Jeremiah R. Alexander
Jeremiah
R. Alexander, was a private in Company B of the 14th Texas Infantry in
Walker's Division. His brother, Jason B. Alexander, was a corporal in the
same company. (Their brother-in-law, Pleasant R. Morris, was a private in
the same company.) Another brother, Johnson J. Alexander, was a private in
Company B of the 17th Texas Dismounted Cavalry in Polignac's brigade of
Mouton's Texas-Louisiana Division. Yet another brother, James A. Alexander,
was a private in Company C of the 27th Louisiana Infantry.
Of these brothers, Jeremiah, Jason, and Johnson all fought with the Army of
the Trans-Mississippi under General Richard Taylor (son of President Zachary
Yaylor) at the battles of Mansfield and Pleasant Hill, Louisiana during the
Red River Campaign of April 1864, and in the battle of Jenkin's Ferry during
the Camden, Arkansas expedition of September 1864.
Following the Federal
withdrawel from western Louisiana and Arkansas, these brothers saw no
further action, though they continued to serve for the duration of the war.
They all mustered out of Confederate service in May 1865.
The other brother, James, was among the defenders of Vicksburg and was taken
prisoner when that city fell in July 1863. (The 27th Louisiana was the
first Confederate unit to capture Federal prisoners and colors during
General Grant's futile frontal assaults on the city fortifications in May
1863.) James was paroled within a few days of the Vicksburg surrender, but
remained a prisoner of war until April 1864, when he was repatriated to
Texas in a prisoner exchange.
Source:Dennis Alexander
Texans in the Civil War
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