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Confederate (CSV)

Lieutenant

James C. S. Thompson

(? - 1862)

Home State: Texas

Branch of Service: Infantry

Unit: 1st Texas Infantry

Before Sharpsburg

He was appointed 2nd Lieutenant when the Company was organized in Galveston County, TX, and mustered with them as Company L, First Texas Infantry for Confederate service on 30 August 1861 near Manassas, VA. He was elected 2nd Lieutenant 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

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. 143 [AotW citation 1582]

2 Simpson, Harold Brown, Hood's Texas Brigade: a Compendium, Hillsboro: Hill Junior College Press, 1977, pg. 78 [AotW citation 21032]

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