William Walker and Wheat's Tigers

[Manassas 1861]

I understand that some men in the Walker Guard had actually served under William Walker in his Filibuster Wars in the 1850s. Do we know how many of Wheat's Tigers served under Walker? Or how many of Walkers men became confederate soldiers?

 

[USS ALASKA]

Confederates in William Walker's Nicaragua expedition: | Civil War Potpourri

Just noticed that there were quite a few Confederate-officers-to-be in Walker's filibustering expedition to Nicaragua, here's a few of the ones I've found: Major General (artillery) Charles F. Henningsen, later Colonel 59th Virginia Colonel/General Birkett D. Fry, later Colonel 13th Alabama and...

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HTHs,
USS ALASKA

 

[RedRover]

Besides some later Confederate veterans the Nicaragua adventurers included some who served the Union in the 1860s. Perhaps most notably Billy Wilson of New York, who in 1861 raised "Billy Wilson's Zouaves" of the 6th New York Volunteers which subsequently served at Pensacola, and in the deep South...

Below, Col. Billy Wilson, 1861, at left, and Lt. Col. John Creighton, at right, both participants in the Nicaragua ventures... Creighton was notable in the Battle of Santa Rosa, Nicaragua in March, 1856.

Wilson commanded his 6th New York in the siege of Port Hudson. Among the defenders was James T. Coleman of the Miles' Louisiana Legion, who also served in Nicaragua.


From a Nicaragua veteran...

With Walker in Nicaragua

"With Walker In Nicaragua: Or Reminiscences Of An Officer Of The American Phalanx is a memoir written by James Carson Jamison, an officer who served in the American Phalanx during the mid-19th century. The book provides a detailed account of the American intervention in Nicaragua, led by William...

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[Don Dixon]

Most importantly, Wheat had been with Walker in Nicaragua, in addition to other foreign adventures.