re: Ancestors that fought in the Civil War?

Spotsylvania Courthouse was a Civil War battle in May 1864 between Robert E. Lee and Ulysses S. Grant.

My great great grandfather, Daniel Pattillo, was a member of the 21st Texas Regiment, Co. B, which was mainly established to guard East Texas and Western Louisiana. They were stationed in Marshall, TX, among other places around that region, for a while and then moved to Shreveport later. They really only saw action once, in the Battle of Calcasieu Pass.

From Wiki:

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The Battle of Calcasieu Pass was a minor skirmish fought on May 6, 1864, at the mouth of the Calcasieu River in southwestern Louisiana, during the American Civil War. The engagement was between the forces of Confederate Col. W. H. Griffin and Union Lieutenants Benjamin Loring and C. W. Lamson. In the battle, Confederates fought and captured two Union gunboats (Wave and Granite City) and later converted them into blockade runners.

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Daniel Pattillo (1830-1902)


He was born and raised in Orange County, TX, but his parents originally came from Georgia and settled on a plantation on the Neches River near present day Vidor in the 1820s.


Here are some of his (and my) cousins from Georgia who served in the Confederate Army.


The Pattillo Brothers

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The four Pattillo boys of Henry County were brothers who all enlisted together in Company K of the 22nd Regiment of the GA Volunteer Infantry on August 31, 1861.

Benjamin, seated on the left holding a Confederate hand-grenade, made a 50-dollar bounty during his tenure from April 5 to June 20, 1862. He was shot in the stomach at 2nd Manassas on August 30, 1862, and died in the General Hospital in Warrenton, VA, the next day.

George, second from the left, was detailed for shoemaking at Augusta, GA in November of 1862 until the close of the war. He was the only Pattillo to make it out of the Civil War without an injury. He made 35 cents per shoe and made 106 shoes in February 29, for $37.10. The pay for a soldier was 3 dollars per day.


James, second from the right, was discharged in March of 1862 but reenlisted afterwards. He was shot in the foot in the Battle of Second Deep Bottom on August 16, 1864. The injury resulted in the amputation of his third toe. Pension records show he was at home on wounded furlough to close of the war.

John, seated on the right, was admitted to Chimborazo Hospital #2 in Richmond on May 31, 1862, because of a case of Dysentery. He returned to duty on June 14, 1862, but was wounded at the Seven Days’ battles near Richmond on June 28,1862. He was admitted to C. S. A. General Hospital at Charlottesville on November 20, 1862, and again on December 16, 1862. He returned to duty on December 17, 1862, but pension records show he was discharged on account of wounds in March of 1863

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The paternal lines of both of my mother and father have been here since the 1600s but I have no idea who was involved in the Civil War if any.

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Two at Port Hudson.

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Funny story. Port Hudson and the Plains were given to my family in a Spanish land grant. I still have all of the paperwork.

My great grandfather was an officer in the Confederate Army. He died years before I was born but my grandfather talked about him often. He never talked about the cause but said he was a gentleman who treated everyone well and was a well respected farmer in Natchitoches Parish after the war.

One GG grandfather was with Company G, 4th KY infantry, part of the Orphan Brigade.
The 4th’s battle flag…



He fought at Shiloh, Murfreesboro and Chickamauga, where 179 of the 275 in his company were killed or wounded. After Chickamauga, what was left converted to mounted infantry. He surrendered May of 1865 in Georgia. I have his rifle. I think he was wounded 3 times.

Another GGG Grandfather was with Washington Artillery and his son in law, my GG Grandfather was with Watson’s Battery at Shiloh, Port Hudson, and Vicksburg. He surrendered in May 1865 part of a South Carolina battery. He was wounded twice. I have his sword.

You probably thought it was all about slavery huh?

Got it

My dad did the genealogy. He had Confederate and Union relatives five generations back. The Union relative was a recent Italian immigrant to NOLA who could not find farm work down south so he worked on an Illinois farm. When the war broke out the Union paid more than the farm so he fought for Lincoln. Moved back to NOLA after the war.
Our Confederate relatives were from the FL GA AL line area. They were a mix of Irish servants and English who lost Fort Mimms to the Indians. WW2 brought that side of the family to NOLA.

My great-great-great-grandfather was Raphael Semmes, Admiral of the CSS Alabama.

Still pissed at LSU for taking his name off the street.