Luke French (James Luke) Luke French, Pilot Point, Texas - born Jan 1, 1832 near Hopkinsville, Kentucky. Enlisted in the Confederate Army in 1861, at Pilot Point, Texas as Lieutenant in Company K, Twenty-ninth Texas Regiment, Coopers Brigade. Warren first Captain, and DeMorse, first Colonel. Was never changed, wounded, captured nor promoted. Was in the battles of Fort Smith, Arkansas, VanBuren and Mansfield, La. Was in a number of skirmishes not mentioned here, and know of all the hardships which the Confederate soldier went through. God bless them all, and may we all meet at the final Roll Call where there will be no sufferings and hardships from war.