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(1825 - 1862)
Home State: Texas
Branch of Service: Infantry
Unit: 5th Texas Infantry
Before Sharpsburg
In 1860 he was a 35 year old weaver at Columbus, Colorado County, TX. He enlisted there with Lt. Roberdeau on 14 March 1862 and mustered as a Private in Company B, 5th Texas Infantry.
On the Campaign
He was mortally wounded in action at Sharpsburg on 17 September 1862, "left on the field," and captured there.
The rest of the War
He signed paroles at Sharpsburg on 30 September and at Shepherdstown, VA on 25 November 1862. He was "last heard from" at Shepherdstown, VA and "supposed to be dead."
References & notes
Birth
1825 in TX
Death
1862; Shepherdstown, VA
1 Polley, Joseph Benjamin, Hood's Texas Brigade, New York: The Neale Publishing Company, 1910, pp. 332-334 [AotW citation 2499]
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 32633]