(as of 23 December 2002)

[Present and Past Members of the Gainesville Volunteers and their Confederate Ancestors]

Alvin J. Albers (Associate Member): John McDermott & John Petersen (possibly J.M. Petersen, Watson Battery, LA Artillery [LA veterans, but units not specified].

John Allen Aultman: Pvt. George Washington Aultman, Co. C (“Capt. N.B. Barnes’ Company”), Stubbs’ Battalion MS Cavalry.

James Raymond Boone (Charter Member): Elisha Ryan Boone [unit not specified, but possibly 2nd Lt. E.R. Boone, Co. A (“Ed Moore Rangers”), 1st LA Cavalry].

Garland Jeff Brady: Pvt. Washington Mosely, Co. C, 3rd AL Cavalry.

John Haralson Braswell: 2nd Corporal Wood MeGehee, Co. B (“Miller’s Company”), 9th MS Cavalry.

Jim Bryant: Pvt. Richard Calvin Reeves, Co. K (“Ellisville Invincibles,” aka “Jones County Invincibles”), 8th MS Infantry.

David Fadner Crawford (Charter Member): Pvt. William Crawford, Co. A, 37 GA Volunteer Infantry.

Hoyt Will Davis: Pvt. Thomas Jefferson Kendricks, Co. C, 10th KY Cavalry.

Mitchell Lloyd Davis: Pvt. William G. Rasberry, Jr., Co. I (“Bowman’s Battery”), 1st MS Light Artillery.

William James Denius: Pvt. Dawson Virgil Breland, Co. B (“Poitevent’s Company”), 17th Battalion MS Cavalry.

James Larry Denney (Charter Member): Pvt. James Jackson Denney, Co. I, Mississippi Volunteer Infantry (State Troops).

Thomas E. DuPont, Sr.: Pvt. Charles Thomas Doby, II, Co. B (“Pinckney Guards”), 8th MS Infantry.

John Arthur Evans: Pvt. John Jasper Patch, Co. G (“Gainesville Volunteers”), 3rd MS Infantry.

John Patton Evans: Maj. & Surgeon Henry Harrison Sneed, Co. G, 38th VA Infantry, and John T. Reed, Chaplain, 16th TN Infantry.

James M. Ford (Charter Member): Pvt. George Miles Page, Co. B (“McLain Rifles”), 37th MS Infantry.

Jonathan M. Ford (Charter Member): Pvt. George Miles Page, Co. B (“McLain Rifles”), 37th MS Infantry.

Matthew B. Ford (Charter Member): Pvt. George Miles Page, Co. B (“McLain Rifles”), 37th MS Infantry.

John Thomas Fornea (Charter Member): Pvt. James A. Curvas, Co. F (“Shieldsboro Rifles”), 3rd MS Infantry.

C. Sidney Formby: Pvt. J.W. Bell, Co. E, 43rd GA Volunteer Infantry.

David E. Formby: Pvt. George Washington Stockstill, Co. G (“Gainesville Volunteers”), 3rd MS Infantry.

Rep. Mark Stewart Formby: Pvt. George Washington Stockstill, Co. G (“Gainesville Volunteers”), 3rd MS Infantry.

Michael Earl Foster: Sgt. Isaac Alexander Russell, Co. E (“Barry Guards”), 39th MS Infantry.

Russell E. Foster (Charter Member): Sgt. Isaac Alexander Russell, Co. E (“Barry Guards”), 39th MS Infantry.

Steven W. Fox: Private John W. Walley, Co. H, 1st MS Cavalry Reserves.

Jason Powell Glydewell: Pvt. Wilford Calvin Smith, Co. A (“Capt. Slocum’s Company”), 3rd LA Cavalry (Wingfield’s).

Rubert L. Glydewell (Charter Member): Pvt. Calvin Smith, Co. A (“Capt. Slocum’s Company”), 3rd LA Cavalry.

Stephen Michael Gordon: Pvt. William Alonzo Stockstill, Co. G (“Gainesville Volunteers”), 3rd MS Infantry.

George T. Goss (Charter Member): Pvt. Zeno S. Goss, Co. B (“Enterprise Guards”), 14th MS Infantry.

L.E. Goutierez (Charter Member): Sgt. Albert Estopinal/Estofinal, Co. G (“Capt. Newman’s Company”), 29th LA Infantry (Thomas’); this company later became Co. G (“Capt. Brewer’s Company”), 22nd Consolidated LA Infantry, which served as artillery with the Washington Artillery at Spanish Fort, Mobile, AL; Estopinal was a post-war US Representative and US Senator, as well as Commander General of the Louisiana Division, United Confederate Veterans.

Robert Sherman Herrin II: Pvt. Lott Herrin, Co. E (“Gillis’ Company”), 3rd Battalion MS Cavalry Reserves..

Jim Huffman (Charter Member): [NOTE -- The number of Confederate grandfathers, uncles, and cousins that Compatriot Charlie Schmitz and I have is indicative of the overwhelming support that the Cause of Southern Independence had among the Southern People! Do the genealogy, and you will find that you, too, have scores of Confederate kin!] GRANDFATHERS -- [1] Henry James Gully, Captain, Co. I (“Kemper Blues,” aka “Capt. Gully’s Company”), 1st MS Infantry (Army of 10,000), 1st Lt./Acting Captain, Co. K (“Kemper Fencibles”), 43rd MS Infantry, 1st Lt., Co. K, 14th Consolidated MS Infantry; delegate to the MS Constitutional Convention of 1865 that overturned MS’s Ordinance of Secession; organized the largest massacre of Republican/scalawag politicians in Reconstruction MS (tried for murder and found “not guilty”); was later elected State Representative and State Senator; United Confederate Veterans member and convention delegate (1907). [2] Pvt. Peterson Becton Mullin, Co. B (“Hudnall’s Independent Co.”), 24th Battalion MS Cavalry (Moorman’s). [3] Capt. John C. Lampley, “Capt. Lampley’s Company,” Kemper County Home Guard. [4] 1st Sgt. George Washington Dickey, Co. A (“Quinn’s Company”), 14th Confederate Cavalry. [5] Pvt. William Lucious Dickey, Co. K (“Monroe Quin Guards”), 39th MS Infantry. [6] Pvt. Warren M. Huffman, Co. B (“Edwards Guards”), 16th LA Infantry. [7] Pvt. Mark Anthony Berryhill, Co. I (“Washington Rifles”), 9th LA Infantry. [8] Pvt. Gallant C. Coker, Co. I (“Capt. Calvert’s Company”), 36th AL Infantry. [9] Pvt. John Daniel Ratcliff, Co. B (“Hudnall’s Independent Company”), 24th Battalion MS Cavalry. [10] Pvt. Moses Washington Jackson Triplett, Co. B (“Capt. Kennedy’s Company”), 1st MS Cavalry State Troops (30-day, 1864). [11] Pvt. Joel Pemberton Maxwell, Co. B (“Capt. Cox’s Company”), 2nd MS Infantry (Quinn’s State Troops). [12] Pvt. Benjamin Parks Middleton, Co. G (“Rockport Steele Blades”), 6th MS Infantry. [13] Pvt. Lewis Beasley, Co. F (“Martin’s Company”), 3rd MS Cavalry (State Troops). [14] Edwin Barksdale Alford (also a veteran of the War of 1812!), Pike County Home Guard. UNCLES -- [15] Pvt. Martin Smith, Cos. C & E, 24th Battalion MS Cavalry (Moorman’s). [16] Pvt. John Case, Co. B (Capt. Hudnall’s Company), 24th Battalion MS Cavalry (Moorman’s). [17] Pvt. Thomas Case, Co. B (Capt. Hudnall’s Company), 24th Battalion MS Cavalry (Moorman’s). [18] Pvt. John H. Case, Co. F (Bradford’s Battery), 1st MS Light Artillery. [19] Pvt./Brevet 2nd Lt./1st Lt. John B. Middleton, Co. A, 4th MS Cavalry; also, “Copiah Horse Guards” and “Capt. Graves’ Company”; later, Co. G, “Rockport Steele Blades,” 6th MS Infantry. [20] Pvt. J.T. Beasley, “Capt. Graves’ Company” (aka “Copiah Horse Guards”), independent cavalry company. [21] Pvt. J.C. Dickey, “Capt. Rhodes’ Company, Partisan Rangers, MS Cavalry.” [22] Pvt. E. Cutrer, “Capt. Rhodes’ Company, Partisan Rangers, MS Cavalry.” [23] Pvt. G.F. Cutrer, “Capt. Rhodes’ Company, Partisan Rangers, MS Cavalry.” [24] QM Sgt. J.N. Ratcliff, Co. B, 2nd Battalion MS State Troops Infantry. [25] Pvt. J.S. Ratcliffe, Co. B, 2nd Battalion MS State Troops Infantry. [26] 2nd Lt. W.C. Maxwell, Co. A, 2nd MS State Troops Infantry (Quinn’s). [27] Sgt. Benjamin F. Campbell, Co. B, 2nd MS State Troops Infantry (Quinn’s). [28] Pvt. Burrell Taylor Fortenberry, Co. H, 2nd MS State Troops Infantry (Quinn’s); later, Co. K (“Monroe Quin Guards”), 39th MS Infantry. [29] Pvt. W.J. Fortinberry, Co. A, 2nd MS State Troops Infantry (Quinn’s). [30] Capt. W.C. Maxwell, “Capt. Maxwell’s Company,” aka “Peach Creek Rangers,” independent MS Cavalry company. [31] 3rd Lt./Capt. Lewis C. Maxwell, Co. C, 33rd MS Infantry. [32] Sgt. Lewis W. Maxwell, Co. C, 33rd MS Infantry. [33] Pvt. Isaac Newton Beasley, Co. G (“Rockport Steele Blades”), 6th MS Infantry. [34] 3rd Lt./2nd Lt. J.T. Beasley, Co. F, 6th MS Infantry. [35] Pvt. E. Beasley, “Capt. Graves’ Company” (aka “Copiah Horse Guards”), independent cavalry company. [36] Pvt. Benjamin F. Campbell, Co. D, 7th MS Infantry. [37] Pvt. Van B. Ratcliff, Capt. Hoskins’ Battery, MS Light Artillery. [38] Pvt. James M. Case, Co. A, 1st MS Infantry (Percy’s), Army of Ten-Thousand. [39] 1st Lt. Benjamin Lafayette Lampley, Co. K (“Kemper Fencibles”), 43rd MS Infantry; later Capt., Co. C, 1st MS Cavalry Reserves. [40] 2nd Lt. W.L. Lampley, Co. C, 1st MS Cavalry Reserves. [41] Pvt. H.C. Varnado, Co. K (“Monroe Quin Guards”), 39th MS Infantry. [42] Pvt. S.H. Varnado, Co. K (“Monroe Quin Guards”), 39th MS Infantry. [43] Sgt. James A. Gully, Co. F, 3rd MS Cavalry Reserves. [44] Capt. Samuel Kittrell Gully, Co. F, 3rd MS Cavalry Reserves. COUSINS -- too numerous to even begin to count!

Charles Howard James: Pvt./Teamster Benjamin Franklin James, Co. B, 2nd Battalion AL Light Artillery.

Jeremy Banyon James: Pvt./Teamster Benjamin Franklin James, Co. B, 2nd Battalion AL Light Artillery.

Frank Harris Kirtley (Charter Member): Pvt. Hinton R. Akers, Co. G, 4th MO Cavalry.

Andrew Raymond Daryl Ladner: Pvt. Robert A. Sellers, Co. G, 3rd Regiment NC Artillery.

Daryl Ladner (Charter Member): Pvt. Delmas Ladner, Co. F (“Shieldsboro Rifles”), 3rd MS Infantry.

Alvin B. Lee: Pvt. Rogers Lee, Co. B (“Poitevent’s Company”), 17th Battalion MS Cavalry.

Charles Daniel Lee (Charter Member): Pvt. James Lee, Co. D (“Miller’s Company”), 17th Battalion MS Cavalry.

Robert Edward Lee, Jr.: Pvt. Thomas Lee, Co. B (“Poitevent’s Company”), 17th Battalion MS Cavalry.

Robert Edward Lee, Sr.: Pvt. Thomas Lee, Co. B (“Poitevent’s Company”), 17th Battalion MS Cavalry.

William David Lee (Charter Member): Pvt. James Lee, Co. D (“Miller’s Company”), 17th Battalion MS Cavalry.

Randy L. Manix: Pvts. James & Timothy Manix, Co. A (“Shephard’s Guards”), 10th LA Infantry; Viler Boudreaux, 18th LA Infantry.

John C. McCarty (Charter Member): 1st Sgt. Reuben McCarty, Co. G (“Gainesville Volunteers”), 3rd MS Infantry.

Claiborne McDonald IV (Charter Member): Pvt. Claiborne McDonald, Co. B (“Wayne Rifles,” aka “Wayne Guards”), 13th MS Infantry; later, Chaplain, 21st MS Infantry.

Willie E. McKenzie, Jr.: Pvt. David Frederick Hilburn, Co. F (“Clarke County Rangers”), 8th MS Infantry.

James Neville Miller: Pvt. (later Reverend) Hardy Smith, Co. G (“Gainesville Volunteers”), 3rd MS Infantry.

Daniel Louis Patch: Pvt. John Jasper Patch, Co. G (“Gainesville Volunteers”), 3rd MS Infantry.

Darius W. Pearson (Charter Member): 2nd Corporal Wood Megehee, Co. B (“Miller’s Company”), 9th MS Cavalry.

James Wesley Phares (Charter Member): [1] Pvt. David Thomas Phares, Cos. G & H, 17th TX Cavalry; [2] Pvt. Jacob Warren Brooks II, Co. K, 5th Regiment MS Infantry; this Co. was also known as Capt. Z. Booth's Company, (Scotland Guards), MS Volunteers; Pvt. Brooks also served in Capt. York's Company of Col. Lay's Regiment; [3] Pvt. Sidney Desoto Sutton, Co. G, 4th Regiment LA Infantry; this company became Co. E, 9th Battalion, LA Partisan Rangers, and later became known as the 3d (Wingfield's) Regiment LA Cavalry. 

John William Phares (Charter Member): [1] Pvt. David Thomas Phares, Cos. G & H, 17th TX Cavalry.  [2] Pvt. Jacob Warren Brooks II, Co. K, 5th Regiment MS Infantry; this Co. was also known as Capt. Z. Booth's Company, (Scotland Guards), MS Volunteers; Pvt. Brooks also served in Capt. York's Company of Col. Lay's Regiment; [3] Pvt. Sidney Desoto Sutton, Co. G, 4th Regiment LA Infantry; this company became Co. E, 9th Battalion, LA Partisan Rangers, and later became known as the 3d (Wingfield's) Regiment LA Cavalry. 

Robert Henry Phares (Charter Member): [1] Pvt. David Thomas Phares, Cos. G & H, 17th TX Cavalry.  [2] Pvt. Jacob Warren Brooks II, Co. K, 5th Regiment MS Infantry; this Co. was also known as Capt. Z. Booth's Company, (Scotland Guards), MS Volunteers; Pvt. Brooks also served in Capt. York's Company of Col. Lay's Regiment; [3] Pvt. Sidney Desoto Sutton, Co. G, 4th Regiment LA Infantry; this company became Co. E, 9th Battalion, LA Partisan Rangers, and later became known as the 3d (Wingfield's) Regiment LA Cavalry.

Edmond Restivo: Pvt. William Peterson, Co. A (“Mississippi Rangers”), 5th MS Cavalry.

Kevin R. Roberts: Pvt. William P. Lassion, Co. D (“Ile Breville Rangers”), 2nd LA Cavalry.

Charles Bernard Schmitz (Charter Member): [1] Great-grandfather Pvt. Avner Washington Ford, Co. F, 11th LA Infantry Battalion; later Co. G, Consolidated Cresent Regiment; also 24th LA Infantry Regiment; wounded in arm, May 10-11, 1863, Fort Beauregard, Harrisonburg, LA. Mentioned in “Southern Historical Society Papers,” Volume XI, pages 497-501. [2] Great-grandfather Pvt. John Fletcher Baker, Co. I, 4th LA Cavalry Regiment (originally 19th LA Cavalry Battalion); also McNeill’s Battalion. [3] Great-great uncle Pvt./2nd Lt. Allen John Davis, Co. G, 11th LA Infantry Regiment; also Catahoula Greys. Later, Co. E, 2nd LA Cavalry Regiment. Feb. 3, 1864, captured, Jeanerette, LA. Union prisoner at New Orleans, LA. Exchanged at Red River Landing, LA, on July 22, 1864. Later, Co. D, 1st Trans-Mississippi Cavalry Battalion; courier for headerquarters and Gen. Kirby Smith. [4] Great-great uncle, Pvt. William Henry Davis, Co. D, 1st Trans-Mississippi Cavalry Battalion. [5] Great-great uncle, Pvt. Richard M. Davis, Co. D, 1st Trans-Mississippi Cavalry Battalion. [6] Cousin Corporal E.H. Squires, Co. D, 1st Trans-Mississippi Cavalry Battalion. [7] Great-great uncle, Pvt. Mickens Hundley Dunlap, Co. F, 11th LA Infantry Battalion; later, Co. K, Consolidated Cresent Regiment; also, 24th LA Infantry Regiment. May 10-11, wounded, Fort Beauregard, Harrisonburg, LA. [8] Great-great uncle, Pvt. Thomas Magee Dunlap, Co. A, 23rd LA Infantry Regiment; also, 1st Company, Orleans Artillery; later, Co. I, 25th LA Infantry Regiment; later, Co. B, 16 & 25th LA Infantry Regiment; later, Co. B, 2nd LA Heavy Artillery Battalion. [9] Cousin, Pvt. David P. Ford, Co. I, 25th LA Infantry Regiment; later, Co. B, 16th & 25th LA Infantry Regiment, of Gibson’s Brigade, Army of Tennessee; wounded and captured, Battle of Spanish Fort, Mobile, AL, April 1, 1865. [10] Cousin, Pvt. J.A. Ford, Co. I, 25th LA Infantry Regiment; later, Co. B, 6th LA Cavalry Regiment; captured and exchanged, Kentucky, Sept. 24, 1862. [11] Cousin, Pvt. J.E. Ford, Co. I, 25th LA Infantry Regiment. [12] Cousin, Brig.-Gen. Laurence Simmons Baker, 1st NC Cavalry Regiment; under J.E.B. Stuart at the Seven Days Battles; thereafter, under Gen. Wade Hampton. Commanded brigade after Hampton was wounded at Gettysburg. Lost right arm at 2nd Brandy Station. Moved to Department command, North Carolina. Mentioned in “Lee’s Lieutenants.” [13] Cousin, Pvt. Elijah Ford, Reserve Corps, Catahoula Parish, LA. [14] Cousin, Pvt. Henry Cockerham, Co. C, 3rd LA Infantry Regiment; also, Winn Rifles. Aug. 10, 1861, killed at Battle of Oak Hills, aka Wilson Creek, Missouri. [15] Cousin, Pvt. William Cockerham, Co. C, 3rd LA Infantry Regiment; also, Winn Rifles. Captured at the Siege of Vicksburg, MS. [16] Cousin, Pvt. B.M. Cockerham, Co. C, 3rd LA Infantry Regiment; also, Winn Rifles. Died of measles, Fort Smith, AK, June 1861. [17] Cousin, Pvt. William Jackson Miller, Co. C, 18th LA Cavalry Battalion; also, 10th LA Cavalry Battalion. [18] Great-great uncle, Pvt. Hugh W. Walker, Co. A, Catahoula LA Infantry Battalion; also, Catahoula Fencibles; later, Co. D, 31st LA Infantry Battalion. Died, Fall 1862, probably of a fever. [19] Cousin, Pvt. Jefferson Ezell, MD, Co. D, 15th LA Cavalry Battalion; also, Ike Harrison’s Battalion; later, Co. D, 3rd LA Cavalry Regiment. [20] Great-great uncle, Pvt. Benjamin B. Walker, Co. A, Catahoula Louisiana Infantry Battalion; also, Catahoula Fencibles; later, Co. D, 31st LA Infantry Regiment. Died, Fall 1862, probably of a fever. [21] Cousin, Captain John T. Jordan, Co. A, 12th LA Infantry Regiment of Scott’s Brigade, Army of Tennessee. Resigned before invasion of Tennessee, Fall, 1864. [22] Cousin, 1st Sgt. Benjamin Franklin Baker, Co. D, 2nd LA Heavy Artillery Battalion. [23] 1st Sgt. Samuel Bly Cockerham, Co. B, 18th MS Infantry Regiment; also, Benton Rifles, of Barksdale’s Brigade, Army of Northern Virginia. Killed, 2nd day of Gettysburg, during Barksdale’s Charge. [24] Cousin, (Pvt.?) Napoleon Bonapart Cockerham, Co. K, 33rd MS Infantry Regiment; also, Amite County Defenders, of Featherston’s Brigade, Army of Tennessee. Wounded, Franklin, TN, Nov. 30, 1864, and captured, Franklin, TN, Dec. 18, 1864. Union prisoner, Camp Chase, OH, and Point Lookout, MD. [25] Cousin, 1st Corporal James Ellison Cockerham, Co. B, 33rd MS Infantry Regiment; also, Amite County Guards, of Featherston’s Brigade, Army of Tennessee. Wounded in thigh, Battle of Peachtree Creek, Atlanta, GA, July 20, 1864. [26] Cousin, Pvt. Iverson Cockerham, Co. C, 7th MS Infantry Regiment; also, Amite County Rifles. Died of measles, Ocean Springs, MS, December 1861. [27] Cousin, Pvt. Thomas Jefferson Cockerham, Co. I, 31st MS Infantry Regiment, of Featherston’s Brigade, Army of Tennessee. [28] Cousin, Pvt. James S. Cockerham, Co. G, 41st MS Infantry Regiment, of Sharp’s Brigade, Army of Tennessee. Died during the war. [29] Cousin, 3rd Sgt./Asst. Surgeon Drury P. Gibson, MD, Co. D, 1st LA Special Battalion; also, Catahoula Guerrillas, of Maj. Robideaux Wheat’s Louisiana Tiger Battalion. Treated wounded Maj. Wheat on battlefield, 1st Manassas, VA, July 21, 1861. Later in Co. I, 15th LA Infantry Regiment, 2nd LA Brigade, Army of Northern Virginia. [30] Cousin, Sgt. Joseph Latta Dunlop, Co. A, 9th SC Infantry Regiment; later, 2nd Co. A, 5th SC Infantry Regiment; also, Palmetto Sharpshooters, of Micah Jenkins’ SC Brigade, Army of Northern Virginia. Wounded and died after Battle of Malvern Hill, VA, June 30, 1862. [31] Cousin, 1st Lt. William Benjamin Dunlap, Co. A, 9th SC Infantry Regiment; later, 2nd Co. A, 5th SC Infantry Regiment; also, Palmetto Sharpshooters, of Micah Jenkins’ SC Brigade, Army of Northern Virginia. At the Battle of the Wilderness, Lt. Dunlap took over the company. Later, he served in Garden’s Co., Palmetto SC Light Artillery Battery. [32] Cousin, Corporal Robert Tomlinson Dunlap, Co. D, 10th SC Cavalry Battalion; later, Co. H, 4th SC Cavalry Regiment. Taken Union prisoner. [33] Cousin, Pvt. Edward Carnes Dunlop, Co. F, 1st Orr’s Rifles, SC Infantry Regiment; later, Co. C, 4th SC Cavalry Regiment. [34] Cousin, Corporal Joseph Henry Allen, Co. D, 16th LA Infantry Regiment; also, Walker Roughs. Wounded at Battle of Shiloh, TN, April 9, 1862. [35] Cousin, Pvt. Robert Moody Allen, Co. G, 9th Battalon LA Partisan Rangers; later, Co. G, 3rd LA Cavalry Regiment; also, Wingfield’s Cavalry, of Gen. Scott’s LA Cavalry Brigade. [36] Cousin, Pvt. Ivy Cockerham, Co. D, 16th LA Infantry Regiment; also, Walker Roughs. Discharged, being overage (47 years old!), at Moccassin Bend, TN, Oct. 1862. [37] Cousin, Captain Henry E. Cockerham, Co. I, 16th LA Infantry Regiment; also, Castor Guards. [38] Cousin, Adjutant/2nd Lt. William S. Cockerham, Co. A, 28th LA Infantry Regiment; also, Bienville Stars. [39] Cousin, Corporal Quincy H. Cockerham, Co. K, 17th LA Infantry Regiment; also, Claiborne Invincibles. Left sick in a New Orleans hospital when the city was captured by the Federals, April, 1862. [40] Cousin, Pvt. Henry Allen Cockerham, Co. K, 17th LA Infantry Regiment; also, Claiborne Invincibles. Died of pneumonia at age 51 (!), Holly Springs, MS, April 29, 1862. [41] Cousin, 4th Corporal George W. Cockerham, Co. A, 17th LA Infantry Regiment; also, Ouachita Southrons. [42] Cousin, Pvt. Jackson Elmore Cockerham, Co. F, 31st LA Infantry Regiment; also, Catahoula Avengers; earlier, Co. B, Catahoula Louisiana Infantry Battalion (also Catahoula Avengers). [43] Cousin, Pvt. John Cockerham, Co. F, 27th LA Infantry Regiment; also, Winn Rebels. Captured Vicksburg, MS. [44] Cousin, 2nd Lt. John Wesley Cockerham, Co. E, 27th LA Infantry Regiment; also, Sparta Guards. [45] Cousin, Sgt. Thomas James Cockerham, 16th LA Infantry Regiment.

Rick R. Sims: Pvt. Peter M. Thompson, Co. G, 3rd (Forrest’s) TN Cavalry.

Carl Douglas Smith: Pvt. Jesse Emmett Smith, Co. G (“Gainesville Volunteers”), 3rd MS Infantry.

Jim Smith, PhD: Lt. (Baron) Louis H. Stengel, Co. B (“National Guards”), 4th LA Infantry.

Nelson Christian Smoot, Jr. (Charter Member): Pvt. Benjamin Franklin Smoot, Co. B, 9th VA Infantry.

Shawn Nelson Smoot (Charter Member): Pvt. Benjamin Franklin Smoot, Co. B, 9th VA Infantry.

David Alan Spence: Pvt. Manuel Garcia, Co. F (“Shieldsboro Rifles”), 3rd MS Infantry.

Frank George Spiess, Jr.: Pvt. Edward William Blau, Co. F, 19th Battalion, GA State Guard, Arsenal Division.

David LeMoyne Terry: Pvt. Freeman Jones, Jr., Co. D (“Dahlgren Guards”), 3rd MS Infantry.

Kenneth Conrad Weir: 2nd Lt. Robert Holman Weir, Co. E (“Thompson’s Invincibles”), 23rd MS Infantry.

James Michael Whiddon: Pvt. Bennett Whiddon, Co. F (“Marion’s Men”), 7th MS Infantry.

Aaron Lee Williams: Pvt. John Richard Williams, Co. B (“Sunflower Dispersers”), 3rd MS Infantry.

John C. Williams (Charter Member): Pvt. John Richard Williams, Co. B (“Sunflower Dispersers”), 3rd MS Infantry.

Richard Earl Wilson: Pvt. William Princeton Wilson, Co. B (“Amite County Guards”), 33rd MS Infantry.

Steven Richard Wilson: Pvt. William Princeton Wilson, Co. B (“Amite County Guards”), 33rd MS Infantry.

Joshua G. Wolfe: Pvt. John B. Harrington, Co. C (“Cole Guards”), 41st MS Infantry.

Thomas Hillman Wolfe, Jr. (Charter Member): Pvt. John B. Harrington, Co. C (“Cole Guards”), 41st MS Infantry.

William F. Wood (Charter Member): Pvt. William Christopher Martin, Co. B, 30th AL Infantry (later 10th VA Cavalry).

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Last Updated May 08, 2003 by Jim Phares