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Henry [C] Grieve, age 32, enlisted as a Private in Captain James B. Stephenson's Company, Elmore's Regiment, Texas Infantry**, April 13, 1862 at Redtop, he was on sick leave from June 14, 1862 through December, hospitalized at General Hospital Galveston April 3, 1863, issued clothing May 5, 1863, no further records

**This regiment subsequently became Company I, 20th Regiment Texas Infantry

20th Regiment, Texas Infantry (Elmore's)

20th Infantry Regiment was organized at Galveston, Texas, during the early summer of 1862 with a high percentage of middle-aged men. They were from Hempstead, Houston, Austin, Kaufman, Galveston, and Huntsville, and Walker County. The regiment was assigned to the Trans-Mississippi Department and served in Texas. It performed guard duty along the coast from Galveston to the Sabine River and in April, 1864, reported 21 officers and 622 men present for duty. On June 2, 1865, it was included in the surrender. Its commanders were Colonel Henry M. Elmore, Lieutenant Colonel Leonard A. Abercrombie, and Major Robert E. Bell.

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