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Home State: Texas
Branch of Service: Infantry
Unit: 1st Texas Infantry
Before Sharpsburg
He enlisted when the Company was organized in Galveston County, TX, and mustered with them as Private, Company L, First Texas Infantry for Confederate service on 30 August 1861 near Manassas, VA. He was wounded at Eltham's Landing, VA on 7 May 1862.
On the Campaign
He was captured in action at Sharpsburg on 17 September 1862.
The rest of the War
He was exchanged and returned to duty, date not given. He was captured again about a year later at Chickamauga, GA, on 19 September 1863.
References & notes
Basic information from Simpson.1
1 Simpson, Harold Brown, Hood's Texas Brigade: a Compendium, Hillsboro: Hill Junior College Press, 1977, pg. 79 [AotW citation 21038]