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Confederate (CSV)

Private

John Morrissey

Home State: Texas

Branch of Service: Infantry

Unit: 5th Texas Infantry

Before Sharpsburg

He was in Company B.

On the Campaign

He was wounded in action on 17 September 1862, and captured.

References & notes

Basic information from Polley1. Roster says: Wagoneer since mid-Dec., 1861: W. (both legs) & POW, Antietam (Sept.17, 1862): Confined at Ft. McHenry, Md.: Exchanged, Oct.13, 1862: POW, Chickamauga (Sept.19, 1863): Confined at Camp Douglas, ill.: Paroled, May 16, 1865.

Notes

1   Polley, Joseph Benjamin, Hood's Texas Brigade, New York: The Neale Publishing Company, 1910, pp. 332-334  [AotW citation 2503]