7An unidentified private from the “Jake Thompson Guards,” Company K, 19th Mississippi Infantry. Most of the men in this company were from Itawamba and Tishomingo counties, and they were some of the first men from Mississippi to volunteer for service during the war. 3Beall enlisted as a private in the “Madison Rifles,” Company I, 10th Mississippi Infantry, in June 1861. He advanced in rank quickly, and by August 1863 was a major serving as quartermaster on the staff of Brigadier General William F. Tucker. Beall later served as quartermaster on the staff of Brigadier General Patton Anderson.
Unknown
Thomas B. Beall
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MADISON COUNT Y
Edwin Augustus Garrison
Samuel George Fitten Jayroe WINSTON COUNT Y
7Garrison enlisted as a private in the 48th Mississippi Infantry in September 1861. In mid-1863, Garrison, a licensed Methodist Episcopal preacher, was appointed the regimental chaplain. Captured at Sailor’s Creek in April 1865, he spent the war’s final days as a prisoner at Johnson’s Island in Ohio.
3Jayroe enlisted in the “New Prospect Grays,” Company D, 5th Mississippi Infantry, at Enterprise, Mississippi, on October 18, 1861. He survived the war despite being wounded twice: in the hand at Shiloh and the foot at Murfreesboro.
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CL AIBORNE COUNT Y
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