Thomas W.C. Lake

He enlisted in Company L, First Texas Infantry, at age 22, on 1 August 1861 at Galveston, and was assigned as scout and courier to General Hood, date not given.

From General Hood's Report:

I would be wrong in not acknowledging the valuable services rendered during the several engagements, in transmitting orders, of the following couriers of this command: M. M. Templeman, T. W. C. Lake, J.P. Mahoney, James Malone, W. E. Duncan, J. A. Mann, W. J. Barbee, W. G. Jesse, J. I. Haggerty, and J. H. Drake.

He was captured in action at Gettysburg, PA on 2 July 1863 and held at Point Lookout, MD. He was exchanged and/or paroled at Winchester, VA on 8 May 1865.

His service from his Compiled Confederate Military Service Records, via the Historical Data Systems database. Details from the Company L Roster published online by Texas Brigade reenactors.

c. 1839