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Confederate (CSV)

Private

Marcus Gillett

(1834 - 1901)

Home State: Texas

Branch of Service: Infantry

Unit: 1st Texas Infantry

Before Sharpsburg

He enlisted as Private in Company E, First Texas Infantry on 22 September 1861 at Camp McLeod, VA.

On the Campaign

He was slightly wounded in the arm and side in action at Sharpsburg on 17 September 1862.

The rest of the War

He was on furlough to at least November 1862, and was detailed to the Medical Purveyor's Office, Richmond, VA in August 1863.

References & notes

Service information from Davis1 and Simpson,2 who has him as Marcus Gilette. Wound detail from a 22 September casualty list by Lt. Col. Work published in the Galveston News of 1 November 1862. His gravesite is on Findagrave.

Birth

04/1834 in CT

Death

12/27/1901; burial in Little Rock National Cemetery, Little Rock, AR

Notes

1 Davis, Rev. Nicholas A., The Campaign from Texas to Maryland, Houston: Telegraph Book and Job Establishment, 1863, Pg. 142 [AotW citation 1468]

2 Simpson, Harold Brown, Hood's Texas Brigade: a Compendium, Hillsboro: Hill Junior College Press, 1977, pg. 41 [AotW citation 20912]

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