 31 IndH553
HeatonLorenzo D
(a Lawrence D)
Hspl StewardE 1st Mo Vol InfH350
HernandezWarloupeConf PvtC 4 Tex CavH655
HesterJohnNavyH236
HillerAdamPvtD 58 Ill InfH460
HoganJames M.Conf PvtA 7 Tex CavH250
HowardGeorgePvtG 13 NY MilitiaH630
KaufmanDavePvtC 86 Ohio InfK155
KaufmanJohn H.PvtC 64 Ohio InfK155
KellyMichaelPvtG 13 ConK400
KillipArchibald W.Sgt/2 LtK 11 Pa/13 VtK410
KingChauncey L.PvtB 114 Ill InfK520
MackHenryPvtH 7 MdM200
McCulloughWilliamSailorM242
MeyerGustavePvt15 NY InfM600
MonroeCharlieM560
O'BrienJohnO165
PurmpseedFrankPvtG 62 Cold Mo InfP651
ReaganDominikPvtUS Vol RegR250
RehmJacobR500
ReilyEdward O.Conf PvtH 6 Tex InfR400
SampleWellingtonConf CplD 1 Tex CavS514
StamperLouisPvtE Ohio InfS351
StarkAdamPvtE 1 Tex CavS362
StephensonJohn M.Conf PvtBenavida RegtS315
StuartMalkeCapt61 Tex US Colored InfS363
SullivanDanSailorWasp, PowhattanS415
SummersAdamConf PvtA Tex CavS562
TaupelEdward L.PvtT140
TerrellCroggan L.Conf PvtT640
TerrellTimothy R.Conf PvtT640
TompsonBenjamin F.PvtB 4 NY CavT512
WheelerM.E.PvtI 7 Vt InfW460
WheelerMoses E.PvtI 7 VtW460
WhipsHiramPvtHome 9 InfW120
WoodhouseJosephPvtW320

Union Soldiers Buried in Victoria TX - 1865

We would like to thank Greg Lasley who has done considerable research and discovered the names of Union soldiers who were buried in Victoria in 1865. In his words, "Just for the record, I will list the eighty-five soldiers who were initially buried at Victoria. Most, if not all, were apparently later moved by the Union army. The remains of my great grandfather were moved from Victoria to the Alexandria National Cemetery in Louisiana late in the 1860s. There is a website for the Alexandria National Cemetery. I checked some of the other soldier's names that were originally buried at Victoria in the surname index for Alexandria National Cemetery and found most of them listed. So, it does appear that the federal army did in fact come to Victoria in the late 1860s and removed the remains of their deceased soldiers." The soldiers named below are found in the "Alphabetical Index to Places of Interment of Deceased Union Soldiers", published by the Quartermaster General's Office, Washington, D.C. in 1868." You may read Greg's very interesting story of his research and of his great-grandfather below.

Buried near Wesserquere's house, 6 miles N.W. of Victoria

NameRankRegimentCo.Date of Death
Allen, AaronPvt.51st OhioIAug. 19, 1865
Bevin, James E.Sgt.77th PennESept. 16, 1865
Brown, DallasPvt.31st IndCSept. 27, 1865
Carr, AmosPvt.30th IndFSept. 19, 1865
Classin, MartinPvt.77th PennFSept. 2, 1865
Clusky, LewisPvt.41st OhioIOct. 4, 1865
Crawford, HillanePvt.51st OhioCSept. 6, 1865
Cullirou, B.Pvt.51st OhioFSept. 9, 1865
Davison, WalterMusician9th IndSept. 9, 1865
Deal, JamesPvt.21st ILHSept. 2, 1865
Dennison, JohnPvt.23rd KYFOct. 9, 1865
Dexter, IraPvt.75th ILSept. 25, 1865
Forsyth, JohnSgt.77th PennASept. 29, 1865
Galloway, CharlesPvt.77th PennCSept. 14, 1865
Grayhle, EmanuelPvt.77th PennFSept. 9, 1865
Hanson, HalvorPvt.13th WisHOct. 5, 1865
Hatfield, JasperPvt.31st IndHOct. 15, 1865
Herr, JosephPvt.77th PennASept. 5, 1865
Hills, GilesPvt.4th MichIOct. 27, 1865
Hinback, AugustPvt.77th PennEOct. 29, 1865
Hogan, Thomas P.Pvt.21st KYEOct. 29, 1865
Holland, JohnPvt.21st KYDAug. 28, 1865
Horner, George W.Pvt.51st OhioIOct. 8, 1865
Howes, HenryPvt.77th PennFNov. 26, 1865
Howell, Albert J.Pvt.77th PennCNov. 28, 1865
Husdon, ZachariahPvt.31st IndHNov. 15, 1865
Hurkleberry, JacobPvt.3rd MichANov. 7, 1865
Hutchins, MartinPvt.38th ILANov. 30, 1865
Karger, AntonPvt.77th PennASept. 2, 1865
Ketch, GeorgeCpl.51st OhioGSept. 12, 1865
Lesh, LewisPvt.35th IndASept. 25, 1865
Martin, William F.Pvt.35th IndDAug. 24, 1865
Montgomery, JohnPvt.77th PennHAug. 13, 1865
Nieman, JacobPvt.77th PennFSept. 6, 1865
O'Holland, WilliamPvt.21st KYFAug. 30, 1865
Payne, David J.Pvt.38th ILKOct. 3, 1865
Phillips, DavidPvt.31st IndASept. 9, 1865
Ramsey, JohnPvt.9th IndHSept. 13, 1865
Riley, JacobPvt.21st KYDAug. 30, 1865
Richmond, John R.Pvt.51st OhioHSept. 12, 1865
Ron, JohnCpl.77th PennAOct. 6, 1865
Shamon, JohnPvt.77th PennESept. 29, 1865
Sturtevant, Isaiah J.Pvt.38th ILGAug. 23, 1865
Syling, LewisCpl.77th PennFSept. 13, 1865
Temple, FranklinPvt.77th PennFOct. 1, 1865
Thomas, JosephPvt.77th PennGAug. 19, 1865
Trimblin, PhilipPvt.51st OhioIAug. 21, 1865
Wadley, WilliamPvt.38th ILHAug. 16, 1865
Wages, JohnPvt.51st OhioDAug. 17, 1865
Waterman, DavidPvt.30th IndESept. 19, 1865
Wells, George D.Pvt.31st IndHAug. 31, 1865
White, Horace H.Pvt.31st IndIAug. 26, 1865

Buried near Railroad Depot, Victoria

NameRankRegimentCo.Date of Death
Alderon, JohnPvt.21st KYKOct. 26, 1865
Allen, J. W.Pvt.77th PennDNov. 25, 1865
Anderson, AndrewPvt.13th WisFNov. 29, 1865
Baldwin, Thomas H.Pvt.77th PennINov. 25, 1865
Bresh, PeterCpl.13th WisCOct. 18, 1865
Brown, PeterPvt.77th PennEDec. 4, 1865
Brown, FrederickPvt.18th NY cav.DDec. 6, 1865
Crawford, William P.Pvt.21st KYCNov. 11, 1865
Fisher, WilliamPvt.77th PennKNov. 27, 1865
Johnson, AlexanderPvt.31st IndANov. 4, 1865
Leslie, James P.Pvt.30th IndANov. 9, 1865
Lewis, Charles V.Pvt.4th MichIOct. 29, 1865
Lyons, Robert J.Pvt.77th PennIOct. 21, 1865
McNeely, ThomasPvt.59th ILIOct. 15, 1865
Miller, JohnPvt.15th IndFDec. 9, 1865
Moore, John J.Pvt.77th PennFNov. 18, 1865
Munce, JamesPvt.13th WisCNov. 16, 1865
Myers, AndrewPvt.30th IndCOct. 30, 1865
Patterson, MatthewPvt.77th PennDNov. 9, 1865
Pearson, LeonardPvt.21st KYGOct. 22, 1865
Quigg, WilliamPvt.38th ILCNov. 6, 1865
Rice, James S.Cpl.21st KYGNov. 7, 1865
Spencer, SamuelCpl.77th PennHNov. 26, 1865
Stewart, DanielPvt.77th PennENov. 6, 1865
Stocking, JamesPvt.49th OhioFDec. 3, 1865
Tefensee, JohnPvt.77th PennENov. 24, 1865
Tonga, ArnadaPvt.38th ILCNov. 18, 1865
Truxton, TalbotPvt.3rd MichIOct. 16, 1865
Wacelin, JamesPvt.77th PennHNov. 28, 1865
Weaver, WilliamPvt.77th PennIDec. 4, 1865
Wells, Stephen C.Pvt.21st ILIOct. 27, 1865
Woodward, George A.Cpl.21st ILBOct. 16, 1865

Buried at Odd-Fellows' Cemetery near Victoria

NameRankRegimentCo.Date of Death
Brewer, MartinPvt.77th PennIDec. 17, 1865

More Information on Union Soldiers Who Died in Victoria County

Thanks to Martin Stewart who sent this.

NameRankCompanyDate of DeathWhere DiedWhere Buried
Gavin, JohnPrivateHJuly 24, 1865Indianola TXunknown
Heckman, Jacob C.1st SgtCAug. 20, 1865Victoria TXAlexandria National Cemetery
Webb, FarmerSargeantGSept. 2, 1865Victoria TXAlexandria National Cemetery

Union Soldiers at Victoria During 1865

By Greg W. Lasley

Family genealogical research has a strange way of revealing tidbits of local history that had not been generally known beforehand. Such is the case with my own research into the life of my great grandfather, James Preston Lasley, from Posey County, Indiana. I discovered that he and other Union soldiers were buried in Victoria in late 1865. I also found a list of the soldiers' names, information not previously available in Victoria.

James Preston Lasley was born in Kentucky in about 1834. Nothing else about his life is known until he showed up in Posey County, Indiana, and married a local girl named Sarah Jane Austin in May 1855. Both James and Sarah were illiterate, so the last name was spelled in many ways on various records such as Lassly, Leslie, Lesley, etc. James was a farmer, but did not own his own land. He and Sarah had three children. In November, 1864, near the end of the Civil War, James enlisted for one year in the Union Army in the 30th Indiana Infantry Regiment as a substitute for a William C. Baker. In exchange for enlisting, Baker conveyed 40 acres of land to James at Point Township in Posey County along the bottomland of the Ohio River. I can imagine that James saw this one-year enlistment as a way out of his poverty. All he had to do was serve a single year in the military and then he could return home to his 40 acres and raise his family on his own land.

The 30th Indiana Infantry was involved in the battle of Nashville in December, 1864, and then in the pursuit of General Hood to the Tennessee River later that month. The regiment was at Huntsville, Alabama, and locations in Tennessee through April 1865, when the war ended. The unit remained at Nashville through June and was then sent to New Orleans. It finally arrived in the coastal areas of Texas as an occupation force in July, 1865.

Since James P. Lasley was illiterate, he never corrected the various ways his name was spelled in the military records and muster rolls. His service records, in general, record him as James P. Leslie, but other spellings are used as well. The military records show him present and on duty at several Alabama locations in February and March 1865 and later in the summer in Louisiana and Texas. On August 4, 1865, he is listed as being sick in the "Military Field Hospital in Victoria, Texas." Finally, he died of disease on November 9, 1865, in Victoria at the military field hospital, just two weeks before his unit was mustered out of service. It is a sad tale, and my thoughts go out to this young man wasting away from disease far from home, knowing that he would never see his wife and children again. That was all I knew about him and his final resting place until my research uncovered some more information about Victoria and the soldiers who died there just after the Civil War.

After many of the dead ends that are so common to genealogists, I was excited to come across an 1868 U.S. Government publication titled "Alphabetical Index to Places of Interment of Deceased Union Soldiers." In this publication I found listings of hundreds of Union soldiers who died in Texas at many different locations during the last four months of 1865. Deceased soldiers are listed as having been buried at Houston, Jasper, Galveston, Hempstead, San Antonio, Indianola, Green Lake, Lavaca, Matagorda, Victoria, and elsewhere. There were three Victoria sites mentioned including "near Wessequere's House, 6 miles N.W. of Victoria; near railroad depot, Victoria; and Odd-fellows' Cemetery, near Victoria" where a total of fifty two, thirty two, and one soldiers had been buried, respectfully. My great grandfather, James P. Leslie of the 30th Indiana Infantry Regiment, was listed among the men buried near the railroad depot.

Armed with this information I went to Victoria on September 20, 2001, to do some investigation on my own. While in Victoria I spent some time on the phone with Mr. Charles Spurlin and Ms. Gladys Arnold, local historians, who were both extremely generous and helpful to an out-of-town visitor. I also spent some time at the public library and at the special collections of the Victoria College library. I learned that the present day Memorial Square is located at the site of the original Victoria burial ground that had been in use since 1824 when it was originally laid out by Martin de Leon. I also learned that the railroad depot in 1865 was only a block away from this cemetery. It stood to reason that federal troops stationed in Victoria just after the Civil War would have buried their deceased soldiers at this location. I found old newspaper articles from 1899 which also indicated that this was true. But, though there are still many unmarked graves at Memorial Square, are these federal soldiers among them? More work was needed. Among the various sources of information I looked through and the many helpful people I spoke with, it did not seem as if anyone in Victoria had previously known the names of the Union soldiers who had originally been interred in Victoria during 1865. Furthermore, while it was thought that some or all of the federal soldiers had been removed well after the war, no one seemed to know for certain. I think I can provide the answer.

I have been told by various researchers that in the aftermath of the Civil War the Federal Government did a thorough job of tracking down and removing to national cemeteries the bodies of Union soldiers. I checked with all the Texas national cemeteries, but found no listing for my great grandfather, so I began to suspect that he was resting in an unmarked grave at Memorial Square. Finally, in response to an inquiry I sent to the Veterans Affairs National Cemetery Administration in Washington, D.C., I learned that James P. Leslie had, in fact, been moved to a national cemetery. His final resting place is in grave site 890-B at the Alexandria National Cemetery, in Pineville, Louisiana. He has a marker and information about his unit on a headstone. The records at Alexandria National Cemetery indicate "James P. Leslie, 30th Indiana, died Nov. 9, 1865, originally buried at Victoria, Texas." Checking through the surname index on the web page of the cemetery, I saw that a substantial percentage of the soldiers who were originally buried at or near Victoria were eventually moved to Alexandria National Cemetery.

Victoria has been an important part of Texas history through almost 200 years. From early Texas explorers to the battle for Texas independence and into the twentieth century, the history of Victoria has played an important part of our heritage. It is interesting to learn of even small additional bits of information about Victoria, such as the fact that Union soldiers were buried in her soil, then eventually moved to a national cemetery in Louisiana. Just for the record, I will list the eighty-five soldiers who were initially buried at Victoria. Most, if not all, were apparently later moved by the Union army. The soldiers named are found in the "Alphabetical Index to Places of Interment of Deceased Union Soldiers," published by the Quartermaster General's Office, Washington, D.C. in 1868.