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Confederate (CSV)

Private

Oliver McBride

(? - 1864)

Home State: Texas

Branch of Service: Infantry

Unit: 1st Texas Infantry

Before Sharpsburg

He enlisted in Company M, First Texas Infantry when they organized in Trinity County, and mustered for Confederate service as Private on 5 May 1862 at Sumpter, TX.

On the Campaign

He was severely wounded in the side in action at Sharpsburg on 17 September 1862.

The rest of the War

He was killed in the Wilderness, VA on 6 May 1864.

References & notes

Service information from Davis,2

Death

05/06/1864; the Wilderness, VA

Notes

1 Davis, Rev. Nicholas A., The Campaign from Texas to Maryland, Houston: Telegraph Book and Job Establishment, 1863, pg. 143 [AotW citation 1599]

2 Simpson, Harold Brown, Hood's Texas Brigade: a Compendium, Hillsboro: Hill Junior College Press, 1977, pg. 88 [AotW citation 21090]

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