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Confederate (CSV)

Manly M. Files

(c. 1836 - 1862)

Home State: Texas

Branch of Service: Infantry

Before Sharpsburg

He mustered as Private in Company G, First Texas Infantry on 23 June 1861 at Palestine, TX. He was promoted to 4th Sergeant on 26 March 1862.

On the Campaign

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

References & notes

Service information from Davis1 and Simpson.2 Birth information from the Anderson County, TX Census for 1850.

Birth

c. 1836 in GA

Death

09/17/1862; Sharpsburg, MD

1 Davis, Rev. Nicholas A., The Campaign from Texas to Maryland, Houston: Telegraph Book and Job Establishment, 1863, Pg. 142 [AotW citation 1497]

2 Simpson, Harold Brown, Hood's Texas Brigade: a Compendium, Hillsboro: Hill Junior College Press, 1977, pg. 52 [AotW citation 20949]