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Chickamauga in September, 1863, where he lost a leg. As a
lieutenant general in command of the Confederate forces
he was again wounded in the battle of Resaca, Georgia, in
May, 1864.
Joseph E. Johnston, who, while camped at Tunas Springs
wrote up his inspection report of Fort Stockton, became a
Confederate general during the Civil War, commanding in
Virginia in 1862. With too small a force, he attempted to re.
lieve Vicksburg, Mississippi, in 1863. During December,
1863, he commenced a strategic and brilliant retreat in
front of Sherman's advance toward Atlanta, and thereafter
was relieved of his command for being too cautious. In
command again in 1865 with too few and too little he
surrendered to Sherman's troops in April, 1865.2s5
William H. Emory, whose small detachment peacefully
met Toro Mucho and his Comanche warriors at Comanche
Springs, and for whom Mount Emory of the Big Bend Park
was named, was from Maryland and had been graduated
from West Point in 1831. In the Mexican War, he served as
chief engineering officer, acting adjutant general, and lieu-
tenant colonel of volunteers. As chief astronomer for the com-
mission, he was active in establishing the boundary be-
tween Mexico and the United States, including the line
along the Rio Grande in Texas. He was appointed commis-
stoner to define the line of the Gadsden Purchase in 1857.
After remaining in the United States Army during the Civil
WVar, he eventually retired as a brigadier general in 1875.26
Captain Arthur Tracy Lee, who served at Fort Davis
and later replaced Captain Carpenter at Fort Stockton, was
a Pennsylvanian. The records of this officer are very scanty.
He was transferred to the 8th Infantry in 1838; was promoted
to first lieutenant in 1845, and to captain in 1848.
By some means, a leave of absence perhaps, he managed
to leave Fort Stockton ahead of his company, receiving his
appointment as a major in the United States Army on Oc-
tober 26, 1861. He received mention for gallant and meri-
torious service at the battle of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, on
July 2, 1863. Subsequently, Major Lee wrote on July 4,'
230~1
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4I1863, from the general hospital, Fifth Army Corps, near
Gettysburg, describing the activities of himself and his men
during the battle.2Y
This work tells of a few of the patriots who were in-
strumental in obtaining the freedom of the United States
and Texas.
George Rogers Clark, when denied aid from Virginia
during the American Revolution stated:
If a country is not worth protecting, it's not
worth claiming."
Lorenzo de Zavala, during the Texas Revolution, seaid:ep
"Citizens of Texas, arouse yourselves, or sleep
forever."
The philosophy of Faust still holds:
"The last result of wisdom stamps it true; He only
earns his Freedom and existence Who daily con-
quers them anew." (Goethe, Faust, Act V)
Today's youth will be our heroes of tomorrow. Will
there EVER AGAIN be such men as Patrick Henry, George
Washington, Thomas Jefferson, or Sam Houston
1 Post Return, Camp Stockton, June, 1860.
2 Banta and Caldwell, as cited, pp. 135-139.
3 Frontier Times, Vol. X, No. II1, Dec., 1932, pp. 196-200.
4 The National Archives, Record Group No. 92.
5 Ibid., pp. 170-196, 296-303.
6 Heitman, Francis, as cited; McDonald, The West Texas Frontier,
as cited, Vol. II, pp. 10-22; Price, George, as cited, pp. 86-93.
7 Bliss, Reminiscences, as cited, Vol. 1, pp. 292-295.
8 Williams, O.n., Guero Carranza; a privately printed brochure, written
sometime between 1902-1914.
9 Texas Census Records of Montague and Presidio Counties for 1860:
Texas State Archives, Austin, Texas.
10 Message, President to the Two houses of Congress, 2nd Session,
36th Cong., 1860, Vol. II, p. 61.
11 Ibid., pp. 34-51.
12 Ibid., pp. 19-21.
13 Haley, J. E., Fort Concho, as cited, p. 95; Richardson, AD., as cited.
14 Johnson, A. R., The Partisan Rangers of the Confederate Army, pp.
7-8: Geo. G. Fetter Co., Louisville, 1904.
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