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Confederate (CSV)

Private

W. Samuel Brazeal

Home State: Texas

Branch of Service: Infantry

Unit: 1st Texas Infantry

Before Sharpsburg

He mustered as Private in Company E, First Texas Infantry on 6 June 1861 in New Orleans.

On the Campaign

He was severely wounded in the shoulder and captured in action at Sharpsburg on 17 September 1862.

The rest of the War

He was paroled on 20 September with no further record.

References & notes

Service information from Davis,1 as Sgt. W.S. Brazill, and Simpson.2 Polley has him as B.R. Brasil. Wound detail from a 22 September casualty list by Lt. Col. Work published in the Galveston News of 1 November 1862.

Notes

1 Davis, Rev. Nicholas A., The Campaign from Texas to Maryland, Houston: Telegraph Book and Job Establishment, 1863, Pg. 142 [AotW citation 1464]

2 Simpson, Harold Brown, Hood's Texas Brigade: a Compendium, Hillsboro: Hill Junior College Press, 1977, pg. 40 [AotW citation 20899]

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