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"Tallahatchie County has seen her men serve in every war since its creation. Tallahatchie County's "Boys in Gray", served in the Mexican War, Spanish American War, two World Wars, the Korean Conflict, Viet Nam, and Persian Gulf War. No matter what the call, her men were always willing to serve their Country and County."

"These pages are dedicated to those "BOYS IN GRAY", who served their Country. Because of men like these, we enjoy freedom today. The period of reconstruction in Tallahatchie County followed the Civil War, or as most people called it "THE WAR BETWEEN THE STATES". One can not help but admire these men. The sacrifices, and deeds of valor are above and beyond what a normal person would do. These were extremely trying times. Their Faith and courage was stretched to the limit. When they returned home they found the County in confusion, broke and no government. The carpet baggers had ruled the County from the end of the war until 1875. They pillaged the homes, sold many homes for taxes, and wreaked havock throughout the county. But, in 1875 Tallahatchie County was redeemed. James A. Dogan, was the first democratic sheriff with an earnest desire to serve and save. The men of Tallahatchie County redeemed the County. A democratic government was established,and its affairs re-built. These men labored under circumstances more adverse than the people of the so-called depression of 1921-1933. Yet with determination, their sacrafices and endurance, but most of all their FAITH in God, we now enjoy freedom."

OATH TO THE CONFEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA

We solemnly swear that we will support the Constitution of the Confederate States of America and the Constitution of the State of Mississippi so long as we continue citizens there of and that we will faithfully discharge to the best of our abilities the duties of the office of members of the Board of Police of said County according to law. So help us God.

James M. DuncanW.D.RoanWm.R.Boothe E.B.Robinson


1861 Volunteer Soldiers, Confederate States Of America

This is a list of the units in which Tallahatchie Co. soldiers served.  The information has come to us from several different sources, some of which are listed below. Also some of the spelling of the names may not be the way you know them to be, but when they are taken from the State Census, We can not change them.

1st Mississippi Battalion 3rd Mississippi Regiment 15th Mississippi - Co."G" Ballentine's Regiment-CO I Blackhawk Rifles
Carrollton Rifles Forrest's Calvary Graysport Grays Hudson Calvary - Carroll Co. Jackson's Calvary
Jackson's Div.(VA) Longstreets Div. Millers Calvary Mississippi Devils Mississippi State Troops
Ochachicamus Pettis Artillery Rayburn Rifles Robson's Rebels STANFORD'S BATTERY- Co. "B" 29th Mississippi
Rutledges Artillery (Tenn) Tallahatchie Rifles Texas Calvary Tillatoba Grays Unknown Units
Wards Battery Water Valley Rifles Wigfall Guards Yallobusha Rifles




TALLAHATCHIE RIFLES

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Fitzgerald W.H., Captain,Bosiclair, T.W.1st.LieutenantJ.H. Rayburn, 2nd. Lieutenant E.E.Armstrong, 3rd. Lieutenant**
Ables,JamesAbles,JohnAble,WilliamBurgess, D.J.___Baker
Ablis, JasBean, W.M.Benson, R.F.Benton,T.H Bosiclair, H.S.
Burgess, W.J. Burgess, D.J. Bean, Wm.Bogan, R.J.H. Bowman, R.
Bowman,E.S. Bruce, W.F. Blackburn, J.H. Bloodworth, T.J.N. Black, J.H.
Bodry, E.S. Boothe, J.B. Brewer, G. Bruce, W.F. Clark, R.H.
Clemons, William Crump J.C. Currin, Dan Crutcher, W.W. Chapman, T.R.
Collier, B.H. Collier G.S.Crogan, JamesCoughlin, Jas.Clemons, Thomas
Crenshaw, R.T.Carter, Dan Davidson, R.S. Dunlap, S.T.Freil, F.S.
Ford, L.H.Foster, J.H.Gates, J.R.Graham, JohnHartfiels, M.
Hartfield, M.Holbrook, D.R.Houston, R.D.Houston, AlexHouston, P.H.
Huston, J.Jones, E.E.Jones, ThomasJackson, E.Johnston, Thomas
Kreigus, J.G.Kerr, J.G.Lampkin, T.P.Lance, Geo.W.McDaniel, P. Jr.
McCarroll, J.G.McCarty, Daniel McCassell, J.G.May, LeeMadkin, T.D.
Matthews, S.J Means, A.J.Neely,JohnNeil, W.R.Page, J.F.
Piper, AlexPolk, L.JPrewitt, G.W.Price, ThomasPryor, William
Priddy, DixonPiper, AlexRiddick, RobertRoberson, JerryRoberson, Wm.
Roff, E.G.Roff, ___Rupel, W.C.Russell, W.C.Shores, Thomas W.
Shores, H.D.Shores, C.C.Steel, James S.Smith, H.R.Sewell, Samuel
Simmons, H.H.Simpson, James L.Sutton, James B.Thornton, H.H. Thompson, J.M.
Trailor, J.W.Tool, D.L. Tool, JamesTool, Robert Tiddick, Robert
Laughlin, B.M.Lee, J.J.McDaniel, R.BShores, James H..Page, D.W.
Veret, CharlesWard, N.W.Williams,_____.Walker, AsaWilson, A.J.
Walters, JamesWatkins, JohnWilliams, CharlesWells, G.W.Williams, J.J.
Wills, ThomasWorley,G.S.Worley, R.M.Worley, J.N.Worley, Chares T.



RAYBURN RIFLES

Arbuckle, B.Arendale, Dan. Arendale, GreenAshmore, A.B. Worley,G.S.
Bailey, B.Bailey, Thomas Bayliss, JohnBell, JamesBell, M.C.
Bento,H.T.Benton, W.A. Benton,C.W. Bloodworth,James Boyles,John
Bull,J.H.Brown,P.P.Brown,Alex Brown,J.A.Byrd,J.H.
Campbell,EDJ.ConnerW.H. CrosthwaitW.Crizell Dees,A.A.
Dees,C.F. Deese,C.M. Dogan,H. Dogan, James B.F.Dowden
J.H.Duke A.J. Eastridge B.A.Farris Newton Farris Fowler,James
French, W.H Garner, James Gooch, George Gooch, Gideon Grace,G.W.
Hall, W.W. Hanks, W.M.Hanks, J.HHarris,M.P. Harris,Matthew
Henson, Jaspte Hobbs,John Holeshouser, L.A. Holeshouser, W.B. Houser, Jesse
Hudson, George Hudson, James Holland, W.J. Hutchinson, George Johnston, James
Jones, Robert Keelan, G. Lunn, S.W.McBeth, J.McCartney,John
McDow, James Murphey,W.S.McDow, George T.W. McKinney, Thomas Neill, Robert
Neill, R.Noel, J.E. Nelson, E.R O'Daniel,Harris O'Daniel,Thomas
O'Dell,W.O. Patterson,George Pennington,Ed.Peince,W.L Pickle, James
Prince,E.N. Quarles, J.L.Rapjohn, F.M.Rapjohn,Stephen Rice, Joel
Rice, W. Roland, John Ross, Griffin Ross, W.E. Scott, J.R.
Sheley, E.R. Sheely, Wm. Shelton, J.S. Sheman, WalterSherrill, M
Sherrill, S.P. Shew, W.B .Smith, J.R.Smith, Owen Smith, Stanford
Smithers,G.W.Stein, F.O.Steel,F.O.Summers, H.A.Stone, John
Stont, William Sullivant, Jess, SR.Sullivant, Silas Tate, J.H. Tribble, J.M.
Ward, ThomasWarner, H.C. Walker, W.L.Warner, Able Weslake, O.S.
Willeford, A.C. Williams, L.***


TILLATOBA GRAYS

Stephen AndrewsJames BaileyR.H.BellJ.C.Brady Hugh Brown
William Boyle James Brown William ColeJ.M.BellJames Craig
H.T.CalhounJas. Cole W.J.Cooper Thos. Cole Olivar Carothers
J.W.CoxW.R.Crenshaw A.ColeRuben DavisWilliam Dickey
W.N.DehartE.D.Elliott W.S.ElliottJohn Elliott,Sr W.S.Eckridge
A.R.DukeWilliam FaulknerWm. Flannagan L.B.Gattis P.B.Gattis
Sam GoochJ.O.Gray Net Harris S.R.HarrisF.M.Hodges
Robert HamlinM.C.Harvard G.G.Harvey P.L. Hamilton Henry Horn
G.W.JonesCharles Kappa Robert KindallAlex Laughlin W.Lawrence
John McKennon J.McGerryN.A.McLeod Arch Mayfield Richard Medlin
Dan MillerW.R.Melton N.T.Metcalf Fred Miller Lewis Miller
C.D.MatthewsJ.Mozier E.Newberry S.M.Neel Frank Patterson
E.PowersW.Priddy Josiah Pittman S.B.Peterson H.T.Peterson
H.Pharr W. Pullian W.A.Pollard C.W.Powell J.J.Robins
John Robards Richard Ross Levi Staton W.M.Steel A.C.N.Sheley
J.L.ShawS.Smith J.B.Sutton R.Simmons J.S.Thompson
Lee Trotman A.Vinyard J.N.Orr Smith Murphy Elias McWaters
W.C.WilliamsA.D.Williams James WilsonJohn J.Watson P.W.West
J.WoodallJ.R.Yates * **

ROBSON'S REBELS

Marshall,JasperArrendale, J.T. Marshall, M.P.Arrendale, R.J.P. Marshall, William
Arrendale, W.G.McCartney, Robert Belsha, D.A.McCauley, James Birdsong, Henry
McCrary, WilliamBoyce, T. McDaniel, W.A. Burnett, AlexMiller, John
Castleberry, TobiasMoore, J. Copar, C.G.Morris, WilliamCox, Henry
Murphey, J.R.Cunningham, Wiley Neely, AllenCunningham, WilliamDogan, Cade
Newberry, A.JLove, Bellfield Noel, S.S.Dozier, WilliamPeterson, James
Dunn, HenryPatterson, James Dunn PleasantPayne, George R. Eastridge, ______
Ferguson, JohnPeagram, George T French, R.O Rice, C.P.French, William
Robson, RobertFuller, W.B.Ross, GriffinGerault, R.D.Scallions, George
Gray, FrancisSherrill, Marvin Green, ESmith, J.T.Hariston, Lewis
Smith, StanfordHarper, H.J. Smith, ThomasHarper, RobertSquires,Anderson
Harreston, R.F.Tatum, J.W. Harris, JamesTeague, Issac Harris, John
Terrill, G.W.Hicks, Richard Tremble, JamesHobbs, JamesWilliams, W.A.J.
Hoskins, JohnWilson, Henry Houston, J.H. Womble, CalvinHunter, J.M.
Womble, P.H.Johnston, DanYoung, D.Jones, RobertLadly, Ed
Laughlin, A.P.Little, Hampton Little, Thomas Payne, JoeGates, William


BLYTHE RIFLES-15TH. MS.

T.AlexanderDan AyrnettJ.M.Allen Joseph AllenT.H.Burkhalter
C.P.BurkhalterGeorge Burnett Liberty Byace James B.Craig Jerrald Clark
J.T.DavisH.W.DavisM.S.DorityJ.M.FolwellSam Furgerson
James GatesThomas GatesW.P. GrayRufus HicksJ.P.Heron
J.C.Hudson J.M.Hutson .S.Hall G.W.Hinton R.M.Hall
L.W.Hunter G.W.Kay James LusterWilliam McFarlandPhillip Miller
__McEachenThomas NeelyWilliam PriddyThomas StevensAllen Womble
Richard Miller C.Montgomery Robert ParsonsWiley Turner W.A.Turner
Francis Wardlaw Milton Wardlaw Pinkney Wardlaw George.W.Whitaker J.R.Wilks

COMPANY "I"-BALLENTINE'S REGIMENT

R.J.Clogston J.H.Dogan D.W.Dogan A.DorityA.C.Fonda
R.B.Frazier J.E.French D.D.Hardin J.R.Lovell G.F.Lawrence
George LittleThomas McGinnisJ.McCarty R.T.Payne J.B.Peterson
C.C.Pette W.E.Robitzsch A.J.SimpsonIssac Smith J.K.Smith
S.S.Starnes A.R.Turner P.D.Turner J.A.Wilks E.M.Womble


WIGFALL GUARDS

Paul AikenHenry AllisonR.C.CrumpLeonard CrisswellDavid Davidson
Thomas Harper Joseph Tribble Jacob Newberry Thomas Price John Stanton
John ThomasThomas TerrillH.C.TerrillJohn BeckG.W. Tribble
James TaylorGeorge TaylorL.D.WilliamsJames WilliamsA.W.Whitaker


PETTIS ARTILLERY

James M Brewer W.R.CrisswellJ.F.Gates ___EdwardsJames Goodwin
Harper Newson Samuel Young* * *


MILLERS CALVARY

John McFarland Charles Harper L.S. Harper **


OCHACHICAMUS

E. Griffith Charles Hurd W.C. Pegram J.B. Palmer *


YALLOBUSHA RIFLES

B. England George W.Reed Jasper Moore H.P. WaltonJ.D.WaltonM.J.C.Williams


WARDS BATTERY

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James H. Abbott James Arbuckle A.J. AllenJ.S. AshcroftB.F.Avent
S.C.Barnes Durrett Barnes J.M.Bloodworth T.J.Burgess T.F.Bryans
L.N.Betterton Christopher CoxW. Crenshaw Mack Chandler A. Elliott
J.J.CrumpAllen Gentry William Laughlin G.W. Higgins Cullen McMullen
G.M.Cox H.W. Gibson P.B. DensonJoe DriscalJames Fillin
Michael Hines Thomas Herrington Turner Havens D.W. Harris James Holeshouser
Ben JenkinsWesley Lawrence F.W.Merrin Wm.LottC.J.F. Meriweather
Daniel MorrisD.G. MorrisMillington Neal Newton OrrJohn Powell
John Flynn J.E. ReddinDavid Richards Ben Sturdivant Henry Simmons
G.L. SharkeyJohn J. Tapley J. Townsend C.W. WilkinsMoses Williams
William C.Martin George WhitlockWilliam Worley R.F. Williams William Kendall
William Weatherby Wesley Powell Joe Priddy **


STANFORD'S BATTERY

James Brewer John Brooks Ben DuncanGeorge W. Lamkin S.P. Lacock John Martin


1ST. MISSISSIPPI BATTALION

Paul AikenL. CrisswellRobert Crump L. H. Davis J.M.D.Murray A.C.Terrell

ROBSON REBELS CO. "B" 29TH. MISSISSIPPI

T.A. CockH.T. CockeWilkin Cocke R. Hobson J.O.B. Jolley
A.G.Mooney William QuarlesRobt. Toole Tobias Toole *


3RD. MISSISSIPPI REGIMENT

Thomas AlexanderThomas Hunter Christopher O'Neal Mac O"Neal


MISSISSIPPI STATE TROOPS

G.S.AdamsW.H.AdamsJ.L. Allen A.N.Bell E.H. Bemis
F.R. BaileyW.J. Noles William BowlesS.T.Brunson A.K. Bell
A.S.BurkhalterIsaac BurkhalterA.C. Burkhalter John Blythe G.P. Boone
Robert BlytheW.T. BurdenshawJames Curry L.V. CrisswellJ.W. Condry
Samuel DowingB.M.DukeJ.M. Duke Zeb EllettJohn Elliott
W.R. FergusonReuben FlemingMoses Fowler Miles GoodwinJ.C. Guy
William GwartneyJ.W. HadenJoel R. Harrel H. HarrisJames Henderson
Arthur HensonR. HensonJames Hutson Simeon JolleyAnthony King
R.P LawsonR.E. LeeJ.D. Love Alex McMullenSmith Murphy
R.H. ParsonsJ.W.ParsonsJerry Parsons J.J. ParkerJ.L. Parker
Alex PattisonE.G. Porter H.P. PowersG.E. RobersonH.L. Reewolla
S. Rhodes David Ross J.A. RossWillis ShawR. Smith
J.C. StevensOrney Sullivant J.W. TannerM.L.Tanner John Taylor
Henry TerryJ. Thomas L. TownsJ.A.J. Thronton J.C.Turner
R.H.Turner J.W. WelchDavid WhiteH.L.White Henry Wiggins
J.W. WilliamsT.D.WilkinsJoshua Nelson **


  MISSISSIPPI DEVILS, Panola

  MISSISSIPPI DEVILS, Panola County- James Mooney;
WATER VALLEY RIFLES- Thomas Belsha;
JACKSON DIV.(VA.)- W.B.Marshall;>
HUDSON CALVARY-Carroll Co.) --L.A. Collier;
RUTLEDGES ARTILLERY(TENN.) --James Turner;

CARROLLTON RIFLES-- J.T. Newton;
BLACKHAWK RIFLES --A.S. Pate;>
GRAYSPORT GRAYS ---Issac Parker;
TEXAS CALVARY --David E. Miller;
CO. "G" 15TH. MISS. --D.S. Watson, S. Watson;
CO. UNKNOWN- W. Edwards, G. Edwards, Dr. Starnes, W. Renfroe,
Emmet Clopton, (in Va.), Frank Farley (in Va.),
Richard Priddy(in Va), Nathan Bellas, Thomas Bellas,
Nathan Stark,___Davis, John Roper, L.P. Sutton, H. Ruth,
Dr. William Carr,Robert Clopton(in Va.), John Walton,
__Breakham, James Aiken
LONGSTREETS DIV.- --W.W. Warner, J. Rapjohn;
FORREST'S CALVARY --Thomas Dennis: Pallas Abram Jones Neely
JACKSON'S CALVARY --Miles Haden

The following information was sent to me by one of the family members, credit for the information goes to Susan Dunn, a descendent and a member of the Daughters of confederate Veterans.
Isaac Dunn---Co. K 30th Mississippi Infantry volunteers Enlisted Feb. 27, 1862 Wounded Battle of Murphreesboro, Tn. Dec. 31, 1862 Killed in Action, Oct. 1, 1863, Battle of Lookout Mountain, Tn. Age 27 Henry and Pleasant Dunn are already listed as members of Robson's Rifles Isaac Dunn's brothers in law were also in the 30th Ms. Infantry Volunteers in Co. K. I have partial records for both. John F. Yewell enlisted on Sept. 18, 1863 "John F. Yewell appears on a list of killed, wounded or missing, of talthall's Brigade, in the engagement on Lookout Mountain, Tenn. (Nov. 24, 1863) John Yell was captured and sent to a prisoner of war camp at Nashville, Tn. from there to Louisville, Ky. and then to Rock Island, Ill. Where he later died. He is buried there in grave plot no. 1265 Died June 16, 1864 of Hepatitis Norman M. Yewell enlisted March 3, 1862 in Co. K, 30th Ms. Infantry Volunteers. Captured Nov. 24, 1863. Sent to prisoner of war camp at Nashville, Tn, then to Louisville, Ky, and then to Rock Island, Ill. He remained there until the war ended and was transported to New Orleans and freed after taking the oath of allegiance. It appears that when John was wounded Norman would not leave him and was captured. Norman lived to be about 86 years of age. His last application for pension from the state of Ms. was in 1924.

This is some information that Tom Neely sent to me about some of the men who served. These were his uncles and grandfathers. Dillon, William Carrol was captured and imprisoned, the family still does not know when or where, but while in prison he contracted small pox and was released. He went home to see his wife and childen, but could not go into the house because of the disease. He died in 1863. Their place was called "Pine Hill Plantation", and was located about four miles from Oakland. When Captian Dillon died and the war ended they lost their land. Tom said his greatgrandmother never got over it. Holsouser, A.J.-served with Jeff Thompsons's Command, and wascaptured on June 1, 1862, in Memphis. He was imprisoned in Camp Douglas, Illinois until Sept. 30, when he was released upon taking the "Oath of Alleiance". Neely, John Thomas, brother of Pallas. Served with CoF 15th Ms. He lost his leg in the battle of Gettysburg on July 3, 1863. He went home. Neely, Pallas A.J.-Served with Co L 5th Ms Calvary. He was captured on Dec 16, 1864 during the battle of Nashville. He was imprisoned at Camp Chase, ohio until March 31, 1865. He was released upon taking the "Oath of Allegiance". He went to work for thePeacock Sawmill company in Charleston. He then moved to Lake Country, Tennessee, where he drowned at age 30 in Reelfoot Lake. Tom states that his grandfather was only 6 months old when this happened. How ironic that someone could live though a war and then die an a swimming accident. Some of this roster came from the WPA files and some of it came from "A History of Tallahatchie County"-Compiled by Lillie Neely Henry. It is used with permission from her family. They felt as I do that Mrs. Henry would feel honored that we use some of her writings. She most likely took the rosters from the WPA files also. She had missed some, as is very easy to do when you are indexing those records, and sometimes the mocrofilm isn't clear. This material based partly on information in a booklet made by the Tallahatchie Chapter,Mississippi State Society, Daughters of the American Revolution, Organized November 21, 1958. The Military Roster was taken from the records of the Chancery Clerk's office at Charleston. Mrs. Lillie Neely Henry was Chancery clerk there. The booklet was Compiled by: Mrs. Lillie Neely Henry, Chancery Clerk at Charleston, Ms, and Edited by, Jean Conger May. The Mississippi Sun of Charleston Mississippi is listed as Publisher.

Our deep appreciation to those of you who have given us additional names and helped us by given the correct spelling to some of the names, although you may know a name should be spelled differently from the way it is listed we can not, by law change the way it was on the State Census. Jim Taylor and Tom Neely are among those who have helped with corrections. If you see any errors please do not hesitate to let either Lela Evans or me know--Thanks

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