Served in Company D, 31st Inf., Mississippi as Pvt

Residence Calhoun County MS; 34 years old. Enlisted on 4/29/1862 at Calhoun County, MS as a Private. On 4/29/1862 he mustered into "D" Co. MS 31st Infantry He was transferred out on 4/9/1865 at Smithfield, NC On 4/9/1865 he transferred into "D" Co. MS 3rd Cons Infantry He was Surrendered on 4/26/1865 at Durham Station, NC Other Information: born 1/26/1828 in Calhoun County, MS died 9/22/1884 in Reid, MS Buried: Rocky Mount Cemetery, Bruce, MS After the War he lived in Calhoun County, MS Sources used: - Index to Compiled Confederate Military Service Records - Mississippi Confederate Grave Registry

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Unit Details:

31st Infantry Regiment was organized in March, 1862, using the 6th (Orr's) Mississippi Infantry Battalion as its nucleus. The unit served in Rust's, L. Hebert's, and Featherston's Brigade, Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana. It was part of the garrison at Vicksburg, then fought at Baton Rouge and Jackson. Later it continued the fight under General Featherson in the Army of Tennessee. The 31st was active throughout the Atlanta Campaign, endured Hood's winter operations in Tennessee, and saw action in North Carolina. It lost 10 killed and 37 wounded at Baton Rouge, and of the 215 engaged at Peach Tree Creek, seventy-six percent were disabled. In December, 1864, there were 86 men present for duty, and only a handful surrendered in April, 1865. The field officers were Colonels J.A. Orr and Marcus D.L. Stephens, Lieutenant Colonels John W. Balfour and James W. Drane, and Majors Francis M. Gillespie and H.E. Topp.