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Confederate (CSV)

Private

John Kolbow

(? - 1862)

Home State: Texas

Branch of Service: Infantry

Unit: 5th Texas Infantry

Before Sharpsburg

He enlisted at Columbus in Colorado County, TX on 10 July 1861 and mustered as a Private in Company B, 5th Texas Infantry.

On the Campaign

He was killed in action at Sharpsburg on 17 September 1862.

References & notes

His service from Polley1 and his Compiled Service Records,2 online from fold3.

Death

09/17/1862; Sharpsburg, MD

Notes

1   Polley, Joseph Benjamin, Hood's Texas Brigade, New York: The Neale Publishing Company, 1910, pp. 332-334  [AotW citation 2500]

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 32634]