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Note: e age 9) may have gone by Bill in his youth in civil war fought with a friend Henry A. Morehead, they were in the 11th Mississippi regiment, company D (both privates) fought at a battlefield in richmond, VA (have a 7 page letter he wrote to W. H. Ferguson in 1907, 45 years after the fact, after he had visited the battle sites in Virginia, some knid of reunion I think) his friend, Henry was wounded at Richmond. following informatioj hijacked from http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/soldiers.htm 11th Regiment, Mississippi Infantry 11th Infantry Regiment was organized at Corinth, Mississippi, in May, 1861, and mustered into Confederate service at Lynchburg, Virginia. Its companies were recruited into Confederate service at Lynchburg, Virginia. Its companies were recruited in the counties of Neshoba, Yazoo, Monroe, Coahome, Noxubee, Chickasaw, Lowndes, Lamar, Carroll, and Lafayette. It fought at First Manassas under General B.E. Bee, then was assigned to General Whiting's, Law's, and J.R. Davis' Brigade, Army of Northern Virginia. The 11th served with the army from Seven Pines to Cold Harbor except when it was with Longstreet at Suffolk. Later it was involved in the Petersburg siege south of the James River in the Appomattox Campaign. This regiment lost 7 killed and 21 wounded at First Manassas and totalled 504 effectives in April, 1862. It had 18 killed, 142 wounded, and 3 missing at Gaines' Mill 4 killed and 55 wounded at Second Manassas and 8 killed and 96 wounded in the Maryland Campaign. Of the 592 engaged at Gettysburg , thirty-four percent were disabled, and there were 9 casualties en route from Pennsylvania. It surrendered 3 officers and 15 men. The commanders were Colonels F.M. Green, Philip F. Liddell, William H. Moore, and Reuben O. Reynolds; Lieutenant Colonels Samuel F. Butler, William B. Lowry, and George W. Shannon; and Majors T.S. Evans and Alexander H. Franklin. Moved to Texas in 1866 at age 28 1870 census Travis Co., Texas (entry between Charles Duty and Albert Duty) Wm H. age 32 Mary E. age 21 Edna age 2 Francis age 1 1880 census Travis, Texas William Ferguson age 42 occupation was: Carpenter bp Al dads bp GA moms bp SC Mary E age 32 bp Texas dads bp SC moms bp MO Edna L. 11 bp Tx Marion 10 (son) bp Tx Eliza E. 8 bp Tx William 6 bp Tx Ula 4 bp Tx James 5 months bp Tx Louisa Duty mother in law age 70 bp MO 1900 census Webberville, Travis, Texas William H. Jan 1838 age 62 farmer Edna Oct 1868 age 31 Marion Feb 1870 age 30 farm laborer Elizabeth Jan 1872 age 28 school teacher James Jan 1880 age 20 farm laborer Earl Mar 1882 age 18 farm laborer 1910 census El Paso, TX With daughter and son in law William McBett age 63 Edna age 41 married 7 years Gordon L. age 6 Margaret S. age 4
Note: Served for four wars, including in the Civil War (on Mississippi side, had lived there sinc
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