N. J. Chance, age 35, Private, Captain M. J. Brinson’s Company, 4th Regiment Volunteers,* joined for duty and enrolled October 14, 1861 at Camp Reeves by W. C. Young for 12 months, value of horse, $125, equipments, $25, “Discharged from Inability” December 20, 1861

* This company subsequently became Company D, 9th Regiment Texas Cavalry, also known as the 4th and Sim’s Regiment Texas Cavalry

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N. J. Chance, age 32, Private, Captain Alfred Johnson’s Spy Company, Texas Cavalry, Unattached,** enlisted March 17, 1862 at McKinney, Texas by Capt. A. Johnson for 1 year, discharged August 21, 1862, Disability

** This company subsequently became Company E, Morgan’s Regiment Texas Cavalry

M323: Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Texas

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In the counties along the Red River in north Texas, restorationists were caught up in a hysteria that surrounded a secret organization popularly referred to as the Peace Party. The purpose of the organization seems to have been to resist the Confederate draft and spy for the Union. An excited public believed that the organization planned murder, arson, and general terror against Confederates. Newton J. Chance, who later became a minister in Wise County, infiltrated the group and informed of their activities.

Restoration Society, Pro-Union Sentiment Among Restorations With the Confederacy, Peggy Scott Holley, Austin, Tx.,
p., 86
http://www.acu.edu/sponsored/restoration_quarterly/documents/RQ_40.2_(Holley).pdf