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Confederate (CSV)

Captain

Richard W. Cotton

(? - 1862)

Home State: Texas

Branch of Service: Infantry

Unit: 1st Texas Infantry

Before Sharpsburg

He enrolled as 3rd Lieutenant, Company I, First Texas Infantry when the Company mustered into Confederate service on 24 June 1861 in New Orleans. He was elected Captain, date not given.

On the Campaign

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

The rest of the War

He died of wounds on 30 October 1862, probably in Shepherdstown, VA (now WV).

References & notes

Service information from Davis1 and Simpson,2 who has his death on 31 [sic] September 1862. His gravesite is on Findagrave.

Death

10/30/1862; burial in Elmwood Cemetery, Shepherdstown, WV

Notes

1 Davis, Rev. Nicholas A., The Campaign from Texas to Maryland, Houston: Telegraph Book and Job Establishment, 1863, Pg. 142 [AotW citation 1536]

2 Simpson, Harold Brown, Hood's Texas Brigade: a Compendium, Hillsboro: Hill Junior College Press, 1977, pg. 64 [AotW citation 20991]

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