Sgt Co. C. 15 Inf CSA∼Crockett Boone enlisted in the 15th Arkansas (Northwest) Regiment in 1861 in the Confederate States of America Army at Bentonville, Arkansas. His brother, Col. Squire Boone, was a field officer in this regiment. Crockett Boone was at the Siege of Corinth, Miss.; Battle of Iuka and was taken prisoner at Vicksburg. He was paroled on July 9, 1863. In May of 1865 he and several Confederate soldiers went to Mexico and offered their services to Emperor Maximilian. After the war, he was made a colonel in the United Confederate Veterans by Gen. Ross. He owned newspapers all over the state of Texas and was editor of the Van Horn Chronicle. Crockett Boone was a great-nephew of famed Kentucky frontiersman Daniel Boone.
BOONE, CROCKETT
Crockett Boone, the editor of the Chronicle, died after about 10 days illness, and his body was sent to Santa Ana for interment. (El Paso Herald, El Paso, Texas., January 9, 1911
BOONE, CROCKETT
Crockett Boone, the editor of the Chronicle, died after about 10 days illness, and his body was sent to Santa Ana for interment. (El Paso Herald, El Paso, Texas., January 9, 1911
Sgt Co. C. 15 Inf CSA∼Crockett Boone enlisted in the 15th Arkansas (Northwest) Regiment in 1861 in the Confederate States of America Army at Bentonville, Arkansas. His brother, Col. Squire Boone, was a field officer in this regiment. Crockett Boone was at the Siege of Corinth, Miss.; Battle of Iuka and was taken prisoner at Vicksburg. He was paroled on July 9, 1863. In May of 1865 he and several Confederate soldiers went to Mexico and offered their services to Emperor Maximilian. After the war, he was made a colonel in the United Confederate Veterans by Gen. Ross. He owned newspapers all over the state of Texas and was editor of the Van Horn Chronicle. Crockett Boone was a great-nephew of famed Kentucky frontiersman Daniel Boone.
BOONE, CROCKETT
Crockett Boone, the editor of the Chronicle, died after about 10 days illness, and his body was sent to Santa Ana for interment. (El Paso Herald, El Paso, Texas., January 9, 1911
BOONE, CROCKETT
Crockett Boone, the editor of the Chronicle, died after about 10 days illness, and his body was sent to Santa Ana for interment. (El Paso Herald, El Paso, Texas., January 9, 1911
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