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About Brig. General Richard Waterhouse (CSA)
Born in Rhea County, Tenn., Jan. 12, 1832, Richard Waterhouse had the same name as his father and frequently has been confused with him. He ran away as a boy to take part in the Mexican War and moved with his parents to San Antonio, Texas, in 1849, where he helped his father in the mercantile business. At the outbreak of the Civil War, Waterhouse played a major role in recruiting the 19th Texas Infantry around Jefferson, Texas. He was commissioned colonel of that unit May 13, 1862. He served under Generals Hindman and Holmes in Arkansas and under Gen. Richard Taylor in Louisiana. He saw action at the Battle of Milliken’s Bend under Gen. Henry E. McCulloch and received commendation for his performance from McCulloch, for leading a determined charge against Federal troops within artillery range of Union gunboats. McCulloch reported, "not only by a gallant and desperate charge over the levee" but by driving the enemy "to the very brink of the river and within short and direct range of the gunboats of the enemy."
During the Red River Campaign, his unit fought in Scurry’s Brigade at Mansfield and Pleasant Hill. He was “assigned to command” as a brigadier general by Gen. Kirby Smith to date from April 30, 1864, and officially appointed by President Davis as of March 17, 1865. He was confirmed by the Confederate Senate the following day. After the war, he lived in San Augustine and Jefferson, Texas, working in land speculation. During a trip to Waco, he fell down the stairs at a hotel and dislocated his shoulder. Two days later, March 20, 1876, he died of pneumonia. -By Danyon McCarroll
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Richard Waterhouse, Confederate army officer, was born in Rhea County, Tennessee, on January, 12, 1832. As a teenager he ran away from home to join the army during the Mexican War, but rejoined his family to move to San Augustine, Texas, in 1849. There he engaged in the mercantile business until the outbreak of the Civil War, whereupon he helped to raise the Nineteenth Texas Infantry in and around Jefferson and was elected colonel of the unit on May 13, 1862. He served under generals Thomas Carmichael Hindman and Theophilus Hunter Holmes in Arkansas and under Richard Taylor in Louisiana. In Henry E. McCulloch's brigade of Walker's Texas Division at the time of the battle of Milliken's Bend, Louisiana, Waterhouse distinguished himself, McCulloch reported, "not only by a gallant and desperate charge over the levee" but by driving the enemy "to the very brink of the river and within short and direct range of the gunboats of the enemy." After transfer to William Read Scurry's brigade, Waterhouse fought at Mansfield and Pleasant Hill and was promoted to brigadier general in 1864. He subsequently took over command of the brigade formerly commanded by generals McCulloch and Scurry.
After the war Waterhouse speculated in land in San Augustine and Jefferson. A fall down a flight of stairs in a Waco hotel on March 18, 1876, resulted in a severe case of pneumonia that proved fatal only two days later. Waterhouse is buried in Jefferson, Texas.
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Brig. General Richard Waterhouse (CSA)'s Timeline
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January 12, 1832
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Rhea, Tennessee, United States
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April 1861
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Texas, United States
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March 20, 1876
Age 44
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Jefferson, Texas, United States
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Oakwood Cemetery, Jefferson, Marion, Texas, United States
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