John Galle
Cadet
- Joined
- Apr 6, 2014
Hi folks. I have loved Civil War history for many years. I am in need of help in finding more on a gent named F. H. Kennedy. That is the name engraved on the back strap of a C Company Walker colt pistol I just bought. I know the C Company walkers were issued to the Texas Rangers in the Mexican War. Many were not turned in at the end of the war. They were "liberated" and taken home. I know there was no F. H. Kennedy in the Rangers in Mexico. I do find F. H. Kennedy enlisting into the 8th Texas Cavalry in Houston in 1861. I know these boys were to bring weapons from home. Patterson 5 shot revolvers and horse pistols were among the hand guns brought to Houston. The Walker is a horse pistol.
F. H. Kennedy was in a private hospital in Mississippi for one month after Shiloh. That is all I know about the young man. Can anyone help me?
F. H. Kennedy was in a private hospital in Mississippi for one month after Shiloh. That is all I know about the young man. Can anyone help me?