Individual Details

Census-shared

Henry Caves age 48 farmer $2000 bprn South Carolina
Nancy age 38 born Alabama
John age 23 born Alabama farmer
Clarke age 17 born Alabama
Wayne age 13 born Alabama
Marion age 11 born Mississippi
Lucy age 9 born Mississippi
Mary age 7 born Mississippi
Permelin age 3 female born Mississippi

Death

Photograph of the "In Memory" gravemarker for F. M. Cave, son of Henry W. Cave & Nancy Bass Cave.
All that is shown on his military records is that he died in March 1862 in New Mexico. It is not known exactly when or where he died or the cause of death or place of burial.
The gravemarker was placed by his family in 2002 at the foot of his father, Henry W. Cave's grave in the Hurt-Graham Cemetery in Elevation, Milam County, Texas (near Milano).
Rank: Private
Joined for duty and enrolled: 18 Sep 1861
Mustered-in at: Cameron, Milam Co., TX
By: Charles Buckholts, At: Camp Sibley
Unit: Co. E, 4th Cavalry, Texas (also known as: Capt. Charles Buckholts' Company, 1st Regiment, Shelby's Brigade, Texas Mounted Volunteers - Cavalry)
The 4th Texas fought a skirmish at Apache Canon, NM on 26 Mar 1862. There was no action on 27 Mar 1862. The actual Battle of Glorieta Pass occurred on 28 Mar 1862.
Died of wounds as a Confederate Soldier. Company E 4th Cavalry Regt., Shelbys Brigade, Texas
A Memorial is in the Hurt Cemetery Milano County, Texas