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Note: Find A Grave Memorial# 65699441 Elisha married Martha Jane Skaggs on August 11, 1857, at Mount Enterprise, Rusk County, Texas. They were married by C.P. Matlock, Esq. He served in Hood's Texas Brigade in the Civil War and was wounded at Shiloh. He carried a minie ball in his thigh to the end of his life. The minie ball (pronounced mini-ay) was a cylindrical bullet with a hollow base that expanded when fired and was used in the Civil War by both Union and Confederate soldiers. The "minnie" bullet (as they called it) was used in their muzzle-loading rifles. (In 1849, the French army officer Claude-Etienne Mini� invented the bullet that would bear his name.) Elisha lived a few years in Waco, Texas, and later in Austin, having served on the police force in both cities. Burial: Oakwood Cemetery Database first name E.C. last name Fallwell burial date 9 May 1914 years/months/days 077 04 00 sex M color W nativity Ky. attending physician S.A. Woolsey where buried Sec Lot Space 784 U.S., Confederate Pensions, 1884-1958 about E C Fallwell Name: E C Fallwell Application Date: 24 Jan 1906 Application Place: Travis, Texas Birth Year: abt 1839 Age: 67 Pension File Number: 11667 Application Type: Veteran American Civil War Regiments Regiment: 11th Infantry Regiment Texas Muster Date: 26 May 1865 Regiment State: Texas Regiment Type: Infantry Regiment Number: 11th Regimental Soldiers and History: List of Soldiers U.S. Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles about E C Fallwell Name: E C Fallwell Rank at enlistment: Corporal State Served: Texas Service Record: Enlisted in Company E, Texas 11th Infantry Regiment. Sources: Index to Compiled Confederate Military Service Records Regimental History, 11th Texas Infantry Rgt. Cols. A. J. Coupland, James H. Jones, O. M. Roberts. Majs. Nathaniel J. Caraway, Thomas H. Rountree. The regiment was formed at Houston, Texas in the winter of 1861-1862 and included men from Clarksville, Henderson, Marshall and the counties of Cherokee and Shelby. It served in the Army of New Mexico and then was assigned to H. Randal's, Maclay's brigade, Trans-Mississippi Department. It lost four killed, 15 wounded and 32 missing at Bayou Bourdeau. During the Red River campaign, Co. A, three officers and 42 men, were captured. It fought at Jenkins' Ferry, Ark. It was stationed at Shreveport, La. and later Hemstead, Texas. It disbanded in the spring of 1865. Submitted by: John Heseltine Battles Fought
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