Photo: J.M. Dickson
9th TX Infantry battle flag
Age at Enlistment: 18
Length of Service: 1861-1863
State: Texas
Rank: Pvt
Unit: 9th TX Infantry Regiment
Service Record: Enlisted 26 Oct 1861 in Co. K; Served under Sam Bell Maxey in Major Blair’s Division when the Confederates made the charge 19 May 1863, at Vicksburg. He was sick throughout most of 1862 in hospital; NFR after 1863
Survived War: Yes
Cemetery / Burial: Cherokee Cemetery, Cherokee, San Saba Co., TX
Tombstone inscription: “A PRECIOUS ONE FROM US HAS GONE, A VOICE WE LOVE IS STILLED, A PLACE IS EMPTY IN OUR HOME, THAT NEVER WILL BE FILLED.”
Soldier Info: Born in Titus, TX in 1844; Died in San Saba, TX in 1909.
Relationship to Author: 2nd cousin 5x
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