First Corps, Army of the Potomac
Captain T J Goree, Volunteer aide de camp to Brigadier General J Longstreet, Confederate States Army
Independent Texas Rangers
COLONEL & VOLUNTEER AIDE DE CAMP B F TERRY
B F Terry was appointed colonel and volunteer aide de camp to Brigadier General J Longstreet, Confederate States Army, on 21 July, 1861, and colonel, 8th Texas Cavalry, on 16 November, 1861, dated 23 September, 1861 (See the Fourth Brigade, Army of the Potomac).
Colonel & Volunteer Aide de Camp T S Lubbock: T S Lubbock was appointed colonel and volunteer aide de camp to Brigadier General J Longstreet, Confederate States Army, on 21 July, 1861, and lieutenant colonel, 8th Texas Cavalry, on 16 November, 1861, dated 23 September, 1861.
Captain & Volunteer Aide de Camp T J Goree: T J Goree was appointed captain and volunteer aide de camp to Brigadier General J Longstreet, Confederate States Army, on 20 July, 1861.
Sources
"Some of the Rangers referred to above, start this morning for Manassas Junction, where they will operate till joined by their comrades."
The Daily Dispatch (Richmond, Henrico County, Virginia), 22 June, 1861 - Texan Rangers
"Capt. T. S. Lubbock's guerrillas will leave Houston on or about the 5th of June to participate in the war. They are made up of men expecting to pay their way. Every man will furnish his own horse and saddle and take with him $250 in money. About fifty men are now ready."
Houston Telegraph (Houston, Harris County, Texas), 31 May, 1861
"Texan Rangers are now in her service, and more will shortly be coming. Among the influential gentlemen now in our midst from that State, may be mentioned Cols. F. Terry, J. W. Wharton, J. T. Thatcher; Capts. T. S. Lubbock, Dan Conner, Dr. Freeman, Mr. La Toole, and J. F. Mutchet, M. D., who are in the city, with some twenty comrades, for the purpose of offering to President Davis the services of 150 picked men, of pecuniary ability, and of established fighting stock, who, if they are accepted, will pay their own way; and, as scouts and guerrillas, design to prove a terror and a bye-word to our Northern brethren now operating with arms against our peace and quiet."
The Richmond Daily Dispatch (Richmond, Henrico County, Virginia), 22 June, 1861 - Texan Rangers
"The war correspondent of the Savannah Republican writes an interesting letter from Fairfax Court-House, 23 June, in which is related the following: On our arrival here last night, we heard of one those daring exploits for which the present campaign is distinguished. The heros were two Texans, Col. B. F. Terry, a large planter, and the brother of the famous Judge Terry, of California, and Capt. T. S. Lubbock, a brother of the Lieut. Governor of Texas."
The Richmond Daily Dispatch (Richmond, Henrico County, Virginia), 12 July, 1861 - Incidents of war
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"Well! our little Texas Squad has been received as independent Texas Rangers. We are furnished with rations and forage whilst in service and are allowed to quit whenever we feel so disposed."
"We had at Richmond about 15 Texans, but only about 5 of that number have yet reached this place."
"We are acting as Rangers or as scouts for this division of the army, and we flatter ourselves that we will render very effective service to the cause in that way."
Longstreet's aide: The civil war letters of Major Thomas J Goree, by Thomas Jewett Goree
"The guerrillas are composed, so far, of Colonels Terry, Wharton, Goree, and Hatcher, and Captains Lubbock, Conner, et al. We will organise ourselves into a regiment, elect our field officers, and what few captains, non-commissioned officers and privates we may need we will raise after we get to Virginia." A guerrilla writes from Brashear City, Louisiana, 15 June, 1861
Six decades in Texas or memoirs of Francis Richard Lubbock, Governor of Texas in war-time, 1861-63: A personal experience in business, war, and politics, edited by C W Raines
"In the spring of 1861, Wharton, in company with Benjamin Franklin Terry and Thomas S. Lubbock departed Texas, determined to take part in the first battle for Confederate independence. Wharton fell ill shortly after arriving in Virginia however, and missed the first battle of Manassas. Returning to Texas, Wharton raised and was elected captain of Company B – the Archer Greys – the largest company in in the Eighth Texas Cavalry."
Our trust is in the God of battles: The civil war letters of Robert Franklin Bunting, Chaplin, Terry's Texas Rangers, C.S.A., edited by Thomas W Cutrer
Reports of the committee on public safety to the Convention of the people of the state of Texas, which assembled at Austin, the 28th January, 1861, and re-assembled on the 2d day of March, 1861: Containing the missions to San Antonio, to the Rio Grande, and the N. W. Frontier, Gen'l Roger's mission to Louisiana, to procure arms and the Conference of the sub-committee with the late Gov. Houston, with accompanying documents, by the Texas Committee on public safety
Notes
Colonel & Volunteer Aide de Camps B F Terry and T S Lubbock and Captain & Volunteer Aide de Camp T J Goree, Independent Texas Rangers, were assigned to Brigadier General J Longstreet, Confederate States Army, at the battle of first Manassas on 21 July, 1861.
Houston, Harris County, Texas, to New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana, 10-16 June, 1861: Colonel B F Terry, Captain T S Lubbock, Texas Volunteers, and T J Goree were ordered to Galveston, Galveston County, Texas, in the evening on 10 June, 1861, and arrived in the morning on 11 June, 1861. Colonel B F Terry, Captain T S Lubbock, Texas Volunteers, and T J Goree, were ordered to proceed by schooner on the Gulf of Mexico to Brashear City, Berwick's Bay, St. Mary Parish, Louisiana, at 2 PM the same day and were accompanied by Lieutenant Colonel J Longstreet, infantry, Confederate States Army. Colonel B F Terry, Captain T S Lubbock, Texas Volunteers, and T J Goree arrived at Brashear City, Berwick's Bay, St. Mary Parish, Louisiana, in the evening on 14 June, 1861, were ordered to proceed by the New Orleans, Opelousas & Great Western Railroad to New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana, in the evening on 15 June, 1861. Colonel B F Terry, Captain T S Lubbock, Texas Volunteers, and T J Goree arrived at New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana, in the evening on 16 June, 1861 (See the Fourth Brigade, Army of the Potomac).
New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana, to Richmond, Henrico County, Virginia, in the evening on 17 June, 1861, and arrived by the Richmond & Danville Railroad at Richmond, Henrico County, Virginia, 17-21 June, 1861: Colonel B F Terry, Captain T S Lubbock, and T J Goree, Texas Volunteers, were ordered to proceed by the New Orleans, Jackson & Great Northern Railroad to Richmond, Henrico County, Virginia, in the evening on 17 June, 1861, and arrived by the Richmond & Danville Railroad at Richmond, Henrico County, Virginia, on 21 June, 1861.
Note: Colonel B F Terry, Captain T S Lubbock, Texas Volunteers; T J Goree; J A Wharton; D A Conner; and J T Thatcher were stationed at Brashear City, Berwick's Bay, St. Mary Parish, Louisiana, on 15 June, 1861.
New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana, to Richmond, Henrico County, Virginia, 17-21 June, 1861: Colonel B F Terry, Captain T S Lubbock, Texas Volunteers, and T J Goree were ordered to proceed by the New Orleans, Jackson & Great Northern Railroad to Richmond, Henrico County, Virginia, in the evening on 17 June, 1861, and arrived by the Richmond & Danville Railroad at Richmond, Henrico County, Virginia, on 21 June, 1861.
Note: Colonel B F Terry, Captain T S Lubbock, Texas Volunteers; J T Goree; J A Wharton; T N Waul; and L T Wigfall were stationed at Richmond, Henrico County, Virginia, on 23 June, 1861 (See the 1st Texas Infantry).
Special Orders No.67, Headquarters, Army of the Potomac, Camp Pickens, Manassas Junction, Prince William County, Virginia, 26 June, 1861: Colonel B F Terry, Captain T S Lubbock, Texas Volunteers, and D Conner were assigned as scouts to the Army of the Potomac by Special Orders No.67, Headquarters, Army of the Potomac, Camp Pickens, Manassas Junction, Prince William County, Virginia, on 26 June, 1861.
Note: J A Wharton was not present at the first battle of Manassas on 21 July, 1861, and was accepted in Confederate States service for the war as captain, 8th Texas Cavalry, Company B, at Houston, Harris County, Texas, by Second Lieutenant J W Sparks, Confederate States Army, on 7 September, 1861.
Fairfax Courthouse, Fairfax County, Virginia, 29 June, 1861: Colonel B F Terry, Captain T S Lubbock, T J Goree; D A Conner; and P T Woodson, Texas Volunteers, arrived at Fairfax Courthouse, Fairfax County, Virginia, on 29 June, 1861, and were assigned as Independent Texas Rangers acting as scouts to Brigadier General M L Bonham, Confederate States Army, between 29 June and 17 July, 1861 (See the First Brigade, Army of the Potomac).
Note: Colonel B F Terry and Captain T S Lubbock, Texas Volunteers, were engaged in a skirmish four miles west of Alexandria, Alexandria County, Virginia, in the evening on 30 June, 1861, and the Independent Texas Rangers was ordered on a reconnaissance to Mills Crossroads, four miles northeast of Fairfax Courthouse, Fairfax County, Virginia, under the command of Colonel J B Kershaw, 2nd South Carolina Infantry, and Lieutenant Colonel T T Munford, 30th Virginia Cavalry, in the evening on 3 July, 1861 (See the 2nd South Carolina Infantry).
Fairfax Courthouse, Fairfax County, Virginia, to Mitchell's Ford, on the Bull Run River, 17 July, 1861: Colonel B F Terry, Captain T S Lubbock, and T J Goree; Texas Volunteers, were ordered to withdraw to Mitchell's Ford, on the Bull Run River, in the morning on 17 July, 1861.
Note: T J Goree, Texas Volunteers, was appointed captain and volunteer aide de camp to Brigadier General M L Bonham, Confederate States Army, during the skirmish at Blackburn's Ford, on the Bull Run River, on 18 July, 1861, and Captain & Volunteers Aide de Camp, Texas Volunteers, was assigned to Brigadier General J Longstreet, Confederate States Army, at the first battle of Manassas on on 21 July, 1861.
Follow & observe enemy in the vicinity of Centreville & Fairfax Courthouse, Fairfax County, Virginia, 22 July, 1861: Colonel & Volunteer Aide de Camp F B Terry, Texas Volunteers, was ordered to follow and observe the enemy, to pick up stragglers, and secure relinquished property in the vicinity of Centreville and Fairfax Courthouse, Fairfax County, Virginia, in the morning on 22 July, 1861, and was accompanied by 30th Virginia Cavalry, Company E. He arrived at Fairfax Courthouse via Centreville, Fairfax County, Virginia, the same day and was ordered to Blackburn's Ford, on the Bull Run River, in the evening on 22 July, 1861 (See the 30th Virginia Cavalry, Company E).
Colonel B F Terry and Captain T S Lubbock, Texas Volunteers, were appointed colonels and volunteer aide de camps to Brigadier General J Longstreet, Confederate States Army, at the first battle of Manassas on on 21 July, 1861.
Brigadier General J Longstreet, Confederate States Army, Fourth Brigade, First Corps, Army of the Potomac: Major J Longstreet, paymaster, United States Army, was appointed lieutenant colonel, infantry, Confederate States Army, on 1 May, 1861, dated 16 March, 1861, and resigned at Albuquerque, Bernalillo County, New Mexico, on 9 May, 1861. Lieutenant Colonel J Longstreet, infantry, Confederate States Army, arrived at Galveston, on Galveston Island, Galveston County, Texas, in the morning on 11 June, 1861, and was accompanied by B F Terry, T S Lubbock, Dr P T Woodson, J A Wharton; and T J Goree. He was ordered to proceed by schooner to Brashear City, Berwick's Bay, St. Mary Parish, Louisiana, at 2 PM on 11 June, 1861, and arrived in the evening on 14 June, 1861. Lieutenant Colonel J Longstreet, infantry, Confederate States Army, was ordered to proceed by the New Orleans, Opelousas & Great Western Railroad to New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana, in the evening on 15 June, 1861, and arrived in the evening on 16 June, 1861. He was ordered to proceed by the New Orleans, Jackson & Great Northern Railroad to Richmond, Henrico County, Virginia, in the evening on 17 June, 1861, and arrived by the Richmond & Danville Railroad at Richmond, Henrico County, Virginia, on 21 June, 1861. Lieutenant Colonel J Longstreet, infantry, Confederate States Army, was appointed brigadier general, Confederate States Army, at Richmond, Henrico County, Virginia, on 25 June, 1861, dated 17 June, 1861, and was ordered to proceed by the Virginia Central Railroad to Manassas Junction, Prince William County, Virginia, on 1 July, 1861. Brigadier General J Longstreet, Confederate States Army, arrived by the Orange & Alexandria Railroad at Camp Pickens, Manassas Junction, Prince William County, Virginia, on 2 July, 1861, and was assigned to command the Fourth Brigade, First Corps, Army of the Potomac, by Special Orders No.92, Headquarters, Department of Alexandria, Camp Pickens, Manassas Junction, Prince William County, Virginia, on 5 July, 1861. Brigadier General J Longstreet, Confederate States Army, was appointed lieutenant general, Confederate States Army, on 11 October, 1861, dated 9 October, 1861, and was assigned to the First Corps, Army of the Potomac, by Special Orders No.419, Paragraph I, Headquarters, Army of the Potomac, Camp Pickens, Manassas Junction, Prince William County, Virginia, on 12 October, 1861.
After the first battle of Manassas Colonel B F Terry and Colonel T S Lubbock, Independent Texas Rangers, organised the 8th Texas Cavalry at Houston, Harris County, Texas, under the command of Colonel B F Terry, Lieutenant Colonel T S Lubbock and Major T Harrison, dated November, 1861.
Reports
OFFICIAL REPORT No.100: Series I, Volume 2 (Serial No.2), pp543-544
Brigadier General J Longstreet, Confederate States Army, Fourth Brigade, First Corps, Army of the Potomac, dated 28 July, 1861
Orders of Battle
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