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Confederate (CSV)

Private

James E. Gilbert

Home State: Texas

Branch of Service: Infantry

Unit: 5th Texas Infantry

Before Sharpsburg

He was in Company D.

On the Campaign

He was wounded in action on 17 September 1862.

References & notes

Basic information from Polley1. The roster has: Recruited, Mar.26, 1862 at Huntsville, Tex.: W. (arm), Antietam (Sept. 17, 1862): W., Chickamauga (Sept. 19, 1863): W. (thigh) & POW, Wilderness (May 6, 1864): Confined at Elmira, N.Y.: Exchanged, Oct.11, 1864.

Notes

1   Polley, Joseph Benjamin, Hood's Texas Brigade, New York: The Neale Publishing Company, 1910, pp. 333-338  [AotW citation 2519]