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185 years ago today...

LakeRanger

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Oct 13, 2015
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Allen, TX
..began the siege of the Alamo.

A small band of Texians held off a vastly superior force that gave others time (and a reason) to fight and win the independence for which they died.

Thank you.


Heroes all.

https://thealamo.org/remember/battle-and-revolution/defenders#sortByName


?, John
Age: Uncertain
Rank: A Black Freedman
From: Uncertain
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Abamillo, Juan
Age: Uncertain
Rank: Garrison Member
From: Spanish/Mexican Texas
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Allen, Robert
Age: Uncertain
Rank: Garrison Member
From: Virginia
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Andross, Miles DeForest
Age: 27
Rank: Garrison Member
From: Vermont
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Autry, Micajah
Age: 43
Rank: Garrison Member
From: North Carolina
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Badillo, Juan Antonio
Age: Uncertain
Rank: Garrison Member
From: Spanish/Mexican Texas
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Bailey, Peter James
Age: 24
Rank: Garrison Member
From: Kentucky
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Baker, Isaac G.
Age: 32
Rank: Garrison Member
From: Arkansas
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Baker, William
Age: Uncertain
Rank: Garrison Member
From: Missouri
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Ballentine, John J.
Age: Uncertain
Rank: Garrison Member
From: Pennsylvania
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Ballentine, Richard W.
Age: 22
Rank: Garrison Member
From: Scotland
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Baugh, John J.
Age: 33
Rank: Captain
From: Virginia
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Bayliss, Joseph
Age: 28
Rank: Garrison Member
From: Tennessee
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Blair, John
Age: 33
Rank: Garrison Member
From: Tennessee
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Blair, Samuel
Age: 29
Rank: Captain
From: Tennessee
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Blazeby, William
Age: 41
Rank: Captain
From: England
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Bonham, James
Age: 29
Rank: Second Lieutenant
From: South Carolina
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Bourne, Daniel
Age: 26
Rank: Garrison Member
From: England
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Bowie, James
Age: 40
Rank: Colonel
From: Kentucky
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Bowman, Jesse
Age: 51
Rank: Garrison Member
From: Tennessee
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Brown, George
Age: 35
Rank: Garrison Member
From: England
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Brown, James Murry
Age: 36
Rank: Garrison Member
From: Pennsylvania
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Brown, Robert
Age: 18
Rank: Garrison Member
From: Uncertain
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Buchanan, James
Age: 23
Rank: Garrison Member
From: Uncertain
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Burns, Samuel
Age: 26
Rank: Garrison Member
From: Ireland
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Butler, George D.
Age: 23
Rank: Garrison Member
From: Missouri
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Cain, John
Age: 34
Rank: Garrison Member
From: Pennsylvania
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Campbell, Robert
Age: 26
Rank: Lieutenant
From: Tennessee
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Carey, William R.
Age: 30
Rank: Captain
From: Virginia
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Clark, Charles Henry
Age: Uncertain
Rank: Garrison Member
From: Missouri
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Clark, M. B.
Age: Uncertain
Rank: Garrison Member
From: Mississippi
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Cloud, Daniel William
Age: 22
Rank: Garrison Member
From: Kentucky
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Cochran, Robert E.
Age: 26
Rank: Garrison Member
From: New Hampshire
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Cottle, George Washington
Age: 25
Rank: Garrison Member
From: Tennessee
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Courtman, Henry
Age: 28
Rank: Garrison Member
From: Germany
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Crawford, Lemuel
Age: 22
Rank: Garrison Member
From: South Carolina
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Crockett, David (Davy)
Age: 49
Rank: Colonel
From: Tennessee
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Crossman, Robert
Age: 26
Rank: Garrison Member
From: Pennsylvania
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Cummings, David P.
Age: 27
Rank: Garrison Member
From: Pennsylvania
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Cunningham, Robert W.
Age: 32
Rank: Private
From: New York
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Darst, Jacob C.
Age: 43
Rank: Garrison Member
From: Kentucky
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Davis, John
Age: 25
Rank: Garrison Member
From: Kentucky
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Day, Freeman
Age: 30
Rank: Garrison Member
From: Uncertain
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Day, Jerry C.
Age: 18
Rank: Garrison Member
From: Missouri
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Daymon, Squire
Age: 28
Rank: Garrison Member
From: Tennessee
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Dearduff, William
Age: Uncertain
Rank: Garrison Member
From: Tennessee
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Dennison, Stephen
Age: 24
Rank: Garrison Member
From: Uncertain
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Despallier, Charles
Age: 24
Rank: Garrison Member
From: Louisiana
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Dewall, Lewis
Age: 24
Rank: Garrison Member
From: New York
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Dickinson, Almaron
Age: 36
Rank: Captain
From: Pennsylvania
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Dillard, John Henry
Age: 31
Rank: Garrison Member
From: Tennessee
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Dimpkins, James R.
Age: Uncertain
Rank: Sergeant
From: England
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Duvalt, Andrew
Age: 32
Rank: Garrison Member
From: Ireland
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Espalier, Carlos
Age: 17
Rank: Garrison Member
From: Spanish/Mexican Texas
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Esparza, Gregorio
Age: 34
Rank: Garrison Member
From: Spanish/Mexican Texas
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Evans, Robert
Age: 36
Rank: Garrison Member
From: Ireland
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Evans, Samuel B.
Age: 24
Rank: Garrison Member
From: New York
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Ewing, James L.
Age: 24
Rank: Garrison Member
From: Tennessee
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Fauntleroy, William H.
Age: 22
Rank: Garrison Member
From: Kentucky
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Fishbaugh, William
Age: Uncertain
Rank: Garrison Member
From: Uncertain
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Flanders, John
Age: 36
Rank: Garrison Member
From: Massachusetts
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Floyd, Dolphin Ward
Age: 32
Rank: Garrison Member
From: North Carolina
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Forsyth, John Hubbard
Age: 38
Rank: Captain
From: New York
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Fuentes, Antonio
Age: 23
Rank: Garrison Member
From: Spanish/Mexican Texas
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Fuqua, Galba
Age: 16
Rank: Garrison Member
From: Alabama
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Garnett, William
Age: 24
Rank: Garrison Member
From: Virginia
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Garrand, James W.
Age: 23
Rank: Garrison Member
From: Louisiana
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Garrett, James Girard
Age: 30
Rank: Garrison Member
From: Tennessee
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Garvin, John E.
Age: 27
Rank: Garrison Member
From: Uncertain
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Gaston, John E.
Age: 17
Rank: Garrison Member
From: Kentucky
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George, James
Age: 34
Rank: Garrison Member
From: Uncertain
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Goodrich, John C.
Age: 27
Rank: Garrison Member
From: Virginia
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Grimes, Albert Calvin
Age: 19
Rank: Orderly Sergeant
From: Georgia
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Guerrero, José María
Age: Uncertain
Rank: Garrison Member
From: Spanish/Mexican Texas
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Gwynne, James C.
Age: 32
Rank: Garrison Member
From: England
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Hannum, James
Age: 21
Rank: Garrison Member
From: Pennsylvania
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Harris, John
Age: 23
Rank: Garrison Member
From: Kentucky
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Harrison, Andrew Jackson
Age: 27
Rank: Garrison Member
From: Tennessee
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Harrison, William B.
Age: 25
Rank: Commanding Officer
From: Ohio
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Haskell, Charles M.
Age: 23
Rank: Garrison Member
From: Tennessee
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Hawkins, Joseph M.
Age: 37
Rank: Garrison Member
From: Ireland
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Hays, John M.
Age: 22
Rank: Garrison Member
From: Tennessee
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Herndon, Patrick Henry
Age: 32
Rank: Garrison Member
From: Virginia
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Hersee, William Daniel
Age: 31
Rank: Sergeant
From: England
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Holland, Tapley
Age: 26
Rank: Garrison Member
From: Ohio
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Holloway, Samuel
Age: 28
Rank: Garrison Member
From: Pennsylvania
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Howell, William D.
Age: 39
Rank: Garrison Member
From: Massachusetts
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Jackson, Thomas
Age: Uncertain
Rank: Garrison Member
From: Missouri
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Jackson, William Daniel
Age: 29
Rank: Lieutenant
From: Ireland
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Jameson, Green B.
Age: 27
Rank: Lieutenant
From: Uncertain
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Jennings, Gordon C.
Age: 56
Rank: Corporal
From: Connecticut
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Jiménez, Damacio
Age: Uncertain
Rank: Garrison Member
From: Uncertain
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Johnson, Lewis
Age: 23
Rank: Private
From: Virginia
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Johnson, William
Age: Uncertain
Rank: Garrison Member
From: Pennsylvania
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Jones, John
Age: 26
Rank: Lieutenant
From: New York
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Kellogg, John Benjamin
Age: 19
Rank: Lieutenant
From: Kentucky
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Kenny, James
Age: 22
Rank: Garrison Member
From: Virginia
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Kent, Andrew
Age: Uncertain
Rank: Garrison Member
From: Kentucky
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Kerr, Joseph
Age: 22
Rank: Garrison Member
From: Louisiana
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Kimbell, George C.
Age: 33
Rank: Lieutenant
From: Pennsylvania
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King, William Philip
Age: 16
Rank: Garrison Member
From: Mississippi
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Lewis, William Irvine
Age: 30
Rank: Garrison Member
From: Virginia
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Lightfoot, William John
Age: 31
Rank: Third Corporal
From: Kentucky
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Lindley, Jonathan
Age: 22
Rank: Garrison Member
From: Illinois
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Linn, William
Age: Uncertain
Rank: Garrison Member
From: Massachusetts
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Losoya, José Toribio
Age: 27
Rank: Private
From: Spanish/Mexican Texas
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Main, George Washington
Age: 29
Rank: Second Lieutenant
From: Virginia
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Malone, William T.
Age: 18
Rank: Garrison Member
From: Uncertain
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Marshall, William
Age: 28
Rank: Garrison Member
From: Tennessee
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Martin, Albert
Age: 28
Rank: Garrison Member
From: Rhode Island
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McCafferty, Edward
Age: Uncertain
Rank: Lieutenant
From: Uncertain
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McCoy, Jesse
Age: 32
Rank: Garrison Member
From: Tennessee
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McDowell, William
Age: 42
Rank: Garrison Member
From: Pennsylvania
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McGee, James
Age: Uncertain
Rank: Garrison Member
From: Ireland
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McGregor, John
Age: Uncertain
Rank: Second Sergeant
From: Scotland
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McKinney, Robert
Age: 27
Rank: Garrison Member
From: Tennessee
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Melton, Eliel
Age: 38
Rank: Lieutenant
From: Georgia
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Miller, Thomas Redd
Age: 31
Rank: Garrison Member
From: Virginia
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Mills, William
Age: 20
Rank: Garrison Member
From: Tennessee
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Millsaps, Isaac
Age: 41
Rank: Private
From: Tennessee
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Mitchasson, Edward F.
Age: 30
Rank: Private
From: Virginia
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Mitchell, Edwin T.
Age: 30
Rank: Private
From: Uncertain
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Mitchell, Napoleon B.
Age: 32
Rank: Private
From: Tennessee
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Moore, Robert B.
Age: 30
Rank: Garrison Member
From: Virginia
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Moore, Willis A.
Age: 28
Rank: Garrison Member
From: North Carolina
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Musselman, Robert
Age: 31
Rank: Sergeant
From: Ohio
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Nava, Andrés
Age: 26
Rank: Sergeant
From: Spanish/Mexican Texas
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Neggan, George
Age: 28
Rank: Garrison Member
From: South Carolina
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Nelson, Andrew M.
Age: 27
Rank: Garrison Member
From: Tennessee
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Nelson, Edward
Age: 20
Rank: Garrison Member
From: South Carolina
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Nelson, George
Age: 31
Rank: Garrison Member
From: South Carolina
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Northcross, James
Age: 32
Rank: Garrison Member
From: Virginia
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Nowlan, James
Age: 27
Rank: Garrison Member
From: Uncertain
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Pagan, George
Age: 26
Rank: Garrison Member
From: Uncertain
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Parker, Christopher Adams
Age: 22
Rank: Garrison Member
From: Uncertain
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Parks, William
Age: 31
Rank: Garrison Member
From: North Carolina
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Perry, Richardson
Age: 19
Rank: Garrison Member
From: Uncertain
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Pollard, Amos
Age: 32
Rank: Garrison Member
From: Massachusetts
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Reynold, John Purdy
Age: 29
Rank: Garrison Member
From: Pennsylvania
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Roberts, Thomas H.
Age: Uncertain
Rank: Garrison Member
From: Uncertain
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Robertson, James Waters
Age: 24
Rank: Garrison Member
From: Tennessee
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Robinson, Isaac
Age: 28
Rank: Fourth Sergeant
From: Scotland
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Rose, James M.
Age: 31
Rank: Garrison Member
From: Ohio
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Rusk, Jackson J.
Age: Uncertain
Rank: Garrison Member
From: Ireland
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Rutherford, Joseph
Age: 38
Rank: Garrison Member
From: Kentucky
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Ryan, Isaac
Age: 31
Rank: Garrison Member
From: Louisiana
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Scurlock, Mial
Age: 26
Rank: Garrison Member
From: North Carolina
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Sewell, Marcus L.
Age: 31
Rank: Garrison Member
From: England
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Shied, Manson
Age: 25
Rank: Garrison Member
From: Georgia
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Simmons, Cleveland Kinloch
Age: 20
Rank: Lieutenant
From: South Carolina
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Smith, Andrew H.
Age: 21
Rank: Garrison Member
From: Tennessee
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Smith, Charles S.
Age: 30
Rank: Garrison Member
From: Maryland
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Smith, Joshua G.
Age: 28
Rank: Sergeant
From: North Carolina
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Smith, William H.
Age: 25
Rank: Garrison Member
From: Uncertain
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Starr, Richard
Age: 25
Rank: Garrison Member
From: England
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Stewart, James E.
Age: 28
Rank: Garrison Member
From: England
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Stockton, Richard Lucius
Age: 19
Rank: Garrison Member
From: New Jersey
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Summerlin, A. Spain
Age: 19
Rank: Garrison Member
From: Tennessee
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Summers, William E.
Age: 24
Rank: Garrison Member
From: Tennessee
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Sutherland, William DePriest
Age: 17
Rank: Garrison Member
From: Uncertain
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Taylor, Edward
Age: 24
Rank: Garrison Member
From: Tennessee
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Taylor, George
Age: 20
Rank: Garrison Member
From: Tennessee
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Taylor, James
Age: 22
Rank: Garrison Member
From: Tennessee
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Taylor, William
Age: 37
Rank: Garrison Member
From: Tennessee
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Thomas, B. Archer M.
Age: 18
Rank: Garrison Member
From: Kentucky
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Thomas, Henry
Age: 25
Rank: Garrison Member
From: Germany
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Thompson, Jesse G.
Age: 38
Rank: Garrison Member
From: Arkansas
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Thomson, John W.
Age: 29
Rank: Garrison Member
From: Virginia
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Thurston, John M.
Age: 23
Rank: Second Lieutenant
From: Pennsylvania
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Trammel, Burke
Age: 26
Rank: Garrison Member
From: Ireland
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Travis, William Barret
Age: 26
Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
From: South Carolina
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Tumlinson, George W.
Age: 22
Rank: Garrison Member
From: Missouri
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Tylee, James
Age: 41
Rank: Garrison Member
From: New York
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Walker, Asa
Age: 23
Rank: Garrison Member
From: Tennessee
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Walker, Jacob
Age: 36
Rank: Garrison Member
From: Tennessee
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Ward, William B.
Age: Uncertain
Rank: Sergeant
From: Ireland
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Warnell, Henry
Age: 24
Rank: Garrison Member
From: Uncertain
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Washington, Joseph G.
Age: 28
Rank: Garrison Member
From: Kentucky
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Waters, Thomas
Age: 24
Rank: Garrison Member
From: England
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Wells, William
Age: 47
Rank: Garrison Member
From: Georgia
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White, Isaac
Age: Uncertain
Rank: Sergeant
From: Uncertain
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White, Robert
Age: 30
Rank: Captain
From: Uncertain
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Williamson, Hiram James
Age: 26
Rank: Sergeant-Major
From: Pennsylvania
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Wills, William
Age: Uncertain
Rank: Garrison Member
From: Uncertain
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Wilson, David L.
Age: 29
Rank: Garrison Member
From: Scotland
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Wilson, John
Age: 32
Rank: Garrison Member
From: Pennsylvania
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Wolf, Anthony
Age: 54
Rank: Garrison Member
From: Uncertain
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Wright, Claiborne
Age: 26
Rank: Garrison Member
From: North Carolina
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Zanco, Charles
Age: 28
Rank: Garrison Member
From: Uncertain
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