. Combats and conquests of immortal heroes. invaded New Mexico was organizedin San Antonio, Joseph D. Sayers, Trevanion T. Teel andJoseph E. Dwyer, its three majors, were San Antonians as wereJuan T. Cardenas. John A. Ferris, Frank H. Bushick, Sr.,Captains, and Ham P. Bee afterward officer of theConfederacy. Hoods Brigade and Terrys Rangers, both highly famousand conspicuous commands in the Civil War, were Texas or-ganizations, and John B. Hood, like Lee, had previously beena prominent United States Army officer. Henry E. McCullochrecruited his famous Confederate cavalry in San Anton
. Combats and conquests of immortal heroes. invaded New Mexico was organizedin San Antonio, Joseph D. Sayers, Trevanion T. Teel andJoseph E. Dwyer, its three majors, were San Antonians as wereJuan T. Cardenas. John A. Ferris, Frank H. Bushick, Sr.,Captains, and Ham P. Bee afterward officer of theConfederacy. Hoods Brigade and Terrys Rangers, both highly famousand conspicuous commands in the Civil War, were Texas or-ganizations, and John B. Hood, like Lee, had previously beena prominent United States Army officer. Henry E. McCullochrecruited his famous Confederate cavalry in San Antonio,x^mong its distinguished officers who were residents of thatcity being David Morril Poor, Charles Pyron. Governor Nel-son, William Tobin, Albert Wallace, John Bradley, MartinBraden, Stephen Dauenhauer, H. Kampmann, N. J. A. Green. Rip Ford, and W. C. and C. F. Maverick was also another distinguished San Antoniosoldier, as also was Sam Maverick, Jr., his brother. 144 Co:\iBATs AND Conquests of lAnioRTAL Heroes. Combats and Conquests of Lm^iortal Heroes 145 A command consisting of those who either were too oldor too young to be accepted in service at the front was or-ganized in San Antonio, prominent among its members havingbeen the brothers Thomas ]., Greggory and James Devine andSam S. Smith. San Antonio also contributed members to two companiesof vokniteer United States soldiers, B. J. Mauermann beinga member of one of them. During the interegnum between the Civil and the Span-ish American wars, the next volunteer miHtary organizationwas the San Antonio Rifles, organized in 1884, their first patronhaving been the genial and generous Hal Goshng, and theirlast the popular Colonel Henry B. Andrews. Its first captainwas C. M. Granger, Henry E. Vernor its first and Duval Westits second lieutenant. Frank J. Badger succeeded Granger;Duval West was promoted to first lieutenant and Perry became second lieutenant. It scon became the crackmilitary co
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