Thx for posting. Was your gggrandpa at Fort Hindman (Arkansas Post)?

Yes he was. Died of typhoid fever in St. Louis.

We have some of his letters to his wife and 4 kids. The youngest was my great grandfather.

Mine was at Arkansas Post also and held at Gratiot Prison in St Louis. He was in the 24th Regiment Texas Cavalry and believe only the sick were held there. They could have bumped shoulders??

I bet they were! What county was he from. Mine was from Milam.

Montgomery County
Danville Mounted Rifleman

Poor guys thought they were going to ride everywhere and ended up as infantry from Arkansas Post to the end of the war.

BQ78 said:

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Poor guys thought they were going to ride everywhere and ended up as infantry from Arkansas Post to the end of the war.

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Yes they seemed to have many struggles and weren't thought of very highly after that battle and the white flags. Poor leadership maybe?

water turkey said:

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I bet they were! What county was he from. Mine was from Milam.

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Long time Milam Co. resident. What was the name?

I believe the Confederates were surrounded, bombarded and outnumbered 6:1 by Union troops. Was pretty easy to raise the white flag.

Once they got in with Granbury and Cleburne, they were in the elite division of the AoT and served well.

tmaggies:

Here is a book that might interest you:

Thank you for the book tip. My Grandfather back a few was John Lindley and his brother James also fought with him at Arkansas Post. Yes I'm sure it was easy being outnumbered but I believe they caught a lot of hell because of it. I'm fortunate to have some cool history with that family going back to the Texas Revolution and Alamo. One grandmother was a Grimes and the other on mothers side a Lindley. Both families apparently knew each other and lost sons at the Alamo.

There is an Albert Grimes and William Lindley listed among Alamo defenders. Interesting enough after more looking they both served in Captain William Carey's artillery company at the Alamo

Albert Calvin Grimes and Jonathan Lindley. Did not know where they served and will have to look more into that. I only knew of Jonathan and not of a William. Samuel Washington Lindley was my grandfather back and Jonathan was his son. Same with the Grimes side with Jesse Grimes and Albert was his son.

tmaggies said:

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Albert Calvin Grimes and Jonathan Lindley. Did not know where they served and will have to look more into that. I only knew of Jonathan and not of a William. Samuel Washington Lindley was my grandfather back and Jonathan was his son. Same with the Grimes side with Jesse Grimes and Albert was his son.

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Yep i goofed. It's Jonathan. William was for Captain Carey. I was reading, TexAg'ing and giving the barber instructions for my boys back to school haircut.

Jonathan Lindley is also listed as one of the Immortal 32 from Gonzalez who reinforced the Alamo

Long time Milam Co. resident. What was the name?

George Thomas Wynn

The headstone (see above) says Wynns but is Wynn.

The family he married into, the Olive gang, were one of the families that helped get Williamson County split out of Milam County and the county seat made Georgetown.

water turkey said:

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Long time Milam Co. resident. What was the name?

George Thomas Wynn

The headstone (see above) says Wynns but is Wynn.

The family he married into, the Olive gang, were one of the families that helped get Williamson County split out of Milam County and the county seat made Georgetown.

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Went to Yoe High School with some Wynn's. Their father was a long time pharmacist in town.

Hey, my great great great grandpa was also captured at Arkansas Post. Was sent to Camp Chase, Ohio. Exchanged, then captured again, I forget where at the moment, then exchanged again, and was on someones staff when the war ended. I can look it up tomorrow.

Major John Young Rankin was his name.

water turkey said:

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I was in St. Louis for work and wanted to visit the grave of my great, great grandfather. He was captured in Arkansas and died at the Jefferson Barracks POW camp. This is a beautiful place and very humbling. The museum is really good too. Jefferson Barracks was the largest military installation west of the MS River at the time.

If you get the chance, stop by.

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Did you find his grave?

First picture.

George T. Wynn(s)