H.W. Boyd
(1838 - 1862)
Home State: Texas
Branch of Service: Infantry
Unit: 5th Texas Infantry
Before Sharpsburg
He enlisted as Private, Company C at Madisonville, Texas in June 1861. He was promoted to 4th Sergeant 1 December 1861, but reduced to ranks by Col. J. B. Robertson on 25 June 1862. He was elected 3rd Lieutenant of his Company on 4 August 1862.
On the Campaign
He was wounded in action on 17 September 1862.
References & notes
Birth
12/17/1838; Richmond, KY
Death
10/01/1862; Sharpsburg, MD; burial in Elmwood Cemetery Shepherdstown, WV
1 Polley, Joseph Benjamin, Hood's Texas Brigade, New York: The Neale Publishing Company, 1910, pp. 332-334 [AotW citation 2506]