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Home State: Texas
Branch of Service: Infantry
Unit: 4th Texas Infantry
Before Sharpsburg
He enlisted in Robertson County as a Private in Company C, 4th Texas Infantry on 15 July 1861.
On the Campaign
He was with the regiment as an ambulance driver at Fox's Gap on South Mountain on 14 September and at Sharpsburg on 17 September 1862.
The rest of the War
He was wounded in the leg at the Wilderness, VA on 6 May 1864 and lost his leg to amputation. He was in a hospital in Lynchburg, VA until surrendered and paroled there in April 1865.
1 Davis, Rev. Nicholas A., The Campaign from Texas to Maryland, Houston: Telegraph Book and Job Establishment, 1863, pp. 152-153 [AotW citation 1711]
2 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 26934]