Bombardment of the Post of Arkansas, from Harper’s Weekly, Feb. 7, 1863. Courtesy photo | Jeff Jackson collection
The Choctaw was at the Battle of Milliken’s Bend. “It is a vessel of the ram class, with a turret on the bow and a few broadside guns at the stern of the vessel,” wrote Harper’s Weekly, Feb. 7, 1863. Courtesy photo | Jeff Jackson collection
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EDITOR ’S NOTE : Lampasas historian Jeff Jackson has researched a number of history topics. The following presents his findings on Lampasas County connections to the Civil War.
The 24th Texas Cavalry was known as Wilkes’ Brigade, 2nd Texas Lancers, 2nd Regiment Carter’s Brigade. It was organized at Camp Carter near Hempstead on April 16, 1862. Col. Franklin Collett Wilkes was elected colonel.
