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Home State: Texas
Branch of Service: Infantry
Unit: 4th Texas Infantry
Before Sharpsburg
He enlisted in Athens, Henderson County, TX as a Private in Company K, 4th Texas Infantry on 15 July 1861.
On the Campaign
He was in action with his Company at Fox's Gap on South Mountain on 14 September and was wounded in the left eye and initially reported missing in action at Sharpsburg on 17 September 1862. He had been captured there.
The rest of the War
He was paroled in Sharpsburg on 27 September, sent to Fort McHenry in Baltimore, then, on 14 October, sent on to Aikens Landing, VA for exchange. He was admitted to Chimborazo Hospital #4 in Richmond, VA on 24 October 1862, was on furlough in November, and returned to his Company on 23 April 1863. He was still with them at the end of the war; he was surrendered and paroled at Appomattox Court House, VA on 9 April 1865.
1 Davis, Rev. Nicholas A., The Campaign from Texas to Maryland, Houston: Telegraph Book and Job Establishment, 1863, pp. 164 - 165 [AotW citation 1934]
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 26738]