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Abbreviations | ||
The following abbreviations are used to limit the size of the listings, often used without a period to conserve line space.
An initial number is used to denote class of rank, e.g., "(2 Lt)"
for Second Lieutenant.
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| Actg | - | Acting |
| AdC | - | Aid de Camp |
| Adjt. | - | Adjutant |
| Alt. | - | Alternate |
| Art. | - | Artillery |
| Ap. | - | Appointed |
| Asst. | - | Assistant |
| Brig. | - | Brigade, Brigadier |
| Bty | - | Bounty |
| Bvt. | - | Brevetted (field promotion) |
| c. | - | circa |
| Co. | - | Company/county |
| Col. | - | Colonel |
| Comm. | - | Command, Commanding |
| Commr | - | Commissioner |
| Comsy | - | Commissary |
| Cpl. | - | Corporal |
| D.W. | - | Duration of War |
| Dep: | - | Deployment locations mentioned, not enlistment location |
| Des | - | Descriptive Roll |
| Det. | - | Detached service |
| Dr. | - | Doctor |
| Dup | - | Duplicate name on roll, may be another man |
| Elect. | - | Election |
| Ensn | - | Ensign |
| Est. | - | estimate |
| Gen. | - | General |
| Gov. | - | Governor |
| H.Q. | - | Head Quarters |
| Insp. | - | Inspector |
| Insr. | - | Instructor |
| J.P. | - | Justice of the Peace |
| l. | - | Leaf, followed by book leaf number |
| List | - | list of men in company or on muster roll |
| Lt. | - | Lieutenant |
| Maj. | - | Major |
| Mast. | - | Master |
| M.D. | - | medical doctor |
| ms. | - | manuscript |
| Musn | - | Musician |
| nd. | - | no date |
| N.P. | - | Notary Public |
| O.S. | - | Orderly Sergeant |
| Ord. | - | Orderly; Ordnance |
| p. | - | Page, followed by page number |
| Pay | - | Payroll/receipt roll |
| +Pay | - | combined muster roll and payroll |
| P.M. | - | Principal Musician |
| Pres. | - | President |
| Pvt. | - | Private |
| Q.M. | - | Quarter Master |
| Regt. | - | Regiment |
| Rep. | - | Report, summary of condition of men or equipment |
| S.M. | - | Sailing Master |
| Secy | - | Secretary |
| [sic] | - | as in the original document |
| Sgt. | - | Sergeant |
| Surg | - | Surgeon |
| T.A. | - | Texas/Texan Army |
| Temp | - | temporarily |
| T.M. | - | Texas Militia |
| T.V. | - | Texas Volunteers |
| Vol. | - | Volunteer |
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Harbert Davenport 1936 NOTES FROM AN UNFINISHED STUDY OF FANNIN AND HIS MEN | |
| H. David Maxey, Editor Webpage of January 1, 2000 | |