{⋆★⋆} BG Waul, Thomas N. - C.S. Delegate, TX

Thomas Neville Waul​

Born: January 5, 1813

Birthplace: Sumter District, South Carolina

Father: Thomas Waul

Mother: Annie Waul

Wife: Mary A. Simmons Waul 1820 – 1904

(Buried: Oakwood Cemetery, Fort Worth, Texas)​

Education:

Attended South Carolina College​

Occupation before War:

School Teacher in Florence, Alabama​

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Lawyer and Judge in Vicksburg, Mississippi​

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Planter in Gonzales County, Texas​

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1854: Unsuccessful Candidate for United States Representative​

Civil War Career:

1861: Delegate to Texas State Secession Convention​

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1861 – 1862: Texas Delegate to Confederate Provisional Congress​

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1862 – 1863: Colonel of Waul's Legion​

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1863: Captured during the Battle of Vicksburg, Mississippi​

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1863: Held as a Prisoner of War until October of the year​

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1863 – 1865: Brigadier General of Confederate Infantry​

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1864: Participated in the Red River Campaign​

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1864: Wounded in the left arm during the Battle of Jenkins Ferry​

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1865: Commander of 1st​ Brigade, 1st​ Division of District of Texas

Occupation after War:

Attorney in Galveston, Texas​

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Farmer in Hunt County, Texas​

Died: July 28, 1903

Place of Death: Greenville, Texas

Age at time of Death: 90 years old

Cause of Death: Tuberculosis

Burial Place: Oakwood Cemetery, Fort Worth, Texas

Grave Location: Block 23 – Lot 9 – ½ West – Space 6

 

[JasonMFNG]

If you're ever around north Texas again, I live on General Waul's former plantation property here in Greenville,TX. There is a monument here that details some of his life. It's very interesting and I'm so happy someone has found more information about him, and he now has his own wiki page! Good day!

 

[gentlemanrob]

Happy Birthday Brig. General Thomas N. Waul! Salutes remembering General Waul on his birthday.

 

[JasonMFNG]

Here is the monument on the property that he lived his last years

 

[Pollaco]

As a general Waul led a brigade in Gen. Walker's Texas Division. He was wounded in the left arm at Jenkin's Ferry.

 

[danny]

9/16/63 Richmond, G O #123-The following order is published for the information of all concerned:
Exchange Notice #6. Richmond, Sept 12, 1863.
The following Confederate officers & men captured at Vicksburg, July 4, 1863, & subsequently paroled, have been duly exchanged, & are hereby so declared:
1. The officers & men of Gen C. L. Stevenson's Div.
2. The officers & men of Gen Bowen's Div.
3. The officers & men of Brig-Gen Moore's Bgde.
4. The officers & men of the 2nd Texas Regt
5. The officers & men of Waul's Legion.

9/18/63 Waul to BGen

9/22/63 Cooper to K Smith-Col Waul having been apptd Brig Gen & assigned to your command it is desirable if you agree that he proceed to collect:
The 2nd Tex Infy,
The Bn of La Zouaves,
The several Bns & Arty Co's of Waul's Legion
& recruit the same from volunteers within conscript age & obtain conscripts if necessary to complete their organization.
He will receive Co's, Bns, & Regts now in service & unattached, & organize all into mounted Infy &/or Cav

11/18/63 Shreveport-K Smith issues S O #194
I-Gen Waul having reported to these Hqs in obedience to instructions from the War Dept will at once proceed to collect the men of the 2nd​ Tex Regt, the Bn of La Zouaves, & the several Bns & Arty Co's of the Waul Legion.
He is authorized to fill the same by voluntary enlistment of persons not liable to conscription & through the enrolling officers of the different counties & parishes by volunteers within the conscript age whether enrolled or not. When taking them from men not enrolled he will furnish the enrolling officers a duplicate descriptive list of the same.
Under instructions of the Sec of War, he is authorized to organize this force as mounted Infy.
All officers or enlisted of any of these organizations will send them to such points as may be designated by Gen Waul.
IV-No enrolling officer will interfere with the Mexicans Gen Waul may have in his employ as teamsters.