Served in Company C, 18th Inf., Mississippi as Cpl

Residence Canton MS; 37 years old. Enlisted on 6/7/1861 at Canton, MS as a Corporal. On 6/7/1861 he mustered into "C" Co. MS 18th Infantry He was Surrendered on 4/9/1865 at Appomattox Court House, VA Other Information: born 3/29/1824 in Canton, MS died 11/12/1891 in Canton, MS Buried: Canton Cemetery, Canton, MS After the War he lived in Canton, MS Sources used: - Index to Compiled Confederate Military Service Records - Mississippi Confederate Grave Registry

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Unit Details:

18th Infantry Regiment, organized in June, 1861, at Corinth, Mississippi, recruited its members in Yazoo, Coahoma, Madison, De Soto, and Hinds counties. Ordered to Virginia, the unit fought at First Manassas under D.R. Jones, then was engaged at Leesburg. In April, 1862, it contained 684 effectives and served in General Griffith's, Barksdale, and Humphrey's Brigade, Army of Northern Virginia. The 18th participated in many campaigns from the Seven Days' Battles to Cold Harbor including the operations at Chickamauga and Knoxville. It went on to fight with Early in the Shenandoah Valley and later around Appomattox. The unit reported 38 casualties at First Manassas, 85 at Leesburg, and 132 at Malvern Hill. Of the 186 engaged at Sharpsburg, forty-three percent were disabled. It had 18 wounded at Fredericksburg, 25 killed and 43 wounded at Chancellorsville, and 18 killed and 82 wounded of the 242 at Gettysburg. Many were captured at Sayler's Creek, and only 4 officers and 44 men surrendered. The field officers were Colonels E.R. Burt and Thomas M. Griffin; Lieutenant Colonel Walter G. Kearney and William H. Luse; and Majors John W. Balfour, James C. Campbell, G.B. Gerald, and E.G. Henry.