Confederate Biography:  JAMES McDONALD, Smith County, TX  

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Submitted by Susie McFarland Lemin slemin@yahoo.com
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TEXANS WHO WORE THE GRAY by Sid S. Johnson, p. 89

James McDonald, born in Green county, Ala., in 1828, removed to Texas 
in 1852 and settled in Falls county.  He enlisted in Co.A. 30th Texas 
Calvary, and transferred to Co.C. 20th Texas Infantry in 1864 and 
remained with this command to the end of the war.  His services were 
in the Trans-Mississippi department, participating in the campaigns 
made famous under the leadership of Gen'ls Kirby Smith, Price, Dick 
Taylor and the illustrious Tom Green.  Mr. McDonald is a citizen
of Tyler, Texas and a member of Albert Sidney Johnston Camp No. 48, 
and at this writing carries his age well.