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Confederate (CSV)

Private

James M. Corder

(c. 1844 - 1862)

Home State: Texas

Branch of Service: Infantry

Unit: 1st Texas Infantry

Before Sharpsburg

He enlisted as Private in Company G, First Texas Infantry at Palestine, TX on 6 April 1862, age 18.

On the Campaign

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

The rest of the War

He died of wounds on 26 November 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.

Birth

c. 1844

Death

11/26/1862

Notes

1 Davis, Rev. Nicholas A., The Campaign from Texas to Maryland, Houston: Telegraph Book and Job Establishment, 1863, Pg. 142 [AotW citation 1495]

2 Simpson, Harold Brown, Hood's Texas Brigade: a Compendium, Hillsboro: Hill Junior College Press, 1977, pg. 52 [AotW citation 20948]

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