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Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 35. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Mississippi troops who served in Virginia, 1861-1865. (search)
led at Savage Station. General William Barksdale, killed at Gettysburg. General B. G. Humphries, who survived the war, now dead. Ward's Madison County Mississippi Battery. Jeff Davis Legion of six Companies of Cavalry, commanded by General James G. Martin. General Martin is still living at Natchez, Miss. Another Regiment of Infantry, the 20th Mississippi, served a short time in West Virginia, under General John B. Floyd, but was transferred to the Southern Department early in the war.General Martin is still living at Natchez, Miss. Another Regiment of Infantry, the 20th Mississippi, served a short time in West Virginia, under General John B. Floyd, but was transferred to the Southern Department early in the war. All the above information was furnished by Captain J. C. McNeily, editor of the Vicksburg Herald. The only regimental commanders I am sure of, were those of the 2nd Mississippi Battalion, afterwards the 48th Mississippi, to-wit: Lieutenant-Colonel Taylor (a nephew of President Zachary Taylor), killed at Frazer's Farm; Major Wilson, killed at Sharpsburg, Md.; Lieutenant-Colonel Thos. B. Manlove, who survived the war, now dead, and Colonel Jos. M. Jayne. He was promoted Brigadier General j