Killed at Vicksburg

James A. Boykin, Private "E" Co. TX Waul's Legion Cavalry
Allen Cameron, Capt./Maj., Co. A
Samuel Carter, Captain, Co. A
J A. Ledbetter, Captain, Co. E

On the morning of May 22 [Railroad Redoubt]
The loss was very severe,particularly so in officers, every officer of the staff present being either killed or seriously wounded.

[During the Siege] The casualties were: Officers killed, 10; wounded, 37; missing, 1. Enlisted men killed, 37; wounded, 153; missing, 7. Total number killed, wounded, and missing, 245.

During the siege the command lost many of its ablest officers. Maj.
[Allen] Cameron, Capts. [Samuel] Carter and [J. A.] Ledbetter, and many others,* who nobly fell where their duty called them, encouraging and inspiring their men by their own example.

* Names of the other officers killed cannot be determined from the
official records, there being no company rolls between December, 1862, and December, 1863.

Source: Official Records
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[Series I. Vol. 24. Part II, Reports. Serial No. 37.]