Burrill Anders

He came to Montgomery County, TX from Alabama with his family in December 1839 and he enlisted there as a Private in Company H, 4th Texas Infantry on 7 April 1862.

He was in action with his Company at Fox's Gap on South Mountain on 14 September but listed as absent without leave at Sharpsburg on 17 September 1862. He had been captured there, possibly wounded.

He was paroled at Sharpsburg on 30 September, in a Richmond hospital by the end of October 1862, and was in hospitals until returning to duty on 15 April 1863. He was wounded at Chickamauga, GA on 19 September 1863 by a gunshot to his leg, his leg broken. By May 1864 he was "disabled for field duty" and detailed as a teamster. From August 1864 he was hospitalized until he was retired for disability and discharged on 22 December 1864.

Service information from Davis1 and his Compiled Service Records,2 via fold3, as Burrell Anders; also seen as Andre Burrell, Burl Andrews, and B.S. Andrews. Personal details from family genealogists and the US Census for 1850. His gravesite is on Findagrave.

He married Elizabeth Martin (1837-1880) in October 1853 and they had 6 children.

His father's name was originally James Andrews, but he later used Anders, as did his children. James killed himself in 1855.

04/14/1829; Tuscaloosa, AL

07/30/1896; Freestone County, TX; burial in Saint Elmo Cemetery, Winkler, TX