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Colonel Charles E. Hooker, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 12.2, Mississippi (ed. Clement Anselm Evans), Chapter 2: (search)
and report to Maj.-Gen. Charles Clark, commanding: Choctaw Guards, Capt. J. W. Hemphill. Long Creek Rifles, Capt. L. S. Terry. Shubuta Rifles, Capt. R. J. Lawrence. Cherry Creek Rifles, Capt. John B. Herring. McClung Rifles, Capt. Edgar Sykes. Confederate Rifles, Capt. Jos. M. Jayne. Winona Stars, Capt. Thomas Booth. Magnolia Guards, Capt. John M. Lyles. Water Valley Rifle Guards, Capt. B. H. Collins. Burnsville Blues, Capt. J. C. Walters. Grenada Rifles, Capt. W. S. Statham. Gainesville Volunteers, Capt. J. B. Deason. Summit Rifles, Capt. J. D. Blincoe. Vicksburg Southrons, Capt. D. N. Moody. Enterprise Guards, Capt. R. Stuart Wier. Columbus Riflemen, Capt. Wm. E. Baldwin. Wigfall Rifles, Capt. W. F. Brantley. Beauregard Rifles, Capt. John W. Balfour. Madison Guards, Capt. Thomas M. Griffin. Oktibbeha Rescue, Capt. A. J. Maxwell. Benton Rifles, Capt. W. H. Luse. Confederates, Capt. O. R. Singleton. Confederate Guards, Capt
Colonel Charles E. Hooker, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 12.2, Mississippi (ed. Clement Anselm Evans), Chapter 4: (search)
advanced from Eastern Tennessee toward Mill Springs, on the Cumberland river. In the battle of Fishing Creek, January 19th, the Fifteenth Mississippi, Col. W. S. Statham, began its famous fighting career under the leadership of Lieut.-Col. Edward C. Walthall. The Fifteenth marched in advance of Zollicoffer's brigade against thL. Harper's battery in Wood's brigade; Capt. Charles Swett's battery in Hindman's brigade. Breckinridge's corps: Fifteenth and Twenty-second regiments in Col. W. S. Statham's brigade; Second Confederate, Col. John D. Martin, and Capt. Alfred Hudson's battery in Gen. J. S. Bowen's brigade. Corinth and Pittsburg Landing, aboutntly manifested the high spirit which has always characterized the soldiers of Mississippi, and no braver soldier than its heroic leader was lost to our cause. Statham's brigade was at the front with Breckinridge throughout the day. The Mississippi artillery also did their share in achieving the victory of Sunday. General Ruggl
Colonel Charles E. Hooker, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 12.2, Mississippi (ed. Clement Anselm Evans), Chapter 5: (search)
was only 52,706, largely on account of the sickness which was terribly prevalent while this great army was held inactive. The assignment of Mississippi commands in this army was as follows: In Polk's First corps, Maxey's brigade, Twenty-fourth infantry, Stanford's and Smith's batteries. In Bragg's Second corps, Chalmers' brigade, Fifth, Seventh, Ninth, Tenth and Thirty-sixth (Blythe's) infantry. In Hardee's Third corps, Wood's brigade, Thirty-third infantry. In Breckinridge's corps, Statham's brigade, Fifteenth and Twenty-second infantry. In Van Dorn's army, Ruggles division, Anderson's brigade, Thirty-sixth infantry; Walker's brigade, Thirty-seventh infantry. On May 6th, General Bragg was given immediate command of the army of the Mississippi, General Beauregard retaining general command of the combined forces. The Federals, who had been slowly advancing from Shiloh, intrenching as they came to avoid a repetition of April 6th, had been reinforced by General Pope–flushed
Colonel Charles E. Hooker, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 12.2, Mississippi (ed. Clement Anselm Evans), Chapter 6: (search)
arily disabled. The troops gathered by General Van Dorn for the defense of Vicksburg included the brigades of General Helm, General Bowen, General Preston, Colonel Statham and General Smith. The Mississippi organizations in these commands were the Thirty-first infantry, Colonel Orr, with Helm; the Sixth infantry, Colonel Lowry,econd Confederate battalion, James C. Malone, with Bowen; the Fifteenth infantry, Lieutenant-Colonel Farrell, and the Twenty-second infantry, Captain Hughes, with Statham; the Sixth battalion, Lieutenant-Colonel Balfour; the Third infantry, Colonel Mellon; Company I, Thirty-ninth infantry, Captain Randel; First regiment Mississippionel Starke, with Smith. These officers and men are mentioned in the reports of Generals Smith and Van Dorn in the most complimentary terms. The lamented Colonel Statham's brigade, under his own lead, showed a bravery in guarding the front of attack assigned him that could not be surpassed. On one occasion, having forced his