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Confederate (CSV)

Private

Felix M. Box

(c. 1842 - 1862)

Home State: Texas

Branch of Service: Infantry

Unit: 1st Texas Infantry

Before Sharpsburg

He mustered as Private in Company I, First Texas Infantry on 24 June 1861 in New Orleans. He was detailed to the Pioneer Corps in May 1862.

On the Campaign

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

References & notes

Service information from Davis1 and Simpson,2 who has him as Felix W. Box. Birth information from family genealogists.

Birth

c. 1842; Houston County, TX

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 1533]

2   Simpson, Harold Brown, Hood's Texas Brigade: a Compendium, Hillsboro: Hill Junior College Press, 1977, pg. 66  [AotW citation 20999]