The
Online Archive of Terry's Texas Rangers
Sharing & preserving the history of the 8th Texas Cavalry Regiment, 1861-1865
The
Online Archive of Reminiscences
of the Boys in Gray
W. H. Snider
W. H. SNIDER, Austin, Texas—Born Dec. 18, 1834, near Newman, Ga. Enlistd the Confederate Army in September, 1861, at Houston, Texas, as private in Company I, Eighth Texas Cavalry, Harrison's Brigade, Wheeler's Corps, Army of Tennessee. Jones, first Captain, and Terry, first Colonel. Was wounded in the battle of Chickamauga Sept. 19, 1863, in the knee, which rendered me a cripple for the remainder of life. Was in the battles of Shiloh, Perryville, Ky.; Chickamauga, and other skirmishes.
Yeary, Mamie. Reminiscences of the Boys in Gray. McGregor, Texas, 1912.
Page 709.