James J. Sanders

James J. Sanders was born February 11, 1838 in Mississippi and was in Texas at the start of the War. In the spring of 1861 he enlisted at Orange as a private in Company G, 21st Regiment Texas Cavalry (Carter’s Regiment). James Sanders fought at Helena, Arkansas and in Marmaduke’s Missouri Campaign, and operations in Indian Territory. In Louisiana he was engaged at the battles of Mansfield, Pleasant Hill, Yellow Bayou, and then in further operations in Arkansas. James Sanders served until the end of the war. He came to Angelina County, Texas about 1867 and farmed near Burke, where he died on December 12, 1903.

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