Is Robert Willoughby, survivor of Mier, Slave Owner, Confederate Civil War Soldier, correctly categorised.

Question

As an Australian, I know little of these things.

Robert emigrated from Cornwall to Texas in 1834, probably participated in the 1836 Texas Revolution, was captured by the Mexicans at Mier in 1842, survived the Black Bean Episode, became a successful farmer, and then died of dysentery after capture whilst serving in the 24th Battalion, Texas Infantry State Troops in 1864.

Have I categorised him properly? I've probably missed something.

Thanks.

Edit: I've added the black_heritage tag, because Robert appears to own five enslaved persons by 1860.

Comments

Hello Chris, Thank you for adding the slave information and the Needs Slaves Identified category.

I added the Victoria County, Texas, Slave Owner category. In the future, if you do find yourself working with slave owners, you can add the county, state, slave owner category. We would also appreciate you adding the top level USBH Heritage Exchange category for our checklist team.

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Thanks Gina, much appreciated.

Should I add the USBH Heritage Exchange category, or have you essentially completed the checklist?

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Hi Chris,

Please go ahead and add it. Thank you.

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Done, thanks.

Answer 1

I will take a look at his profile.

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Thanks Norman, much appreciated.

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I'm going to add some categories.

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Thanks, please feel free to change/update the profile as you see fit.

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I added some categories. POW, died POW, died disease (all for CSA).  Added a source for his CMSR at Fold3.  One page there had hospital/death info and burial details.

Cypress Grove Cemetery #2 was destroyed. The graves of Confederate POW's there were mostly lost. We did a space page on Cypress Grove #2. I did not do the Texans, so I do not know if he was included. We worked from an old newpaper article listing some of the soldiers who had been buried at Cypress Grove #2.

I did not touch the pre-Civil War service.

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I usually put a Southern Cross sticker on CSA soldiers who died in service. Would you like one on his profile.

Here is what those look like: Example of Southern Cross

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Awesome, thanks Norman!

I was going to ask whether the pre-Civil service was considered "Military Service" or otherwise. Perhaps I'll leave the answer to another.

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Regarding the Southern Cross sticker - I have no objection.

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I added another category. I forgot the Cypress Grove #2 category.

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The pre-Civil War service is part of his military service.  It's just that I am not too good with it.  I will take another look to see if I see anything.

I'll add the Southern Cross also.

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I moved the information you had there about the Republic of Texas service down into the Military Service section.

I looked on Fold3, for him in the Texas Revolution and in the Mexican-American War. I did not find anything at Fold3. So I cannot add to your information.

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I added another category.  POW during the Texas Revolution. That is all I could think of.  Someone who is more familiar with the Texas Revolution may be able to find more categories for him.

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Thanks Norman - you've helped a great deal.

In the meantime, I've started transcribing names from newspaper articles into the space page at Mier Expedition.

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The Cypress Grove #2 Space Page CSA soldiers all died in 1863.  So Robert Willoughby wasn't mentioned in the article that inspired the space page.

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Pam,

Yes, he was not in the article about Cypress Grove #2. I did check that to see if he was listed.  I am guessing he was a later burial there. At Fold3, I found a reference to his burial there.