Claunch and Stewart Families

Civil War Service:

BATTLE UNIT NAME: 12th Regiment, Missouri Cavalry
SIDE: Confederacy
COMPANY: A
SOLDIER'S RANK IN: Private
SOLDIER'S RANK OUT: Private
ALTERNATE NAME:
FILM NUMBER:
M380 ROLL 6
PLAQUE NUMBER:
NOTES:

https://www.nps.gov/civilwar/search-soldiers-detail.htm?soldierId=066AF2A3-DC7A-DF11-BF36-B8AC6F5D926A

Unit Details

12th Regiment, Missouri Cavalry

OVERVIEW:
12th Cavalry Regiment, formerly the Jackson County Cavalry, was organized during the summer of 1863. The unit was assigned to General Shelby's Brigade, Trans-Mississippi Department, and confronted the Federals in Missouri and Arkansas. Later it was part of Price's operations in Missouri. The regiment sustained 2 casualties at Marks' Mills and 35 during Price's Expedition. It was included in the surrender on June 2, 1865. Its commanders were Colonel David Shanks, Lieutenant Colonel William H. Erwin, and Major Samuel Bowman and H.J. Vivien.

https://www.nps.gov/civilwar/search-battle-units-detail.htm?battleUnitCode=CMO0012RC

Civil War Service:

Private, Company A, Shank's Regiment
12th Missouri Cavalry
Enlisted August 15, 1862 in Jackson County (Kansas City) by Colonel Thompson
Company Muster Roll Dated Jan-Feb 1864

Research Notes from Mary Louise Claunch

Biographical Sketch:

"Troy Hackler, a prominent citizen and land-owner of Mansfield, Texas, is a native of Virginia, born January 15, 1836.

His early life was spent on the farm and his education was that received in the public schools. In 1840 he went to Missouri with his parents, their settlement being in Cass county. There he remained until the outbreak of the civil war. While he opposed secession and was not in favor of war, he found it necessary to take sides, and as he was in the South he chose the side on which his friends were enlisted. In 1862 he went to Arkansas, and there enlisted in the Confederate service. He was in the Trans-Mississippi Department, under General Price, and saw much hard service, participating in no less than thirty-seven engagements. At Ashley Station, Arkansas, he was wounded in the foot and was disabled. By the time he had fully recovered, the war was over.

At the close of the war Mr. Hackler came to Texas and located in the county in which he has since lived. That same year, 1865, he was married. For seven or eight years he farmed rented land, then he procured a farm, and has all these years been identified with agricultural pursuits. As the years passed by and as prosperity attended his labors, he from time to time purchased other small tracts of land, and is now the owner of a fair amount of land, including property in Mansfield. Some years ago he retired from his farm and has since occupied a pleasant residence in Mansfield, his time now being employed in looking after his property."

https://archive.org/details/historyoftexasto00chic/page/490

History of Texas
Together with a Biographical History of Tarrant and Parker Counties
Chicago
The Lewis Publishing Company
1895

p 491