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Submitted: 8/7/17 • Approved: 8/7/17 • Last Updated: 3/25/18 • R130273-G0-S3
Feb. 1, 1829 - June 28, 1879
Inscription:
"Gone Home"
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Birth: 1 Feb 1829 - Washington County (Washington)
Marriage: 19 Nov 1857 - Washington, Arkansas
Death: 28 Jun 1879 - Erath County (Erath), Texas
Parents: Henry Porter Pyeatt, Icyphena (or Ursephena) Carnahan
Spouse: Martha Jane Maxwell
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Name: James H Pyeatt
Rank at enlistment: Private
State Served: Texas
Service Record: Enlisted in Company H,
Texas 12th Infantry Regiment (Young's).
Sources: Index to Compiled Confederate Military Service Records
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Regiment: 12th Infantry Regiment Texas
Muster Date: 26 May 1865
Regiment State: Texas
Regiment Type: Infantry
Regiment Number: 12th
Regiment History:
12th Texas Infantry Regiment.
Col. Overton Young, Lt. Cols. William Clark & B. A. Philpott, Major Erastus Smith.
The regiment, also known as the 8th Texas Infantry Regiment, was formed at Waco, Texas in the spring of 1862 and included men from Clarksville, Cameron, Hempstead, Nacogdoches, Fairfield, Waco and the counties of Comanche, Milam and Grimes. It was assigned to O. Young's, Waul's brigade, Trans-Mississippi Department. It fought at Jenkins' Ferry, Ark. It moved to Hemstead, Texas and disbanded in the spring of 1865.
{Submitted by: John Heseltine}
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Contributed on 8/7/17 by tomannkill
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