Enslisted Jan. 7, 1862 in the 25th Infantry Regiment Company H at the age of 19. Wounded in both thighs at Malvern Hill, Va. on July 1, 1862 and crawled up by a big tree and lay there all night in the rain. Reported absent, wounded, or sick untill Nov. 22, 1864 when he was retired to the Invalid Corps. by reason of disability. He returned home to live out his years with one of his sons.
Jane Barnwell Taylor moved to Texas several years after her marrage to Robert Taylor
Moved to Oklahoma