The following are notes concerning family members that served during the War Between the States.
BARNETT, JAMES HARTWELL, Private – Enlisted Company D, 34th Arkansas Infantry, 19 June 1862 at Sebastian County, Arkansas; deserted 24 December 1862 at Camp Mazzard, Arkansas. Son of William & Elmira Barnett.
BULL, HENRY J., Private – Enlisted Company E, 9th Arkansas Infantry, 27 Jul 1861 at Pine Bluff, Arkansas; absent sick 30 Apr 1863 at Vicksburg, Mississippi; captured 04 Jul 1863 at Vicksburg, Mississippi; paroled 08 Jul 1863. Son of William S. Bull & Mary Ann Hines Bull.
BULL, JAMES B., ? Son of Johnson Bull & Susan Melinda Daniel Bull.
BULL, JAMES CONWAY, Second Corporal – Enlisted Company L, 6th Arkansas Cavalry, 1 June 1862 at Hamburg, Arkansas; appointed second corporal, 1 June 1862; absent without leave from 15 June 1863; promoted first corporal; present to 29 February 1864. Son of Ambrose Carroll Bull & Sarah Kees Maxwell Bull.
BULL, JOHN C., Private – Enlisted Company L, 3rd Arkansas Infantry, 12 October 1861 at Latonia, Arkansas; transferred to Company A, 3rd Arkansas Infantry, 25 September 1862; paroled 12 April 1865 at Appomattox, Virginia. Son of Johnson Bull & Susan Melinda Daniel Bull.
BULL, ROBERT CAMPBELL, Private – Enlisted Company L, 3rd Arkansas Infantry, 25 September 1861 at Latonia, Arkansas; transferred to Company A, 3rd Arkansas Infantry, 25 September 1862; wounded 19 September 1863 at Chickamauga, Georgia; on detached duty 4 August 1864 at Richmond, Virginia. Son of Johnson Bull & Susan Melinda Daniel Bull.
BULL, WILLIAM, Private – Enlisted Company A, 3rd Arkansas Infantry, 10 March 1863 at Hamburg, Arkansas; wounded in the neck and captured, 2 July 1863 at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania; died of wounds 12 July 1863 at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. Son of Johnson Bull & Susan Melinda Daniel Bull.
BULL, WILLIAM ROBERT, Private – Enlisted Company E, 9th Arkansas Infantry, 27 Jul 1861 at Pine Bluff, Arkansas; discharged 20 May 1862 on surgeon’s certificate of disability due to chronic rheumatism. Son of William S. Bull & Mary Ann Hines Bull.
DENSON, JAMES HARVEY, Private – Enlisted Captain Milton Wesley Damron’s company of volunteers 15 Jan 1862 at Belton, Texas; mustered in Company D, 18th Texas Cavalry (Darnell’s) 15 Mar 1862 at Dallas; transferred Company A, Morgan’s Squadron 01 Sep 1862; paid for 2 months 27 Feb 1863 (Morgan’s Squadron became Morgan’s Regiment Feb 1863); present 31 Oct 1863. Son of Jesse Denson & Sarah Henderson Denson.
DENSON, JESSE ANDREW, Hospital Steward/Assistant Surgeon – Enlisted 01 Mar 1863 at Camp Might, Pine Bluff, Arkansas; present Apr 1865 near Hempstead. Son of Jesse Denson & Sarah Henderson Denson.
DENSON, MADISON MONROE, 1st Lieutenant – Enlisted Company D, 19th Regiment Texas Infantry 31 Mar 1862 at Jefferson, Texas; present Apr 1865 sick near Hempstead. Son of Jesse Denson & Sarah Henderson Denson.
GILBERT, JAMES LEWIS, Private – Enlisted Company F, 1st Battalion Arkansas Infantry, 15 March 1862 at Hamburg, Arkansas; captured 9 July 1863 at Port Hudson, Louisiana and paroled 10 or 13 Jul 1863. Son of James R. Gilbert & Mary Elizabeth Bull Gilbert.
GILBERT, ROBERT HENRY, – Enlisted Company F, 1st Battalion Arkansas Infantry. Killed at Corinth, Mississippi. Son of James R. Gilbert & Mary Elizabeth Bull Gilbert.
JORDAN, JAMES HOLMES, Private – Enlisted Company H, 20th Arkansas Infantry, 28 February 1862 at Warren, Arkansas; died 23 May 1862 while stationed at Corinth, Mississippi. Son of James Anderson Jordan & Martha Bull Jordan.
JORDAN, JOHN ROBERT, Private – Enlisted Company K, 9th Arkansas Infantry, 25 July 1861 at Pine Bluff, Arkansas; transferred to Company E, 1 November 1861; killed in action 6 April 1862 at the Battle of Shiloh, Tennessee. Son of James Anderson Jordan & Martha Bull Jordan.
MAYES, HOLLEN COFFEE, 4th Corporal - mustered in Company F, 33rd Texas Cavalry (Duff’s), 06 Feb 1863 at Fort Davis. Son of Daniel Mayes & Nancy Meeks Mayes.
MAYES, JOHN, Private – Enlisted Captain Henry T. Davis’ Company F, Texas Frontier Regiment, 04 Mar 1862 at Fredericksburg, Texas; served at Camp Llano; mustered in Company F, 33rd Texas Cavalry (Duff’s), 06 Feb 1863 at Fort Davis. Son of Daniel Mayes & Nancy Meeks Mayes.
MAYES, LORENZO C., Private – Enlisted Company C, 33rd Texas Cavalry (Duff’s), 12 Nov 1862 at Hays County, Texas; mustered in 22 Nov 1862 at Travis County; absent sick May 1864 at Wild Cat Bluff; confined 10 Jun 1864 at the Provost Marshall’s Guard House, Galveston, charges desertion. Son of John Mayes & Elizabeth Meeks Mayes.
MAYES, W. M., Private – Enlisted Company C, 33rd Texas Cavalry (Duff’s), 12 Nov 1862 at Hays County, Texas; mustered in 22 Nov 1862 at Travis County; Apr 1864 absent in arrest at Houston. Son of John Mayes & Elizabeth Meeks Mayes.
MEEKS, AMBROSE H., Sergeant/Private – Enlisted (2nd Sergeant) H. S. Morgan’s Company 18 Jan 1862 at Bastrop, Texas; mustered in Company B, 18th Texas Cavalry (Darnell’s) 15 Mar 1862 at Dallas; captured at Fort Hindman, Arkansas Post, 11 Jan 1863; prisoner of war at Camp Douglas, Illinois, 08 Feb 1863; paroled 01 Apr 1863 and delivered to City Point, Virginia, 07 Apr 1863; returned to unit as Private (regiment dismounted); wounded and admitted to Way Hospital, Meridian, Mississippi, 12 Feb 1865, subsequently furloughed; paroled 28 Jun 1865. Son of John Meeks & Mary Ann Norris Meeks.
MEEKS, CHARLES F.,
MEEKS, CYRUS WASHINGTON, Private - Enlisted 10 Mar 1862 at Kaufman County, Texas; mustered in Company E, 20th Texas Cavalry 15 Mar 1862 at Camp Bass; present 30 Jul 1862. Son of Washington Meeks & Nancy Parks Meeks.
MEEKS, FRANCIS M., - Son of John Meeks & Mary Ann Norris Meeks.
MEEKS, JOHN -
MEEKS, RANDOLPH CALHOUN – Son of John Meeks & Mary Ann Norris Meeks.
MEEKS, RICHARD P., Private - Enlisted Company E, 5th Texas Mounted Volunteers, 10 Oct 1861 at Brenham, Texas; admitted to General Hospital, Houston for Rubeola 18 Jan 1863; returned to duty 30 Jan 1863. Son of John Meeks & Mary Ann Norris Meeks.
MEEKS, WILLIAM R., Corporal/Sergeant - Enlisted Company H, 2nd Regiment Texas Infantry, 12 Sep 1861 at Galveston, Texas; furloughed 28 Jan 1862 to 12 Feb to go Hays County; Battle of Shiloh lost gun, wounded?; absent sick in General Hospital 18 Apr 1862; absent sick in country near Okolona 22 Jul 1862; promoted from Corporal to Sergeant 25 Jan 1863. Son of Merritt Meeks & Nancy Sarah Burden Meeks.
SPLAWN, STEPHEN EDWARD, Private – Enlisted Company D, 24th Arkansas Infantry, 16 June 1862 at Warren, Arkansas; AWOL 31 December 1862. Present Company C, Hardy’s Regiment, February 1864. Son of Richard Splawn & Mary Elizabeth Hathorne Splawn.
