Savannah Blues
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With nine companies of volunteers preparing for service in the Southern Army, enthusiasm in behalf of the Southern Cause became a rife in the Savannah community, one of the most outstanding communities of Red River County during pre=-Civil War days, that at a mass meeting held at Savannah on June 22, 1861, there was organized for service in the Southern Army, a company of volunteers known as the Savannah Blues, with fourteen officers and innety-seven men. James Gilliam was elected captain of this company "Report of the strength and condition of a uniformed volunteer company of militia (Savannah Blues) organized in Precinct No. 1, Red River County, under an act of the Legislature approved February 5th, 1858 and attached to the home Service. James Gilliam, Captain Ebenezer Titus, First Lieutenant John H. B rantley, Second Lieutenant W. G. Gilliam, Third Lieutenant Granville, First Sergeant Wm. S. Cames, Second Sergeant Jerimiah N. Benge, THird Sergeant James M. Blair, Fourth Sergeant R. Y. Benge, First Corporal William Wagley, Second Corporal J. B. Scoggins, Third Corpral P. M. Boker, Fourth corporal Musicians, Francis N. Montgomery, A. Nickerson C. S. D. Lawrence Thomas Scoggans William Lawrence James Patton John Coleman James R. Fuller E. B. Ball E. Y. Benge J. Porter John H. Brantley Edd Brantley Ben B. Clark O. B. Wade Thos. F. Titus B. T. Peek Yancy Coleman Josiah Peek W. S. Mabry A. Kelly D. H. Bearden John H. Cortis William H. Fleming A. B. Birge W. T. Burchit J. W. Floyd Henry Parchman S. Parks Jack Collier D. C. Wagley James A. Patterson Thomas Brantley John L. Lumbright W. S. Beaty William Walker M. M. Scoggins W. P. Walker J. N. Jones J. W. Parchman John Childers Sam S. Beaty B. A. Walker Josephus Prchman L. A. Porter H. M. Gaines William Coleman Isaac Lawrence Henry Daft A. A. Wagley J. A. Martin Ben B. Bearden Wiley Geer D. W. Bardin Styarks Wagley Thos M. Lane George Kellhy Joseph brantlehy John Burnett D. T. Lake D. C. Pace Richard Peters James A. Gains J. W. H. Mann G. B. Honehycutt W. A. Dillard L. B. Bivins C. Dickson E. F. Davis W. T. Millbourn E. B. Blair William Holderfield William Moore W. H. Cline C. Mango Henry Wagley John Gray C. W. Brantley L. T. Burge W. J. Honeycutt J. A. Stewart F. S. Partlow J. W. Reynolds F. M. Blair John F. Stenson J. W. Lemons James Philkington John Nichols J. N. Mann M. Lawson Thyman Hinson "I, James Gilliam, captain of the Savannah Blues," do certify that the above is a true roll of the company, that it has organized in Precinct No. 1 of Red River County, that it was ready for active service and belongs to the Infantry army of service, and that the date or organization was the 22nd day of June, 1861." James Gilliam Captain On which is the following endorsement, to-wit: Filed July the 10th, 1861 J. W. Bivins, Clerk Recorded July the 10th, A. D. 1861. John W. Bivins, Clerk |