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Confederate (CSV)

Lieutenant

Clinton E. Perry

(? - 1862)

Home State: Texas

Branch of Service: Infantry

Unit: 1st Texas Infantry

Before Sharpsburg

He enlisted in Company E, First Texas Infantry on 22 September 1861 at Camp McLeod, VA. He was elected 2nd Lieutenant on 18 May 1861.

On the Campaign

He was killed in action at Sharpsburg on 17 September 1862.

References & notes

Service information from Davis1 and Simpson.2

His brother Sidney was wounded at Sharpsburg, but survived the war.

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 1472]

2   Simpson, Harold Brown, Hood's Texas Brigade: a Compendium, Hillsboro: Hill Junior College Press, 1977, pg. 39  [AotW citation 20917]