My ex wife's ancestor, We believe was James Kimball, served in the 46th. He was surrendered at Vicksburg, paroled, and supposedly returned in the fall that year for the unit. After the war, a neighbor that fought with him said he was killed at Chattanooga, but the 46th didn't get back to the Army until Chattanooga had fallen. Does anyone have any thougths what might have happened?

John was born 26 June 1833 in Covington Co. Alabama. He has 19 cards in his archival file. He is about 28 years old when he enlists at Waynesboro, Miss. 15 Oct 1861 in Capt. Angus Taylor's Co A 6th Battn: Miss. Vol's. Mustered at Vicksburg 21 Nov 1861 sworn in by A.B. Hardcastle. This became Co A 46th Infantry. Company's moniker was [Gaines Invincibles]. After Vicksburg he is assigned to General Baldwin, Tucker and Sear's Brigade assigned to the Mississippi and East Louisiana Dept. He saw action in the Franklin Nashvile and Atlanta Campaign. His unit was paroled at Citronella, Ala. 4 May 1865. He died 30 Dec 1907 in Wayne County, Mississippi. He was the father-in-law of my 3rd cousin.

William was born 12 Oct 1841 at Waynesboro, Wayne Co. Mississippi. He enlisted in Capt. Angus Taylor's Company of Miss. 6th Battalion Vol's for 12 months called the [ Gains's Invincibles]. He mustered at Vicksburg 15 Oct 1861 into Co A 46th Miss. Infantry. He served in S.D. Lee's, Baldwin's, Tucker and Sears Brigades in the dept. of Mississippi and East Louisiana. He has 16 cards in his archival file. He is listed as AWOL on 23 Sept 1863 and his rank of 5th Sgt. is reduced to private. No other documentation has been found.

James enlisted at Wayneaboro, Wayne Co Miss. on 15 Oct 1861. He was 36 years old. Enlisted in Capt Angus Taylor's Co. Miss. Vol's. [Gaines Invincibles] this became Co A 46th Miss Infantry. James died of Typhoid Fever in the Vicksburg City Hosp. Date given as 14 Jan 1863. He was the husband of my 1st cousin 5 x removed. Martha Patsy Gandy born 1824 in Darlington Co SC. James is buried in Cedar Hill Cem. at Vicksburg. Deo Vindice

born 1838, died 07-05-1912, buried Red Creek Union Baptist Church Cem. George Cty., Ms.

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My GGG grandfather was Michael Shoemake. He was from Waynesboro, MS. He enlisted at Wayne county in 1862 and joined Co. A (Gaines Invincibles) under Capt. Angus Taylor. He fought at Chickasaw bayou and Vicksburg under Claudius Sears. He was paroled and went home for 60 days.
He joined back up in Meridian, Mississippi in the fall of 1863. Transferred to the army of Tennessee, he fought all through the Atlanta campaign. Fought under Samuel French division at Allatoona pass, GA. where he was captured. He spent the rest of the war at Camp Chase, OH. Came home and married his childhood sweetheart. He was 32 yrs old. He is now buried in Liberty cemetery in Mississippi.

Isaac enlisted in Oct. 1861 with three of his brothers at Waynesboro, Wayne Co., MS

Isaac's second wife applied for a Confederate pension after his death in the late 19th century in Texas. Evidently, he didn't talk enough about the war that she actually knew for which regiment, or even state, he had fought because she listed it as the 12th Alabama Cavalry. Even though the pension papers say they couldn't find his name listed in that regiment, because another veteran had vouched for him, she got the pension. He never fought for the 12th Alabama Cavalry, but served in the 46th Mississippi Infantry until the end of the war. He is mentioned several times, and cited for exceptional bravery, in various records and memoirs of other members of the 46th.

John S. Whatley and three of his brothers enlisted for 12 months in the 46th Mississippi Infantry on Oct. 15, 1861 at Waynesboro, Wayne Co., MS. They mustered in at Vicksburg on Nov. 2, 1861.

Pvt. Whatley's record lists him as 18 years of age. He was dischaged for disability on Dec. 20, 1862 at Vicksburg.

Jonathan enlisted with three of his brothers on Oct. 15, 1861 at Waynesboro, Wayne Co., MS. He died in New Orleans on Mar. 16, 1862. His father, Thomas Jefferson Whatley, signed for, and picked up his possessions.

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HE was interned in the Alton, Ill Prison May 6 1863 to June 6 1863. He was from Covinton Co. Miss. His two brothers were in the same unit. I do not know what happened to them. I wouold appreciate any information about his service.
Albert Atwood was my g-grandfather.

My Great Great Grandfather - also in 'B' Company. two of his brothers and at least one brother-in-law

J.T. Duckworth enlisted as a sergeant and ended the war as a second lieutenant. He was captured at Nashville and spent the remainder of the war at Johnson's Island POW camp on Lake Erie. After the war, he returned to Covington County, Mississippi. He was one of five Duckworth brothers serving in the Confederate army and the only one to survive the war.

Grandfather who fought for the 46th Mississippi Infantry

Hwe is my GGF . He was born in Mize in 1840 and died in 1940. Was captured at battle of Vicksburg. Paroled and fought with B Co for the rest of the War. He, along with 2 brothers, walked to Mt. Olive ( Covington county) to enlist. He is bureid at Zion Hill Church in Mize. I was named for him.

Raised Co. B in Covington County. Commanded Regt. after Colonel Clark killed at Allatoona, Ga. Was wounded leading the Regt at Franklin.

James has 10 cards in his archival file. He was abt. 19 when he enlisted on 16 Feb. 1863 at Williamsburg, Miss. He was captured at Vicksburg on 4 July 1863 and paroled. Rejoining his unit. Unit surrendered at Cintronella, Ala and paroled at Mobile, Ala on 20 May 1865. He is my 2nd cousin 4 x removed and son in law of Mary A Gandy 1820 - 1906

Winston was stationed at Vicksburg during the summer of '62 with his company and the remainder of the 6th Battalion when he got sick. He is one of my 3rd-great grandfathers and an uncle to my 2nd-great grandfather, John Guslin Pace, who was also in this company. He had one other nephew, William M. Pace, who was in this company as well.

Morris family knowledge recounts that Winston was sent home from Vicksburg sometime after he got sick in the hopes that he might better recuperate in familiar surroundings. He rode the train as far as Summit, Pike County, MS. However, home was still another 60-odd miles away for Winston lived in what was then known as the Morris community of Marion County, MS, 7-miles northeast of Columbia, MS.

Seeing Winston's weakened physical condition, an old man who lived in Summit placed Winston on a horse and walked the horse, with Winston riding, all the way to Winston's house. Once he arrived, Winston is said to have kissed his wife and each of the children. He lingered for several days. But he finally died on 23 August 1862 from typhoid fever, according to his military death certificate.

Winston's oldest child and my 2nd-great grandfather, 12-year old Nathan Morris, and a family slave went to Columbia in an ox-drawn wagon to buy the lumber with which to build the casket and a new suit of clothes in which to bury his dad. The slave drove the wagon with the lumber in it on the return trip home while Nathan walked before the wagon carrying his dad's burial clothes. This was said to be Nathan's expression to honor his dad's memory.

John was my paternal 2nd-great grandfather. He was actually only a member of company B (Covington Rebels) when it was part of the 6th Battalion Mississippi Infantry because he was listed as AWOL by Dec 1862. The 46th, with 8 companies of the 6th Battalion as its nucleus plus 2 additional companies, was not officially formed until Dec 1862.

The only thread of family lore regarding John during the war was that he had shot a turkey and had brought it home. He was relaxing while the wife prepared it for dinner, when suddenly they heard the 'Butternut Cavalry' coming down the lane toward their house. He quickly sprang to his feet, grabbed his hat and rifle, and sprinted out the back door of the house and into the woods. This story, in my mind, confirms his wartime record of being AWOL (in this case, more correctly a deserter).

He had several family members serving in company B with him.

Andrew Jackson Lott - brother in law
William Arthur 'Arthur' Lott - brother in law
Cullen Lott - brother in law
Thomas Lott - brother in law
Winston Morris - maternal uncle
Francis Marion Pace - 1st cousin
John J. Pace - 1st cousin
William Franklin 'Frank' Pace - 1st cousin
William M. Pace - brother
Zebedee F. Pace - 1st cousin

William is a brother to my 2nd-great grandfather, John Guslin Pace, who served in this company with him. Shortly after the 6th Battalion (the core of the future 46th Regiment Mississippi Infantry) arrived to man the defenses along the Mississippi River around Vicksburg, MS in May 1862, William is listed a being sent to a hospital at Mississippi Springs, MS (near Raymond, MS in Hinds County)on 10 June 1862. He is then listed as having died of erysipelas in Monticello, MS on 7 August.

Family history relates that William's dad, Zebedee Pace, came from home in Marion County, MS to take William home from the hospital so he could better recover. However, William died in Monticello, MS before they reached home. William was single and had never been married nor had any children.

Relatives who served with William in company B are as follows.

Winston Morris - maternal uncle
Francis Marion Pace - 1st cousin
John Guslin Pace - brother
John J. Pace - 1st cousin
William Franklin 'Frank' Pace - 1st cousin
Zebedee F. Pace - 1st cousin

Frank Pace was a 1st cousin to my 2nd-great grandfather, John Guslin Pace, who was a member of company B with him. Frank was captured at Vicksburg, MS on 4 July 1863 with the balance of the 46th Regiment Mississippi Infantry. However, based on his service records, he did not return to his unit once exchanged.

He was subsequently captured in his home county of Marion in Mississippi on 6 Dec 1864 by Federal troops under the command of General John W. Davidson. He was transferred to the Federal prisoner of war camp on Ship Island, MS until the war was over a few short months later.

Shortly after the war in 1866, Frank was assassinated from ambush by Lorenzo Dow Cox as he (Frank) traveled down a road just east of Columbia, Marion County, MS. Former Confederate deserters had recently tried, on 2 different occasions, to murder Cox due to his effective service as a Confederate scout searching for and pointing out deserter camps to Confederate troops in the woods and swamps in the Marion County, MS area during the last 2 years of the war. Frank's brother, James M. 'Jim' Pace, was known by Cox to have been one of the ringleaders of this group of deserters who had tried to kill him. Cox mistakenly killed Frank instead because at a distance he and Jim looked so much alike. Just to note, Jim Pace took the hint and quickly and secretly moved and settled his wife and children far away from Lorenzo Cox in State Line, Wayne County, MS before Cox could finish the job. Jim Pace (1836-1921) lived to be an old man. But his brother Frank paid the ultimate price for his failed attempts to kill Lorenzo Cox.

Frank had several family members serving in company B with him.

Francis Marion Pace - brother
John Guslin Pace - 1st cousin
John J. Pace - brother
William M. Pace - 1st cousin
Zebedee F. Pace - brother

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Transferred from Co B, 4 MISS CAV

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Enlisted Summer of 1862 while reesiding in Lawrence County, MS and served 4 years. Absent for 35 days when cut off by Federal troops on Tennessee River.

Daughter Rilla retold story of her father -
Joseph Baker was serving in the Confederate Army. He and a buddy was alone traveling on foot. Night came with no houses or barns to take cover in so they lay down beside the rode on the ground even though it was very cold. During the night it began to snow, covering them with several inches of snow.
The next morning a noise awoke Joseph's buddy and he sat up to see what it was. It was a troop of Yankee soldiers and as he sat up one of them shot him.
Joseph was very scared and stayed as still as possible. The Yankees kept marching and didn't check any further.
When Joseph got home from the war, in was in rags with no shoes. His wife, Sarah, arranged a bath for him outside and immediately took his clothes and burned them.
He and the clothes were covered with lice.
From being in the cold without shoes, Joseph's feet were frost bitten. He could not stand any warmth on them so for the remained of his life, he slept with his feel uncovered even in freezing cold weather.

Served with Co D 46th Miss Inf. 1861-1865. Also served with his son Albert G Bunch.

Also seeking info on other Bunch's in the same Regiment.
Gills A Bunch
William A Bunch
Solomon Bunch

William was born in Clara, Wayne Co. Miss. He enlisted there at age 15 on 7 Mar 1862. His CSA gravestone is in Whitehouse Cem, Clara, Wayne Co. Miss. He appears on the index of soldiers but I could not find his archival file. He survived the war and died 16 Mar 1919. He is related to me by marriage. Husband of stepdaughter of 2nd cousin 4 x removed.

This is my great-grandfather. He served with his father W. H. Franklin. His name is Wiley Bon. He was born in Pickens County AL and was in his early 20s.

This is my great-great grandfather. Migrated to Rankin Co. from Pickens Co. AL in the 1850s. He was about 50 when the war started. Served with his son W. B Franklin

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My GGG Grandfather, Aug 10, 1842 - Oct 25, 1915. Buried at Magnolia Springs Cemetery in Kirbyville, TX.

survived the war, lived and buried near Pucket, Ms. Any info appreciated. Capt Frank Polk, Sons of confederate Veterans Mechanized Calvary #468, Member Sons of Confederate Veterans 13th Texas

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Mustered with brother William Smith in Company D 'Rankin Farmers.' We have some passed-down paperwork re: discharge and releases for return to home to plant/harvest. There's an e-doc floating around re: his release from capture at Vicksburg but other Ishams are apparently laying claim to it. We'll do our homework and return, perhaps to upload our other docs to Ancestry.com.

Need information on John Henry French, b ca 1815 NY, d ca 1862 Meridian (?) MS

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born 07-15-1831, died 04-05-1920, enlisted 1863 and didcharged 04-04-1865 buried in Magnolia Gardens downtown Lucedale Ms. addition 2 plot 268

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David Chambers was born in 1825 in Georgia. He is my Great Great Grandfather.

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Died from wounds received @ Nashville,Tn Dec 15-16, 1864.

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Spelling of last name: Younce, Yaunce, Yonce.

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Spellings of Yonce, Younce, Yaunce, Zonce

Older brother of WSM Gambrell

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Burial: Camp Chase Confederate Cemetery; Columbus, Ohio - 46th Mississippi Infantry, Company H: I know nothing more of this man, only his burial. Camp Chase information is available online (use google). Camp Chase was originally a POW camp in Columbus with deplorable conditions. As a native Ohioan, I offer my sincerest apologies and sympathy to the Confederate Soldiers of the southern states.

Stancil Walker enlisted at Meridian MS for 12 month on May, 01 1862, Was captured a Chattahoochie GA., July 5th 1864, Received at Nashville July 14, 1864, discharged from Nashville July 17, 1864 sent to Camp Douglas received at Camp Douglas on July 18, 1864 discharged from Camp Douglas on June 5, 1865.

This is my great, great uncle. He fought in Vicksburg and endured the siege only to die from a shot to the head 3 days before the battle ended. He is buried in Vicksburg in the Confederate Cemetery. He was born in Hinds County Miss. and enlisted in Union,Newton County Miss.

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