George Martin
Private Isaac N. Adair, Co. K, Colonel Santos Benavides' Texas Cavalry regiment, surrendered at New Orleans May 26, 1865, subsequently paroled, n.d., no place stated, the only other card in his file notes: See also personal papers of David F. Adair, 2nd Company B, 35th Texas Cavalry
[the papers referred to contain a request from David F. Adair, dated September 17, 1864 in regard to his 17 year old son, Isaac N. Adair's enlistment, these documents are too difficult to read on-line]
Pleasant B. Watson, Commanding Co. [K] Benavides Regiment, 33rd Texas Cavalry
See: http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/BB/fbe47.html
http://www.37thtexas.org/html/VisOff2.html
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David F. Adair
Enlisted as a Private
"B" Co. TX 35th Cavalry
David F. Adair enlisted as a Private in(2d) Company B, Brown' Battalion Cavalry, June 10, 1862 at Fayetteville, the March 1865 Regimental Return records that he was "Left sick at Boonville March 25th, 1865," papers in his file regarding his son Isaac N. Adair, note that David hired himself as a substitute into the regiment.
The 12th (Brown's) Battalion Texas Cavalry, Companies A to D, was formed about April 8, 1862, by the transfer of four cavalry companies from the 4th (Bates) Regiment Texas Volunteers. Company E was organized May 1, 1862, of recruits and some men transferred from Companies D and L of the same regiment. Company F was formed June 17, 1862, of men transferred from other companies of this battalion (1st) Company B was transferred to the 7th (Fontaine's) Battalion Texas Artillery March 1, 1863, and subsequently became the 7th Texas Field Battery. Captain H. W. Hargrove's Independent Company Texas Cavalry was soon afterward assigned to this command as (2d) Company H. The battalion was increased to a regiment of ten companies November 11, 1863, by the transfer of four cavalry companies from the 13th (Bate's) Regiment Texas Infantry (formerly the 4th Regiment Texas Volunteers). This organization was also known as Brown's Regiment Texas Cavalry but it was officially designed the 35th Regiment Texas Cavalry.
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D F. Adair
Enlisted as a Private
"E" Co. TX 5th Infantry
D. F. Adair, enlisted as a Private in Company E, 5th Texas Infantry, July 19, 1861 at Washington, Texas, reported sick at hospital Dumfries, Virginia October 20 ,1861, discharged for disability December 14/27, 1861, 43 year old Planter, born in Louisiana
5th Regiment, Texas Infantry
5th Infantry Regiment was assembled at Richmond, Virginia, in October, 1861. Its members were recruited in the counties of Harris, Colorado, Leon, Walker, Montgomery, Washington, Jefferson, Liberty, Milam, Polk, and Trinity. As a part of Hood's Texas Brigade it served under Generals Hood, J.B. Robertson, and J. Gregg. The unit participated in the difficult campaigns of the Amry of Northern Virginia from Seven Pines to Cold Harbor except when it was with Longstreet at Suffolk, Chickamauga, and Knoxville. It fought in the Petersburg trenches north and south of the James River and around Appomattox. This regiment contained 341 effectives in April, 1862 and lost more than half of the 409 engaged at Gettysburg. It surrendered 12 officers and 149 men. The field officers were Colonels James J. Archer, Robert M. Powell, and Jerome B. Robertson; Lieutenant Colonels Walter B. Botts, King Bryan, and John C. Upton; and Majors Paul J. Quattlebaum, Jefferson C. Rogers, and David M. Whaley.