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Officers of Company A,
7th TEXAS Infantry, 1861 – 1865


Captain (Company commander)

1

Hiram Bronson Granbury

1 Oct 1861– 10 Nov 1861

Promoted Major.

2

C. N. Alexander

11 Nov 1861 – 22 Dec1863

On recruiting duty in Texas from Oct 1862. Did not return and was dropped from the rolls.

3

J. Sam Norvell

22 Dec 1863 – 2 Sept 1864

Killed in action, Lovejoy’s Station, Georgia.

After September 1864 the company was so reduced that no new captain was appointed. Second Lieutenant Murry commanded the company thereafter.

 

First Lieutenant (Deputy commander)

1

A. M. Houston

1 Oct 1861 – 20 Oct 1861

Died of disease, Marshall, Texas.

2

E. B. Rosson

10 Nov 1861 – 15 Feb 1862

Killed in action, Fort Donelson, Tennessee.

3

J. Sam Norvell

15 Feb 1862 – 22 Dec 1863

Promoted captain. Acing company commander from October 1862.

4

William E. Rogers

22 Dec 1863 – 22 July 1864

POW, Atlanta, Georgia.

After July 1864 the company was so reduced that no new First Lieutenant was appointed. Second Lieutenant Murry became acting deputy commander, and later Second Lieutenant Cawthon.

 

Second Lieutenant

1

E. B. Rosson

1 Oct 1861 – 10 Nov 1861

Promoted First Lieutenant.

2

James W. Nowlin

10 Nov 1861 – 15 Feb 1862

Killed in action, Fort Donelson, Tennessee.

2

J. Sam Norvell

10 Nov 1861 – 15 Feb 1862

Promoted First Lieutenant.

3

John C. Kidd

8 Oct 1862 – 12 May 1863

Killed in action, Raymond, Mississippi.

3

William E. Rogers

8 Oct 1862 – 22 Dec 1863

Promoted First Lieutenant.

4

J. H. Murry

22 Dec 1863 - 26 Apr 1865

Surrendered.

5

John O. Cawthon

1 Sep 1864 – 17 Dec 1864

POW, Franklin, Tennessee.

Until May 1863 the company had two Second Lieutenants. As of December 1864 Second Lieutenant Murry was the only officer in the company.

*On 9 April 1865 Murry was appointed Captain and commander of Company C, 1st Texas Consolidated Infantry Regiment, which was formed by merging all 8 Texas regiments of Granbury's former brigade. Thomas J. Harrison became Second Lieutenant of the new company, but neither Murry nor Harrison held such rank in the 7th Texas proper.


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