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Houston H Graves

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Houston H Graves

Birth
Tennessee, USA
Death
Apr 1862 (aged 36)
Van Buren, Crawford County, Arkansas, USA
Burial
Kirk, Yuma County, Colorado, USA Add to Map
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He served with Company H, 1st Missouri Cavalry, Confederate, as a private. He enlistd for duty on December 27, 1861 at Green County, Missouri,for a period of 12 months. His enrollment papers were signed by Colonel Alonzo W. Slayback.
The 1st Missouri Cavalry was enlisted on December 30, 1861, with the majority of men being transferred from the Missouri State Guard. This company was one of a number of Confederate forces egngaged at "The Battle of Pea Ridge" (also known as The Battle of Elkhorn Tavern) against the Union forces. This Battle was fought on March 7 and 8, 1862 in the northwest corner of Arkansas near Bentonville.
For a week after the Battle, the Confederates retreated, passing through Huntsville, then turning toward Van Buren, Arkansas. Hundreds of cold, hungry, and discouraged soldiers deserted or staggered back with blood dripping from their wounds. Finally on March 16, they reached Van Buren, weak, broken down and exhausted. Here they remained for the rest of the month, reorgainizing, reinforcing and recuperating. Casualties at Pea Ridge were reported as between 800 and 1,000 dead or wounded, plus 200-300 missing.
According to Confederate Service Record Documents, Houston H. Graves died near Van Buren, Arkansas in April 1862. An offical grave does not exist for him. It is believed he was buried in a common or mass grave near this location. The official cause of his death is unknown.
This grave marker is placed next to his son Rufus, who was three years old at the time of his father's death.


Dallas J. Riedesel
He served with Company H, 1st Missouri Cavalry, Confederate, as a private. He enlistd for duty on December 27, 1861 at Green County, Missouri,for a period of 12 months. His enrollment papers were signed by Colonel Alonzo W. Slayback.
The 1st Missouri Cavalry was enlisted on December 30, 1861, with the majority of men being transferred from the Missouri State Guard. This company was one of a number of Confederate forces egngaged at "The Battle of Pea Ridge" (also known as The Battle of Elkhorn Tavern) against the Union forces. This Battle was fought on March 7 and 8, 1862 in the northwest corner of Arkansas near Bentonville.
For a week after the Battle, the Confederates retreated, passing through Huntsville, then turning toward Van Buren, Arkansas. Hundreds of cold, hungry, and discouraged soldiers deserted or staggered back with blood dripping from their wounds. Finally on March 16, they reached Van Buren, weak, broken down and exhausted. Here they remained for the rest of the month, reorgainizing, reinforcing and recuperating. Casualties at Pea Ridge were reported as between 800 and 1,000 dead or wounded, plus 200-300 missing.
According to Confederate Service Record Documents, Houston H. Graves died near Van Buren, Arkansas in April 1862. An offical grave does not exist for him. It is believed he was buried in a common or mass grave near this location. The official cause of his death is unknown.
This grave marker is placed next to his son Rufus, who was three years old at the time of his father's death.


Dallas J. Riedesel

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