Confederate States Army. "He likewise served his State with distinction in the Civil War under the late Major James P. Douglas, and was one of the last surviving members of the Albert Sidney Johnston Camp of Confederate Veterans of Smith County." 44th Legislature, R.S., 2/11/1935, p. 349.
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William David Swann, birth date 3/5/1845, death date 2/8/1935, burial in Hopewell Cemetery, Swan, Smith County. Includes portrait of Swann as member of the Confederate Douglas Artillery Battery in the Civil War; and obituary from Shreveport Times, 2/9/1935.
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