Martin Van Buren Lackey, (CSA)

Civil War Veteran

Affiliation: Confederacy

Enlisted: Aug. 1. 1863

Rank: Pvt.

Co.: F (Capt. Ragsdale's Co.) Also known as Red River Dragoons

Branch: Calvary

Discharged: March 26, 1864 (Unfit for duty due to Phthisis Pulm. (TB)

Source: Fold 3 entry for Martin V. Lackey; see sources

Organization of the "Red River Dragons" the second company of Red River County volunteers seeking service in the Southern Cause, was perfected on June 15, 1861, eight days after organization of "The Prairie Blues," a company of thirty seven men, with Charles S. Reece,, Captain, on Saturday, June 8, 1862. Early day records fail to give the exact location of the meeting, which resulted in organization of the "Red River Dragons," but familiarity of names indicates that the meeting was held in Clarksville

Link: http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~txredriv/volunteers/dragons.html

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Maintained by: clackey Originally Created by: John Christeson Record added: Feb 27, 2007 Find A Grave Memorial# 18098061

His Happy Soul Has Winged Its Way To One Pure Bright Eternal Day.

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Parents:

* Nathaniel Greenberry Lackey (1787 - 1893)
* Mary (Harlow Lackey) (1793 - 1888)

Spouse:

* Martha Elizabeth Ann Waldrop Lackey (1838 - 1915)*
Children:
* Francis Marion Lackey (1867 - 1952)*
* Lisa Louisa Lackey Tyler (1869 - 1959)*
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