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Confederate (CSV)

Private

Matthew Grant

(1834 - 1862)

Home State: Louisiana

Branch of Service: Infantry

Unit: 8th Louisiana Infantry

Before Sharpsburg

Born in Ireland, he was from Bastrop, LA, when he enlisted at age 27 in Company E, 8th Louisiana Infantry on 19 June 1861.

On the Campaign

He was killed in action on 17 September 1862.

References & notes

Basic information from Booth1.

Birth

1834 in IRELAND

Death

09/17/1862; Sharpsburg, MD

Notes

1   Booth, Andrew B., Records of Louisiana Confederate Soldiers and Louisiana Confederate Commands, 3 Volumes, New Orleans: State of Louisiana, 1920, Vol. 2, pg. 79  [AotW citation 10703]