Military

Letters Home from Local Soldiers
During World War I the local Honey Grove newspaper published letters home from Honey Grove soldiers. The Honey Grove Preservation League has found over 130 of these letters and retyped them, with the assistance of Honey Grove high school students, to make them available on the internet and in printed format.
One letter is that of Rufus Shelton, the first soldier from Fannin County to die in World War I. His unmailed letter to his mother was found in his pocket after his death. Other letters were written to family members and some to the Honey Grove Signal directly. The subject matter varies from the horrors of war to French country life (including the attractive French girls) to patriotism and religion. The letters are frank and direct. They provide insight into the history of our community, the lives of the soldiers who served from Honey Grove, their perspectives on the war, the value of home and family, and the freedoms they held dear.

Printed copies of the letters have been compiled into notebooks which are available at the Honey Grove Library or you can view them on this site.

Read about the German citizens of the Honey Grove area during World War I HERE.

Read about the contributions of the Black citizens of Honey Grove in World War I.

See a list of boys serving from the first draft.

Learn about the servicemen from the Honey Grove area who died in World War I.

As of June 29, 1861. See the list HERE.

In Honey Grove on July 6, 1861. See the list HERE.

Alexander's Regiment, also known as the 34th Texas Cavalry or the 2nd Partisan Rangers

See our World War II page.