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Two Surviving Terry’s Rangers Recall Civil War Glory
J T V Richards and Wallace B Sossler, last two known Terry Texas Rangers survivors, recall decades of battle from Houston recruitment in 1861 to Bentonville and Greensboro. They recount not surrendering after Lee’s surrender, and their pride in serving under Col Terry while highlighting memories of wounds, lost flags, and old Texas camaraderie.
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J.T. V. Richards
Terry’s
Texas Rangers
Milam
Milam County
J. T. V. Richards
Terry’s Rangers
Dr. Richards
Kered
Wallace
Appomattox
Terry
Terry Texas Rangers
Col
B. F. Terry
Austin
J. T. W. Richards
William Walsee
Eighth Texas Cavalry
Sorrender
Gosh
Harrison
Richards
Cheapeake Bay
Virginia
Travis County
Houston
Col. Terry
Kentucky
New Orleans
Mississippi River
Army of Tennessee
Woodsonville
Thirty-Second
Indiana Regiment of Infantry
Seven States
Chickamauga
Shilohend
Bentonville
Terry Rangers
N. C
Joe Johnston
Sherman
Doc Matthews
Company K
Johnston
Hardee
Rangers
Greensboro
Lee
Appomattox Courthouse
University of Virginia
Jim
Miss Wigfall
Texas
Lewis T. Wigfall
Terry Ranger
Texas Capitol