Biographical information in "Brave Pioneers Who Blazed the Way for Tarrant's Present Greatness," 12/15/1912, Part Four, p. 1.
Fort Worth Star-Telegram .
Confederate States Army, Captain, Company D, 7th Texas Infantry; retired as Major. " . . . he helped organize and became captain of Company D, Seventh Texas Infantry. He saw action in Mississippi and Tennessee. He was taken prisoner during the capture of Fort Donelson, was exchanged in 1862, and received a certificate of disability in 1864 with the rank of major."
Handbook of Texas Online .
Impact of a Father and Son on Texas: Isaac Van Zandt and Khleber Miller Van Zandt, Digital Collections, Masters Thesis, Jane Sloan Cranz, December 2006,
University of North Texas Libraries .