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Confederate (CSV)

Private

Andrew J. Wilson

Home State: Texas

Branch of Service: Infantry

Unit: 1st Texas Infantry

Before Sharpsburg

He enlisted as Private, 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 captured in action at Sharpsburg on 17 September 1862.

The rest of the War

He was exchanged, date not given. He was paroled at Appomattox Court House, VA on 12 April 1865.

References & notes

Service information from Simpson.1 A 22 September casualty list by Lt. Col. Work published in the Galveston News of 1 November 1862 has him as missing in action.

Notes

1   Simpson, Harold Brown, Hood's Texas Brigade: a Compendium, Hillsboro: Hill Junior College Press, 1977, pg. 77  [AotW citation 21028]