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Confederate (CSV)

Private

Boleware J. Capps

Home State: Texas

Branch of Service: Infantry

Unit: 1st Texas Infantry

Before Sharpsburg

He enlisted in Company M, First Texas Infantry when they organized in Trinity County, and mustered for Confederate service as Private on 5 May 1862 at Sumpter, TX.

On the Campaign

He was captured near Middletown, MD on 15 September 1862.

The rest of the War

He was held at Fort Delaware and then exchanged and returned to duty, dates not given. He was paroled at Appomattox Court House, VA on 12 April 1865.

References & notes

Service information from Simpson.1

Notes

1   Simpson, Harold Brown, Hood's Texas Brigade: a Compendium, Hillsboro: Hill Junior College Press, 1977, pg. 86  [AotW citation 21081]