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	Walked from Marion County, Alabama to Kentucky to join a Confederate force of any kin to get into battle. D.J. was recruited by Captain Lapaille in Louisville. on 23 April 1861.Enlisted in the 26th Alabama Infantry Regiment C.S.A. on May 4, 1862 at Yorktown, Va. by Col. O'Neal. State of Texas, County of Erath Before me the undersigned authority of this day personally appeared J.C. Wright, personally knows to me to be a creditable man, and after being by me duly sworn deposes and says, that he is a brother of D.J.Wright, decd.whose widow is an applicant for a Confederate pension,that he was at home living with said D.J.Wright Decd. prior to the breakingout of the civil war, and that his brother D.J. Wright at the beginning of the war left home went to Va. to enlist in the service, he joined the First Ky. Battallian for twelve months,this was disbanded at the expiration of 12 months, and he enlisted again in Va.(I think) in the 26th Alabama Reg. that he does not remember the letter of the co.That the affiant was not personally with Dec'd but often heard from him while he was in the war, that he corresponded with Decd. wrote to him received letters from him, while thery wre in the service, that he served with the opening till the close of the war, he was at the battles of Manasses( Bull Run), that while affiant was not with Decd, he knows from these facts and other similar facts that Decd. was in the actual service, and that he never deserted the Confederacy. That Decd died at Morgan Mill for years ago Signed: J.C.Wright subscribed sworn to me this the 17th day of August 1907 M.J.Thompson County Judge of Erath County, Texas Note: While visiting the battle field of Manassas Junction (or Bull Run) I was told by one of the guides there that the 1st Ky did not fight there. I told the guide that I had seen a record that stated the opposite of what he was telling everyone. The above was taken from that record. I listed this gg uncle for the records for the 1st Ky CSA Thanks for you work in this field. Paul Wright w1937@bellsouth.net
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