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Confederate (CSV)

Private

William O. Quinn

Home State: Texas

Branch of Service: Infantry

Before Sharpsburg

He enlisted as Private of Company K, First Texas Infantry when they organized in San Augustine County, TX in mid-1861 and mustered into Confederate service with them near Richmond, VA on 11 October 1861.

On the Campaign

He was slightly wounded in the foot action at Sharpsburg on 17 September 1862.

The rest of the War

He was captured at Shanghai, VA on 18 July 1863 with no further military record.

References & notes

Service information from Davis1 and Simpson.2 Sharpsburg wound detail from a 22 September casualty list by Lt. Col. Work published in the Galveston News of 1 November 1862.

Notes

1 Davis, Rev. Nicholas A., The Campaign from Texas to Maryland, Houston: Telegraph Book and Job Establishment, 1863, pg. 143 [AotW citation 1557]

2 Simpson, Harold Brown, Hood's Texas Brigade: a Compendium, Hillsboro: Hill Junior College Press, 1977, pg. 76 [AotW citation 21026]

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