J. R. BAUGASS

J. R. Baugass joined the Danville Mounted Riflemen of the 17th Brigade, Texas State Troops, in Danville, Montgomery County, some time after the muster roll of September, 1861, and appears on the muster roll for February 14, 1862.
The name is also spelled as Boggess, and a family by that name is found in the records of Grimes County. It is likely he was related to that family, although the relationship is not known by descendants. There was also a John W. Bauguss living in Danville with his wife in 1870. This man was age 26, born in Tennessee, and may have been related to J. R.

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On March 28, 1862, J. R. was enlisted in the Second Texas Lancers by John E. George, at Danville. He was twenty-seven years of age and would travel fifty miles to rendezvous. He rode to Camp Carter at Hempstead and was mustered in on April 28th. There he trained as a cavalryman, and his company was attached to the Twenty-fourth Regiment as Company B. He was a private.

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J. R. was counted present on the muster rolls of April 30 at Camp Carter, August 31 at Camp Holmes, Arkansas, and in October at Ft. Hindman at Arkansas Post. On the October muster it was reported that he had been elected First Corporal of the company.
He fought in the battle of Arkansas Post on January 11, 1862, and was captured by Union troops and transported to prison at Camp Butler, Illinois.

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He is listed on the Prisoner of War rolls as J. R. Boggets.
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J. R. died in prison at Camp Butler, probably of chronic diarrhea or small pox, diseases which felled a number of our men. He was among seven members of Company B who died in the prison. The date of his death was March 26, 1863, nearly a year to the day after his enlistment.

J. R. Baugass' marker at the Camp Butler National Cemetery, confusingly, is inscribed with the name of I. J. Burgess, who is actually buried in Grave #765.

Thank you to Gene Schnierle of Illinois, who made a special trip to photograph this stone for us. See his other photos at Twenty-Fourth Regiment Texas Cavalry Burials at Camp Butler National Cemetery.
We feel sure J. R. was at least related to another soldier in Company B, or had some connection to the men in his unit. If you have any information on this soldier, please share with us.

The above information was taken from the Compiled Service Records, which are on file at the National Archives, and were accessed on microfilm at the Confederate Research Center at Hillsboro, Texas.

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