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Confederate (CSV)

Lieutenant

James P. Drake

(? - 1862)

Home State: Texas

Branch of Service: Infantry

Unit: 5th Texas Infantry

Before Sharpsburg

He was in Company I.

On the Campaign

He was mortally wounded in action on 17 September 1862.

References & notes

Basic information from Polley1. Polley has as KIA. Roster says: 3Lt. - Orig. lSgt. of Co.: Prom., 3Lt., Sept. 1, 1862: W. & POW, Antietam (Sept.17, 1862): Died of wound, Oct. 5, 1862.

Death

10/05/1862

Notes

1   Polley, Joseph Benjamin, Hood's Texas Brigade, New York: The Neale Publishing Company, 1910, pp. 342-345  [AotW citation 2568]