Homer Jones
F.M. Shiels
Tue Jun 19 06:31:49 2001


Don't know the mechanics of who he really served
with, but F.M. Shields, Co A, 40th Ala, died
Jun 12, 1863; he has a VA Confederate Marker in
"Confederate Rest" Vicksburg City Cemetery;
the markers were placed in 1980 by Vicksburg
UDC Chapter #77; the names were taken from an
old ledger containing 1,693 Confedrate soldiers
who were buried there during the period Feb 15,
1862 to Jul 4, 1863; in looking at the list, I
do find some from regiments who really would
not have been in the area at that time; some
of those were from the 46th Ala.

Homer