Help Identify a Bragg Staff Officer

[DaveBrt]

I'm trying to identify the Captain B?? in the lower right of the below telegram. He was on Bragg's staff in June of '62.

 

[AndyHall]

There was a Captain P. H. Thompson on Bragg's staff at that time. Maybe?

 

[M.Warren]

• Thompson, P.H., capt., A. A. G. to Col. S. D. Jackman, 1864. Thomson, P. H., capt., A. A. G. Department of Orders; same to Bragg, Feb. 24, 1862; staff of Gen. Braxton Bragg, May 12, 1862; capt., A. A. G. 4th Brigade, reserve division, right wing, Army of the Mississippi, September 18, 1862; capt., A. 1. G. to, Gen. Bragg, August 10, 1863; trans-Mississippi Department, Dec. 31, 1863; A. A. G. to Gen. F. K. Smith, April 11, 1864.

 

[DaveBrt]

• Thompson, P.H., capt., A. A. G. to Col. S. D. Jackman, 1864. Thomson, P. H., capt., A. A. G. Department of Orders; same to Bragg, Feb. 24, 1862; staff of Gen. Braxton Bragg, May 12, 1862; capt., A. A. G. 4th Brigade, reserve division, right wing, Army of the Mississippi, September 18, 1862; capt., A. 1. G. to, Gen. Bragg, August 10, 1863; trans-Mississippi Department, Dec. 31, 1863; A. A. G. to Gen. F. K. Smith, April 11, 1864.

Thanks, guys! His service record confirms this is the man I needed.

 

[M.Warren]

Thanks, guys! His service record confirms this is the man I needed.

I hadn't refreshed my page to see Andy's post. I went through telegraph messages and correspondence for an hour until I realized who it was. I have a tough time reading old cursive. He no doubt doesn't have any issue and nailed it off the bat.

 

[AndyHall]

He no doubt doesn't have any issue and nailed it off the bat.

Not really. I went through the Bs and Hs in the C.S. staff officers directory, and couldn't find a name that matched. Then I took a different track and searched for all staff officers listed as serving under Bragg, and tried to match one whose name looked like the writing.

 

[M.Warren]

I thought you just saw it from the start from the blown up pic. It seemed obvious then but I'd already found it, so that may have made it obvious. As I mentioned before, I took a similar route but ended up at the same place. Regardless you had it before I did. I should have refreshed my page and saved my eyes, lol..

 

[AndyHall]

Regardless, we still ended up in Atlanta.

 

[M.Warren]

Regardless, we still ended up in Atlanta.

Sounds like something Sherman would say, lol.