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"Dave"
(1836 - 1903)
Home State: Texas
Branch of Service: Infantry
Unit: 4th Texas Infantry
Before Sharpsburg
He came to Robertson County, TX from Tippah County, MS with his family sometime after his father's death in 1853. He enlisted at Anderson in Grimes County, TX as a Private in Company G, 4th Texas Infantry on 19 July 1861.
On the Campaign
He was in action with his Company at Fox's Gap on South Mountain on 14 September and at Sharpsburg on 17 September 1862.
The rest of the War
He was appointed 4th Corporal on 4 February 1863 and was captured at Gettysburg, PA on 2 July 1863. He was held at Fort Delaware and was released on 9 June 1865 after taking an oath of allegiance.
After the War
He was a farmer at Franklin in Robertson County to at least 1900.
References & notes
His service information from Davis1 and his Compiled Service Records,2 via fold3. His description in June 1865: dark complexion, auburn hair, blue eyes, height 6 ft. 2 1/2 inches. Personal details from family genealogists and the US Census for 1850, 1880, and 1900. His gravesite is on Findagrave.
He married Mary Louise "Mollie" Ector (1854-1918) in January 1870 in Robertson County and they had 6 children.
Birth
12/12/1836; Franklin County, TN
Death
01/30/1903; Robertson County, TX; burial in Owensville Cemetery East, Owensville, TX
1 Davis, Rev. Nicholas A., The Campaign from Texas to Maryland, Houston: Telegraph Book and Job Establishment, 1863, pp. 159 - 161 [AotW citation 1822]
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 26881]