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David Franklin Loop
(ca. 1840-ca. 1862)

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1. David Franklin LOOP, third son and fourth child of John LOOP and Margaret Rebecca SPOHR, was born circa 1840 in Missouri.^1,2

He was known as Frank. He enlisted, with his brother, Josiah, in the Confederate Army at Dallas, Texas on 12 Sep 1861 as a private in Company I, 6th Texas Cavalry (also known as the Stone's Regiment, 2nd Texas Cavalry) for twelve months. He brought with him a horse valued at $115 and equipment (including a double-barreled gun) valued at $20. He was promoted to Third Sergeant on 26 May 1862. Wounded in action at Corinth, Mississippi on 4 October 1862, he was taken prisoner. No record has been found whether he was paroled or died. He may have been a Second Sergeant when captured and may have been a member of Stirman's Regiment of Sharp Shooters for Phifer's Brigade.³

Sources 

1. 1850-1860 Census of Henderson County, Texas Including Slave Schedule and 1846 Tax List, comp. by Mrs. Claude Corder (Athens, Tex.: Henderson County Hist. Soc'y, 1984), 1850 census, p. 23 (giving his age and birth state); 1860 census, p. 190 (stating that he was age 18 on 1 Jun 1860, was born in Missouri, and was living with James and Christiana Naudain and working as a waggoner).
2. Civil War military records relating to David F. Loop, provided by Harold B. Simpson Confederate Research Center, Hillsboro, Tex., to Roger Bartlett, 7 Oct 1996 (stating that he was age 20 on 12 Sep 1861 but not giving his birthplace).
3. Civil War military records relating to David F. Loop, above.