Lundy's grave is located outside of the rock fence built around the other graves in this cemetery. No dates are on his tombstone.
"When the Confederacy in 1863 began to suffer acute manpower shortages, military authorities in Texas then sought to enforce conscription laws, to do something about those who refused to serve in any capacity either the State of Texas or the Confederacy. But they precipitated in the Hill Country another crisis of conscience by insisting that the young men of the frontier regiment enlist as regular soldiers in Confederate service. Unwilling still to fight the Union, many again ran away to hide out in the brush country; others made their way to Mexico and eventually to Union service. The remaining frontier troops turned from Indian pursuit to searching for deserters.
First among the "bushwhackers" to be singled out for arrest was Moses Moran Snow, who in 1863 lived in northern Blanco County. An informer disclosed that Snow led a gang of deserters who headquartered in a cave near North Grape Creek. Ordered by Major Hunter to arrest Snow, Captain Cristian Dorbandt and a squad of men from Burnet County surprised Snow in late 1863, arriving at his cabin under the cover of darkness, finding him with a deserter from Camp Verde, M. R. Lundy. When Dorbandt read the charges, Snow became defiant and began firing. Both Snow and Lundy instantly were killed."
Name: M. R. Lundy
Event Type: Military Service
Military Beginning Rank: Private
Military Final Rank: Private
Military Side: Confederate
State or Military Term: Texas
Military Unit: McCord's Frontier Regiment, Texas Cavalry
Military Company: B
Affiliate Publication Title: Index to Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations From the State of Texas.
Affiliate Publication Number: M227
Affiliate Film Number: 22
GS Film number: 880035
"When the Confederacy in 1863 began to suffer acute manpower shortages, military authorities in Texas then sought to enforce conscription laws, to do something about those who refused to serve in any capacity either the State of Texas or the Confederacy. But they precipitated in the Hill Country another crisis of conscience by insisting that the young men of the frontier regiment enlist as regular soldiers in Confederate service. Unwilling still to fight the Union, many again ran away to hide out in the brush country; others made their way to Mexico and eventually to Union service. The remaining frontier troops turned from Indian pursuit to searching for deserters.
First among the "bushwhackers" to be singled out for arrest was Moses Moran Snow, who in 1863 lived in northern Blanco County. An informer disclosed that Snow led a gang of deserters who headquartered in a cave near North Grape Creek. Ordered by Major Hunter to arrest Snow, Captain Cristian Dorbandt and a squad of men from Burnet County surprised Snow in late 1863, arriving at his cabin under the cover of darkness, finding him with a deserter from Camp Verde, M. R. Lundy. When Dorbandt read the charges, Snow became defiant and began firing. Both Snow and Lundy instantly were killed."
Name: M. R. Lundy
Event Type: Military Service
Military Beginning Rank: Private
Military Final Rank: Private
Military Side: Confederate
State or Military Term: Texas
Military Unit: McCord's Frontier Regiment, Texas Cavalry
Military Company: B
Affiliate Publication Title: Index to Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations From the State of Texas.
Affiliate Publication Number: M227
Affiliate Film Number: 22
GS Film number: 880035
Lundy's grave is located outside of the rock fence built around the other graves in this cemetery. No dates are on his tombstone.
"When the Confederacy in 1863 began to suffer acute manpower shortages, military authorities in Texas then sought to enforce conscription laws, to do something about those who refused to serve in any capacity either the State of Texas or the Confederacy. But they precipitated in the Hill Country another crisis of conscience by insisting that the young men of the frontier regiment enlist as regular soldiers in Confederate service. Unwilling still to fight the Union, many again ran away to hide out in the brush country; others made their way to Mexico and eventually to Union service. The remaining frontier troops turned from Indian pursuit to searching for deserters.
First among the "bushwhackers" to be singled out for arrest was Moses Moran Snow, who in 1863 lived in northern Blanco County. An informer disclosed that Snow led a gang of deserters who headquartered in a cave near North Grape Creek. Ordered by Major Hunter to arrest Snow, Captain Cristian Dorbandt and a squad of men from Burnet County surprised Snow in late 1863, arriving at his cabin under the cover of darkness, finding him with a deserter from Camp Verde, M. R. Lundy. When Dorbandt read the charges, Snow became defiant and began firing. Both Snow and Lundy instantly were killed."
Name: M. R. Lundy
Event Type: Military Service
Military Beginning Rank: Private
Military Final Rank: Private
Military Side: Confederate
State or Military Term: Texas
Military Unit: McCord's Frontier Regiment, Texas Cavalry
Military Company: B
Affiliate Publication Title: Index to Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations From the State of Texas.
Affiliate Publication Number: M227
Affiliate Film Number: 22
GS Film number: 880035
"When the Confederacy in 1863 began to suffer acute manpower shortages, military authorities in Texas then sought to enforce conscription laws, to do something about those who refused to serve in any capacity either the State of Texas or the Confederacy. But they precipitated in the Hill Country another crisis of conscience by insisting that the young men of the frontier regiment enlist as regular soldiers in Confederate service. Unwilling still to fight the Union, many again ran away to hide out in the brush country; others made their way to Mexico and eventually to Union service. The remaining frontier troops turned from Indian pursuit to searching for deserters.
First among the "bushwhackers" to be singled out for arrest was Moses Moran Snow, who in 1863 lived in northern Blanco County. An informer disclosed that Snow led a gang of deserters who headquartered in a cave near North Grape Creek. Ordered by Major Hunter to arrest Snow, Captain Cristian Dorbandt and a squad of men from Burnet County surprised Snow in late 1863, arriving at his cabin under the cover of darkness, finding him with a deserter from Camp Verde, M. R. Lundy. When Dorbandt read the charges, Snow became defiant and began firing. Both Snow and Lundy instantly were killed."
Name: M. R. Lundy
Event Type: Military Service
Military Beginning Rank: Private
Military Final Rank: Private
Military Side: Confederate
State or Military Term: Texas
Military Unit: McCord's Frontier Regiment, Texas Cavalry
Military Company: B
Affiliate Publication Title: Index to Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations From the State of Texas.
Affiliate Publication Number: M227
Affiliate Film Number: 22
GS Film number: 880035
