Here you will find Official records from the Civil War and personal letters detailing the life and military service of Major Henry Wynkoop Raguet, Jr., Fourth Texas Cavalry, C.S.A., of Nacogdoches County, Texas.

    Richard Wynkoop, in the 1904 edition of the Wynkoop Genealogy in the United States of America, has this to say about him on pages 145-146:

    720. Henry Raguet, (Anne Wynkoop 391, Judge Henry 157, Nicholas 46, Gerret 5, Cornelius 1:) married Marcia A. Towers, and removed to Cincinnati. He removed thence to Texas, before it had achieved its independence.
    Children of Henry and Marcia A. Raguet:
1213. Cond� Raguet: m. Fannie -----.
1214. Augusta Amelia Raguet, who died in the Borough of Manhattan, New York City, December 18, 1902: m. Leonard Mortimer Thorne, of New York City. The compiler first saw the family motto, in an engraving upon a piece of silverware in her possession. As to this motto, see Judge Henry [157].
1215. Henry Raguet: m. Pamie O. Starr; but had no child. His widow married ----- Clapp.
1216. Anna W. Raguet: m. ----- Irion.
1217. Charles Mansfield Raguet: m. Belle Edwards; and had one child.

    And in his unpublished Wynkoop Genealogy Supplement, February 1906, Richard added the following, on page 23:

    1215. Henry Raguet. His widow, Pamie O. Starr, married Amory Clapp.

    Henry received a mortal wound late in the day on March 28, 1862, at Apache Ca�on, in the Battle of Glorieta Pass, New Mexico, while charging the position held by his second cousin, Capt. Edward Wanshaer Wynkoop of the 1st Colorado Volunteers, (also referred to, by the Confederates, as the Pike's Peak Volunteers or the Pike's Peakers.) He lived for several hours afterward, "sending messages to all the loved ones at home. He gave up his life cheerfully for the cause, but said he greatly desired to have seen you all once more." He was only 38. His remains were carried to Santa F� by his brother, Lt. Charles Raguet, where he was buried with full military honors in the Odd Fellows cemetery. Ned later wrote a letter to Henry's parents expressing his sorrow over the incident and offering his help in arranging for Henry's remains to be returned to his family in Texas.

    One final word. You will search in vain among the Official Records of the Civil War for information regarding Major Henry Wynkoop Raguet, Jr., since the folks who originally transcribed the hand-written records mistook the "u" in his last name for an "n," thus spelling his name Ragnet instead.

    I have taken the liberty of restoring his name to him and you will find it properly spelled in all of these records, without comment. He was a gallant gentleman, well liked by his peers and deserves to be better memorialized than he has been.

    Chris

Report of Lieut. Col. William R. Scurry, Fourth Texas Cavalry.
     Report of his engagement with Union troops at Valverde, New Mexico, February 21st, 1862.

Report of Col. Thomas Green, Fifth Texas Cavalry.
     Report of his engagement with Union troops at Valverde, New Mexico, February 21st, 1862.

Report of Maj. Henry W. Raguet, Fourth Texas Cavalry.
     Report of his engagement with Union troops at Valverde, New Mexico, February 21st, 1862.

Report of Maj. Charles L. Pyron, Second Texas Cavalry.
     Report of his engagement with Union troops at Valverde, New Mexico, February 21st, 1862.

Report of Captain Powhatan Jordan, Seventh Texas Cavalry.
     Report of his engagement with Union troops at Valverde, New Mexico, February 21st, 1862.

Report of Captain Trevanion T. Teel, Texas Light Artillery.
     Report of his engagement with Union troops at Valverde, New Mexico, February 21st, 1862.

Report of Colonel William Steele, Seventh Texas Cavalry.
     His report of the engagement with Union troops at Valverde, New Mexico, February 21st, 1862.

Affair at Socorro, N. Mex., (probably February 25th, 1862.)
     Report of Maj. Charles E. Wesche, Second New Mexico Militia.

Reports of Col. W. R. Scurry, Fourth Texas Cavalry.
     His reports of the engagement with Union troops at Apache Ca�on, Glorieta, New Mexico, March 28th, 1862.

Report of Brig. Gen. Henry H. Sibley, C. S. Army.
     His report of the engagement with Union troops at Apache Ca�on, Glorieta, New Mexico, March 28th, 1862.

Major E. W. Wynkoop to Col. Henry W. Raguet, Sr.
     Ned Wynkoop expresses his regret at the death of his son, Major Henry W. Raguet, Jr., killed at Apache Ca�on, while charging Ned's position, on March 28, 1862.