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Re: Civil War Confederate soldier record

Yes, Mike, My Greatgrandfather, James H. Gresham (Grisham) was a pvt in the 11th Texas Inf regiment.
His brother William L. Gresham (Grisham) was in the 12 th Texas Infantry. Another brother Robert E. Gresham
(Grisham) was in the 18th Texas Infantry CSA. James H and Robert E. survived the Civil war and recieved
Confederate pensions, as did their wives. William L. Gresham was killed in June 1863. In the Family Bible of
their mother owned by his daughter, we found a letter written by William in 1861 to his mother. He was at Camp Hebert near Hempstead at that time. I am assuming he was killed in either Arkansas or La.
They all enlisted in Rusk Co., Texas, where they lived. Both James H. and Robert E. moved to Nacogdoches County after the end of the Civil War.

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