Served in Company C, 40th Inf., Mississippi as Pvt

Residence Crawford County GA; Enlisted on 5/3/1862 as a Private. On 5/24/1862 he mustered into "F" Co. GA 57th Infantry (date and method of discharge not given) He was listed as: * Exchanged (date and place not stated) (1863) * POW 7/4/1863 Vicksburg, MS * Paroled 7/7/1863 (place not stated) Sources used: - Roster of Confederate Soldiers of Georgia 1861-1865 Residence was not listed; 19 years old. Enlisted on 5/9/1862 as a Private. On 5/9/1862 he mustered into "C" Co. MS 40th Infantry He was transferred out on 4/9/1865 at Smithfield, NC On 4/9/1865 he transferred into "C" Co. MS 3rd Cons Infantry He was Surrendered on 4/26/1865 at Durham Station, NC Other Information: born 6/8/1842 in Kosciusko, MS died 8/17/1920 in Durant, MS Buried: Bethesda Cemetery, Holmes County, MS Sources used: - Index to Compiled Confederate Military Service Records - Mississippi Confederate Grave Registry

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Unit Details:

40th Infantry Regiment was formed during the early summer of 1862 after several attempts to organize a unit. Some of the men were from Attala County. It was active in the conflicts at Iuka and Corinth, then, assigned to J.C. Moore's and L. Hebert's Brigade, Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana, was captured at Vicksburg in July, 1863. After being exchanged the regiment served in the Army of Tennessee under the command of Generals Baldwin and Featherston. It participated in the Atlanta Campaign, Hood's winter operations in Tennessee, and the North Carolina Campaign. Its casualties at Iuka were 10 killed, 39 wounded, and 21 missing of the 314 engaged, and during the siege at Vicksburg there were 12 killed and 38 wounded. The unit reported 10 killed, 57 wounded, and 27 missing at Peach Tree Creek, totalled 64 effectives in December, 1864, and surrendered on April 26, 1865. The field officers were Colonels Wallace B. Colbert and George P. Wallace, Lieutenant Colonels Josiah A.P. Campbell and James R. Childress, and Majors W.M. Gibbons and Enoch McDonald.