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Comanche Chief Publishes Civil War Memoir by Mrs Haggard
Fort Worth Texas paper prints a serialized account by Mrs P H Haggard of her Missouri to Texas migration during the Civil War. She recalls family losses at Wilsons Creek, marriage to Finis E Horne, and a 1863 trek with other Southern families escaping Union pressure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. H. Haggard
Fort Worth, Texas
Missouri
Texas
South
Hezekiah
Melinda Rector
Whitehair
Mattie Will'ams
Fayette Roberts
Whitehair Company
General Price
Carthage
H. D. McPherson
Father
Mat
Lizzie
Wilson Creek
Sparingfield
Finis E. Horne
Arkansas
Mr. Horne
Lizzzie
Litttle
Mother
Stockton
Cedar County
Captain Johnson
Whitehall
Lone Star State
Polly Johnson
Polly
Neddie Williams
Wash Johnson
Jim Lindsey
Dr. Chenoweth
McKay
Bob Wren
Joe Hare
Iness
Price
Shelby