Weldon (Vachel)

Vachel Weldon (1832-?) was born to Abram and Mary J. Weldon in Hickman (now Ballard) County, Kentucky. He moved to Texas in 1854, working in trade and studying law. On July 23, 1858, he married Sophia Dodge in LaGrange Texas. They eventually had one son and two daughters.

At the outbreak of the Civil War, Weldon volunteered in the Confederate Army as First Lieutenant of Company G, Twenty-fifth Texas Cavalry, and commanded at the battle of Arkansas Post. He was captured at this battle and sent to Camp Chase, Ohio, and then to Fort Delaware, Delaware. He was exchanged after the battle of Chancellorsville and assigned to post duty in Austin, Texas and Corsicana, Texas. Weldon was promoted to the rank of Captain and given command of a detached company of cavalry.

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