Alan Pitts,
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Good for you. Misspellings in the title of a posting is inexcusable. ... Not so much in the text of a posting since we rapidly respond to postings, which is the purpose of this web site.
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While we are on the topic of corrections, please consider habitually including the names of the commanding colonel/colonels of a numbered regiment every time that regiment is mentioned. e.g., Woods' 36th-32nd Texas Cavalry**, Hawpe’s-Malone’s-Looscan’s 31st Texas Cavalry, and Ochiltree’s 18th Texas Infantry.
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Several years ago, when Shelby Foote was featured on C-SPAN's 3-hour "In-Depth" program was asked about footnotes, he declared that footnotes are not necessary since after 140 years, the particulars of events were "understood." ... Balderdash. ... Foote may have been correct about the Virginia area regiments, but he did not speak to the regiments West of the Mississippi River.
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Until the commanding colonels of a regiment is "understood," please include the name/s of the colonel/colonels along with the numbered regiment.
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Patti, prochette@Juno.com
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http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/soldiers.cfm
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36th Regiment, Texas Cavalry (Woods')
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** 36th Cavalry Regiment [also called 32nd Regiment] completed its organization in Boston, Texas, late in 1863. It contained 823 men of which many were from Sulphur Springs and Belton, and Caldwell and Gonzales counties. The regiment was assigned to H. Bee's and Bagby's Brigade, Trans-Mississippi Department, and was involved in numerous engagements at Louisiana including Mansfield and Pleasant Hill. Later it moved to Galveston, Texas and there surrendered in June, 1865. The field officers were Colonel Peter C. Woods, Lieutenant Colonels Nat. Benton and W.O. Hutchison, and Major Stokely M. Holmes.
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