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(? - 1864)
Home State: Texas
Branch of Service: Infantry
Unit: 4th Texas Infantry
Before Sharpsburg
He enlisted at Camp Clark in Guadalupe County as a Private in Company A, 4th Texas Infantry on 11 July 1861.
On the Campaign
He was with his Company in action at Fox's Gap on South Mountain on 14 September and at Sharpsburg on 17 September 1862.
The rest of the War
He was promoted to 5th Sergeant on 8 October 1862 and was 2nd Sergeant when he was captured, probably at Suffolk, VA, on 4 May 1863. He was exchanged at Fortress Monroe, VA on 13 May, returned to duty, and was appointed First Sergeant of his Company on 10 June 1863. He was mortally wounded in the Wilderness, VA on 6 May 1864 and died on the 15th.
Death
05/15/1864; in VA
1 Davis, Rev. Nicholas A., The Campaign from Texas to Maryland, Houston: Telegraph Book and Job Establishment, 1863, pp. 148-150, 315-316 [AotW citation 1620]
1 US War Department, Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers, Record Group No. 109 (War Department Collection of Confederate Records), Washington DC: US National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), 1903-1927 [AotW citation 26749]