Centotaph; actual burial is in Fredericksburg Confederate Cemetery.
Company A "Hardeman Rifles" of Goliad County, 4th Texas Infantry "Hell Roaring Fourth", Medich Battalion, Hood's Texas Brigade, Field's Division, 1st Corps, Army Of Northern Virginia, C.S.A.
Enlisted as a 3rd Lieutenant, he was commissioned into "A" Co., TX 4th Infantry.
Promoted to 2nd Lieutenant, March 1862.
POW at Battle of South Mountain, Maryland, September 10, 1862; Paroled and returned (date not given).
Promoted to 1st Lieutenant October 8, 1862.
Promoted to Captain, May 9, 1863.
Killed In Action at the Battle of The Wilderness.
The 4th Texas Infantry was one of the three Texas Civil War regiments in the Texas Brigade of Gen. Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia.
The Texans plugged a gap torn in the Confederate line at the battle of the Wilderness, May 7, 1864. Here the regiment took part in the famous "Lee to the rear" episode and suffered 124 casualties (twenty-six killed, ninety-five wounded, and three captured) out of only 207 men engaged. Subsequently, the Fourth was marginally involved in the fighting at Spotsylvania and helped to repel the Union attack at Cold Harbor on June 3, 1864.
Company A "Hardeman Rifles" of Goliad County, 4th Texas Infantry "Hell Roaring Fourth", Medich Battalion, Hood's Texas Brigade, Field's Division, 1st Corps, Army Of Northern Virginia, C.S.A.
Enlisted as a 3rd Lieutenant, he was commissioned into "A" Co., TX 4th Infantry.
Promoted to 2nd Lieutenant, March 1862.
POW at Battle of South Mountain, Maryland, September 10, 1862; Paroled and returned (date not given).
Promoted to 1st Lieutenant October 8, 1862.
Promoted to Captain, May 9, 1863.
Killed In Action at the Battle of The Wilderness.
The 4th Texas Infantry was one of the three Texas Civil War regiments in the Texas Brigade of Gen. Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia.
The Texans plugged a gap torn in the Confederate line at the battle of the Wilderness, May 7, 1864. Here the regiment took part in the famous "Lee to the rear" episode and suffered 124 casualties (twenty-six killed, ninety-five wounded, and three captured) out of only 207 men engaged. Subsequently, the Fourth was marginally involved in the fighting at Spotsylvania and helped to repel the Union attack at Cold Harbor on June 3, 1864.
Centotaph; actual burial is in Fredericksburg Confederate Cemetery.
Company A "Hardeman Rifles" of Goliad County, 4th Texas Infantry "Hell Roaring Fourth", Medich Battalion, Hood's Texas Brigade, Field's Division, 1st Corps, Army Of Northern Virginia, C.S.A.
Enlisted as a 3rd Lieutenant, he was commissioned into "A" Co., TX 4th Infantry.
Promoted to 2nd Lieutenant, March 1862.
POW at Battle of South Mountain, Maryland, September 10, 1862; Paroled and returned (date not given).
Promoted to 1st Lieutenant October 8, 1862.
Promoted to Captain, May 9, 1863.
Killed In Action at the Battle of The Wilderness.
The 4th Texas Infantry was one of the three Texas Civil War regiments in the Texas Brigade of Gen. Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia.
The Texans plugged a gap torn in the Confederate line at the battle of the Wilderness, May 7, 1864. Here the regiment took part in the famous "Lee to the rear" episode and suffered 124 casualties (twenty-six killed, ninety-five wounded, and three captured) out of only 207 men engaged. Subsequently, the Fourth was marginally involved in the fighting at Spotsylvania and helped to repel the Union attack at Cold Harbor on June 3, 1864.
Company A "Hardeman Rifles" of Goliad County, 4th Texas Infantry "Hell Roaring Fourth", Medich Battalion, Hood's Texas Brigade, Field's Division, 1st Corps, Army Of Northern Virginia, C.S.A.
Enlisted as a 3rd Lieutenant, he was commissioned into "A" Co., TX 4th Infantry.
Promoted to 2nd Lieutenant, March 1862.
POW at Battle of South Mountain, Maryland, September 10, 1862; Paroled and returned (date not given).
Promoted to 1st Lieutenant October 8, 1862.
Promoted to Captain, May 9, 1863.
Killed In Action at the Battle of The Wilderness.
The 4th Texas Infantry was one of the three Texas Civil War regiments in the Texas Brigade of Gen. Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia.
The Texans plugged a gap torn in the Confederate line at the battle of the Wilderness, May 7, 1864. Here the regiment took part in the famous "Lee to the rear" episode and suffered 124 casualties (twenty-six killed, ninety-five wounded, and three captured) out of only 207 men engaged. Subsequently, the Fourth was marginally involved in the fighting at Spotsylvania and helped to repel the Union attack at Cold Harbor on June 3, 1864.
Bio by: BigFrench
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