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Confederate (CSV)

Basil Alexander Hallum

"Bass"

(1832 - 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 2nd Corporal, date not given.

On the Campaign

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

References & notes

Service information from Davis1 and Simpson.2 Details from family genealogists.

Birth

008/27/1832; Fairfield, SC

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 1499]

2 Simpson, Harold Brown, Hood's Texas Brigade: a Compendium, Hillsboro: Hill Junior College Press, 1977, pg. 52 [AotW citation 20950]