Groce W. Lawrence

He enlisted in Grimes County as a Private in Company G, 4th Texas Infantry on 19 July 1861.

He was in action with his Company at Fox's Gap on South Mountain on 14 September and was wounded in action at Sharpsburg on 17 September 1862.

He was appointed 3rd Corporal on 1 October 1862 and was captured at Suffolk, VA in 1863. He was at Fortress Monroe, VA for exchange on 13 May 1863. He was promoted to 5th Sergeant by January 1864 but was killed in the Wilderness, VA on 6 May 1864.

Service information from Davis1 and his Compiled Service Records,2 via fold3. Personal details from family genealogists and the US Census for 1850. His gravesite is on Findagrave.

Probably named for prominent Texan and family friend Jared Ellison Groce (1782–1839).

See more about Groce, the woman he wanted to marry, and her brother, also of the 4th Texas, in a post over on the blog.

02/14/1836 in TX

05/06/1864; the Wilderness, VA; burial in Confederate Cemetery, Fredericksburg, VA