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Note: Enlisted in the 32nd Texas Cavalry, Confederate Army, Jan. 25, 1862, as a sergeant. Commissioned 2nd Lieutenant March 8, 1863. Sustained
gunshot wound to left hand during the battle of Chickamauga in northern
Georgia Sept. 1863.
The 32nd Cavalry Regiment [also called 15th Regiment] was organized
in May, 1862, using the 1st Texas Cavalry Batralion as its nucleus.
Many of it members were from Bowie, Marion, and Cass counties.
The unit was soon dismounted and ordered east of the Mississippi River.
After taking part in the Battle of Richmond, it was assigned to Ector's
Brigade, Army of Tennessee. It participated in the campaigns of the army
from Murfreesboro to Nashville, then aided in the defense of Mobile. This
regiment lost fourteen percent of the 313 engaged at Murfreesboro and
reported 2 casualties at New Hope Church, 12 at Latimar House, 15 at
Smyrna, and 10 at Atlanta. Few surrendered on May 4, 1865. Its
commanders were Colonel Julius A. Andrews, Lieutenant Colonel James
A. Weaver, and Major William E. Estes.
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