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The name S. T. Gibson appears on a list of prisoners captured at the Battle of Fort Pillow on April 12, 1864, as being a member of Stigalls Home Guards.
The other names listed…
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See comment on other card about his wound.
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At the Battle of Fort Pillow, Pvt William Duke was hit in the foot by a rifle ball. The surgeons decided to amputate his foot. Duke turned to D. B. Williard, who had carried…
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"Lieutenant George Leave (Company D, Second Tennessee), who was kind and generous as well as gallant and brave, fell mortally wounded by a canister-shot."
Source: " Hancock's…
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"Company C was very fortunate. B. F. Odom (as before stated) was killed, a cannon-ball taking off the top of his head. He was a noble, kind-hearted young man as well as a good…
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Another officer at Johnson Island was 1st Lt. Joel W. Lewellen of 17 Mississippi Regiment.
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See also: Capt Geo. W. Lewellen, 31st Miss Vols, address Elliston, Miss.
Maybe related to Lt. Lewellen.
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I have a document that lists 1st Lt. J. W. Lewellen of 17 Miss Infty, from Ellistown, Miss, as a prisoner at Johnson Island Prison.
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Some of the black regiments were formed from ex-slaves who had gathered at Corinth and at Memphis. This card mentions the formation of the 6 US Colored Heavy Artillery at…
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Approximately 70 of the Union prisoners captured at Battle of Fort Pillow on April 12, 1864, were paroled by the Confederates. These were the seriously wounded who could not walk…
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This card for John W. Shelton states he was taken prisoner but paroled so he could be sent to the Mound City Hospital aboard the "Platte Valley".
Another card in his file shows…
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Col. Shaller had resigned his commission and then he heard that Gen Chesnut was forming a regiment of Invalid Corps. He asked Gen Chesnut to assign him as regimental commander. …
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John J. Fitzpatrick was a Sergeant-Major when Col. Schaller arrived to command the 22nd Mississippi Regiment. He liked him and made him his Adjutant. Fitzpatrick became…
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Brigadier-General James Chesnut(January 18, 1815 – February 1, 1885) of Camden, South Carolina, was married to Mary Boykin Chesnut, who kept a diary during the war. Her diary…
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This letter is a duplicate of the letter he sent to General Johnston.
See comments under previous document.
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Col. Frank Schaller was given 6 months sick leave from the command of the 22nd Mississippi Regiment. Then he was given another 3 or 6 months. On March 10, 1863, he was ordered…
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Col. Frank Schaller resigned his commission on 24 December 1863. It was approved in June 1864.
Then he heard that General Chestnut (husband or relative to the well-known Mary…
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Col Frank Schaller had made an acquaintance with General Cooper. When Col. Schaller had problems with his illness, he would go to Richmond to try to find a new assignment that…
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Frank Schaller was from Columbus, SC when the war began. He joined up with a unit there, then went to a unit in Louisiana and then to the 5th Texas Infantry before going to the…
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