Maclin-Fox-Dege Battery Texas Light Artillery records
Scope and Contents
This collection includes two bound volumes of battery records. The letter book in folder 1 consists of copies of Battery General Orders and letters to higher authority concerning personnel matters, requests for supllies and ordnance, as well as reports of the condition of the horses held by the battery. The Company Descriptive Book in folder 2 contains detailed muster / personnel records of all members of the battery as well as lists of the non-commissioned officers, transfers, deaths and deserters.
Dates
- Creation: 1861 - 1865
Creator
- Confederate States of America. Army. Texas Artillery (Organization)
Conditions Governing Access
This material is open for research.
Conditions Governing Access
Stored onsite at the Woodson Research Center.
Conditions Governing Use
Permission to publish from this material must be obtained from the Woodson Research Center, Fondren Library, Rice University. woodson@rice.edu
Biographical / Historical
The Maclin-Fox-Dege Battery was part of the Texas Light Artillery, forming the 8th Field Battery of the Army of the Confederate States of America. In 1861 the Battery was stationed near Brownsville, later moving to the Galveston area. The battery was first commanded by Capt Robert B. Maclin, CSA. He was transferred in early 1862, and command passed to 1st. Lt P. Fox, CSA. In January 1864 P. Fox, by this time promoted to Captain, was in turn transferred and Capt. A.E. Dege, CSA, took command of the Battery.
Extent
0.1 Linear Feet ( (2 folders))
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
This collection includes two bound volumes of battery records concerning personnel, orders, supplies, ordnance and more.
Acquisition Information
The collection was loaned to the Fondren Library by the original owner, Mrs. S. M. Love of Houston, in June 1962. No contact has been made between Mrs. Love (or her relatives) and the Fondren Library for 48 years. After a due diligence search of the Web and inquiries in the Rice University Development Office database, no records were found of Mrs. Love or any heirs. For this reason the status of the collection has been changed from "on loan" to a gift of Mrs. S. M. Love of Houston, Texas in June 1962.
Subject
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives, Confederate. (Organization)
- Confederate States of America. Army. Texas Artillery (Organization)
- Confederate States of America. Army (Organization)
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Regimental histories (Organization)
Genre / Form
Topical
- Title
- Guide to the Maclin-Fox-Dege Battery Texas Light Artillery records, 1861-1865
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Alan Bath
- Date
- 2013
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- English
Repository Details
Part of the Woodson Research Center, Rice University, Houston, Texas Repository
Fondren Library MS-44, Rice University
6100 Main St.
Houston Texas 77005 USA
713-348-2586
woodson@rice.edu