Private, Company C, 4th Texas Regiment, Confederate States Army
He was the son of Jesse Pearce Hanna and Elizabeth Williams Hanna. He died in the Civil War Battle of Glorieta Pass, often called the Gettysburg of the West. The Confederate Army had to withdraw from New Mexico to Arizona and Texas. His remains were discovered on June 23, 1987 in Pecos, New Mexico. A foundation was being dug with a backhoe and uncovered a ten by six foot mass grave. Of the thirty-one bodies only three were identified, including those of Private Hanna. He was identified by his age (17 years), his groin wound and the journal and writing implements he carried as the company scribe.
He was the son of Jesse Pearce Hanna and Elizabeth Williams Hanna. He died in the Civil War Battle of Glorieta Pass, often called the Gettysburg of the West. The Confederate Army had to withdraw from New Mexico to Arizona and Texas. His remains were discovered on June 23, 1987 in Pecos, New Mexico. A foundation was being dug with a backhoe and uncovered a ten by six foot mass grave. Of the thirty-one bodies only three were identified, including those of Private Hanna. He was identified by his age (17 years), his groin wound and the journal and writing implements he carried as the company scribe.
Private, Company C, 4th Texas Regiment, Confederate States Army
He was the son of Jesse Pearce Hanna and Elizabeth Williams Hanna. He died in the Civil War Battle of Glorieta Pass, often called the Gettysburg of the West. The Confederate Army had to withdraw from New Mexico to Arizona and Texas. His remains were discovered on June 23, 1987 in Pecos, New Mexico. A foundation was being dug with a backhoe and uncovered a ten by six foot mass grave. Of the thirty-one bodies only three were identified, including those of Private Hanna. He was identified by his age (17 years), his groin wound and the journal and writing implements he carried as the company scribe.
He was the son of Jesse Pearce Hanna and Elizabeth Williams Hanna. He died in the Civil War Battle of Glorieta Pass, often called the Gettysburg of the West. The Confederate Army had to withdraw from New Mexico to Arizona and Texas. His remains were discovered on June 23, 1987 in Pecos, New Mexico. A foundation was being dug with a backhoe and uncovered a ten by six foot mass grave. Of the thirty-one bodies only three were identified, including those of Private Hanna. He was identified by his age (17 years), his groin wound and the journal and writing implements he carried as the company scribe.
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