History
Tippah
County in the Civil War
This is the
manuscript of
the Civil War section of Andrew Brown's book, History
of Tippah County, Mississippi; The First Century.
Parts of it were cut out when the book was published. There is
also a section on officers who served from Tippah County.
Southern
Sentinel
Accounts
of the Civil War in Ripley
Battles
Forrest
at
Bryce's
(Brices')
Crossroads -This is chapter
one of the
book Confederate Wizards of
the Saddle, by Bennett
H. Young published in 1914.
Units
Regimental
Histories
The
Mississippi division of the Sons of Confederate Veterans has
transcribed all of Dunbar Rowland's regimental histories from his book
"Military History of Mississippi, 1803-1898". This book is known
as the Bible of MS Confederate history.
Morphis'
Independent Company of Scouts, Mississippi Cavalry
Roster
of the Morphis' Independent Company of Scouts, Mississippi Cavalry
formed
in New Albany.
1st Partisan
Rangers/7th Miss. Cavalry
Roster of the 1st
Partisan
Rangers/7th Miss. Cavalry.
1st
Battalion Mississippi Infantry Army of 10,000
Roster
of the 1st Battalion Mississippi Infantry Army of 10,000 taken mainly
from the Soldiers and Sailors system with biographical data added.
2nd
Mississippi Infantry Regiment Roster
of the 2nd
Mississippi Infantry.
- 2nd
Mississippi
Michael
Brasher's 2nd Miss. page. Michael is the expert on the 2nd Miss. and is
writing a book on the regiment. His roster and history is a must read.
- Diary of Maj.
John H. Buchanan
Diary
of Maj. John H. Buchanan, Co. B 2nd Mississippi Infantry, July 4, 1861
- July 9, 1862 with additional information about John and the 2nd
Mississippi added by the transcriber.
- Diary of
Augustus L.P. Vairin
Diary of Old Ord, Sgt.
A.L.P Vairin, Co. B 2nd Mississippi Infantry, 1861-1865. Edited by
Andrew Brown, Tippah County historian.
- Simple Story of
a Soldier
Written
by Samuel W. Hankins of Co. E 2nd Mississippi Infantry and later a 1st
Lt. of Cavalry. He enlisted as a boy of 16 and served the duration of
the war. He was from Itawamba County, MS.
- Letter
from David J. Hill
This
letter from David J. Hill of Co. B 2nd Miss. was written to Gen. R.R.
Dawes of the 6th Wisconsin which engaged the 2nd Miss. in the railroad
cut at Gettysburg on July 1st 1863. Gen. Dawes had found the
wounded color bearer of the 2nd on the field of the charge on July
4th. The color bearer was Sgt. Christopher Columbus Davis of Co.
D 2nd Miss. Gen. Dawes wishes to know if he survived and David is
able to tell him.
- 2nd
Mississippi State Cavalry
Roster
of the 2nd Mississippi State Cavalry. This data comes mainly from the
Soldiers and Sailors system with biographical data added. Co. A was
commanded by Capt. Sol Street and known as "Citizens Guards" of Tippah
County.
Col Street --
Confederate Partisan Leader
Article
by Andrew
Brown published in the Journal of Mississippi History.
Captain
Sol Street
"Sketches
of this
Dashing Leader and his Company," published in the Southern
Sentinel August 9, 1894.
2nd
Mississippi Partisan Rangers (Ballentine's)
Roster
of the 2nd Mississippi Partisan Rangers (Ballentine's) taken mainly
from the Soldiers and Sailors system with biographical data added.
3rd
Bn.
Mississippi Infantry
Roster
of the 3rd Bn. Mississippi Infantry taken mainly from the Soldiers and
Sailors system with biographical data added. Also known as the 45th
Mississippi Infantry.
32 and 45
Miss. Consolidated Flag Abstract
This
flag was recently found and Robert Swinson has written a 45 page
abstract of this unit. Rob is writing a book and requests any
information on the unit and its men.
10th
Mississippi
Infantry
Roster of the 10th
Mississippi Infantry taken mainly from the Soldiers and Sailors system
with biographical data added.
Life Story of
Rev. James Knox Polk Newton
Autobiography of
Private
James K. P. Newton, Co. K 10th Miss. Infantry, Forrest's Cavalry, 15th
TN Cav. and 2 Miss. Cavalry.
17th
Mississippi
Infantry
Roster of the 17th
Mississippi Infantry.
18th
Mississippi Cavalry Regiment
Roster of
the 18th
Mississippi Cavalry Regiment taken mainly from the Soldiers and Sailors
System with biographical data added.
19th
Mississippi
Infantry
Roster of the 19th
Mississippi Infantry.
Diary of
Lt. George D. Norris, Co. B 19th Miss. Infantry
This diary is dated
March 24 - June 27, 1862. Lt. Norris died June 30, 1862 from wounds
received at Frazier’s Farm VA.
23rd
Mississippi Infantry Regiment
Roster of the 23rd
Mississippi Infantry Regiment.
Men of the
1st and 23rd Miss. Inf. buried at Hopkinsville, Kentucky
These men died of
disease in Hopkinsville, Ky. during the winter of 1861/1862 and are
buried in Riverside Cemetery there.
Officers
of the 3rd (23rd) Mississippi
Newspaper article --
List of officers as published in the Southern Sentinel Jan. 22, 1885.
Officers
Surrendered at Ft. Donelson
Officers of the 1st,
3rd
(23rd) and 4th Miss. surrendered at Ft. Donelson Feb. 16, 1862.
Death of Capt.
A.J. Gibson
Obituary and an
account
of the service of Capt. Andrew Jackson Gibson Co. A 23rd Miss. Infantry.
The 23rd
Mississippi at the Battle of Nashville
Major G.W. Garrett's
first hand account of the 23rd's part in covering Gen. Hood's retreat
from Nashville.
26th
Mississippi Infantry
Roster of the 26th
Mississippi Infantry.
32 and 45
Miss. Consolidated Flag Abstract
This
flag was recently found and Robert Swinson has written a 45 page
abstract of this unit. Rob is writing a book and requests any
information on the unit and its men. Some companies of the 26th which
were not captured at Ft. Donelson were put into the 32nd until the 26th
was exchanged and reorganized. The men of the 26th were then ordered
back to the 26th.
32nd
Mississippi
Infantry Regiment
Tommy Lockhart's muster
roll
including service records of all the men!
Roster
of the 32nd Mississippi Infantry
Roster
compiled from Tommy's list above, the Soldiers and Sailors system,
Tippah Co. Historical and Genealogical Society publications, cemetery
records and user submissions. Contains some biographical information.
32 and 45
Miss. Consolidated Flag Abstract
This
flag was recently found and Robert Swinson has written a 45 page
abstract of this unit. Rob is writing a book and requests any
information on the unit and its men.
34th
Mississippi Infantry Regiment
Muster roll of the 34th
Mississippi Infantry Regiment. Notice
-- David Boone has published a new book "Honor Without a Stain" on the
34th Mississippi Infantry. To obtain a copy email him at dbboone@hotmail.com!
John
Henderson
Freeman
Diary
Link
-- John was in Co. I 34th Mississippi Infantry. Many men of his
company are mentioned.
Lafayette Rogan
Diary
Lafayette
Rogan was a 2nd Lt. in Co. B 34th Miss. Infantry and was a prisoner at
Rock Island, Ill. prison when this diary was written.
Men of the
34th who became Galvanized Yankees
Enlisted
men of the 34th who were captured at Lookout Mt., TN were taken to Rock
Island, IL prison. Some of these men were recruited into the Union Army
to go west to fight Indians. This is a partial list of these men who
became known as "Galvanized Yankees".
1889
reunion at Byhalia Mississippi.
Newspaper
article -- This article mentions the flag of the 34th Mississippi being
at the reunion and tells a little about the flag bearer who carried
this flag in many battles, Zophar Ferrell of Benton County. It was
taken from the Ashland Register printed 1 Aug. 1889.
Casualties
of the 34th at Perryville, KY
Newspaper
article -- List of the killed and wounded at Perryville by Maj. A.T.
Mason as published in Ashland, Benton Co. Feb. 8, 1896.
Other units with
Tippah County men
Also contains a list
of
men who fought from other states but later lived in Tippah County.
National Databases
Soldiers
and
Sailors
System
National Park Service
Soldiers and Sailors system. Search for a soldier or a regiment. Read
Crute's unit histories.
Official Records
No
serious study of the American Civil War is complete without consulting
the Official Records. Affectionately known as the "OR", the 128 volumes
of the Official Records provide the most comprehensive, authoritative,
and voluminous reference on Civil War operations. This is a link to the
eHistory site where you can read and search these volumes.
Mississippi in
the
Civil War Message Board
Message
Board
This
is an interesting board and is a good place to ask any questions you
may have. Several real experts frequent the board and they are a very
helpful group.
Cemeteries and
Burials
List of
Confederates buried in Union County
Confederate
Graves
From Tippah and surrounding
areas. This
is a new listing compiled in October 2008.
Mississippians
Buried
in Union Cemetery, Leesburg VA
Mississippians
buried
in
a
mass
grave
in
Union
Cemetery,
Leesburg
VA.
Mississippians
Buried
in
Hollywood
Cemetery,
Richmond
VA
Mississippians
listed
in: Register of the Confederate Dead, interred in Hollywood
Cemetery, Richmond VA (1869). In the USGenWeb Archives.
Rowland
Cemetery, Benton Co., MS
Mississippi
Casualities
A
list of men from the 2nd, 19th, 23rd, 32nd and 34th found in cemeteries
outside of Mississippi. Most are in cemeteries of Federal
prisons.
Confederate
Cemetery,
Okolona,
MS
Glenwood
Cemetery, Thomaston, GA
Confederate
Cemetery,
Forsyth, GA
Myrtle
Hill Cemetery, Rome, GA
Rock
Island Federal Prison
Chattanooga
Confederate
Cemetery
McGavock
Cemetery,
Franklin,
TN
Crown
Hill
Cemetery,
Indianapolis,
IN
(Camp
Morton)
Alton,
IL
Prison
Confederate
Mound,
Oak Woods Cemetery, Chicago, IL (Soldiers/Sailors who died at
Camp Douglas)
Elmwood
Cemetery,
Memphis,
TN.
Confederate
Veterans
Buried in Lamar Co., TX.
Warrenton
Cemetery,
Warrenton,
VA (Manassas
Casualities)
Confederate
Burials
in Lynchburg, VA
Resaca,
GA
Confederate
Cemetery
Tippah
County
Cemeteries
Benton
County Cemeteries
Mississippians
buried
at
Bardstown
Kentucky
Mississippians
buried
in
Winchester
City
Cemetery
TN
Tishomingo
County
Confederate
Burials
Southern Cross of Honor
The
Southern
Cross of Honor
In
the late 1890's and early 1900's, the United Daughters of the
Confederacy awarded the Southern Cross of Honor medal to ex-Confederate
soldiers who were members of the United Confederate Veterans in
recognition of their devotion to the southern cause. See a
picture of the cross and list of names of a few men known to have
received it.
Oath, Parole,
Letters, Diary - Have
you ever wondered what your ancestor signed when he took the oath of
allegiance or was paroled? You can find out below.
C.D.
Hallowell
Oath of Allegiance
Oath
of
Allegiance of Calvin
D. Hallowell of Marshall Co., Miss. dated 27 July 1865.
J.O. Kelly
Oath of Allegiance
Oath of Allegiance of
John
Oliver Kelly of Tippah Co., Miss.
Parole
Parole
of
Calvin D.
Hallowell, Co. G Ballentine's 2nd Mississippi Partisan Rangers dated 16
May 1865.
Mississippians
paroled
at
Appomattox
Southern
Historical
Society
papers listing the names of men from Mississippi who were surrendered
and paroled at Appomattox.
Hallowell
Civil War Letters
Letters to
Sarah Emily
Hallowell from her husband Calvin and her brother-in-law Albert L.
Hollowell during the war.
John Jones
Civil War Letters
Letters home from John
Jones, Co. K 34th Miss. Infantry during the war.
Dr.
Albert H. McAllister Letter
Letter
written
by
Dr.
A.H.
McAllister
to
his
sister-in-law
and
her
children
upon
finding
out that John J. McKinney had died. John and Albert were
in Co. E 2nd Mississippi Partisan Rangers together and Albert was
married to John's sister.
Letters by
David R. Childers
Letters written by
David
Richard Childers to his niece during the Civil war.
A.O. South
Letter
Letter written by A.O. South
of Co. F 2nd Miss. Infantry after the battle of First Manassas
Letters
of James I. and brother Samuel M. Brewer
Letters written by James I.
Brewer of Co. K 34th Miss. Infantry and Samuel M. Brewer, University
Greys Co. A 11th Miss.
Letter
of
Capt. William S. Patterson Stewart to wife Elizabeth
Letter written by Capt. Wm.
Stewart of Co. I, 1st Bn. Miss. Infantry 28 Sept. 1862 from Bardstown,
Ky.
Memorandum
Book
of William J. Rogers
Diary of William
Josiah
Rogers, Co. E 13th Tennessee Infantry 2 June 1862 - 25 May 1863.
Diary of
Capt. Robert I. Hill
Robert
I. Hill was Captain of Co. B 23rd Mississippi Infantry. His diary
covers the period of August 1861 to June 10th 1862. It tells of the
hardships of his company from formation to the battle of Ft. Donelson
where his regiment was taken prisoner. He is not impressed with
"no-general Pillow."
William
Malachi Stark Letter
Letter
from
William M. Stark
to his sister Jane following the Battle of Atlanta.
Diary
of
Judge Orlando Davis
Diary of Judge Orlando Davis in which he recorded Federal visits to
Ripley.
Letter
by
Mrs. Cole of Ripley
Mrs.
Cole writes of the suffering inflicted by the Yankees on the people of
Ripley.
Letter by
Robert Graves Smith
Robert
writes to his grand niece in 1932 giving a history of the Robert W.
Smith family and an account of the Smith's service in the Civil War.
Letter
by Mrs. E.J. Beach to her parents in Georgia
Letter
describes the effect
of war on New Albany Citizenry.
Partial
Obituary of Dr. M. F. Rogers
Dr.
Rogers
served as a lad
of 13.
Experiences
of I.N. Rainey in the Confederate Army
Isaac
Nelson Rainey served in Co. A 7th Tenn. Cavalry. This company was
Gen.
Wm. H. Jackson's escort company. They rode with Gen. N.B. Forrest and
were at the surrender with him. Nelson wrote this in his 81st year for
his grandchildren.
Galvanized Yankee
Late
in the war Confederate prisoners were offered freedom and promised that
they would not have to fight the south if they would enlist in the
Union Army. They were sent out west to fight Indians instead. Those who
accepted were called "galvanized Yankees" and since this freed a Union
soldier to fight the south were generally considered traitors.
James
D. Rowland
James
D. Rowland and
information on his daughter who lived to be 103 and died in 1969.
Matthews
Family
Civil
War Account of Robert J. W. Matthews Robert
Joseph Walker Matthews wrote this account of his service in Co. E 12th
Miss. Infantry, Sardis Blues. Robert was the son of Samuel and the
nephew of Joseph W. Matthews, Gov. of Mississippi from 1848 - 1850.
Matthews
Family Letters These
letters were written by the Matthews family immediately after the war
and tell of conditions and race relations in Mississippi in
reconstruction times. This is the family of Joseph W. Matthews,
governor of Mississippi 1848 - 1850.
War
Stories
Interesting
Civil War Stories
If you have an
interesting
Civil War story, please submit it. These stories should be true.
War
Reminiscences
In 1894, the Southern
Sentinel published these three articles on the Civil War in the Tippah
County area.
Tennessee Civil War
Sourcebook
Newspaper articles from Tennessee Newspapers during the Civil War
Pension Applications
Tippah
County Pension applications - 1916
John L.
Aldridge
John
was a resident of Prentiss County when he applied for a pension. He
enlisted from Tippah County in Co. G 23rd Mississippi Infantry.
Charles P.
Dickerson
Charles
was a resident of Chickasaw County when he first applied for a pension.
He enlisted from Tippah County in Co. A 23rd Mississippi Infantry.
James
R. Hamilton
James
R. Hamilton was a resident of Eustace Henderson County Texas when he
applied for a pension. He enlisted from Tippah County near Corinth in
Co. H 31st Mississippi Infantry.
John
Waverly Smith
John
Waverly Smith was a resident of Grand Junction, Hardeman County, TN
when he applied for a pension. He first enlisted as a private in the
13th TN Infantry, was wounded and out of service for six months, the
transferred to the 18th Miss. Cav. and was a Captain in Co. D. He later
became Lt. Col. of the 18th.
Marion Skipworth
Marion
Skipwith Smith was a resident of Grand Junction, Hardeman County, TN
when he applied for a pension. He served as a private in Co. D 18th
Miss. Cavalry.
Widows
Pension application of Emily F. Gay
Emily was the widow of
John
Wiley Gay, Co. I 9th Miss. who died July 28, 1909 in TX.
Maps
Civil
War
era map of Tippah County
Links
to
Confederate
pages
in
Tippah
and
Nearby
Counties
Confederate
Links
New
Albany Grays CSA (Co. K, 21st Regt. Miss. Volunteers)
23rd
Mississippi
Infantry
(Sharpshooters)
New
Albany
Tishmomingo
County
-
The
Civil
War
Alcorn
County - Civil War
Northeast
Mississippi Museum Association
Tippah
County
Historical
and
Genealogical
Society
Tippah
County
Historical
and
Genealogical
Society
The main source of
published
information on Tippah County is the Tippah
County
Historical
and
Genealogical
Society.
All of the county records that are online are the result of their work.
They have published two volumes of Heritage books and have them for
sale along with a great CD packed with county information. There
is also a county history book by Andrew Brown which has been
republished. Andrew Brown is the author of the Civil War history
online here. The society donated his original manuscript for
these chapters of his book. Profits from the sale of books and
the CD go to make more information available. Visit their
site and see what they have to offer.
Researchers Page
Researcher
Form
Use
this form to submit the Tippah County Confederate you are researching.
It is a great way to make contact with others researching the same
soldier.
Read the
Researchers Page
Read the researchers
page
and see is someone is reseaching the same soldier as you.
Genealogy
Homepages
The
following
genealogy home pages contain information on at least one
Tippah County Confederate. You will find more information on his line
there than on these pages. If you have a page with a Tippah County
Confederate listed and would like me to add a link to it, please email
me.
Steven
Rutherford -David Flynn, James
McCullough, John Lemon, Robert Walker, Thomas Franklin, William
Williamson RUTHERFORD, P.W. CAVINESS
Randy
Howald Texans
in the Civil War,
Cunningham and Hughes families
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Walter
Fred
Cox,
Jr.
July
27,
1942-
June
11,
2006
This
site
was
created
and
maintained
with
great
pride
from
1997
until
his
death
in June of 2006, by Walter Fred Cox.
His
dedication
and
insight
in
preserving
and
making
available
Tippah
County
History
will
forever
be
appreciated
by fellow researchers.
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Melissa
McCoy-Bell
Tippah
County
Confederates
Coordinator
Jeff Kemp
MSGENWEB State Coordinator
Denise Wells and Jackie
Rhodes
MSGENWEB Asst. State Coordinators
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by
Walter F. Cox, Jr.
and Melissa McCoy-Bell, All rights reserved.
Individual submissions remain the property of the submitter or
author. In no case is this information to be used for
profit. If copied for personal or library use, this copyright
notice must remain attached.
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