Still a mystery!
M M. Gains
Enlisted on 7/15/1861 as a Private.
On 7/15/1861 he mustered into "Morton's" Co. TN Burns Light Artillery
Sources used by Historical Data Systems, Inc.:
- Index to Compiled Confederate Military Service Records
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Pvt. M. M. Gaines, Company E [Calhoun County], 22nd Regiment Alabama Infantry, paid July 11, 1863 for the months of May/June, receipted for an issue of clothing September 28, 1863, POW, paroled at Talladega, Ala. May 23, 1865
[Regiment surrendered at Greensboro, North Carolina, on 26 April 1865]
Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Alabama
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M/Madison M. Gains/Gaines, Private, Captain Morton’s Company, Tennessee Light Artillery, admitted 1st Mississippi Hospital, Jackson, Miss., February 28, 1864, Syphilis, returned to duty March 11, 1864, paroled with his command at Gainesville, May 10, 1865, resident of Jacksonville, Calhoun County, Ala.
Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Tennessee
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Madison Monroe Gaines, 22nd Alabama Infantry
http://files.usgwarchives.net/la/claiborne/military/gaines.txt
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Madison Monroe Gaines
Birth: Sep. 15, 1839
Calhoun County
Alabama, USA
Death: Dec. 22, 1914
Claiborne Parish
Louisiana, USA
Pvt Co E 22nd AL Infantry C.S.A.
Proud Confederate Soldier
Family links:
Spouse:
Charlotte Missouri Stewart Gaines (1844 - 1936)*
Children:
Thomas Pendleton Gaines (1869 - 1915)*
Dora Ann Gaines Woodard (1873 - 1944)*
Willie Dee Gaines Tompkins (1876 - 1936)*
Mattie Bell Gaines Jacks (1878 - 1955)*
Burial:
Macedonia Cemetery
Claiborne Parish
Louisiana, USA
Find A Grave Memorial# 16615414