Officers of Company A,
7th TEXAS Infantry, 1861 – 1865
Captain (Company commander)
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1
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Hiram Bronson Granbury
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1 Oct 1861– 10 Nov 1861
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Promoted Major.
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2
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C. N. Alexander
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11 Nov 1861 – 22 Dec1863
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On recruiting duty in Texas from Oct 1862. Did not return
and was dropped from the rolls.
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3
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J. Sam Norvell
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22 Dec 1863 – 2 Sept 1864
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Killed in action, Lovejoy’s Station, Georgia.
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After September 1864 the company was so reduced that no new captain
was appointed. Second Lieutenant Murry commanded the company thereafter.
First Lieutenant (Deputy commander)
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1
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A. M. Houston
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1 Oct 1861 – 20 Oct 1861
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Died of disease, Marshall, Texas.
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2
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E. B. Rosson
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10 Nov 1861 – 15 Feb 1862
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Killed in action, Fort Donelson, Tennessee.
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3
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J. Sam Norvell
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15 Feb 1862 – 22 Dec 1863
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Promoted captain. Acing company commander from October 1862.
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4
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William E. Rogers
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22 Dec 1863 – 22 July 1864
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POW, Atlanta, Georgia.
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After July 1864 the company was so reduced that no new First Lieutenant
was appointed. Second Lieutenant Murry became acting deputy commander,
and later Second Lieutenant Cawthon.
Second Lieutenant
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1
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E. B. Rosson
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1 Oct 1861 – 10 Nov 1861
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Promoted First Lieutenant.
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2
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James W. Nowlin
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10 Nov 1861 – 15 Feb 1862
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Killed in action, Fort Donelson, Tennessee.
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2
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J. Sam Norvell
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10 Nov 1861 – 15 Feb 1862
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Promoted First Lieutenant.
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3
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John C. Kidd
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8 Oct 1862 – 12 May 1863
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Killed in action, Raymond, Mississippi.
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3
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William E. Rogers
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8 Oct 1862 – 22 Dec 1863
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Promoted First Lieutenant.
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4
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J. H. Murry
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22 Dec 1863 - 26 Apr 1865
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Surrendered.
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5
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John O. Cawthon
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1 Sep 1864 – 17 Dec 1864
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POW, Franklin, Tennessee.
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Until May 1863 the company had two Second Lieutenants. As of December
1864 Second Lieutenant Murry was the only officer in the company.
*On 9 April 1865 Murry was appointed Captain and commander of Company
C, 1st Texas Consolidated Infantry Regiment, which was formed by
merging all 8 Texas regiments of Granbury's former brigade. Thomas
J. Harrison became Second Lieutenant of the new company, but neither
Murry nor Harrison held such rank in the 7th Texas proper.
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