Janet-- Have you looked at the history of the 7th on this web site? http://www.bauer.uh.edu/parks/tex/crg0070.html This site is a project of some University of Houston professors, who intend to digitize all Civil War records. They are asking for donations, and say it will cost $200,000. Anyway, their history of the 7th is one of the most complete of the histories they have. I was just astounded when I got down to the bottom and saw their bibliography: "Primary sources for the 7th Texas Cavalry include the Dr. Harold J. Hunter Diary, Ben Johnson Papers, Smith County Archives, Tyler, Texas; Felix Robert Collard Reminiscences of a Private, Company G, Seventh Texas Cavalry, Sibley Brigade, C.S.A., typescript in possession of Dr. Don Alberts, Albuquerque, New Mexico. Original journal by: John Stavinoha" Felix Robert Collard is one of our cousins through Nancy Ann Reding, daughter of Iredell who married Jonathan Stark Collard! I have quite a bit on Felix, but I've never heard of this "Reminiscences of a Private...." Since he would have been a cousin of Steven Barrett, I wonder if he might have mentioned Steven in his "reminiscences." That would be something to pursue, for sure! I haven't done any work on the Redings in years, as you know, and I don't have any connections any more. But I do know there are still active Collard researchers in Montgomery County. Melba Frossard, who lived in Madison County, was a descendant of the Collards, not of Jonathan. I don't know if she's still living, but it might be worth checking. Looks like the company fought a battle in Louisiana in November, but in December (when Steven died) they had been assigned to the Trans-Mississippi. Good luck! Karen On Sunday, April 18, 2004, at 01:00 PM, BARRETT-REUBEN-SC-D-request@rootsweb.com wrote: > I did manage to get a list of the battles Stephen Barrett fought in, > now I > just have to find out what happened at each battle, then I would like > to write a > short history on him. > I just heard from a guy yesterday who gave me the name of a book or > two to > look into about the regiment, at least thats something.