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L.P. Brooks
"Pink"
(1841 - 1931)
Home State: Georgia
Branch of Service: Infantry
Unit: 7th Georgia Infantry
Before Sharpsburg
From Sumter County, he enlisted as Corporal, Company B, 7th Georgia Infantry on 31 May 1861. He was promoted to 5th Sergeant on 2 September, and to 3rd Sergeant in March 1862. He was commissioned Junior 2nd Lieutenant on 12 May 1862 and 2nd Lieutenant in August.
On the Campaign
He was slightly wounded in action at Sharpsburg on 17 September 1862.
The rest of the War
He was wounded at Spotsylvania Court House, VA in May 1864 and near Petersburg, VA on 10 December 1864. He was discharged in February 1865.
After the War
He moved to Young County, Texas in 1866 and was a farmer and cattle rancher there.
References & notes
His service from the Roster.1 Personal details from family genealogists. His gravesite is on Findagrave, source also of his picture, from a photograph contributed by DBrown. Thanks to Tom Rice for the pointer to Brooks.
He married Mary Lucinda Moore (1851-1949) in October 1872 and they had 8 children.
Birth
05/01/1841; Cherokee County, GA
Death
12/06/1931; Graham, TX; burial in Brooks Cemetery, Young County, TX
1 Henderson, Lilian, compiler, Roster of the Confederate Soldiers of Georgia, 1861-1865, 6 vols., Hapeville (GA): Longino & Porter, 1959-1964 [AotW citation 25870]