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Confederate (CSV)

Private

Charles Watson

(? - 1862)

Home State: Texas

Branch of Service: Infantry

Unit: 1st Texas Infantry

Before Sharpsburg

He enlisted in Texas in Company C, First Texas Infantry on 2 April 1862.

On the Campaign

He was mortally wounded in the leg in action at Sharpsburg on 17 September 1862.

The rest of the War

His leg was amputated and he died of wounds on 20 September 1862, place not given.

References & notes

Service information from Davis1 and Simpson.2 Wound detail from a 22 September casualty list by Lt. Col. Work published in the Galveston News of 1 November 1862.

Death

09/20/1862

Notes

1 Davis, Rev. Nicholas A., The Campaign from Texas to Maryland, Houston: Telegraph Book and Job Establishment, 1863, Pg. 142 [AotW citation 1445]

2 Simpson, Harold Brown, Hood's Texas Brigade: a Compendium, Hillsboro: Hill Junior College Press, 1977, pg. 31 [AotW citation 20874]

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