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Josiah Marion Loop
(ca. 1839-1862)

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Josiah Marion LOOP, second son and third child of John LOOP and Margaret Rebecca SPOHR, was born circa 1839 in Indiana.^1,2 He died on 10 Mar 1862 in Arkansas.³ He was buried in Van Buren, Crawford County, Arkansas.

His name may have been Joseph. He enlisted, with his brother, David, at Dallas, Texas on 12 Sep 1861 as a private in Company I, 6th Texas Cavalry (also known as Stone's Regiment, 2nd Texas Cavalry) for twelve months. He had a horse valued at $125 and equipment (including a rifle) valued at $20. He became sick and was left at Camp Washington on 17 Dec 1861 but rejoined his company. His unit participated in battles at Pea Ridge, Bentonville, Leetown, and Elkhorn Tavern in northwestern Arkansas from 6 Mar 1862 to 8 Mar 1862. He must have been wounded in one of these battles, as military records show that he died on 10 Mar 1862.⁴

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 27 on 1 Jun 1860, was born in Indiana, and was living with James and Christiana Naudain and working as a farmer).
2. Civil War military records relating to Josiah M. Loop, provided by Harold B. Simpson Confederate Research Center, Hillsboro, Tex., to Roger Bartlett, 7 Oct 1996 (stating that he was age 23 on 12 Sep 1861 but not giving his birthplace).
3. Ibid. (stating that he died on 10 Mar 1862 after his Confederate Army unit engaged in battles in northwestern Arkansas 6-8 Mar 1862).
4. Civil War military records relating to Josiah M. Loop, above.