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88 THE LONE STAR DEFENDERS
White River, where we dismounted, sent horses home, and
went by steamer to Memphis, accompanied by General Hogg.
(The battle of Shiloh was fought while we were on this trip.)
After the delay incident to the formation of the brigade, getting
up necessary supplies, etc., we were transported by rail,
in command of General Hogg, to Corinth, or rather we were
dumped off on the side of the railroad some two or three miles
west of that town. Here General Hogg remained in command
of his brigade until he was taken sick and removed by the assistance
of our very efficient surgeon, Dr. Wallace McDugald,
attended by his negro body servant, Bob , than whom
a more devoted, a more faithful and trustworthy slave never
belonged to any man.
General Hogg was taken to a private house some two miles
west of our camp, where he had every necessary attention
until his death. The faithful Bob was with him all the time.
Dr. McDugald turned his other sick over to young Dr. Frazer,
his assistant, and spent the most of his time with the General,was
with him when he died,-giving to him during his illness
every medical care known to the science of his profession.
Thomas E. Hogg also was frequently with his father-was
there when he passed away. I visited General Hogg only once
during his illness, some two or three days before his death.
I was kept very busy during this time, and owing to a change
in our camps I had to ride six or seven miles to see him, and
only found one opportunity of doing so. I found him as comfortably
situated as could be expected for a soldier away from
home, and receiving every necessary attention.
I will state that General Hogg came to us neatly dressed in
citizen's clothes-never having had an opportunity of procuring
his uniform, so that in fact he never wore the Confederate
gray. He was not wounded, was not under fire of the enemy;
neither was his brigade, until the battle of Farmington, which
occurred the day that General Hogg died. After his death
and after the army was reorganized, " for three years or during
the war," Dr. McDugald,-who afterwards married General
Hogg's daughter,-Dr. I. K. Frazer, Thomas J. Johnson,
one of the General's staff, Thomas E. Hogg, and the everfaithful
Bob all came home, and of course related minutely to
the widow, the two daughters, and the three minor boys, John
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Barron, S. B. The Lone Star defenders; a chronicle of the Third Texas cavalry, Ross brigade, book, 1908; New York. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth27719/m1/96/?rotate=90: accessed May 7, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Dallas Public Library.