From Leonardo Andrea Collection, Cox folder 209, page 134 , Enlisted in CSA as a private in Co G Second SC RIfles, General Micaja Jenkins Brigade..was severely wounded at the Battle of the 2nd Manassas, thigh was broken. While lying on the battlefield a grade shot cut both his suspenders in two and a minia ball went through his canteen and let the water out, while a second ball cut one of his eyebrows...His wounds disabled him for the remainder of his life...
