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ton County, and infantry Company D by Captain W. J. Spurlock
of Tyler County. In the early part of 1862, Captain O'Brien's in-
fantry Company E and the "Moss Bluff Rebels," cavalry Com-
pany F from Chambers and Liberty counties commanded by
Captain Ashley W. Spaight, were added. The battalion then be-
came known as the 6th (Likens') Battalion Texas Infantry. In-
fantry Company G, commanded by Captain Thomas Leonard of
Newton County, was not organized until May 26, 1864.'
The 6th Battalion was reorganized on June 17, 1862, after
Likens had been promoted to colonel and authorized to raise a
cavalry regiment. Captain Ashley W. Spaight was named lieu-
tenant colonel. In the election for major, Josephus S. Irvine,
a veteran of the Battle of San Jacinto, received 173 votes, George
W. O'Brien 152 votes, J. R. Burch 89 votes, and Edward F. Con-
way of Company A 13 votes."
Walter C. Gibbs was elected captain of Company C to succeed
Major Irvine and William B. Duncan, captain of Company F,
in place of Spaight. K. D. Keith of Sabine Pass soon after became
the captain of Company B. After this reorganization, the battalion
was designated the 11th (Spaight's) Battalion Texas Volunteers.
During the 1863 campaign in Louisiana only the infantry
companies, C, D, and E, made up Spaight's Battalion. The two
cavalry companies, A and F, were temporarily attached to Colonel
George W. Baylor's 2nd Cavalry Regiment, Arizona Brigade.
They too served in Louisiana. Captain Keith's artillery Company
B was transferred to the river gunboat Uncle Ben and was on
board at the time Lieutenant Dick Dowling and his men won the
battle of Sabine Pass."
The i th (Spaight's) Battalion was broken up in November,
1864, when Company B was assigned to the 13th (Bates') Texas
Infantry Regiment as Company I. The remaining six companies
were transferred to the l2st (Spaight's) Texas Infantry Regiment
along with four companies of William H. Griffin's 21st Texas
'Spaight's battalion jacket, Record Group No. 94, File 174, ibid.
"Undated MS., ibid. Ashley W. Spaight should not be confused with Colonel
Joseph W. Speight of the 15th Texas Infantry Regiment from Waco. Both men
pronounced their names "Spate."
elbid.; K. D. Keith, "Sabine Pass, 1861-63," Burke's Texas Almanac and Immi-
grant's Handbook for 1883 ... (Houston, 1883), 65, 68.
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