Served in Company D, 2nd Inf., Mississippi as Capt

Residence was not listed; 35 years old. Enlisted on 3/9/1861 as a Captain. On 3/9/1861 he was commissioned into "D" Co. MS 2nd Infantry He was Surrendered on 4/9/1865 at Appomattox Court House, VA Other Information: born 3/29/1825 in Tippah County, MS died 9/12/1871 in Ashland, MS Buried: Beck Cemetery, Ashland, MS Sources used: - Index to Compiled Confederate Military Service Records - Mississippi Confederate Grave Registry

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Unit Details:

2nd Infantry Battalion was organized at Jackson, Mississippi, during the summer of 1861 with five companies, later increased to six. Ordered to Virginia, the battalion was assigned to General Garland's and Featherston's Brigade and in April, 1862 totalled 360 men. It was prominent in the campaigns of the army from Williamsburg to Sharpsburg. Then in Novemer, 1862, additional companies joined the unit, and it became the 48th Mississippi Regiment. Its commanders were Lieutenant Colonels Thomas B. Manlove, John G. Taylor, and William S. Wilson.