TX 11th Inf Co E. CSA. Born 21 Sep 1835 in Norway. Civil War: Occupation: clerk. Blue eyes, fair hair, light complexion, 5’3”. Enlisted for one year on 8 Feb 1862 at Canton, Van Zandt County, Texas. Private. From 22 to 29 Mar 1862, he was in hospital at Houston, Texas, suffering dysentery. He was on detail as ward master in the Confederate General Hospital in Tyler, Texas, from 4 May to 4 Jun 1862. Discharged for disability at Camo Clough, Texas, 28 Jun 1862. Post war: Lived in Texas. Died 14 May 1903 at Comanche, Comanche County, Texas. Sources: (Ulvestad p336) (“Norwegian Soldiers in Confederate Forces” by C.A.Clausen & Derwood Johnson, publ. in Norwegian-American Studies, volume 25, Northfield, Minnesota. p115) (www.borgerkrigen.info) “Thodberg, Samuel”
