Crossing the Rubicon of Loyalties: Piney Woods enlistees in the Union 1st and 2nd New Orleans Infantry

Crossing the Rubicon of Loyalties: Piney Woods enlistees in the Union 1st and 2nd New Orleans Infantry

By Ed Payne

Part I

Two years ago I gave a presentation in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, a portion of which dealt with the Knight Band.  Afterwards, three attendees approached me saying they wished to register a complaint.  These ladies were not upset, as one might suspect, about my broaching the subject of Piney Woods dissent against Confederate authority.  Instead, they expressed good natured consternation that “Jones County gets all the attention.”  They told me there were family stories, more openly discussed in recent years, about men from Marion and Perry counties who also opposed the Confederacy and even enlisted in the Union Army.   I solicited names from them and, later, from others who made similar claims.  In each case, research into military and pension files proved the rumor to be true.

My small but slowly growing list of Piney Woods men who became Union soldiers was augmented by those uncovered by Shelby Harriel .  Even so, several contemporary accounts mentioned not dozens, but hundreds of renegades (see preceding article).  This raised two questions:  How extensive was opposition to Confederate authority within the Mississippi Piney Woods during the final years of the Civil War?  And can this resistance be accurately ascribed to the leadership of a single man?  Seeking a new frame of reference, I undertook a complete review of the two Union regiments most frequently cited as those in which Piney Woods men enlisted:  the 1st and 2nd New Orleans Infantry.  The results may be found in the list of names accompanying this article.

Readers of “Renegade South” will be familiar with the fact that in the spring of 1864 Confederate forces, most famously those of  Col. Robert Lowry, were sent into the Piney Woods to quell resistance and compel deserters back into their units.  Many of those not caught up in the Confederate dragnet fled south to the swamps of the lower Pearl River, a region known as Honey Island.  At this point the refugees were encamped a mere 10 miles from the Union garrison at Fort Pike, Louisiana. Communications were established and groups of men began arriving at Fort Pike.

Aerial view of Fort Pike as it appeared prior to Hurricane Katrina in 2005

Fort Pike was one of a series of fortifications, including Fort Sumter, built by the federal government in the wake of the War of 1812 for coastal defense.  The massive brick and mortar structure was completed in 1827. Situated on a peninsula of land, it guarded the Rigolets—a strait connecting Lake Pontchartrain with the Gulf of Mexico.  Louisiana militia occupied the fort at the outbreak of the Civil War, but it was abandoned by the Confederacy after New Orleans fell into Union hands in April of 1862.

When Piney Woods men made the decision to be ferried across the Rigolets and enter Fort Pike, they were also crossing a personal Rubicon of loyalties.  Henceforth, they were no longer simply resisting Confederate conscription and taxation; they were joining a Union Army whose mission, in the wake of the Emancipation Proclamation, was to banish slavery.  If any were unclear about this fact, the sight of United States Colored Troops training at Fort Pike must have quickly educated them.

In counterintuitive military fashion, the 2nd New Orleans began enrolling troops in October of 1863, six months prior to the 1st New Orleans.  Never reaching full strength, it was disbanded in August of 1864 and its men transferred into the 1st New Orleans.  The 2nd New Orleans Infantry rolls cover 267 men, totaling 1,813 documents.    Those of the 1st New Orleans Infantry account for 1,377 men and comprise 20,829 documents.  The military files have been digitized and are available via the subscription service Footnote.com.  For purposes of this study, the records of every man in the two regiments were reviewed and summarized on spreadsheets.

At the outset my expectations were modest.  Several decades ago researcher Jean Strickland compiled information on 34 Union Army pension applications filed from Jones County.  During preliminary research, I located nine additional applications filed from other counties.  It seemed possible that by reversing the focus and examining all 1st and 2nd New Orleans records, perhaps another 30 or 40 names might be revealed.  But this proved to be a sizable miscalculation.  The records yielded the names of 206 Mississippians who enlisted in these regiments between November of 1863 and November of 1864.  Out of this total, 201 (97.6%) can be identified as inhabitants of the Piney Woods region (see note 1).

The names in the accompanying tables were ascertained by several methods: first, a table was created of all enlistees who reported Mississippi nativity.  It should be emphasized that enlistment documents recorded the birthplace of the recruit, not his pre-war residence.  Therefore, an attempt was made to crosscheck names against the federal censuses of 1850 and 1860.  It was not possible to establish matches in all cases, but the effort revealed the first evidence of kinship ties mirroring those explored by Victoria Bynum in Free State of Jones:  Mississippi’s Longest Civil War.  Of the 178 men whose military records identified them as native Mississippians, 170 reported Piney Woods nativity and census records indicate three others had apparently settled in the region by 1860.  These individuals are listed in Table 1 (see note 2).

To identify enlistees from Mississippi who had been born elsewhere, or whose files lacked nativity information, required delving deeper into census records.  Nearly all the military files recorded the date and location of enlistment.  It became evident early in the study that a large majority of Mississippians (84%) enlisted at Fort Pike, whereas other enlistees more typically joined at the New Orleans recruiting depot.  Therefore, census crosschecks were done on all men who enlisted at Fort Pike between January and August of 1864 using name, age, and state of birth.  This method identified men born in other states, but who later settled in the Piney Woods.  An example is John W. Axton, a 28 year-old farmer who enrolled at Fort Pike on March 25, 1864.  His enlistment papers state he was born in Morgan County, Alabama.  Census research shows that by 1850 his family had moved to Lauderdale County, Mississippi.  In 1860 he is found residing in Perry County with a wife and infant son.

Enlistment doc. of John W. Axton, who resided in Perry Co., MS in 1860, joined the 1st N.O. Infantry on 25 Mar. 1864, and died the following October.

About one-third of the regimental files are missing nativity information.   Still, the names and ages of those who enlisted at Fort Pike from January to August of 1864 provided some basis for crosschecking against 1850-1870 federal censuses of Mississippi.  In practice this method was less capricious than it may sound.   Common names that yielded too many possible candidates were excluded.   Of the names included, 70% can be verified through later pension applications.  Table 2 lists the 25 Mississippi recruits ascertained by these methods, along with census identification.  All lived within the Piney Woods region.

To determine if reliance on enlistment at Fort Pike as an indicator had been too exclusionary, a further check was made.  This focused on 63 men, all with records lacking nativity information, who enrolled between January and August 1864 at locations other than Fort Pike.  Among this group, only one emerged as a possible Piney Woods resident.

Fifty-one of the Mississippians identified on the 1st New Orleans rolls were initially assigned to the 2nd New Orleans.  As mentioned, this unit was disbanded in August 1864 and the men transferred to the 1st New Orleans.  However, the 2nd New Orleans records proved useful in establishing nativity for several men whose birth information was missing in the 1st New Orleans files.  Only three Piney Woods men appear in the 2nd New Orleans files but not subsequently on the 1st New Orleans rolls.  Their names are listed in Table 3, but they were excluded from all analysis pertained to the 1st New Orleans Piney Woods enlistees.

Finally, Table 4 lists other men who reported southern or even Mississippi nativity, but who are currently excluded from the count due to lack of supporting evidence.  While most probably resided in neighboring states, a few may be candidates for inclusion pending further research.  For example, Benjamin B. Patricks joined the 1st New Orleans at Fort Pike on March 25, 1864, stating he was 45 years-old.  Also attempting to enlist that same day was Edward Patricks, who claimed to be 17.  Both reporting being natives of Orangeville, South Carolina.  While Edward was rejected as underage, Benjamin was accepted and served until his desertion after the war.  The 1860 census of Jones County listed Richard Patrick, age 45, and a son named Edward, age 12—both natives of South Carolina.  Did Richard adopt “Benjamin B. Patricks” as a nom de guerre and if so why?  He later successfully applied for a pension and his file may provide an answer.

It should be kept in mind that the 206 men thus far identified formed a distinct minority among all those from their region who served during the Civil War.  Many others remained within the Confederate ranks, however faithfully or begrudgingly.  But the current research suggests that dissenters were more numerous and diffuse than previously thought.  While some might have harbored Unionist sympathies from the outset of the war, most probably developed growing resentment towards Confederate authority as the war dragged on.  The campaigns by Col. Henry Maury and Col. Robert Lowry in the spring of 1864, aimed at forcing them back into southern service, instead provoked a final severing of loyalties.

There is surprisingly little overlap between the men listed on the Newt Knight rosters and those who joined the Union regiments.  Of the 99 names associated with the Knight Band, only ten appear on the rolls of the 1st New Orleans.  In the years following the war, Newt Knight stated that he periodically revised his roster to eliminate men whom he felt had not maintained a proper Unionist stance.  Perhaps so, but given his efforts to obtain federal compensation for himself and his men, Knight may have also culled those he knew to be eligible for pensions based on their service in New Orleans.  This would help explain why over two dozen names on Union pension applications filed from Jones County are absent from Knight Band rosters (see note 3).

If Newt Knight chose to rewrite history according to his own dictates, he was neither the first nor the last to do so.   But the re-discovery of these 206 names provides testimony that opposition to Confederate authority in the Piney Woods extended well beyond the ranks of the Knight Band and far outside the boundaries of Jones County.  Newt Knight can be accurately credited with organizing the largest band of renegades in the region; however, it seems increasingly counterfactual to portray him as the sole prophet of Piney Woods dissent.

I believe that the list of names is substantially complete.  As noted, I am working to clarify the status of several other recruits, but possible additions are likely to number less than a dozen.  It seems worth noting that, even at the present count, the Piney Woods enlistees account for nearly 15% of all 1st New Orleans Infantry recruits.

In future posts in this series I will discuss some of the general characteristics of the enlistees, compare their performance as soldiers with others in the 1st New Orleans, and delve into some of the many individual and family stories that are coming to light.  I hope that by sharing the names of these Union enlistees, more descendants may come forth to share family lore and possibly documents which will help us to better understand this little known but intriguing chapter of Civil War history in the Deep South.

Note 1:  There are differing definitions of the area that comprises the Mississippi Piney Woods.  For purpose of this study, I included all Mississippi counties traversed by or south of a line from Vicksburg to Meridian, with the exception of those directly bordering the Mississippi River (Adams, Claiborne, Jefferson, Warren, and Wilkinson).  This encompasses 23 counties:  Amite, Clarke, Copiah, Covington, Franklin, Greene, Hancock, Harrison, Hinds, Jackson, Jasper, Jones, Lauderdale, Lawrence, Marion, Newton, Perry, Pike, Rankin, Scott, Simpson, Smith, and Wayne.

Note 2:  As a general rule, enlistees reporting Mississippi nativity but found to be residing outside the state on pre-war censuses were excluded from the list.  Exceptions were made in three cases, all owing to kinship ties with other enlistees.  In the first case, the family of Ellis Bounds moved to St Helena Parish, Louisiana shortly before the 1860 census. Ellis was related to several other Bounds men who enlisted.  The other two cases involved brothers Martin Van Buren Parker and Thomas Jefferson Parker.  Their family moved from Jones County, Mississippi to Washington County, Alabama (across the state line from Wayne County, Mississippi) in the late 1840s.  The censuses of 1850 and 1860 show them residing there.  However, they were cousins of several other Parkers who enlisted in New Orleans and Martin Parker resettled in Jones County after the war (his brother Thomas died while serving in the 1st New Orleans).

Note 3:  The figure of 99 names associated with the Knight Band comes from my cross-compilation of three rosters:  1) The 1870 roster Newt Knight submitted as part of his claim for federal compensation, 2) the roster included in Thomas J. Knight’s Life and Activities of Captain Newton Knight (p 16-17), and 3) the roster published in Ethel Knight’s Echo of the Black Horn (p 89-89, 161).

TABLE 1:  1st New Orleans enlistees with Mississippi nativity recorded in their military files (refer to Note 2).

					Died
Name	Enlisted	Co	Age	Birth Co	CW
Elias A. Allen	05/19/1864	E	34	Perry
Willey Allen	05/19/1864	E	30	Lawrence
Elisha Anderson	05/23/1864	G	31	Perry	X
John Anderson	05/23/1864	G	29	Perry
James W. Arnold	06/11/1864	H	20	Jackson
Nora Belland	02/20/1864	F	20	Jackson
Harro Bellman	11/04/1864	I	18	Jackson
James O. Bennett	07/02/1864	H	22	Jasper
Henry Bond	06/24/1864	H	24	Harrison
William Boon	05/29/1864	H	19	Marion	X
Addison Bounds	03/30/1864	D	21	Marion
Daniel W. Bounds	06/24/1864	H	24	Perry
Ellis Bounds	05/23/1864	G	20	Perry	X
James Bounds	03/30/1864	D	23	Marion
John Bounds	04/21/1864	G	20	Hancock	X
Richard D. Bounds	03/25/1864	D	20	Jasper
William Bounds	04/21/1864	I	28	Hancock
William P. Boutwell	06/15/1864	I	18	Pike
James F. Braddy	06/21/1864	E	26	Jones
William Braddy	05/29/1864	H	20	Covington
Daniel Breland	05/19/1864	E	34	Perry
Meridy Broome	05/19/1864	E	27	Covington
John R. Burge	04/28/1864	E	19	Hancock
Prentice Bynum	05/26/1864	E	18	Jones
Joseph Byrd	12/23/1863	F	30	Jasper
Thomas Cameron	05/29/1864	H	19	Marion
James Clark	03/25/1864	C	19	Perry	X
Joel T. Clark	05/15/1864	H	20	Perry
Newton R. Clearman	04/18/1864	D	24	Newton
Riley J. Collins	04/30/1864	E	37	Jones	X
Isaac Cook	03/30/1864	D	19	Newton
Wylie C. Courtney	05/22/1864	G	24	Smith
Jacob Cox	04/18/1864	D	38	Jones
Elisha Crane	07/05/1864	H	19	Rankin	X
Rankin Crane	07/05/1864	H	18	Rankin
Charles J. Cuevas	02/02/1864	F	21	Harrison
John Culpepper	03/25/1864	D	18	Jones
Jessie Cunningham	05/19/1864	E	37	Jasper	X
William Dailey	04/28/1864	E	23	Wayne	X
Able Davis	05/26/1864	E	30	Jones
George W. Davis	05/23/1864	H	20	Perry	X
Henry F. Davis	06/29/1864	H	22	Copiah
James A. Davis	05/23/1864	G	23	Perry	X
Leroy T. Davis	05/03/1864	G	23	Harrison
James Dearman	05/29/1864	#	26	Perry
Allen DeBose	06/24/1864	H	23	Jefferson *	X
Riley DeBose	08/23/1864	H	30	Perry	X
Andrew Dement	04/19/1864	D	26	Jones	X
Hansford Dossett	03/25/1864	D	23	Jones
James A. Dossett	05/22/1864	G	24	Jones
Johnson Ellis	03/14/1864	A	36	Lowndes *	X
Marion H. Ellis	02/23/1864	C	18	Lauderdale
Asa B. Esterling	04/30/1864	E	21	Perry
William J. Finney	12/29/1863	C	32	Pike	X
Jessie T. Ford	06/11/1864	I	18	Perry
John Fortinbery	05/21/1864	E	24	Marion
Eugene Garcia	02/02/1864	F	16	Hancock
James Grantham	06/24/1864	H	24	Perry	X
Jesse R. Grice	04/18/1864	D	31	Rankin
John W. Gummell	06/15/1864	H	20	Harrison
Rutilles Harold	04/21/1864	G	25	Jasper
Jordan Harrington	04/28/1864	E	20	Jones	X
William J. Hatley	04/15/1864	G	25	Lawrence
Jeremiah Henley	05/19/1864	E	38	Hancock
Samuel D. Herron	06/25/1864	H	31	Marion
John Hester	06/14/1864	H	20	Harrison
John Hickman	06/14/1864	G	20	Harrison
William Hickman	05/03/1864	G	21	Harrison
George Hogan	05/03/1864	G	20	Jasper
John Holder	05/26/1864	E	18	Jasper
Brasille Holliman	05/12/1864	E	18	Perry	X
James Holliman	05/12/1864	E	18	Perry	X
Oliver Holliman	05/12/1864	E	26	Smith
Thomas Holliman	03/25/1864	D	33	Perry	X
William Holyfield	05/26/1864	E	24	Jones
Alexander Inman	06/20/1864	K	25	Clarke	X
Stephen Jenkins	03/25/1864	D	23	Wayne
Thomas Johnston	05/15/1864	E	24	Jones	X
William Jones	03/25/1864	D	32	Marion
William Knight	04/28/1864	E	24	Jones
Henry Landrum	03/25/1864	D	18	Jones
John Landrum	03/25/1864	D	19	Jones	X
Thomas Landrum	03/25/1864	D	43	Jones
William P. Landrum	03/25/1864	D	28	Jones
Nathaniel Lathiner	07/10/1864	H	18	Hancock
James W. Lee	04/13/1864	D	29	Wayne	X
Uriah Lee	05/03/1864	G	20	Marion
Ezekial Loftin	05/26/1864	E	23	Lauderdale
Thomas Loftin	05/26/1864	E	18	Jasper
Rutilles Loper	04/23/1864	G	32	Jones
Francis M. Lott	06/14/1864	H	20	Harrison
Bailey Martin	05/21/1864	E	18	Attala *	X
Caleb Martin	05/27/1864	H	34	Perry	X
Loth McArther	03/05/1864	H	18	Hancock
Enoch E. McFadden	11/18/1863	A	30	Hancock
James W. McFadden	11/18/1863	A	17	Hancock	X
Daniel McInnis	03/25/1864	D	19	Greene
George T. Mitchell	06/29/1864	K	21	Hancock
Mark W. Mitchell	03/30/1864	D	27	Clarke
John P. Myrick	04/21/1864	G	20	Jasper
William C. Nelson	07/05/1864	H	41	Lowndes *
John J. Newell	05/12/1864	E	26	Perry
Jacob Nicholson	04/28/1864	E	25	Hancock	X
General D. O Neal	07/08/1864	H	39	Perry
William Oadum	04/30/1864	E	18	Perry	X
Hezekiah Page	05/26/1864	G	22	Jones
Louis Page	05/26/1865	G	20	Jones
Robert Page	05/20/1864	G	24	Jones
John W. Parker	05/26/1864	E	23	Newton
Little B. Parker	07/13/1864	H	19	Jasper
Marion Parker	12/20/1863	F	27	Jasper	X
Obediah Parker	12/20/1863	F	40	Wayne
Pearson Parker	05/19/1864	E	34	Coahoma *
Thomas J. Parker	05/14/1864	B	19	Clarke	X
Elisha Perkins	07/08/1864	H	22	Perry
Daniel Pitts	03/25/1864	D	19	Jones
Elias Polk	03/25/1864	C	23	Marion
Calvin Raburn	05/21/1864	E	29	Covington
Thomas Redman	05/25/1864	G	20	Jasper
John W. Rester	06/14/1864	#	20	Marion
Ashberry Reynolds	05/12/1864	E	19	Perry
Charles Roberts	05/21/1864	H	19	Lawrence
Joseph Rowell	06/25/1864	#	25	Marion
William Rowell	06/25/1864	#	33	Marion
Samuel Sanders	05/26/1864	E	30	Jasper
Randolph Saucier	05/26/1864	G	21	Harrison	X
Anthony Seals	05/19/1864	#	18	Hancock
Thomas Shivers	06/25/1864	K	22	Marion
Martin V. Shows	03/25/1864	D	22	Jones
Jesse Slade	05/29/1864	B	19	Marion	X
Samuel Slade	05/29/1864	H	27	Marion
Andy Smith	04/19/1864	D	19	Clarke
Asbery Smith	03/25/1864	D	18	Clarke
Ira Smith	04/19/1864	D	18	Clarke
James Smith	05/12/1864	E	23	Perry
John L. Smith	06/20/1864	H	22	Harrison	X
Thomas R. Smith	05/26/1864	G	21	Harrison
William Spradley	06/14/1864	#	22	Simpson
Joshua Stafford	05/27/1864	#	26	Perry
William Steavenson	03/25/1864	D	19	Wayne	X
Alvin Sumrall	06/11/1864	F	29	Perry	X
Daniel Sumrall	06/11/1864	H	19	Perry
James Sumrall	03/25/1864	C	23	Perry
James Taylor	06/15/1864	H	29	Monroe *
Jones R. Temple	06/25/1864	K	33	Marion
Henry Thomas	05/29/1864	#	28	Perry
William M. Thompson	11/11/1864	I	18	Marion
Joseph Tillman	07/13/1864	H	20	Jasper
Seaborn Tisdale	04/30/1864	E	23	Perry
James Truss	03/25/1864	C	19	Jones
Dreyden Tucker	03/25/1864	D	19	Jones
James Tucker	05/15/1864	E	18	Jones
John Tucker	05/15/1864	E	36	Jones	X
Martin Tucker	05/15/1864	E	23	Jones
John Underwood	05/18/1864	E	30	Covington	X
Robert Underwood	05/19/1864	E	35	Warren *
Andrew Walker	12/24/1863	B	37	Warren *
Albert Walters	04/28/1864	E	38	Jones
Archy Walters	05/15/1864	E	19	Jones	X
Drury Walters	05/15/1864	E	25	Jones	X
Joel W. Walters	03/25/1864	D	26	Jones
Hanson A. Walters	05/24/1864	G	27	Jones
Marada M. Walters	05/15/1864	E	23	Jones	X
Richard Walters	05/15/1864	E	22	Jones
James P. Watts	07/02/1864	H	21	Covington
Frank Weatherbee	05/29/1864	H	26	Lawrence	X
Richard T. Welch	04/28/1864	E	21	Jones
Elijah Wilborn	04/30/1864	E	20	Smith
Tolbert F. Wilborn	05/26/1864	E	20	Jasper	X
William Wilborn	05/26/1864	E	32	Jasper
James Williams	04/21/1864	G	23	Marion	X
John Williams	07/02/1864	H	21	Jones
Joshua G. Williams	05/04/1864	G	26	Perry	X
Thomas Williams	05/03/1864	G	22	Perry
Frank Wilson	07/20/1864	H	28	Lawrence
John Worden	03/30/1864	D	19	Marion
Benjamin F. Young	05/23/1864	G	21	Jackson
Thomas Young	05/14/1864	G	20	Jones	X

A pound sign (#) in the regimental company (“Co”) column on this and subsequent tables indicates the enlistee failed to report for muster and therefore was never assigned to a company.

An asterick (*) appearing after the nativity county indicates that it is located outside the Piney Woods region.  The 1860 census records suggest that Bailey Martin, James Taylor, and Andrew Walker had relocated to the Piney Woods.

TABLE 2:  1st New Orleans enlistees with Mississippi residency established through cross-checks of the 1850, 1860, and 1870 federal census records.

				Census		Died
Name	Enlisted	Co	Age	Year	County	CW
John Adams	03/25/1864	D	19	1860	Jones
John W. Axton	03/25/1864	D	28	1860	Perry	X
Irvin E. Elzey	04/28/1864	E	43	1860	Jones
William Ford	06/11/1864	K	43	1860	Jasper	X
Hamilton Haden	03/25/1864	D	24	1860	Clarke
John M. Jones	04/30/1864	E	19	1860	Jones
Willis B. Jones	04/30/1864	E	21	1860	Jones
Augustus Lambert	03/25/1864	D	25	1860	Jones	X
Blakely Lambert	03/25/1864	D	32	1860	Jasper	X
James C. Law	05/05/1864	E	26	1860	Jones	X
William Martin	05/26/1864	H	40	1860	Perry	X
William Mauldin	04/30/1864	E	27	1860	Jones	X
David McBride	03/25/1864	D	45	1860	Jones	X
William McBride	03/25/1864	D	18	1860	Jones	X
Robert McIntire	11/06/1863	C	35	1850	Smith
Lorenzo D. Nobles	03/14/1864	C	33	1860	Jackson
Martin Parker	12/20/1863	F	28	1870	Jones
Eli Rushing	05/23/1864	G	23	1850	Jones
James L. Seals	04/28/1864	D	27	1850	Hancock
Robert Spencer	05/03/1864	G	22	1850	Clarke
James Swilley	06/20/1864	K	37	1870	Harrison
Henry F. Taylor	04/30/1864	E	19	1860	Perry
Pleasant P. Terry	04/18/1864	D	34	1860	Newton
William J. Tippet	03/14/1864	C	44	1860	Smith
Aaron T. Wilborn	05/23/1864	G	27	1860	Jones

TABLE 3: 2nd New Orleans enlistees with Mississippi nativity who did not subsequently appear on the 1st New Orleans rolls.

					Died
Name	Enlisted	Co	Age	Birth Co	CW
Elijah G. Brown	05/23/1864	B	31	Perry
James R. Davis	05/22/1864	B	29	Perry	X
Thommas Simons	05/23/1864	B	22	Perry

TABLE 4:  Other 1st New Orleans enlistees who reported southern nativity, but for whom evidence of later Mississippi residency is currently lacking.

Name	Enlisted	Co	Age	Birth Co / State
John A. Allen	01/23/1864	A	20	Franklin, AL
Josiah A. Allen	06/13/1864	H	32	Columbus, MS
Thomas  Bonner	03/30/1864	D	19	Monroe Co, AL
William Cameron	05/29/1864	#	na	(Not listed)
John  Cody	03/30/1864	C	25	Mobile, AL
John  Cotton	07/05/1864	#	18	Mobile, AL
John A. Graham	03/25/1864	D	20	Butler, AL
William  Graham	04/30/1864	H	18	Montgomery, AL
John W. Haley	04/17/1864	D	19	Pike, AL
David D. Hanscum	06/06/1864	#	na	Natchez, MS
William  Hull	02/18/1864	C	26	Augusta, GA
Joseph  Kelly	04/12/1864	D	23	Carroll Co, TN
Thomas  Kelly	02/23/1865	E	19	Natchez, MS
John Martin	05/02/1864	G	20	(Not listed)
John P. Moseley	02/23/1864	A	24	Butler Co, AL
Frank  Nata	10/09/1863	B	20	Biloxi, MS
Edward  Patricks	03/25/1864	#	17	Orangeville, SC
Benjamin B. Patricks	03/25/1864	D	45	Orangeville, SC
Warner B. Pittman	03/25/1864	E	47	Washington, GA
William  Pittman	03/25/1864	E	17	Washington, GA
Stephen H. Tourne	04/17/1864	D	19	Macon Co, AL
William  Wasdon	03/12/1864	C	23	Jefferson Co, GA
John H. Watson	04/27/1864	E	20	Perry Co, AL
Jucalion  Wedgeworth	07/08/1864	H	20	Green Co, AL
Jacob W. White	03/25/1864	D	34	Steward Co, Ga
Pleasant L. Williams	04/14/1864	G	28	Hinds Co, MS
William J. Williams	03/11/1864	G	20	(Not listed)