Late First Sergeant John D. Murray, Company F, 4th Texas Infantry – a Sharpsburg survivor. This photograph, considerably post war, is from J.B. Polley’s Hood’s Texas Brigade, Its Marches, Its Battles, Its Achievements (1910) [online from the Internet Archive]. Here’s… continue reading

31 year old Quin M. Menefee was a Methodist Episcopal preacher in Texas when he enlisted in the 4th Texas Infantry as a private soldier in March 1862. In September he was terribly wounded at Sharpsburg and his right leg… continue reading

I spent a good part of yesterday exploring the tree of the Kindred family – 5 of whom served in Company F the 4th Texas Infantry. I think I’ve got them sorted out now. There were four brothers … Joshua… continue reading

Private William Hollander, Company F, 4th Texas Infantry was severely wounded at Sharpsburg in September 1862 and discharged for wounds the following May. For 20 years afterward he was a farmer in Hays County, Texas, until, according to family information,… continue reading

The Crocketts in the 1890s in a photograph by Nathan Miles Wilcox (1845-1936), Georgetown, TX. Edward R. Crockett was captured in action at Sharpsburg in September 1862 while Corporal, Company F, 4th Texas Infantry. That’s his wife Agnes Mercer (1841-1920)… continue reading

This piece in the Waco Daily Examiner of 8 November 1887 [online from the Portal to Texas History] features an interview with Waco, TX merchant P.M. Ripley. Ripley was formerly First Sergeant of Company E of the 4th Texas Infantry… continue reading