18th Mississippi Infantry

Thomas is my great great great uncle. He joined the 18th and served under Adam McWillie. He joined as a private, but was later promoted to sergeant. He was overseer for John Burdette Cauthen when he joined. He returned home to farm after the war.

Samuel served first in the third Miss. Infantry assigned to Vicksburg. He served through the Vicksburg campaign and siege. He joined Lomax's Company. Miss light Artillery after his Vicksburg parole. The company was stationed at Meridian and was sent to Mobile when an attack from Baton Rouge was anticipated by Confederate Authorities. The company was found to be insufficient for infantry duty owing to the fact that a large majority of the men were old and infirm. The company was organized as an artillery unit, but was never equipped as such. The company was disbanded on 31 October 1864. Mary Nolen Brister filed for a Confederate Veteran Widow pension and stated that Samuel had served in the 18th Mississippi Inf until the end of the war. He was paroled at Appomatox, Va.

Served with 18th Miss. After war, came to Shelby County, Tx. Buried in Rather Cemetery near Shelbyville.

Sgt. Newton E. Burnham's ancestors were from Pasquotank County, North Carolina.

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Erastus Laird----born 1837, died 1924, Florence , MS, Rankin County. My grandfather, Ira Stuckey ( 1907-1994) told me he remembered hearing his maternal grandfather talk about the Civil War when he was a child-- while he was ' slipping around under the porch'. Erastus would have been 70 when my grandfather Ira Stuckey was born in 1907 to his daughter Florence Laird Stuckey. The Laird- Dear- Stuckey homestead from around 1850 is still standing in Rankin County, MS-- indeed it is perfectly preserved . There is a family picture made around 1912 with Erastus Laird looking in fine shape indeed at 75, with his daughter Florence Laird, her husband Carl Stuckey, and their children.

Seeking decendents of any of the members of Co A, 18th Miss. raised in Brandon, Ms. 1861

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I am not a direct descendant of William Henry Barrington, born: Ireland 11 Mar 1833 (probably in or near Rosetown, County Kildare); died: 11 Sep 1924 Crystal Lake, Dayton Township, Waupaca Co., Wis.. I am a descendant of one of his older brothers. William and his siblings were the children of William and Loveda Alcock Barrington. William had 2 other brothers who also served in the Civil War: George, Co. C., 3rd Wis. Cavalry, died in service in Indian Terr. (Oklahoma), June 4, 1863, where he is buried; and Richard, Co. F., 12th Wis. Vol. Infantry. William H. ''Rebel Bill,'' who was stuck behind the lines in Tennessee while there selling horses, enlisted in the 18th Miss. in Virginia, was wounded at Gettysburg, imprisoned by the Union, escaped from prison Jan. 1864, and walked back to Wisconsin.

he was one of the youngest officers of the Civil War, he served on 27 battlefields and he is in that video of the confederates doing the rebel yell in 1920 he is the one holding the flag

Born 1843 in Warren Co., Georgia. Enlisted at Canton, Madison Co., Mississippi on 22 April 1861. Granted 30 day furlough on 26 May 1862 after being hospitalized in Richmond for the precedeing 6 weeks for treatment of measles. Apparently died in June 1862 while on furlough in Virginia.

Born in Warren Co., Georgia in 1830. Enlisted at Canton, Madison Co., Mississippi on 10 March 1862. Died on 25 Sept 1862 from wounds taken during the Battle of Sharpsburg (Antietam) on 17 Sept 1862.

Born on 7 July 1840 in Warren Co., Georgia. Enlisted 10 March 1862 at Canton, Madison Co., Mississippi. Captured in Sept 1862 after the Battle of Sharpsburg (Antietam)while tending to sick and wounded comrades, including his brother Russell. Exchanged in March 1863, returned to his company for the remainder of the war. Paroled on 30 June 1865. Died at Carthage, Leake Co., Mississippi on 16 Sept 1899.

Born in 1835 in Warren Co., Georgia. Enlisted at Canton, Madison Co., Mississippi on 22 April 1861. Died 8 May 1864 from wounds taken during the Battle of The Wilderness on 6 May 1864.

PVT Josephus Gower, born 1840 in Nashville, Davidson Co TN and relocated as a teenager to his uncle's farm in Yazoo Co MS. He enlisted at Corinth MS on 24 Apr 1861 with Co D, 18th MS Reg (Hamer's Rifles). Josephus was killed in action on Sunday, 3 May 1863 at Marye's Heights (2nd Battle of Fredericksburg) and his remains were not recovered. He never married. A Memorial Burial Marker will be placed for him at a historic family cemetery in Nashville TN. Josephus was my 1st Cousin 5XR.

Buried in Center Ridge Methodist Cem. in Winston County, MS. The Company and this Unit was listed on his tombstone inscription, but I cannot find any service record of him with this unit. The only JW McQuirter's from MS that I found with service records served in the 5th and 13th MS Inf. Regts.

Enlisted 19 June 1861 at Camp Walker at Yazoo City Miss. for one year in Co. D 18th Mississippi Infantry [ Hamer Rifles ] He reenlisted for two years while at Lee's Mill,Leesburg Va. Nov.26,1862 records say he is a single man. 21 Sept. 1862 he is sick and a patient at CSA Hospital Richmond. He is paid $49.13 cents and sent on sick furlough. He appears as a POW at Point Lookout Md. Captured 6 April 1865 at High Bridge. Released 30 June 1865 after swallowing the yellow dog. His place of residence is Yallobusha, county Mississippi.

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Enlisted May 29, 1861, Hinds Co. Died of Congestive Fever in Leesburg Va Hospital. Dec 17, 1861.

Wounded 21 July 1861 Manassas, Virginia. Died as result of wounds 9 August 1861 Leesburg, Virginia.

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Flag Bearer, killed at 1st Manassas.

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Born 26 April 1838. Died 1863 in battle at Charlottesville, VA.

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Daniel, Ferdinand Eugene, 1st Sergeant Company K, 18th Mississippi Infantry Chief Surgeon of Army of Tennessee Ferdinand E. Daniel's medical education was interrupted by the Civil War, when he served in Company K, 18th Mississippi, and later in the Army of Tennessee. His wound at the Battle of Manassas allowed him to return home, heal, and complete his training. He went back into the military and became the youngest chief surgeon for the Army of Tennessee. After the war, Daniel was professor of anatomy in Galveston, and he later became a hero in a Yellow Fever outbreak. Born: July 19, 1839 in Emporia, VA Died: May 14, 1914 in Austin TX Buried: Unknown Married: (1) Minerva Patrick (2) Fanny Ragsdale Smith (3) Josephine Drapper Children: 2/6/0 Occupation: physician and professor

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Edward joined Company K of the 18th MS Infantry in June 1862. He joined the regiment in VA in July 1862. He was serving in the signal corp near Manassas when he learned of his brother James' death. He then went to Manassas and located his brothers grave. He built a rail pen around it and it is believed that James is still buried somewhere on the Manassas battleground. His brother Oscar was killed at Marye's Heights in Fredricksburg, VA on May 3, 1863. Edward survived the war and returned to MS. The Stuart brothers were 2nd cousins of Major General J.E.B. Stuart.

James served in the 18th MS, Company K, with two brothers, Oscar and Edward. Oscar was killed at Marye's Heights in Fredricksburg, VA on May 3, 1863. He is buried in the Confederate Cemetery in Fredricksburg. Edward survived the war and returned to MS. James H. was assigned to Major General J.E.B. Stuarts signal corp and was killed at the 2nd Battle of Manassas, Aug 30, 1862. His younger brother Edward, upon learning of his James' death, went to Manassas to find his brothers grave. He found it and constructed a wooden rail pen around the grave. It is believed that James is still buried somewhere on the Manasssas battlefield. The Stuart brothers were 2nd cousins of Major General J.E.B. Stuart. He was my Great-Great-Great Uncle.

Oscar served in the 18th MS, Company K, with two brothers, James Hardeman and Edward. James H. was killed at the 2nd Battle of Manassas, Aug 30, 1862. Oscar was killed at Marye's Heights in Fredricksburg, VA on May 3, 1863. He is buried in the Confederate Cemetery in Fredricksburg. Edward survived the war and returned to MS. The Stuart brothers were 2nd cousins of Major General J.E.B. Stuart. He was my Great-Great-Great Uncle.

Represented Madison County in the State Legislature before and after the war.