CONFEDERATE BIOGRAPHY: L. L. SANDERS - Van Zandt County, TX

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TEXANS WHO WORE THE GRAY by Sid S. Johnson

L. L. SANDERS.
Levi L. Sanders, a veteran of Co. I, 6th Texas regiment, Ross' Texas 
brigade in the army of Tennessee. Born in the state of Alabama in 1837.  
Removed to Texas and seftled in Dallas in 1852 and sworn into service 
at Camp Barto. He was with the command until the surrrnder at Canton, 
Miss., in 1865.  In Georgia he was made brigade blacksmith during the 
remainder of the war.  Mr. Sanders followed  the fortunes of the war  
in all  duties  im­posed upon him.  He settled in Van Zandt county in 
1865, his residence is Ben Wheeler, Texas.  He is a Christian getleman, 
and highly esteemed by the many people who know him.