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Confederate (CSV)

Private

Benjamin R. Lane

Home State: Texas

Branch of Service: Infantry

Before Sharpsburg

He mustered in New Orleans as Private in Company A, First Texas Infantry on 16 May 1861. He was wounded at Gaines' Mill, VA on 27 June 1862.

On the Campaign

He was wounded again, in action at Sharpsburg on 17 September 1862.

The rest of the War

He was detailed to the Quartermaster's Department in Richmond, VA in October 1863.

References & notes

Service information from Davis1 and Simpson.2 It is possible he was the man buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Jacksonville, FL in August 1899 [via Findagrave].

Notes

1 Davis, Rev. Nicholas A., The Campaign from Texas to Maryland, Houston: Telegraph Book and Job Establishment, 1863, Pg. 142 - 143 [AotW citation 1426]

2 Simpson, Harold Brown, Hood's Texas Brigade: a Compendium, Hillsboro: Hill Junior College Press, 1977, pg. 18 [AotW citation 20853]

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