Alfred Buckner Eldridge, student 1847-1848

Eldridge was a farmer in Washington County, TX at the beginning of the war, moving there from Halifax County, VA sometime in the 1850s. He served in Co. E of the 23rd Brigade of Texas State Troops, appearing on a muster roll in September 1863. Family sources state that he was wounded during the war. These sources also place his death in 1865 and his burial place as Prairie Lea Cemetery in Brenham, Washington County, TX.