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Submitted: 11/12/21 • Approved: 11/17/21 • Last Updated: 11/20/21 • R1400900-G0-S3
THIRD LIEUTENANT
Company E 2nd Arkansas Cavalry Battalion
Civil War, Confederate
March 4, 1825 - October 24, 1867
Cox, Bethel M
Private—Enlisted in Co. E, 2nd Arkansas Cavalry Battalion, at Hamburg, Arkansas, March 24, 1862; transferred to Co. F, 2nd Arkansas Cavalry Regiment, May 15, 1862; transferred to Co. E, 2nd Arkansas Cavalry Regiment, August 18, 1862; promoted third lieutenant, September 1, 1863; captured at Gaines Landing, Arkansas, February 1865; exchanged at Vicksburg, Mississippi, March 12, 1865; born in Alabama, March 4, 1825; died in Arkansas, October 24, 1867; buried in Flat Creek Cemetery, Ashley county, Arkansas; married Sarah Perry Deal in Ashley county, October 16, 1859; listed in Ashley county 1860 census; occupation carpenter.
Source: Edward G. Gerdes Civil War pages at CouchGenWeb
Contributed on 11/12/21 by deltabelle55
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