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11th Texas Cavalry Graves in Raleigh, NC

Several years ago I took a picture of the side-by-side grave markers of a Lt. Walsh and a Pvt. Hugh Montgomery of the 11th Texas Cavalry at the Oakwood Cemetery in downtown Raleigh, NC. According to the markers, Pvt. Montgomery was born in 1840 and died in 1865 (only the years are shown) and Lt. Walsh died on 13 Apr 1865. Montgomery's marker is a fairly new Veteran's Administration Confederate one and Walsh's looks to have been there for quite some time and is not one of the VA Confederate markers. In Mark L. Bradley's book, This Astounding Close: the Road to Bennett Place, he states Lt. Walsh was hanged by the Yankees on 13 Apr 1865 soon after being caught by them. He was captured after opening fire on the Yankee cavalry as they entered Raleigh under a flag of truce and tried to, but was unable to escape by horseback after entering a dead end street and being thrown from his mount. As far as I can tell, there wasn't a soldier in the 11th Texas Cavalry by they the last name of Walsh, but there were a couple of Welshes (both privates, not lieutenants). Does anyone know anything about these men? If anyone would like to have a picture of these markers, I would be glad to e-mail you a digital image of them.

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