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Confederate (CSV)

Private

Granville L. Gage

(c. 1836 - 1862)

Home State: Texas

Branch of Service: Infantry

Unit: 1st Texas Infantry

Before Sharpsburg

Born Granville L Hall, he probably changed his name to Gage about the time of his marriage in June 1852. He enlisted on 29 or 30 March (or 7 April) 1862 in Rusk County, TX, and mustered as a Private in Company C, First Texas Infantry.

On the Campaign

Originally listed as wounded, he was killed in action at Sharpsburg on 17 September 1862.

References & notes

His service from Davis,1 Simpson,2 who says he was killed outright at Sharpsburg, and his Compiled Service Records,3 online from fold3, as G.L. Gage. His first name and wound detail also from a 22 September casualty list by Lt. Col. Work published in the Galveston News of 1 November 1862. Details from family genealogists.

He married Luvinia Adeline Robinson/Robertson (1837-1927) in June 1852 and they had 4 children together, the last, daughter Hesta, born about 1862.

Birth

c. 1836 in TX

Death

09/17/1862; Sharpsburg, MD

Notes

1 Davis, Rev. Nicholas A., The Campaign from Texas to Maryland, Houston: Telegraph Book and Job Establishment, 1863, Pg. 142 [AotW citation 1441]

2 Simpson, Harold Brown, Hood's Texas Brigade: a Compendium, Hillsboro: Hill Junior College Press, 1977, pg. 27 [AotW citation 20870]

3 US War Department, Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers, Record Group No. 109 (War Department Collection of Confederate Records), Washington DC: US National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), 1903-1927 [AotW citation 32203]

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