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71 McGehee, Dr. J. G. L.
91 Reeves, William R.
52 Howe, Charles
72 McGill, Henry
92 Rushing, Elisha T.
53 Hewson, George
73 McCusker, John
93 Stovall, Robert D.
54 Irwin, James
74 McNabb, James
94 Sutherland, Alex.
55 Jelks, Eugene W.
56 Jewell, Collinwood
76 Matthews, George N.
96 Sandell, S. Murray
57 Jones, H. L.
77 Martin, William
97 Sparkman, A. P.
58 Ligon, Lemuel T.
78 May, William
98 Tarbutton, A. J.
59 Lewis, Jesse W. B.
79 May, Jared B.
99 Tarver, John E. J. 100 Travis, John Q.
60 Lewis, Benjamin H.
80 Morgan, Green W.
IOI Tisdale, Joseph M.
62 Laney, E. A.
82 Neal, James N. IO2 Walker, John A.
63 Lamkin, Charles A.
83 Netherland, Joseph N.
IO3 Walker, Anderson
64 Lamkin, Samuel R.
. 84 Pearson, Holden
65 Leonard, David
85 Pendarvis, James
66 Leonard, John
86 Page, James
67 Lawrence, Irwin G.
87 Pearl, Seth W.
106 Wilson, R. D.
68 Luter, William D.
88 Root, George W.
107 Yarborough, Wesley
Thus organized the Quitman Guards were mustered into the State service on the 21st of April, 1861, by Capt. Griffith, in front of the residence of John T. Lamkin, on the public square at Holmes- ville, in the presence of a large number of ladies; and on the 26th of May following the company embarked on the cars at Magnolia for Corinth, Miss., where they were ordered to rendezvous. On this occasion, Magnolia was the scene of a great gathering of the people from all parts of the county to witness the departure of the. soldiers to the seat of war, as every precinct in the county was repre- sented in the ranks of that company. Their names are all here, carefully preserved by this writer, ever since that eventful period.
Arriving at Corinth, the Quitman Guards were connected with the 16th Mississippi regiment, composed of nine other companies as follows, and designated Co. "E:"
Summit Rifles, Co. "A," Capt. Murphy, (succeeding Blincoe, re- signed) of Pike County.
Westville Guards, Co. "B," Capt. Funches, Simpson County.
Chrystal Springs Southern Rights, "C," Capt. Davis, Copiah County.
70 McGehee, William Frank
90 Regan, Thomas G.
75 Mixon, Alex. R.
95 Simmons, George B.
61 Lewis, Martin L.
. 81 Newman, Thomas H.
104 Williams, W. L.
105 Winborne, Benjamin Frank
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Adams Light Guards, "D," Capt. Robert Clark, Natchez, Adams County.
Jasper Grays, "F," Capt. J. J. Shannon, Jasper County.
Fairview Rifles, "G," Capt. Moore, Claiborne County.
Smith Defenders, "H," Capt. W. H. Hardy, Smith County.
Adams Light Guards, "I," Capt. Walworth, Natchez, Adams County.
Wilkinson Rifles, "K," Capt. Carnot Posey, Wilkinson County.
Capt. Posey was elected Colonel, Capt. Robert Clark, of Co. D., Adams Light Guards, was elected Lieutenant Colonel and Lieut. Thomas R. Stockdale was elected Major. These troops all volun- teered for one year, counting from the organization of the regiment at Corinth, May 27, 1861.
These troops were kept at Corinth in camp of instruction from this time until the 24th of July, after the news was received of the battle of Bull Run or First Manassas, July 18-21, 1861, when they were ordered to Virginia. Considerable sickness prevailed among them at Corinth, caused from the water they were compelled to use, being impregnated with lime, to which they were unaccustomed, and improperly cooked food. Provisions were given under the old army rules and really in greater quantities than necessary and a large number were stricken with diarrhea, and besides this the measles broke out among them, and the mortality was very great, and had a very discouraging influence in the ranks. The Quitman Guards were particularly unfortunate in this respect. The following mem- bers died at this place: Benjamin H. Lewis, F. P. Johnson, Pearl Harvey, Thomas Hamilton, Corporal Louis Coney, William D. Luter, and several were discharged from disability incurred.
On the 22nd of July, after the men had cooked and eaten their supper, the news came along the electric wires of the battle of Bull Run, and its results, which was received with vociferous shouts from the five thousand Mississippians stationed at Corinth, and on the 24th, Col. Posey received orders to repair with his regiment to Vir- ginia.
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DR. WM. J. LAMKIN Gloster, Miss. Quitman Guards, Co. E, 16th Miss. Regt., Harris' Brigade, Lee's Army
The following recruits were subsequently added to the Quitman Guards:
I Andrews, Thomas J.
2 Boutwell, William
3 Bankston, Burton D.
4 Barnes, B. L.
5 Barnet, James A.
6 Conerly, Buxton R.
7 Coleston, John A.
8 Donahoe, John A.
9 Estess, William A.
10 Foxworth, George
II Guy, Jesse W.
12 Guy, William Jefferson
13 Garner, Ransom
14 Holloway, T. P.
15 Holloway, Felix H.
16 Hartwell, Charles E.
17 Lamkin, William J., (transferred from 11th Mississippi).
18 Lamkin, Tilman S.
19 Lyles, John Y.
20 McGehee, Hans J.
21 Miller, George W.
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22 Magee, William Levi
23 Newman, Joseph B.
24 Newman, John A.
25 Payne, William L.
34 Smith, George
35 Smith, Dan J.
36 Welch, Samuel
37 Watts, Arthur T.
38 Wilson, Matthew
Thus it will be seen that the number of men belonging to this company was 145, but it was reduced by losses in transferred and discharged to the number of forty two.
The readers attention is called to the fact that some of the names of men who were discharged and transferred appear in the rolls of other companies from Pike County, subsequently formed. Some were transferred to other State regiments.
The following named persons ceased to be members of the Quit- man Guards by being discharged on account of disability at the time of discharge or transferred:
I Ast, John
2 Breed, E.
3 Barnes, J. A.
4 Barksdale, A. J.
5 Cropper, E. G. (over age).
6 Cook, Thomas D.
7 Coleston, John A.
8 Conerly, M. R.
9 Coney, William L. (under age).
Io Crawford, J. D.
II Estess, W. A.
12 Forest, B. F.
13 Gibson, Jesse F.
14 Gillespie, J. P.
15 Hamlin, O. C.
16 Hewson, George (to Co. D, 16th).
17 Holloway, T. P. (over age).
18 Garner, Rans
19 Irwin, James
20 Laney, E. A. (to 15th Alabama).
21 Leonard, John
22 Lamkin, Charles A. (under age).
23 Ligon, Charles A. 12
24 Lawrence, Irvin J.
25 Lewis, Martin L.
26 May, William
27 Morgan, Green
28 McGehee, Dr. J. G. L.
29 McCusker, John
30 McIntosh, D. M., (transferred to Co. C, 16th Mississippi).
31 Martin, William, (transferred to Washington Artillery).
32 Neal, James
33 Netherland, J. A.
34 Newman, J. B.
35 Pearl, Seth
36 Ratliff, Warren
37 Rushing, W. T.
38 Smith, C. C.
39 Sutherland, Alex.
40 Tisdale, J. M.
41 Welch, Samuel
42 Watts, A. T., (transferred to Summit Rifles).
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31 Scarborough, Henry
32 Simmons, Jeff. E.
33 Smith, C. C.
26 Rushing, Warren T.
27 Rhodus, Reeves
28 Stanford, James D.
29 Sandifer, Hans D.
30 Sparkman, William L.
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The recapitulation of the Quitman Guards is as follows:
Died of disease . 27
Enlisted
107
Killed in battle I3
Recruited
38
Died of wounds 3
Discharged and transferred 48
Total
I45
Officers retired . 4
Men living and belonging to com- pany May 1, 1865 50
Total. I45
QUITMAN GUARDS SURVIVORS KNOWN TO BE LIVING, APRIL 21, 1906.
I Capt. John Holmes, Picayune, Miss., died 1907.
2 Lieut. John Q. Travis, Magnolia, Miss., died 1907.
3 Sergt. Elisha C. Andrews, Gloster, Miss.
4 Dr. Wm. J. Lamkin, Gloster, Miss.
5 Dr. A. P. Sparkman, Magnolia, Miss.
6 Simeon Ratliff, McComb, Miss.
7 Dr. R. T. Hart, McComb, Miss., died 1908.
8 Thomas Regan, Darbun, Miss.
9 Charles E. Hartwell, Wesson, Miss.
10 George W. Root, Linus, La.
II Thomas M. Barr, Kansas City, Mo. 12 George Smith, Tylertown, Miss.
13 Warren Lafayette Payne, Tyler- town, Miss.
14 John A. Walker, Magnolia, Miss. 15 Buxton R. Conerly, Marshall, Tex. 16 Luke W. Conerly, Gulfport, Miss. 17 Thomas Andrews, Monticello, Miss. 18 Hans J. Sandifer, McComb, Miss.
19 William Thad Tyler, Chattanooga, Tenn.
20 William L. Coney (later in Stock- dale's Cavalry), Magnolia, Miss.
21 Chas. A. Lamkin (later in Holmes- ville Guards), Texas.
22 Irvin G. Lawrence, Pike Co., Miss. 23 Jared B. May, died 1907
24 Jefferson Guy, Texas.
25 Frank B. Forest, Texas.
26 B. F. Winborne, Columbia, Miss.
27 Eugene W. Jelks, Marion Co., Miss. '
COLONEL SENECA M'NEIL BAIN.
Colonel Seneca McNeil Bain was a native of New York State. He married and emigra ted to Mississippi in the early fifties with his wife and cousin, William J. Bain, and Miss Orrie Gillis. William J. Bain was a talented young lawyer and a popular man among the people, especially with the young men and young women at Holmesville. He died in Covington County while on one of his pro- fessional trips in 1860, during the heated season, deeply mourned by all his young friends.
Col. Bain engaged in school teaching with Miss Orrie Gillis at Holmesville, and was so engaged at the time of the breaking out of the Civil War. He and
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his wife had an only child, a little girl, that they named Dixie, and Dixie was a favorite song sung and played on their musical instruments by the family.
Col. Bain studied medicine and attended a course of lectures at the Medical Institute of Louisiana in New Orleans, during the term of 1860-1861, in com- pany with Dr. A. P. Sparkman, Dr. C. P. Conerly and Dr. Joe Thornhill. He joined the Quitman Guards, was elected lieutenant and went out into the Con- federate service with that company and fought through the war in Virginia. He was elected captain of the Quitman Guards in 1862 and rose to the rank of colonel of the regiment at the battle of "Bloody Angle," Spottsylvania Court House, May 12, 1864, and was the last colonel of the Sixteenth Mississippi Regiment. He was captured in the battle of Weldon Railroad, during the siege of Petersburg, August 21, 1864, and was held a prisoner until the close of the war, when he returned to his old home at Holmesville, where he remained until he finished his course in medicine. He subsequently removed to the State of Texas, where he remained until his death, about 1900. He was greatly loved by the members of the Quitman Guards and by the entire Sixteenth Mis- sissippi Regiment. He was a quiet man, handsome, and genteel in his deport- ment, and as cool in battle while commanding his men as he ever was in the quiet control of his classes in the school room. His name will live in the history of the services of the Sixteenth Mississippi in the great conflicts in Virginia under Lee, along with Carnot Posey, Samuel E. Baker, A. M. Feltus and the intrepid Coun- cil, who lost their lives commanding that regiment in the sanguinary conflicts of Bristoe, Spottsylvania and Petersburg.
OFFICERS RETIRED APRIL 26, 1862.
I S. A. Matthews, Captain.
2 James M. Nelson, Ist Lieut.
3 Thomas R. Stockdale, 2nd Lieut. and Major.
4 R. J. R. Bee, 3rd Lieut.
KILLED IN BATTLE.
I Elisha T. Rushing, Bloody Angle, Spottsylvania C. H., Va., May 12, 1864.
2 Alex. R. Mixon, Brigade Ensign, Bloody Angle, Spottsylvania C. H., Va., May 12, 1864.
3 J. D. Standford, Turkey Ridge, Va., June 6, 1864.
4 Matthew Wilson, Sergt., Wilder- ness, Va., May 6, 1864.
5 A. E. Ard, Corp., Weldon Railroad, Va., August 21, 1864.
6 Tilman S. Lamkin, Weldon Rail- road, Va., August 21, 1864.
7 William L. Sparkman, Petersburg, Va., April 2, 1865.
8 Robert D. Stovall, Sergt., Peters- burg, Va., April 2, 1865.
9 James Page, in trenches, Peters- burg, Va., October 9, 1864.
Io Asa H. Guina, Chancellorsville, Va., May 2, 1863.
II John A. Newman, Chancellorsville, Va., May 2, 1863.
12 Westley Yarborough, mortally wounded, Cross Keys, Va., June 8,1862.
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KILLED IN BATTLE.
13 George W. Simmons, mortally wound- 16 Jesse W. Guy, Sharpsburg, Md., ed, Cold Harbor, Va., June 27, 1862. September 17, 1862.
14 Joseph W. Collins, Cold Harbor, June 17 Wm. R. Reeves, mortally wound- 27, 1862.
15 Lieut. Colden Wilson, mortally wounded, Sharpsburg, Md., Sep- tember 17 1862.
ed, Gettysburg, Pa., July 4, 1863.
WOUNDED IN BATTLE.
I A. P. Sparkman, Cross Keys, Va., June 8, 1862.
2 Jared B. May, Cross Keys, Va., June 8, 1862.
3 Thos. Jeff Forest, Gettysburg, Pa., July 3, 1863, and in the trenches at Petersburg, July, 1864.
4 Samuel R. Lamkin, lost arm, Au- gust 21, 1864, Weldon Railroad.
5 J. Alex. Brent, Petersburg, Va., September, 1864.
6 Hans D. Sandefer, Bloody Angle, Spottsylvania, May 12, 1864.
7 L. W. Conerly, Bloody Angle, Spottsylvania, May 12, 1864, and at Sharpsburg, Md., Sep- tember 17, 1862.
8 R. D. Stovall, Bloody Angle, May 12, 1864.
9 William J. Lamkin, Weldon Rail- road, August 21, 1864; Second Manassas, August 30, 1862; also at Bull Run, July 21, 1861, while a member of rIth Miss.
Io Holden Pearson, Weldon Railroad, August 21, 1864.
II John A. Donohoe, Petersburg, Va., July, 1864.
I2 John A. Walker, Turkey Ridge, Va., June, 1864; Second Manas- sas, August 30, 1862.
13 Lemuel T. Ligon, Turkey Ridge, Va., June, 1864.
14 William Garner, permanently dis- - abled, from which he subse-
quently died, Cross Keys, June 8, 1862.
15 George Root, Cold Harbor, June 27, 1862, both knees.
16 Lieut. John Holmes, Cold Harbor, June 27, 1862.
17 Wash L. Williams, arm off, Second Manassas, August 30, 1862.
18 Benjamin Holmes, Second Manas- sas, August 30, 1862.
19 Burton D. Bankston, Second Ma- nassas, August 30, 1862.
20 Matthew Wilson, Second Manassas, August 30, 1862.
2I Lieut. Van C. Coney, Sharpsburg, September 17, 1862.
22 Reaves Rhodis, Sharpsburg, Sep- tember 17, 1862.
23 David Leonard, Sharpsburg, Sep- tember 17, 1862.
24 A. J. Tarbutton, Sharpsburg, Sep -. tember 17, 1862.
25 William McCusker, Sharpsburg, September 17, 1862.
26 A. E. Ard, Sharpsburg, September 17, 1862.
27 Thomas M. Barr, Sharpsburg, Sep- tember 17, 1862.
28 Lieut. J. Q. Travis, Chancellors- ville, May 2, 1863.
29 Simeon Ratliff, Chancellorsville, May 2, 1863.
30 W. L. Payne, Chancellorsville, May 2, 1863.
31. T. J. Forest, Chancellorsville, May 2, 1863.
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LIEUTENANT JOHN Q. TRAVIS Second Lieutenant Quitman Guards, 16th Mississippi Regiment
JOHN QUINCY TRAVIS.
Lieut. John Quincy Travis was born in Amite County on the 30th day of December, 1832, near Travis Bridge, on the Amite River. His grandfather, John Travis, came to the territory of Mississippi in early 1800 from South Carolina, when his father, John Travis, was a small boy, and he came directly from the old pioneer stock of South Carolina, who plunged into the deep wil-
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derness amid all its dangers and hardships to establish new homes as soon as Mississippi was constituted a territorial government. The name of Travis belongs to the history of the past, and is associated with all that excites the admiration for heroism and chivalry. It is stamped indelibly upon the recollec- tion of the Texas revolution and the Alamo lives in history as a monument to its memory. John Travis, the grandfather of our subject, was a first cousin to the celebrated Travis of Alamo fame, who, while on his way to join the Texas patriots, stopped a few days in Amite County with him.
John Quincy Travis' mother was Polly Raiborn, daughter of Joseph Rai- born, who also came from South Carolina in the early 1800 and settled on Tan- gipahoa, about four miles from the town of Magnolia. In his boyhood Mr. Travis learned the carpenters' trade and in 1852, at the age of 20, he went to Holmesville and pursued his occupation there until 1855, when he went to Eastern Texas and lived until the breaking out of the war in 1861, then returned to Holmesville and joined the Quitman Guards as a private in the ranks, and went with the company to Virginia under Capt. Samuel A. Mathews. He was with the Sixteenth Mississippi Regiment in the celebrated Valley Campaign, as part of Ewell's command, who reinforced Stonewall Jackson and partici- pated in the battle of Winchester on Sunday, May 25, 1862, which resulted in the defeat of N. P. Banks and his expulsion from Virginia. Previous to this battle, at a reorganization of the company, he was elected second sergeant. He participated in the battle of Cross Keys, when Fremont's forces were defeated, and then on through that wonderful movement of Jackson and Ewell to Rich- mond, when on the 26th of June, 1862, they struck Mcclellan's right, and, in the Seven Days' Battles, beat him back under cover of his gunboats. He was in the fight at Turkey Ridge and Cold Harbor. He participated in the battle of Second Manassas on the 30th of August, 1862, when the army of Northern Vir- ginia, under Gen. Robert E. Lee, defeated the Federals under Pope and drove him back to Washington. It was at this battle that Sergeant Travis was recommended by Gen. Featherston for promotion for meritorious conduct on the field while the Sixteenth Mississippi was exposed to a deadly fire from the . enemy's batteries. He was at the siege of Harpers Ferry, where Gen. Miles and his command of eleven thousand men were captured, and at Sharpsburg, Md., on the 17th of September following. He was at Hazle River with his command, in support of Gen. J. E. B. Stuart on the 10th of November, and at Fredericksburg on the 11th, 12th and 13th of December, 1862, where the Con- federates under Lee so signally defeated Gen. Burnside.
At the battle of Chancellorsville, on the 2nd of May, 1863, he commanded the second platoon of the Quitman Guards on the picket line, when some hard fighting was done, Lieutenant Van C. Coney being in command of the company. They became exposed to a severe artillery fire of the enemy and it was here that Lieutenant Travis lost his right hand, thus commingling his blood on the same field made famous by the defeat, by Gen. Lee with 40,000 men of Gen. Joe Hook- er with 110,000 men, and the loss by the Confederate army of the illustrious Stonewall Jackson. In this great battle, Lieutenant John Holmes acted major
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of the Sixteenth Mississippi Regiment. After returning home from the army Lieutenant Travis engaged in the occupation of farming. He married Sarah K. Coney, daughter of Jeremiah Coney and Emily Quin. In 1871 he was elected Sheriff of Pike County and served three terms, being elected by a good majority in the campaign of 1875. He was afterwards assistant postmaster at. Magnolia for six years.
In the army he gave to the Confederacy, in behalf of his native State, all the spirit it was possible for him to give, sanctifying his devotion to duty with his blood upon the altar of its cause.
In his declining years he carried along with him the tender love of his sur- viving comrades and the esteem of his fellow citizens; and after an eventful life covering a period of seventy-six years, he passed from among them and was laid peacefully to rest in the cemetery at Magnolia.
SUMMIT RIFLES.
On the 20th of April, 1861, the Summit Rifles were organized and mustered into the State service by R. W. Bowen, in the town of Summit.
The following is the muster roll of that company as originally formed and afterwards recruited:
Capt. J. D. Blincoe resigned and did not enter service with company.
I E. H. Murphy, Ist Lieut., pro- moted to Captain, died at War- renton, Va.
2 L. R. Austin, 2nd Lieut., pro- moted to Captain, mortally wounded at Sharpsburg or An- tietam, Md.
3 P. H. Thorpe, 3rd Lieut., trans- ferred to Kentucky regiment.
4 C. H. Lyster, Ist Sergt.
5 D. B. Packer, 2nd Sergt.
6 George Ernst, 3rd Sergt.
7 4th Sergt., vacant.
7 T. J. Casey, 5th Sergt., killed at Weldon Railroad, Va.
8 H. Lotterhos, Ist Corp.
9 2nd Corp., vacant.
Io Thomas D. Day, 3rd Corp., wounded, lost leg.
II Henry Bonner, 4th Corp.
12 Algenon S. Mitchell, Ensign, killed at Bulls Bluff, on James River, in fight three days after Lee's surrender.
13 B. T. Gatlin, C Guard.
14 S. D. Autie, C Guard.
PRIVATES.
15 Andrews, Robert
16 Adams, J. O.
17 Burk, M.
18 Byrd, James
19 Byrd, George W.
20 Black, Elisha, (killed.)
21 Brown, James, (promoted to Cap- tain, killed at Malvern Hill, Va.).
22 Bales, Jesse
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SUMMIT RIFLES-CONTINUED.
23 Boyd, James, (killed).
24 Clarke, A. S.
25 Conlon, T. M.
26 Connelly, P.
27 Collins, W. G., Captain, (resign- ed).
28 Carruth, John P.
29 Coon, W. C.
30 Coon, David
31 Coon, J. C.
32 Coon, Louis
33 Cole, Wash, (killed).
34 Collins, Calvin
35 Coffin, Sam T., (ex-Nicarauga soldier, under Walker).
36 Cook, C. P.
37 Carter, J. M.
38 Crocket, Joe, (killed).
39 Conden, Enos
40 Cummings, Charlie
41 Carter, Henry
42 Carter, Daniel
43 Dick, Isaac C., (severely wounded at Cold Harbor; subsequently transferred to the Washington Artillery, of New Orleans, La. At the battle of Cold Harbor he was color bearer of the Sixteenth Mississippi and was shot down in the charge made on the Penn- sylvania Bucktails, who were routed and driven from the field.
44 Dunker, Henry
45 Dawling, W. M.
46 Dixon, James D.
47 Delaughter, Warren
48 Dick, Benj
49 Delaney, Ned, (killed).
50 Denman, W. C., (killed).
51 Davis, Charles
52 Ezell, Roulst
53 Farnham, John D.
54 Farrell, David
55 Folts, Henry
56 Felder, Hansford
57 Fronthall, Louis
58 Forester, C. H.
59 Fonden, Anderson
60 Ferguson, James M., (transferred. See Stockdale's Cavalry, Capt. Hoover).
61 Garner, Thos. A., (wounded; last captain of company).
62 Gunnels, N. R.
63 Gatlin, Thos. I., (died).
64 Gatlin, E. H., (mortally wounded; was captured at Bloody Angle, Spottsylvania C. H., Va., May 12, 1864).
65 Gerald, A. G., (killed).
66 Gibson, Ralph, (wounded; ex-vet- eran First Mississippi, under Jefferson Davis, in war with Mexico; severely wounded at Hazle River, Va.).
67 Huckaby, James, (died).
68 Hales, D. F., (killed).
69 Hoover, Christian, (wounded; see Stockdale's Cavalry-captain).
70 Hiller, Nathan
71 Hammond, W. C.
72 Harris, R. G.
73 Hooter, David
74 Hill, I. I.
75 Holloway, V. M., (killed).
76 .Holmes, Crawford
77 Hart, Pincus
78 Hart, Morris
79 Hart, Nathan
80 Kruse, Charlie, (died).
81 Kennedy, T. E.
82 Louden, Andrew
83 Lenoir, John G., (killed).
84 Lanagan, Dan, (killed).
85 Lotterhos, Fred
86 Lewis, Martin, (from Quitman Guards).
87 Lenoir, D. C., (died).
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SUMMIT RIFLES-CONTINUED.
88 Lea, Willie, (died).
III Peterson, C. S.
89 Moise, I.
II2 Rodgers, C.
90 Mogan, Edward
II3 Rodgers, R. W.
91 McCloy, S. W.
114 Spicer, John Y.
92 Monaghan, James
115 Sipple, L.
93 Maples, John H.
116 Scherck, Louis
94 Miller, Charles
II7 Shaw, G. M.
95 McGowan, Pat C.
118 Standard, Geo. W., (wounded).
119 Turner, A. S., (wounded).
97 Maxie, James L., (killed).
120 Tunison, Edward
98 Montgomery, W. H.
99 Murphy, Pete, (killed).
I22 Wadsworth, W. M., (killed).
100 McClosky, Dan
123 Westrope, D. C.
IOI McColgin, M.
IO2 Miller, George, (killed).
IO3 McDavid, W. A.
I04 Montgomery, William
105 Moak, A.
106 Newsom, James M., (died).
107 Newman, -, from Chatawa.
108 Nall, Mike, (wounded).
109 Neeley, J. M., (killed).
IIO O'Callahan, Baldwin (Bun).
I24 Watts, Arthur T., (from Quitman Guards; lieutenant).
125 Wagoner, Louis, (originator of the word“ bulldose," "bulldozer," "bulldoozer," as applied to that organization).
I26 Westbrook, J. B.
127 Weil, Meyer
128 Wells, Columbus
The Summit Rifles was designated as Co. A, 16th Mississippi, and the Quitman Guards Co. E, of the 16th Mississippi Regiment.
Their first colonel was Carnot Posey, Captain of the Wilkinson Rifles, afterward Brigadier General of the 12th, 19th, 16th and 48th Regiments, mortally wounded at the battle of Bristoe Station, Vir- ginia, October 14, 1863, General Posey commanded this brigade in the center of Lee's line against a brigade of United States regulars at the battle of Sharpsburg, (Antietam) Maryland, September 17, 1862. The brigade was then under Gen. W. S. Featherston, who had been wounded at Richmond.
The second colonel of the 16th Mississippi, was Samuel E. Baker, of the Adams Light Guards, from Natchez. He and Lieut. Col. A. M. Feltus, of the Wilkinson Rifles, were both killed in the fight at "Bloody Angle" or "Blood Bend" at Spottsylvania, C. H., Virginia, . in retaking Lee's works captured by the enemy May 12, 1864.
96 Maples, Erastus
I2I Taylor, D. C.
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The third colonel was Capt. Council of the Adams Light Guards, from Natchez.
The fourth and last colonel was Seneca McNeil Bain, of the Quit- man Guards. Col. Bain survived the war, graduated in medicine and spent the remainder of his life as a practicing physician in Texas.
The Summit Rifles and Quitman Guards with their regiment, participated in the following campaigns and battles: Front Royal, Virginia, May 24th, and Winchester, Virginia, May 25th, 1862, under Ewell and Stonewall Jackson, against N. P. Banks, in the Shenan- doah Valley; and Jackson's and Ewell's celebrated retreat from Harpers Ferry, after driving Bank's forces out of Virginia, eluding the junction of Fremont and Shields to intercept them at Strasburg.
Cross Key, Va., June 8, 1862.
Mechanicsville, Va., June 26, 1862.
Cold Harbor, Va., June 27, 1862.
Malvern Hill to the close of the seven days battles before Rich- mond against Gen. George B. McClellan.
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