Created, Edited, and Maintained June Clover Byrne

For the Clover Family Historical Society

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Roster of Confederate Soldiers, 1861-1865 Volume II, Edited by Janet B Hewett, 1995, p 471.
John Clover Texas 13th Cavalry Company F 

    There is a website on Texas in the Civil War: http://www.tarleton.edu/~kjones/CStx.html
One of the pages of this site, http://www.tarleton.edu/~kjones/TXCavHist.html#13th-Cav gives information on the Texas 13th Cavalry.  According to this site, Company F was formed in Angelina County, Texas. The Captains were Hiram Brown (1 March 62–27 Aug 63), and Samuel B. Thomas (28 Aug 63–2 June 65).  Readers should go to this site because it will tell you what John Clover was doing in the Civil War.  The gentleman who runs this site has no further information on John Clover. 
    According to this site, the Thirteenth Texas Cavalry mustered on 22 February 1862 in northeast Texas. Note that it was reduced in size after the Confederate Conscription Act of 16 April 1862, which exempted men under eighteen or over thirty-five, and required that units undergo reorganization and a reelection of officers. The reorganization took place at Porter's Springs, Houston County, on 24 May 1862.
    Since John Clover was born ca. 1824 according to the 1850 and the 1860 censuses, it is quite possible that he served only a short time at the beginning of the war because of his age. I suspect that the land he got in 1863 stemmed from early military service. 
    I have been told that John’s descendants insist that he was not in the war.  However, there was only one John Clover in Angelina County, Texas in 1862.  I have been told that he was too old for the war.  Since I have an ancestor 8 years older than John Clover who enlisted at the beginning of the war and served for the duration, I do not think that argument has any validity.

I took the following copies from the FHL microfilm 1501152 of Texas Confederate Soldiers.
John Clover, private, mustered in at Crockett, Houston County, Texas on March 1, 1862.  He was from Homer, Angelina County, Texas, aged 35 at that time. He was enrolled by Capt. Drake for a period of 12 months. Note that he must have supplied his own horse which was valued at $100 and his equipment at $10. He was listed as present in March and April of 1862. On the roll dated 24 May 1862, it was remarked that he was discharged on 24 May 1864, by reason of the conscript act. [This is the act that exempted men over 35.] On this card, he is listed as 36 years old.  On another card, it says he was discharged 28 May 1864.  

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