Abner S. Loden
Abner S. Loden was born around 1834. He married Nancy C. Jones on December 18, 1856, and they had at least four children: William, born around 1860; Belle, born around 1863; Thomas, born around 1865; and Jennie, born around 1867. They lived in Cherokee County, Texas.
He enlisted in the Confederate army, and he mustered in as a private in Company B of the 28th Texas Cavalry on April 5, 1862. He fell ill a few months later, and he remained on sick furlough until at least August 1863. In February 1863, he declared that the “prospect for peace is fine,” insisting that the Emancipation Proclamation had shattered northern morale. By January 1864, he was working in the Quartermaster’s Department in Tyler, Texas. He died in the late 1860s.
DATABASE CONTENT
| (2946) | Loden, Abner S. | 1834 |
- Conflict Side: Confederacy
- Role: Soldier
- Rank in: Private
- Rank out: Private
- Rank highest: Private
- Gender: Male
- Race: White
Documents - Records: 5
- (3702) [associated with] ~ William Jones to Nancy C. Loden, 14 February 1863
- (3703) [writer] ~ Abner S. Loden to Nancy C. Loden, 28 January 186X
- (3731) [writer] ~ Abner S. Loden to Nancy C. Loden, 11 February 1863
- (3780) [writer] ~ Abner S. Loden to Nancy C. Loden, undated
- (10252) [writer] ~ Abner S. Loden to Nancy C. Loden, 14 June 1862
People - Records: 2
Regiments - Records: 1
- (864) [enlisted] [B] ~ 28th Texas Cavalry
SOURCES
Military Service Records of Abner S. Loden, available from Fold3.com; Texas Select County Marriage Index, 1837-1965, available from Ancestry.com; Abner S. Loden to Nancy S. Loden, 11 February 1863, DL1401, Nau Collection
