George Martin
Christian Beinhorn, enlisted as a Private in Captain Horace Haldeman's Company Light Artillery**, May 28, 1862 at Houston, September 1862 on extra duty as Teamster with the Q. M. Department, appointed Corporal July 2, 1863, no further records
**This command was accepted into the service of the Confederate States, July 1, 1861. It was known at various times as Captain Mechling's and as Captain Haldeman's Company Texas Light Artillery, and was officially designated the 4th Texas Field Battery and assigned to the 4th Battalion Field Artillery by S. O. No.290, Hdqrs. Trand-Miss. Dept., dated November 10, 1864
[aka 4th Field Battery, Texas Light Artillery (Van Dorn's)]
You may procure his records through the service noted in the Red enclosed box above.
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The U. S. Army Military History Institute, Carlisle Barracks, Pa, lists the following in their unit bibliography:
Title: Mechlin-Haldeman Battery Texas Artillery
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Mechling-Haldeman Battery Texas Artillery
Confederate Military History, Extended Edition. Vol. 15: Texas. Wilmington, NC: Broadfoot,
1989. E484C65.1987v15. Contains numerous, scattered references to Texas units.
Crute, Joseph H., Jr. Units of the Confederate States Army. Midlothian, VA: Derwent, 1987. Ref.
See p. 345 (1 photocopied pages) for a concise summary of the battery's service.
Fitzhugh, Lester N. Texas Batteries, Battalions, Regiments, Commanders and Field Officers,
Confederate States Army, l86l-l865. Midlothian, TX: Mirror Pr, 1959. E580.3F5.
See p. 2 (1 photocopied page) for a list of officers.
Sifakis, Stewart. Compendium of the Confederate Armies: Texas. NY: Facts on File, 1995.
pp. 15-16 (2 photocopied pages). E580S53. (Unit organizational history).
Wright, Marcus J., comp. Texas in the War, l86l-l865. [Ed. by Harold B. Simpson] Hillsboro,
TX: Hill Jr Coll Pr, l965. E5809W7. Contains numerous references to Texas units.