Name: Alonzo W. Childers 9th Texas Artillery, Lamar Artillery
Age at Enlistment: 24 Estimated Birthdate: 1838
Commanding Officer: Capt. James M. Daniel Mustered in: 18 Jan 1862 at Paris Notes: Pvt. A. W. Childress is found in THE HISTORY OF LAMAR COUNTY, by A. W. Neville, North Texas Publishing Co., 1937, pp. 118-119 as a member of Daniel's Lamar Artillery, ordered into the service of the Confederate States on 18 Jan 1862, completing organization with election of officers on 8 Mar 1862, increased enrollment on 15 Apr 1862 and later filed for record in the office of the Lamar County Clerk on 15 Apr 1862. *Alonzo W. Childers, Pvt., age 24, is shown as a member and is listed in the book DANIEL'S BATTERY THE 9TH TEXAS FIELD BATTERY, by John D. Perkins, Hill College Press, Hillsboro, TX 1998, ISBN: 0-912172-3, pp 62-75.

Name: B. C. Childers Cpl in the 9th Texas Cavalry, Co. E
B. C. Childers, Cpl., Co. E, is listed in TEXAS CONFEDERATE SOLDIERS 1861 - 1865 UNIT ROSTER, Vol. II, edited by Janet B. Hewett, (Wilmington, NC: Broadfoot Publishing, 1997), p. 78-79. Name: E. G. Childers Pvt in the 29th Texas Cavalry, Co. K (from TX) Commanding Officer: Captain A. C. Warren Mustered in: 1862-1865 at Unknown Notes: Listed in SUFFERING TO SILENCE, 29TH TEXAS CAVALRY, CSA REGIMENTAL HISTORY, by Bradford K. Felmy and John C. Grady, Nortex Press, Quanah, TX, 1975, p. 208.

? Childress, Terry's Texas Rangers Co. -Died at Camp Butler, Illinois, pow

P. Childers, Terry's Texas Rangers, Co. G. Drowned attempting to save a woman in August 1872

CHILDRESS, B. F. - Sick, Winter, 1861-62: Typhoid fever, Summer,

1862: K., Chickamauga (Sept.19, 1863). 4TH TEX. VOL. INF. REGT. COMPANY I - NAVARRO RIFLES Company was organized in Navarro County, Texas, enrolled there on July 17, 1861, and was mustered into the Confederate service "for the war" at Richmond, Va., Sept. 30, 1861½ Company included men from Ellis, Freestone, and Hill Counties as well as Navarro County. Original member of Company

Name: John Childress Age at Enlistment: 30 Estimated Birthdate: 1831 Pvt in the 9th Texas Infantry, Co. C (from TX) Commanding Officer: W. H. Young Mustered in: 4 Oct 1861 at Sherman Notes: John Childress is listed in a draft copy of GENERAL SAMUEL BELL MAXEY, C.S.A. A MILITARY BIOGRAPHY, by Louise Horton, Granger, TX, 1984, p. 193. *Information from Tim Bell, 9914 Townridge, Waco, TX, 76712: John Childress, this soldier's name was found in the Compiled Service Records of the 9th Texas Infantry on microfilm at the National Archives, and is listed in his compilation of the 9th TX Infantry on file at the Confederate Research Center in Hillsboro, TX. *Service Record as abstracted by Tim Bell states: Childress, John- January, 1862-detailed to wait on sick; left to attend sick at Iuka, 3/24/62; died at Dalton, GA, about 11/20/62- effects of deceased soldiers, receipt #3215- $6.00. *From REMINISCENCES OF THE BOYS IN GRAY, 1861-1865, by Mary Yeary, Dayton, Ohio: Morningside, 1986, p. 445-446: In the text of JOHN E. LOGSDON, Gainesville, Texas: '...Quite a number of the boys who were members of Company C died in the hospital during the war. The following is a list of the names of those killed in battle:... J. Griffin, J. Childres and Tom Black at Alltoona Station... These were all splendid young men.