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Woddy H. Cannon


Co. D, 6th Texas Cavalry Regiment, CSA
http://www.rosstexascavalrybrigade.com/6thtexascavalryregiment/6tcrd.html

Battle of Corinth
CORENTH II, MS - OCT. 3-4, 1862:
General Van Dorn fainted toward Iuka and toward Tennessee, and then looped around to attack Corinth
from the north west. Rosecran’s union force was not surprised.

General C. W. Phifer's Brigade consisted of:
3rd Arkansas Dismounted Cavalry Regiment
6th Texas Dismounted Cavalry Regiment - Col Lawrence S. Ross
9th Texas Dismounted Cavalry Regiment - Col. Sims
Ras Stirman's Sharpshooter Regiment
McNally's Arkansas Battery - Lt Frank A. Moore
K-0  W-2 M-9 = 11
Reserve Artillery
Hoxon's Tennessee Battery - Lt Thomas F. Tobin (C)
Alabama Artillery Battery - Capt. Henry H. Sengstak

Name - Duties
Waddy H. Cannon
Enlisted at Dallas, Dallas, Texas September 10, 1861.  Age 21.  He had a Double Barrel Gun, a 6-Shooter,
a $130 Horse and $20 worth of gear.  He was sick at Camp
Washington in November-December 1861.
Present in January - February
Sick in quarters, March-April 1862 (Battle of Elkhorn Tavern/Pea Ridge, northwest AR)
Present till October 1862
Furloughed to Texas
WIA (Wounded in action at Battle of Corinth, Mississippi October 3, 1863.  Sent to
hospital
Died of wound received at Corinth. Shot in arm


Military Veterans
Susan Hawkins
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