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

This lovely bird’s-eye-view map was produced by Beck & Pauli, lithographers in Milwaukee, WI, and is online from the Library of Congress. Use their excellent interface if you’d like to really zoom in. The original has yellowed quite a bit… continue reading

Private Michael Sullivan was terribly wounded by 5 bullets at Sharpsburg on 17 September 1862, and despite attentive care, suffered for about 7 months before he died of massive infection and other effects of his wounds. This image is of… continue reading

Private Riley Davison of the 4th Texas Infantry was mortally wounded in combat at Sharpsburg on 17 September 1862. He died in US Army General Hospital #1 in Frederick, MD on 3 February 1863 and his burial was recorded by… continue reading

William H Lessing was a very young Private in the 4th Texas Infantry when he was shot through the left lung at Sharpsburg in September 1862. I do not know what, if anything, befell then-Judge Lessing as a result of… continue reading

An excellent and expressive photograph from the Lawrence T. Jones III Texas photography collection at Southern Methodist University in Dallas. He’s George L. Robertson of Austin, TX, formerly of Company B, 4th Texas Infantry. His father was prominent in Austin… continue reading