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Submitted: 9/4/20 • Approved: 9/4/20 • Last Updated: 9/7/20 • R280159-G0-S3
PRIVATE CSA
Company F 39 Regiment Mississippi Infantry
(Sayer's Brigade / Bank's Company)
Civil War Confederate
1844 - September 1, 1923
He enlisted on April 30, 1862, at Simpson County, Mississippi. His name appeared on a Roll of Prisoners Of War when he was captured at Port Hudson, Louisiana, on July 9, 1863. He was paroled on July 12-13, 1863. On February 15, 1864, while at Mobile, Alabama, he was listed as a deserter from his command; however, on April 17, 1864, he rejoined his command. His name appeared on a Roll of Prisoners of War when his unit surrendered at Citronelle, Alabama, on May 4, 1865. He was paroled at Jackson, Mississippi, on May 19, 1865.
Confederate Pension Application Index Database, Reel CP1.145 - Microdex 3 - Sequence 2
Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers, The National Archives, Publication M269
Contributed on 9/4/20 by bridges1026
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