In the records of the 8th Mississippi are two Cooley's in Company F. Harbert and William. Within the records for Harbert, age 18/19, of Clarke County, are comingled those of Albert, age 38 of Wayne County.

George Martin

Harbert Cooley, age 18/19, enlisted as a Private in Captain A. McNeill's Company, 8th Regiment Mississippi Volunteers (subsequently [New] Company F, 8th Mississippi Infantry, July 27, 1861 at Beaver Dam/October 18, 1861 at Enterprise, Mississippi, surrendered May 4, 1865, paroled June 15 at Mobile, residence Clarke County, Mississippi, age 22

Private Albert Cooley ['X' his mark], captured June 15, 1864 at Marietta, Georgia, age 38, Private, Company F, 8 Mississippi Infantry of Wayne County, Mississippi swore allegiance to the United States at the Rock Island Barracks, Illinois June 20, 1865, resident of Waynesboro, Wayne County, Mississippi

There was also a William Cooley in Company F