This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/AkB.2ACE/206.242.245.2.1 Message Board Post: Dear Ms. Waters, Elias was the original commander of Company G in the spring of 1862 - William succeeded him as Captain when Elias was promoted to Major in Nov. 1864. I published a fair outline of the regiment's experiences in "Captain Jack and the Tyler County Boys" a couple of years ago. It is available at Heritage Village Museum in Woodville, TX. I completed my thesis in Dec. 2001 - it is a history of the 13th Texas, but it hasn't been published yet. If you have his service records, you may have noticed that he was acting regimental commander just before the surrender in Jun 1865.