"Poitevent's Company" Company B, 17th Battalion Mississippi Cavalry  (later became) Company B,  9th Mississippi Cavalry of Hancock County, Mississippi, CSA*

Organized before February, 1863, in Hancock County, Mississippi

See capsule histories of the 17th Battalion MS Cavalry & the 9th MS Cavalry at http://www.mississippiscv.org

Courtesy of the Gainesville Volunteers, Sons of Confederate Veterans Camp 373, Pearl River County, Mississippi. "Celebrating a Proud Heritage of Honor"

(Officers and soldiers are listed in alphabetical order; all ranks are “private” unless otherwise specified). 

Officers

Easterling, W. L. --1st Lt. (same as next two?)

Easterling, William L. --1st Lt. (same as previous and next?)

Eastland, W. L. --1st Lt. (same as previous two?)

Manett, ? --1st Lt. (probably same as Lt. Monet below)

Merrett, N. --1st Lt. 

Monet, Napoleon --Lt. (same as soldier below?) 

Poitevent, J. M. --Captain (same as below?)

Poitevent, John M. --Captain (same as above?)

Powell, J. H. --3rd Lt. (same as below?)

Powell, John H. --3rd Lt. (same as above?)

Seaman, H. E. --2nd Lt. (same as below?) 

Seaman, Henry E. --2nd Lt. (same as above?)

Young, Alexander --3rd Lt.  

Soldiers

Allen, Robert

Ataway, Isaac (same as next three?)

Attaway, Isaac (same as above and next two?)

Atteway, Isaac (same as previous two and below?)

Attoway, Isaac (same as previous three?)

Batson, E. A. 

Bird, Elijah 

Bird, S. E. T. 

Bounds, A.

Breland, D. V.

Bridges, H.

Burk, Thomas --Corporal (same as below?)

Burks, Thomas -Corporal (same as above?)

Butler , Wm. M. --Sergeant-Major 

Carroll, G. W. 

Carroll, J. W. 

Cooper, B.

Cooper, C. (same as below?)

Cooper, J. C. (same as above?)

Cranford, William M. --Corporal (same as Crawford below?)

Crawford, William --Corporal (same as Cranford above?)

Crosby, J. R.

Crosby, William 

Davis, H. F.

Davis, J. P. --Sergeant

Davis, Wiley E. --Corporal 

Dees, Archibald

Farve, Leon (same as next two?)

Faur, Leau (same as above and below?) 

Fauve, Leon (same as previous two?) 

Favre, K.

Fei1d (Field?], Charles G. 

Frazar, Charles 

Frost, E. H. 

Gill, J .M. F.

Grantham, John 

Gray, T . J.

Hargrove, J. C. --Corporal

Hollowman, John 

Hood, Allen

Jones, F. M. --Sergeant 

Jones, N. H.

Jones, Samuel H. --1st Sgt. 

Kennedy, J. A.

Kinmore, J. A. [same as below?]

Kinmore, John [same as above?] 

Ladner, C.

Lard, James B. 

Lee, Jesse M. 

Lee, Jonathan 

Lee, Rogers

Lee, Thomas 

Lee, W. J.

Lott, Jesse

Mann, Andrew J . 

Martin, John

Martin, Thomas 

McCarty, C. W. 

McGee, W. P.

McGehee, Wood

Megehee, William

Menasser , Jacob --Sergeant 

Miller, James --Corporal

Miller, Jeremiah --Corporal

Mitchell, C. C.

Mitchell, T. A.

Monette, N. --no rank given (same as Lt. above?)

Moran, Eugene 

Moran, Natall

Murphy, Thomas J. --1st Sgt. 

Newman, Madison 

Odom, J. H.

Odom, Samuel 

Odum, James 

Owens, B.C.

Pearson, H. L. 

Pierce, Frank 

Pierce, G. W.

Pierce, Jackson

Pierce, James J. --Corporal 

Pierce, L. M.

Pierce, Larkin

Pierce, Monroe

Powell, Clark

Powell, J. M.

Purson, H. L.

Rainey, Thomas

Russ, E. H. --Sergeant 

Sandord, John D.

Satcher , L. P. --Corporal

Satcher, Perry A. --Corporal

Shelton, J. T .

Shelton, W .B.

Smith, B. A. --Sergeant 

Smith, Sherrod

Soues, Benjamin

Stanley, John S. --Corporal 

Steward, Joseph 

Walters, G. W.  (same as Waters below?)

Warden, W.

Waters, G. W. (same as Walters above?)

Williams, F. R.

Willoford. R. C. --sergeant

Windham, R. C. [NOTE: Several R C. Windams/Windhams/Windom s, Sr. & Jr., are mentioned in Company D of this unit.]

Possible additional members: 

Bedroe, David C.

Buford, Smith --Asst. Surgeon 

Gregory, J. T.

Griffin, E. R.  --Asst. Surgeon 

Huddleston, James --Adjutant 

Hunt, H. H.

Moore, John W.  --Acting QM 

Steede, Abner C.  --Major

  *Source: Muster Roll courtesy of Jim Huffman, Adjutant & Editor, Gainesville Vols, from the National Archives.

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