CONFEDERATE BIOGRAPHY:  ANDREW J. GILLIAM - Smith County, TX

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TEXANS WHO WORE THE GRAY by Sid S. Johnson

ANDREW J. GILLIAM

Andrew J. Gilliam was born in Franklin county, Tenn., in 1837 and removed to 
Texas in 1854. Enlisted in Co. K., 3rd Texas Cavalry.  Participated in the 
battles of Oak Hill, Mo.; Elk Horn Tavern, Ark.; with the commands of Van 
Dorn and Price crossed the Mississippi, joined Beauregard at Corinth, Miss., 
and was in the battle of Famington, Tenn.  In 1862 was discharged on account 
of disability and returned home, and was not in any regular military service 
afterwards.  He married Miss Sallie Moore, both living in Tyler at this 
writing.  His life spent mostly on a farm, now a business man of his home 
city.