THOMPSON, MARTIN V  -MEXICAN WAR &  CSA RECORDS
	1808-1879 Upshur & Camp Counties
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MEXICAN WAR 1845-1848
Name:			Martin Thompson
Enlistment Place:	Austin
Service Date:		1 Oct 1845
Residence Place:	Texas, USA
Rank:			Private
Unit:			Cady's Co., Texas Mounted Rangers
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Name:			Martin V. Thompson
Side:			Confederate
Regiment State:	Texas
Regiment:		16th Regiment, 
			Texas Infantry (Flournoy's)
Company:		G
Rank In:		Private
Rank Out:		Private
16th Texas Infantry Rgt.
Col. George Flournoy, LtCols. William H. Redwoood, James 
E. Shepard, Maj. Xenophon B. Saunders
The regiment was formed in the summer of 1862 and included 
men from Belton, Austin and the counties of Washington and 
Upshur. It was assigned to Flournoy's, Waterhouse's, Scurry's 
brigade, Trans-Mississippi Department. 
In June 1863 it lost two killed and five wounded at Milliken's 
Bend. Three officers and 30 men were captured during the Red 
River campaign and it fought at Jenkins' Ferry. It moved to 
Hempstead, Texas and disbanded before the June 1865 surrender.

Source: U.S. Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles