Deaths from disease in the 28th Texas Cavalry

Civil War units typically suffered more deaths from disease than from bullets. The 28^th Texas Cavalry suffered most of its deaths from disease during the period of July to December 1862. The table below is based on a list dated 19 December 1862 that was sent to R. D. Loughery, Esq. from Adjutant William Neal Ramey of the 28^th Texas Cavalry. Loughery published the list in the 22 January 1863 issue of the Texas Republican, (Marshall, TX). The table is not an exact transcription. The 1860 census and the Compiled Service Records were used to correct some of the names that appeared in the newspaper list. The men listed served as privates unless otherwise noted. The place of death refers to a location in Arkansas unless otherwise noted. In the period listed above, 77 soldiers of the 28^th Texas died, far more than any battle that they fought in. Company I, mostly comprised of men from Houston County, suffered the most deaths in the period with fifteen.

Name and Company	Death Date	Place of Death
Adams, W. J. [G]	12/1/62	Camp Nelson
Adkins, D. R. [H]	10/23/62	Camp Holmes
Beavers, R. C.[1] [D]	8/9/62	Wood County, TX
Bennett, Thomas G. [F]	11/5/62	Camp Nelson
Bigger, J. H. [H]	12/7/62	Camp Nelson
Biggar, Benjamin F.[2] [A]	9/12/62	Arkadelphia
Bowlin, Jeremiah C. [A]	11/17/62	Camp Nelson
Buckalow, James M.[3] [E]	8/18/62	Lewisville
Burns, J. B.[4] [A]	10/5/62	Camp Holmes
Burns, J. M.[5][F]	12/1/62	Camp Nelson
Busby, Jacob [I]	11/30/62	Little Rock
Calloway, Jesse M.[6] [G]	11/29/62	Camp Nelson
Coggins, Richard E. [F]	12/2/62	Camp Nelson
Cox, W. B. [F]		Arkadelphia
Cramer, Henry M.[7] [B]	11/21/62	Camp Nelson
Crander, Henry[8] [I]	11/7/62	Camp Nelson
Davis, B. W. [G]	11/23/62	Camp Nelson
Davis, Thomas [D]	8/19/62	Lewisville
Day, John F. [G]	8/15/62	Anderson, TX
Douthit, James M. [G]	10/15/62	Duval’s Bluff
Dillard, A. J.[9] [E]	8/3/62	Lewisville
Douglas, Joseph A. [H]	11/19/62	Camp Nelson
Dunbar, Henry [A]	9/15/62	Benton
Finley, David S. [A]	10/12/62	Camp Holmes
Forbes, John H. [A]	7/29/62	Lewisville, Ark
Glenn, T. J.[10] [G]	11/3/62	Camp Nelson
Goins, J. V.[11] [K]	11/5/62	Hickory Plains
Gordon, John D. [I]	11/5/62	Camp Nelson
Gregg, John J. [I]	11/24/62	Little Rock
Halleman, C. D. [G]	11/30/62	Camp Nelson
Hallmark, John S. [I]	12/15/62	Little Rock
Hammett, S. G. [G]	11/21/62	Camp Nelson
Hardoway, William [B]	11/21/62	Camp Nelson
Harrison, Charles W. [H]	11/23/62	Camp Nelson
Hughes, Albert H. [G]	11/28/62	Camp Nelson
Irbey, William[12] [I]	11/28/62	Little Rock
Isaacs, Sampson [H]	11/12/62	Camp Nelson
Johnston, George [G]	10/14/62	Des Arc
Johnston, Newton J. [A]	10/11/62	Little Rock
King, Daniel E. [K]	9/5/62	Lewisville
Loden, J. T. [B]	11/21/62	Camp Bayou Meto, near Brownsville
Lowe, Robert [B]	10/3/62	Camp Holmes
Luce, Abner [I]	11/2/62	Camp Nelson
Martin, Pat H.[13] [K]	10/23/62	Camp Nelson
Matthews, Lewis P.[14] [A]	10/23/62	Rockport
Matthews, Nathan W. [A]	12/2/62	Camp Nelson
McHenry, Joseph W. [I]	12/5/62	Little Rock
Mills, S. H. [I]	12/8/62	Camp Nelson
Parish, W. P.[15] [K]	11/20/62	Camp Nelson
Parker, John [E]	8/12/62	Lewisville
Phariss, Thomas B. [H]	9/6/62	Camp Holmes
Potts, Francis M. [K]	7/31/62	Collinsburgh, La
Pryor, George W. [K]	10/17/62	Arkadelphia
Pyle, Jeremiah M. [K]	8/16/62	Lewisville
Richards, Stephen M. [H]	9/17/62	Arkadelphia
Risinger, Tilman Layfayette [A]	12/2/62	Camp Nelson
Sansom, Samuel F. [I]	11/9/62	Camp Nelson
Sikes, Henry[16] [I]	11/5/62	Camp Nelson
Simpson, J. M. [E]	11/25/62	Camp Nelson
Simpson, Thomas L. [I]	11/29/62	Little Rock
Stephens, A. J. [H]	11/19/62	Camp Nelson
Streety, W. L. [H]	12/8/62	Camp Bayou Meto near Brownsville
Tamplin, Henry H. [A]	10/29/62	Camp Nelson[17]
Taylor, Thomas. L. [I]	12/7/62	Camp Nelson
Taylor, L. H. P. [F]	10/12/62	Arkadelphia
Thompson, L. W. [H]	11/30/62	Camp Nelson
Timmons, Eli [B]	8/19/62	Lewisville
Turner, Marion [I]	7/27/62	Lewisville
Turner, W. J. [G]	10/7/62	Rockport
Vaughan, William S. [I]	11/4/62	Camp Nelson
Wagstaff, William W. [A]	11/30/62	Camp Nelson
Watson, J. A. [D]	10/19/62	Camp Holmes
Williams, Robert [E]	8/19/62	Lewisville
Wilson, G. R. [G]	9/17/62	Camp Holmes
Worley, Stephen [H]	9/8/62	Rockport
Wright, John M. [A]	8/29/62	Arkadelphia
Yates, Alonzo C. [K]	10/19/62	Camp Holmes

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[1] Corporal

[2] Corporal

[3] Corporal

[4] Not listed in the Compiled Service Records. An Isaac E. Burns and a William P. Burns served in Company A. William P. Burns was wounded later in the war.

[5] Listed as M. J. Burns in the Compiled Service Records.

[6] Compiled Service Records note that he was discharged from the service.

[7] Compiled Service Records lists a Henry M. Cramer in Company I.

[8] Possibly the same man as Henry M. Cramer.

[9] There is no A. J. Dillard listed in the Compiled Service Records. May refer to N. L. Dilliard who served in Company E or to Thomas J. Dilliard. Thomas J. was initially a corporal and later became a Second Lieutenant. His service record needs to be examined again.

[10] “Brigade Commanding Sargent”

[11] There is no J. V. Goins listed in the Compiled Service Records. May refer to John V. Gwin who is listed as a member of Company C in the Compiled Service Records.

[12] Name is difficult to read in the newspaper list. The Compiled Service Records do not list a William Irbey.

[13] Captain of Company K

[14] “Forage Master”

[15] Probably refers to William F. Parish who was originally a member of Company A.

[16] Listed as Henry Sykes in the Compiled Service Records.

[17] “(formerly Camp Holmes)”