Colonel John T. Whitfield 27^th Texas Cav In 1861 John T. Whitfield joined his father's unit, Whitfield’s Legion, as adjutant. In November 1861 his father wrote General Benjamin McCulloch and asked him to recommend that John T. Whitfield be appointed to a lieutenancy. However, he was not appointed and instead was elected captain of Company D of Whitfield's Legion in February 1862. During the battle of Iuka on September 19, 1862, Captain Whitfield was acting major and distinguished himself by discovering and disrupting a flanking maneuver by Federal forces. He was promoted to major on May 9, 1863, and served as judge advocate in the spring of 1864. By January 1865 Lawrence "Sul” Ross was referring to him as lieutenant colonel. At his parole on May 13, 1865, he held the rank of colonel and was in overall command of Whitfield's Legion. Back marked L.J. Prince, New Orleans.

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