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Mississippi in the US Civil War (CSA) 1861-1865

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Rev. William Perry "Billy" Hobbs, (CSA) (1839 - 1912)
PVT Co. B Regiment, MS Infantry, MS Volunteers Baptist Minister; lost his arm in the War
Pvt. Wiley Mathis, CSA (1842 - 1901)
NOTE: He is sometimes listed as "Wiley C. Mathis," but no middle initial has been found on his available records so far. It's possible that 1) some researchers have confused him with the Wiley C. Mathi...
Colonel Winchester Bledsoe Shelby, (CSA) (1827 - 1873)
Colonel Winchester Bledsoe Shelby Colonel Shelby, 39th Mississippi Infantry. Shelby, born in Tennessee, enlisted in Jackson, Mississippi on 13 May 1862. He became a Prisoner of War (POW) when Port...
Pvt Cullen E Rutland (1833 - 1862)
Civil War Soldier - Private Rutland was a member of Company H 7th Regiment Mississippi Infantry. He was a resident of Lawrence County MS and died of disease in one of the Columbus CSA hospitals. Sou...
Col. William H.H. Tison (CSA) (1822 - 1882)
Tison, William Henry Haywood (1822-1882) — also known as Col. W. H. H. Tison — of Carrollville, Prentiss County, Miss. Born in Jackson County, Ala., November 6, 1822. Democrat. Farmer; lawyer; postmast...