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Gr Gr Grandpa Andrew Chapman and the 2nd Texas Mounted Rangers

Posted July 8th, 2012 at 04:43 PM by Baltis

Tags 2nd texas cavalry, civil war, new mexico campaign

Andrew Chapman and the 2nd Texas Cavalry go to New Mexico

Andrew was born to Elijah and Miriam Chapman in 1836. The family had lived in Giles County, Tennessee since 1817 when Andrew's grandfather, William Chapman came west from Virginia. The family had not moved west in the first migrations through the southern states but were buying lands and moving in behind as the earliest settlers pushed even further west. Staying with this pattern, Elijah sold his Tennessee land for a...

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