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Home State: Texas
Branch of Service: Infantry
Unit: 5th Texas Infantry
Before Sharpsburg
He was in Company H.
On the Campaign
He was wounded in action on 17 September 1862.
References & notes
Basic information from Polley1. Polley has as "MAtt". Roster says: Prom., 3Sgt.: Prom., 25gt.: POW, Bunker Hill, Va., July 17, 1863: Exchanged: AWOL in Tex., since Feb.29, 1864: Dropped from rolls "for prolonged absence from his command."
1 Polley, Joseph Benjamin, Hood's Texas Brigade, New York: The Neale Publishing Company, 1910, pp. 342-345 [AotW citation 2562]