1860s – Southwest of Dallas-Fort Worth
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The McCoys and some of their kin were conscripted from Erath County into the 10th Texas Infantry.
1860s – Georgia
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Several Civil War skirmishes and battles took place around the old tunnel during the 1860s. Several McCoy family-members were involved in those campaigns.
1861 - 1865 – Texas and the Southern United States
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Several McCoy family members died, as Texas Confederate soldiers, in the Civil War.
1862 - 1865 – Muster Roll copied from the National Archives in Fort Worth
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Muster Roll for Company K, 10 Texas Infantry, CSA
1862 – Texas
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Front cover of the Texas Confederate Muster Roll.
Jan 11, 1863 – Arkansas River
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The 5000 Confederate forces at Fort Hindman - Arkansas Post were attacked and overwhelmed by 30,000 Federal troops and several gunboats on January 11, 1863. The enlisted Confederate soldiers who were captured were shipped to Illinois and confined at Camp Douglas, south of Chicago.
January 11, 1863 – Fort Hindman - Arkansas Post
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This Hardee flag was carried by into battle by Texas forces at Fort Hindman - Arkansas Post. Some 5000 Confederate forces were overwhelmed by more than 20,000 Yankee troops.
January 11, 1863 – Fort Hindman - Arkansas Post
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Heavy shelling from Federal gunboats eliminated the large defensive cannons at a Arkansas Post.
January 11, 1863 – Fort Hindman - Arkansas Post
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These images were period renderings of the damage at Arkansas Post following the assault on the fort.
As He May Have Looked in 1863. – Photo would have been made near Stephenville, Texas
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Ron decided to use this image of himself to depict his 2nd great grandfather, Reuben M. McCoy, who fought in the US Civil War in Company K, 10th Texas Infantry.
November 27, 1863 – Ringgold Gap in Georgia
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Nov 27, 1863 – Northwest Georgia
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The McCoy Boys and some of their kin participated in this battle.
November 1863 – Battle of Atlanta
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Texas soldiers were allowed to carry this banner as part of Grandbury's Consolidated Brigade. The banner was inscribed with previous campaigns. It was carried into the Battle of Atlanta.
circa 1863 – Camp Douglas (south Chicago)
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This POW record indicates the McCoy brothers were sent to City Point, Virginia, in a prisoner exchange, in 1863.
1863 - 1965 – Texas, Arkansas, Illinois, and Georgia
On Feb 18, 1862, Reuben M. McCoy and his brother, Francis Marion McCoy, enlistd into the Texas military and were assigned to Company K, 10th Texas Infantry, in the Army of the Confederate States of America.
Reuben, Francis, other brothers and relatives were sent to Fort Hindman-Arkansas Post to guard against Yankee intrusion by way of the Arkansas River. On Jan 11, 1863, Fort Hindman was attacked and overwhelmed by superior US naval forces. For two days, the Fort was bombarded by heavy gunboat shelling and the 5000 Confederate forces were forced to surrender.
Many of the captured Confederate troops were shipped by boat to Chicago and became POWs at Camp Douglas, near the lakefront, on the south side of the city.
In June of 1863, many of the Texas Confederate soldiers were paroled in a prisoner exchange and reassigned to consolidated units, including the 5th and 6th Texas Infantry.
Those units...
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1863 – Camp Douglas - Near Chicago
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Reuben M. McCoy & brother, Francis Marion McCoy, were imprisoned at Camp Douglas following their capture at Fort Hindman-Arkansas Post. More than 5000 Confederates were captured or killed in that Arkansas River battle, on January 11, 1863.
The Great State of Texas
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April 28, 1865 – Camp - near Greensboro, North Carolina
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Men of the 10th Texas Infantry ended up in Company D of Grandbury's Consolidated Brigade. This document suggests Reuben McCoy was still alive and paroled at the end of the Civil War.
April 28, 1865 – Yankee POW Camp - Near Greensboro, North Carolina
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This last Muster Roll indicates that Reuben M. McCoy was paroled at the end of the US Civil War.
Greenville, South Carolina – April 1865
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Proof of Reuben M. McCoy's transfer into Grandbury's Consolidated Texas Brigade. It also suggests Reuben was paroled in 1865.