Posted in Adams, Mississippi on August 14, 2007 | No Comments »
The 6th MS was part of Adams’s Brigade, which has 43 known dead buried at McGavock. The 6th MS has 3 known buried dead at McGavock.
“During the movement of this division the Federals had a battery planted on the right of Harpeth River that we could not reach, dealt great destruction to our forces, using [...]
Posted in Adams, Carnton, Cleburne, Granbury, John Bell Hood, Strahl, Tennessee on August 8, 2007 | No Comments »
“Our loss of officers in the battle of Franklin on the 30th was excessively large in proportion to the loss of our men. The medical director reports a very large proportion of slightly wounded men.”
- John Bell Hood, writing two days after the battle to Confederate Secretary of War, James A. Seddon.
The bodies of several [...]
Posted in Adams, Casement, Eastern Flank, Featherston, Loring, Mississippi, Reilly, Scott, Stiles on July 29, 2007 | 3 Comments »
The 15th Mississippi was part of Gen Adams’ Brigade. This map shows the advance of Adams’ men on November 30, 1864 against the far left flank of the Union men defended by Casement and Stiles’ Brigades.
The assault of the Confederate men under Gen. Loring (Scott, Featherston and Adams) was extremely brutal and punishing for the [...]
Posted in Adams, Casement, Cotton Gin, Loring, Mississippi, Reilly on July 22, 2007 | No Comments »
The 6th Mississippi Regimental flag, Company D, also known as Lowry’s Rifles. The 6th was in Adams’s Brigade, Loring’s Division. The 6th saw action to the right of Cleburne’s Division, assaulting the Federal line facing fire from Casement’s and Reilly’s Brigades.
There are three known-identified 6th MS boys buried at McGavock. It’s very likely there [...]
Posted in Adams, Cotton Gin, Flag - colors, Loring, Mississippi on July 21, 2007 | No Comments »
The 14th MS fought with Adams’s Brigade, Loring’s Division. The 14th faced heavy casualties near the Cotton Gin. As the 14th MS assaulted the Union line at the Gin, the colors displayed a picture of Lady Liberty holding a picture of Jefferson Davis.
The 14th also fought with: 6th, 15th, 20th, 23dand 43d [...]
Posted in Adams, Cotton Gin, Mississippi on July 20, 2007 | No Comments »
Joseph Henry Mitchell enlisted in the J.W. Thompson Invincibles in Company E of the 23rd MS Infantry. The picture below shows him in a brown uniform with black chest braids which may have been influenced by the “Army of Mississippi” regulations.
He is holding a foot artillery sword and has a .44cal Colt Army revolver tucked [...]
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