Person:Thomas Jones (148)

(?) 1857 Aug. 14, THOMAS JONES md. Amelia Sholbread, Fountain Co., IN, Book 4, p.269

1860 Titus Co., TX, census, p.142B, Precinct #7, P.O. Grey Rock, July 5, 1860: THOMAS J. JONES, 26 M, day laborer, IN; with 22/22, E. W. JONES, 66 M, farmer, $300 real, $700 personal, OH; Phebe, 45 F, KY; Lucy E., 13 F, IL. (Another Thomas J. Jones in this census, age 26, b. in VA, wife Martha, and 2 children, Ann and Michael; which one served in the CSA?)

THOMAS J. JONES [which one?], Company F, listed among the men from Homer, Angelina and Titus Counties on the 18th Texas Infantry Muster Roll. Formed April 25, 1862, Mt. Pleasant, TX, Captain Jos. G.W. Wood.

The 18th TX Infantry spent its entire career within the Trans-Mississippi Department. During late 1862 a detachment of the unit was temporarily mounted. This detachment was ordered south of the Rio Grande, into Texas, where a large herd of cattle had been purchased for the Confederacy. The detachment brought these cattle back across the Rio Grande to central Texas. The 18th Infantry participated in more than twenty various type engagemants during its career. June 7, 1863. Actions, Milliken's Bend and Youngs Point, LA. Our loss in this engagement was 44 killed, 130 wounded and 10 missing. Total casualties, 184, including 2 officers killed and 10 wounded. The loss of the enemy numbered about 800, including the number of negros that were drowned in the Mississippi River, in undertaking to swim a transport that was lying at the apposite bank of the river. June 15, 1863. Action, Richmond, LA. The 18th TX Infantry commanded by the brave and fearless Colonel Culbertson, crossed the bayou and charged the enemy at the point of the bayonet, driving them pell-mell into the timber. This charge made the 18th will compare favorably with any regimental charge that has ever been recorded. July 12-13, 1863. Engagement, Cox's Plantation, Donaldsonvill, Bayou La Forche, LA. Sept. 4, 1863. Skirmish near Harrisonburg and capture, Ft. Beaurgard, LA. Action. Sterling's Plantattion on Bayou Fordoche near Morganza, LA. Oct. 3-Nov. 30, 1863. Campaign in Western Louisiana and Operations in Teche country. Oct. 21, 1863. Actions, Opelousas and Barre Landing, LA. Nov. 3, 1863. Action, Grand Coteau, Bayou Bourbea, Carrion Crow Bayou, Buzzard's Prairie, LA. The Infantry Brigade was formed in battle line in the following manner. The 15th T.V. Infantry, commanded by Colonel James H. Harrison took their position on the right of the brigade; the 18th T.V.Infantry, commanded by Colonel Wilburn King, was assigned the center, and the 11th T.V.Infantry, commanded by Lt.-Col. James H. Jones, took their position on the left of the brigade. The battle lasted 3 hours. Our forces lost, in the infantry brigade, twenty-one killed; eighty-two injured, thirty-eight taken prisoner. March 1-4, 1864. Actions, Trinity and Harrisonburg, LA. March 10-April 10, 1864. Operations against Bank's Red River Campaign. March 14, 1864. Capture Fort De Russy, LA (detachment) Mistakenly called by some "the Gibralter on Red River" nothing was saved from the fort but two large thirty-two pound Parrott guns. March 14-26, 1864. Operations against Advance from Franklin, LA. March 31, 1864. Action, Natchitoches, LA. April 7, 1864. Engagement, Wilson's Farm near Pleasant Hill, LA. April 8, 1864. Battle, Sabine Cross Roads, Mansfield near Pleasant Hill, LA. Our loss in the divisions amounted to 600 in killed, wounded and missing. While the loss of the enemy amounted to 1,500 in killed and wounded, 2,000 prisoners, 20 pieces of artillery, including Nim's battery, Chicago Mercantile battery and the First Indiana battery, besides two hundred wagons and thousands of small arms. The Union 13th Corps was shatterd, with 2,200 casualties out of about 12,000 engaged. April 9, 1864. Engagement, Pleasant Hill, LA, 20,000 southern volunteers proved the equals of a splendidly appointed army of 40,000 of the best soldiers in the United States army. Our loss and that of the enemy was about in proportion to the battle of Mansfield banks with 12,000 men engaged, lost slightly over 1,000 killed and 495 daptured. Taylor with 12,500 men engaged, lost 1,200 killed and wounded. April 16-May 2, 1864. Operations against Steele's Expedition from Little Rock to Camden, AR. April 25, 1864. Engagement Mark's Mill, AR. April 30, 1864. Engagement, Jenkin's Ferry, Saline River, AR, the confederates suffered nearly 1,000 casualties but were unable to prevent the Federal withdrawal. During mid-1864, the 18th TX Infantry was returned to Louisiana. Here it served at Shreveport. In early 1865 the unit was moved to Hempstead, TX. Although the regiment was included amoung the Confederate Trans-Mississippi forces surrenderd at Galveston, it had already ceased to exist by that date. An unofficial report states that the regiment disbanded at Hempstead in May, 1865, when the news of the collapse of the eastern Confederacy reached the region. Source: Confederate Research Center, Hillsboro, TX. http://www.electricscotland.com/history/america/civilwar/cw23.htm

You can order his military records from the Confederate Research Center in Hillsboro, TX. I've attached the form you will need to print out and mail in. Peggy Fox is the director, she is real nice and very helpful.

Confederate Pensions at the Texas State Library and Archives, http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/arc/pensions/index.html (?) Claimant, Harriet E. Jones, Application No. 08822, Denton Co., TX, husband, Thomas Jones