In a letter written 29 July 1863 by J. Mark Smither of Company D, 5th Texas, he said the company went into battle at Gettysburg with 50 men and came out with 32, and he mentions that Capt. Hill was severely wounded in the foot. Another member of this company, Abner M. Hinson, wrote "Reminiscences of the Boys in Gray, 1861-1865," compiled by Miss Mamie Yeary, McGregor, Texas, Morningside Publishing Company.