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J . S. Draper, of Bryans Mill, TX, enlisted in the Confederacy from Shelby County,
Ala., Nov. 1863, in Co. D., Capt. Jas. A. McCoy's regiment, under Gen. Thomas, at the age of 17. He was not in
any big battles but was under fire several times, once for a week, used to check raids of Union soldiers. Was captured
at Blakely, and held prisoner on Ship Island for three weeks, and honorably paroled in April 1865.
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