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20th Mississippi Infantry
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Company A
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Langdon P. Aycock - Sergeant
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Father:William M. Aycock,B:1809,D:3 Jul 1869
Mother:Emily John Quinn,B:6 Jun 1814
Son: Langdon P. Aycock,B:12 May 1839,D:4 Apr 1898
Wife:Alice Rawls
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Contact Name:
Billy L. Aycock
Contact Email:
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Date Added: 2/24/2010
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Company A
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William Calhoun Aycock - Private
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Father:James Jackson Aycock,B:6 Nov 1814,D:2 May 1887
Mother:Caroline Dillard Young,B:6 Feb 1826,D:27 Sept 1904
2nd Son:William Calhoun Aycock,B:21 Dec 1843,D:20 Jul 1864
Wounded at New Hope Church,Dallas,Ga. Date uk
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Contact Name:
Billy L. Aycock
Contact Email:
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Date Added: 2/23/2010
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Company B
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Thadeus Augustus Anglin - Private
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Thadeus Augustus Anglin survived the war, then farmed in northern Mississippi until about 1900 when he moved his family to Bogota, Texas, and then on to Lazare, Texas, where he died on December 5, 1911. He is buried in the Tennessee Valley Cemetery just outside the deserted township of Lazare, Texas. His grave is marked with a granite marker. His descendants moved to Hunt County, Texas, after his death in 1911.
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Company B
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William Carroll Anglin - Private
Contact Name:
Teresa Smith
Contact Email:
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Date Added: 8/25/2006
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Company B
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James C Gay - Private
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Born 1843. Enlisted June 1861. Wounded during the Atlanta Campaign in July 1864. No further record found.
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Company B
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James Lawrence Lenoir - Private
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I am a relative, not a descendant. I can provide some information on his children.He is buried in the Amite City Cemetery, Amite, Tangipahoa Parish, LA. HIs tombstone gives his Civil War affiliation.
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Company B
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Abner Davis Sykes - Private
Contact Name:
Teresa Smith
Contact Email:
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Date Added: 8/25/2006
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Company B
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Samuel W Wamble - Unknown
Contact Name:
Eddie Wamble
Contact Email:
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Date Added: 9/26/2010
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Company C
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George Thomas Aycock - Private
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Father:James Jackson Aycock,B:6 Nov 1814,D:2 May 1887
Mother:Caroline Dillard Young,B:6 Feb 1826,D:27 Sept 1904
1st Son:George Thomas Aycock,B:21 Sept 1841,D:25 Feb 1916
Wife:Mary Louise Buchanan,B:21 Jan 1846,D:1 Jan 1930
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Contact Name:
Billy L. Aycock
Contact Email:
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Date Added: 2/23/2010
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Company C
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Robert Gammill - Private
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(Born - Abt. 1834 in Alabama)
(Father - Robert Gammill)
(Mother - Margaret Holland)
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Company D
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William Ivy - Private
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Company D
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John Phillips - Private
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Private John Phillips:
Wounded and taken prisoner, Transferred to Illinois where his health deteriorated due to wound and starvation. Union started to transfer out of POW camp but he died in Virginia.
Not known where he is laid to rest at this time.
20th Infantry Regiment was organized during the late summer of 1861 with men from Bolivar, Monroe, Noxubee, Adams, Scott, Carroll, and Newton counties. The unit moved to Virginia, then Tennessee where in February, 1862, it was captured at Fort Donelson. In this engagement it lost 19 killed of the 31 officers and 469 men present. The regiment was exchanged and assigned to Tilghman's and J.Adams' Brigade, Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana. For a time it served in the Vicksburg area, then transferred to the Army of Tennessee. Placed in J.Adams' and Lowry's Brigade, the 20th was involved in the Atlanta and Tennessee Campaigns and ended the war in North Carolina. Only a remnant surrendered on April 26, 1865. Its commanders were Colonels William N. Brown and D.R. Russell; Lieutenant Colonels D.H. Maury, Horace H. Miller, and Walter A. Rorer; and Majors William M. Chatfield, Thomas B. Graham, and C.K. Massey. [
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Contact Name:
Joe Allcock Jr.
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Date Added: 2/22/2016
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Company D
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William Walston - Unknown
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Check Sailors and Soldiers and a history of the 20th Mississippi. Sydney Walston was his newphew
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Contact Name:
Randy Wiltrout
Contact Email:
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Date Added: 1/2/2010
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Company E
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David Dempsy Melvin - Private
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Dec 30, 1837 – Dec 19, 1897. He had a light complexion, dark hair, blue eyes, stood 5’ 7 ½” and lived in Abbeville Al. Enlisted May 25, 1861in Handsboro County MS. Mustered in on July 6, 1861 at Corinth MS. He was captured at Fort Donelson on Feb 16, 1862 and shows on rolls at Camp Douglas Il on Aug 1, 1862. He was transferred to Vicksburg on Sep 2, 1862 to be exchanged. He was wounded on Aug 18, 1864 outside Atlanta GA. He was captured at Nashville TN after being wounded by a Minnie ball in the right foot and taken to the USA General Hospital Nashville TN at age 26. He was transferred to Louisville Ky on Jan 4, 1865 and shows on Prisoner rolls at Louisville Ky on May 6, 1865. He was paroled at Louisville Ky after taken the oath on Jun 16, 1865.
Parents:
• Daniel James Melvin 1815 – 1903. Son of Joseph 1789 - 1863, son of George Melvin 1737 – 1791 son of James Daniel Melvin Sr.
• Louisiana Sholar 1815-1877
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Contact Name:
James A. Crook Sr
Contact Email:
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Date Added: 7/10/2022
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Company E
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Samuel Slade - Private
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4th great uncle, son of Pvt Samuel Slade, NC Militia and grandson of Pvt David irby, Va Militia, American Revolution. Sept. 20, 1863 wounded/hospitalized; Aug. 30, 1864 deserted; Dec 15, 1864 captured near Nashville; Dec. 20, 1864 Camp Douglas; Jan. 1865 applied for oath of allegiance
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Contact Name:
David Hampton Bell, SCV322196
Contact Email:
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Contact Homepage: http://www.genlouishebert.com/honorroll.htm
Date Added: 10/10/2012
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Company E
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Thomas Sydney Walston - Private
Contact Name:
Brett Walston
Contact Email:
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Date Added: 12/25/2009
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Company F
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Ezekiel Bailey - Private
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Ezekiel Bailey died while being held at Camp Douglas in Chicago, Illinois. His name is listed on the Confederate Mound Monument in Oak Woods Cemetery in Chicago, Illinois.
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Contact Name:
Sylvia Burkhalter
Contact Email:
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Date Added: 1/28/2014
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Company F
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Lewis Jasper Bailey - Private
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Lewis was a mere 16 years old when he and his three older brothers joined the confederate army. After his three older brothers were captured at Fort Donelson, Lewis went on to other battles. He was wounded and captured at the Battle of Peach Tree just outside of Atlanta, Georgia. He was released and he returned home to Mississippi. He died of old age in a confederate old soldiers home in Ardmore, Oklahoma.
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Contact Name:
Sylvia Bailey
Contact Email:
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Date Added: 5/24/2014
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Company F
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Robert N Bailey - Private
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Robert and his three brothers all served in the 20th Mississippi Infantry simultaneously. He and two brothers were prisoners of war at Camp Douglas, Chicago, Illinois (Hell's 80 acres).
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Contact Name:
Sylvia Burkhalter
Contact Email:
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Date Added: 5/24/2014
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Company F
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William E Bailey - Private
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Three brothers, William, Robert, and Ezekiel Bailey, were all prisoners of war having been captured during battle. They were all sent to Camp Douglas in Chicago, Illinois. Ezekiel died there suffering from disease. The other two were released in an exchange. They went on to fight in the siege of Vicksburg and Bentonville.
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Contact Name:
Sylvia Burkhalter
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Date Added: 5/24/2014
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Company F
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John Guynes Finley - Private
Contact Name:
Susan Twohig
Contact Email:
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Contact Homepage: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~jinxavier/
Date Added: 9/27/2005
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Company G
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Jacob Feaster Coleman - Private
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Buried in Libert Church Cem. in Winston County, MS. Served in CSA from 1863-1865. Member of the Masons.
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Contact Name:
Jay H. Lindsey
Contact Email:
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Date Added: 2/24/2010
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Company G
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Walter W. Coleman - Sergeant
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Buried in Liberty Church Cem. in Winston County, MS. Rank in was Pvt. Rank out was Sgt.
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Contact Name:
Jay H. Lindsey
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Date Added: 2/24/2010
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Company G
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[ C ] Christopher [C [ Columbus Ivy - Sergeant
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Company G
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James Madison Ivy - Private
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Company G
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Thomas Jefferson Ivy - Private
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Company G
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Daniel A Livingston - Unknown
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Company G
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John W Moore - Private
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John W (Dick) Moore was born 12/25/1833 in Pitt Co. NC. to Burton and Harriett Bates Moore. He died 12/10/1933 and is buried in Concord Cemetery, Concord Baptist Church, Ackerman, Mississippi.
His tombstone is a CSA with his name and '20th MS Infantry, Co. G.'
He is my great uncle. I have additional information about John W. Moore and am willing to share it with those that are interested.
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Company G
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Riley Reuben Richardson - Private
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'Barksdale Grays' Please visit my homepage posted here, for info on the 20th and my ancestor.
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Contact Name:
David Thompson
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Contact Homepage: geocities.com/tthompsondth/20thCoG.htm
Date Added: 1/21/2006
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Company G
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James Elbert Rowland - Private
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Served in G Co. 20 Miss the entire war. He was quoted in a 1930s Vicksburg article that he was the first to reach the side of General Tilghman after he was killed at Bakers Creek by Union shrapnel.
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Company G
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John H. Stark - Private
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Buried in Perkinsville Cem. in Winston County, MS.
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Contact Name:
Jay H. Lindsey
Contact Email:
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Date Added: 2/24/2010
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Company H
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Jesse Ross Edwards - Private
Contact Name:
Philip Logan
Contact Email:
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Date Added: 2/21/2009
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Company I
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William Thomas Booth - Private
Contact Name:
Glover Roberts
Contact Email:
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Date Added: 10/22/2007
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Company I
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Cornelius Dollar - Private
Contact Name:
Patricia Parrish
Contact Email:
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Date Added: 12/9/2007
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Company I
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Marion Franklin Roberts - Private
Contact Name:
Glover Roberts
Contact Email:
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Date Added: 10/22/2007
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Company I
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Christian Hilliard Scitzs - Private
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Born: July 28, 1824, Died: August 31, 1899
Enlisted December 9, 1861 at Enterprise, MS
Injured probably in skirmishes before, during, and after the Battle of Raymond, MS
Spouse: Sarah Anne White
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Company I
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PERRY SIMMONS - Private
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KILLED IN ATLANTA CAMPAIGN, BURIED IM MACON, GA
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Company I
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William Asberry Tatum - Private
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William enlisted at age 34 on 23 Dec. 1862. Enlisted at Garlandville, Mississippi by W.M Chatfield for 3 years.His commander was Capt. Thomas W Cole. Co I was known as the Jasper Rifles. William was admitted to the 1st Mississippi C.S.A. Hospital at Jackson Mississippi with dx of Chronic Diarrhea and died there on 16 July 1863. His records say his death was at Garlandville. I have not yet located his grave. Deo Vindice.
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Contact Name:
Phillip Thomas
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Date Added: 8/18/2015
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Company I
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Foster Peter Tisdale - Private
Contact Name:
Glenn Tisdale
Contact Email:
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Date Added: 6/4/2009
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Company I
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Joseph Tisdale - Private
Contact Name:
Glenn Tisdale
Contact Email:
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Date Added: 6/4/2009
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Company I
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James Sylvester Walley - Private
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Grave is located at Palestine Church Cemetery. Near Montrose, Mississippi. Company (I) 20th Miss. Infantry.
CSA Veteran Headstone date of verification 1932
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