Jones/James Brown, age 30, Private, Captain Z. Booth's Company K (Scotland Guards), 5th Mississippi Infantry, enlisted October 18 1861 at Enterprise, Mississippi by J. S. Lanier for one year, last shown on the June 1862 Regimental Return as absent with the remarks "From April 25 at Okalona H," no further records, the first card in his file is a handwritten document: "Brown, James, Co. K, 5, Miss. Inf Deceased"
M269: Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Mississippi
[Comment, inasmuch as latter company muster rolls survived and he is not further listed, he had to have been dropped from the roster sometime before the end of the year 1862, my guess is that he died in a hospital at Okalona in 1862]
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Jones Brown
Enlisted as a Private
"K" Co. MS 5th Infantry
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Record of Events
Field and Staff
Stationed at Enterprise, Mississippi, October 18, 1861.
October 18.— Company muster-in roll of field and staff of the
Fifth Regiment (— Brigade) of Mississippi Volunteers, com-
manded by Colonel A. E. Fant, called into the service of the Con-
federate States in the Provisional Army, under the provisions of
the Act of Congress passed February —, 1861 by General
[Albert Sidney] Johnston by permission of the President from
October 18, 1861 (date of this muster) for the unexpired term,
unless sooner discharged. . . .
[JOHN] S. LANIER,
Lieutenant,
Confederate States Army, Mustering Officer.
Station not stated, January-February 1862.
Stationed at Bridgeport, Alabama, November 1862-June 1863.
Stationed at Chattanooga, Tennessee, July-August 1863.
Stationed at Dalton, Georgia, January-February 1864.
Stationed near Dalton, Georgia, March-April 1864.
Station not stated, May 5, 1864.
HEADQUARTERS,
FIFTH MISSISSIPPI REGIMENT,
May 5, 1864.
I have been connected with this office only since November
1863. Many of the records have been lost and the facts have been
gleaned from the best evidence that can be obtained. I refer you
to the statement of Lieutenant-Colonel Herring, who was present
at the informal election referred to in the above remarks.
JOHN WEIR,
Colonel,
Fifth Mississippi Regiment.
Stationed at Jonesborough, Georgia, July-August 1864.
Regiment
Station not stated, not dated.
The officers of this roster were commissioned by Governor
[John Jones] Pettus, the records of which were lost in evacuation
of Corinth on May 29, 1862.
JOHN WEIR,
Fifth Mississippi Regiment.
Stationed near Pensacola, Florida, October 18-December 31,
1861.
Stationed at Saltillo, June 1862.
No monthly return has ever been made out by this regiment.
It is impossible for us to arrive at anything like a correct return
[due to] the fact that not only regimental but all company records,
reports, books and papers, including orders from Headquarters,
were lost in the affair at Monterey, where the regiment was
forced to fall hastily back in the evacuation of Corinth. I would
state that the companies and the adjutant's office are entirely
without books or blanks on which to make out reports.
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Company K (Scotland Guards)
Stationed at Enterprise, Mississippi, October 18, 1861.
October 18.— Company muster-in roll of Captain Z. Booth's
Company, in the Fifth Regiment (— Brigade) of Mississippi
Volunteers, commanded by Colonel A. E. Fant, called into the
service of the Confederate States in the Provisional Army, under
the provisions of the Act rof Congress passed February —, 1861
by General A. S. Johnston by permission of the President, from
October 18, 1861 (date of this muster) for their unexpired term,
unless sooner discharged.. .
J. S. LAMER,
Lieutenant,
Confederate States Army, Mustering Officer.
Stationed at Camp Pettus, October 1, 1861.
Stationed near Warrington, Florida, October 18-December 31,
1861.
Stationed near Pensacola, January-February 1862.
[Missing are the bi-monthly muster reports for the periods Mar/Apr; May/Jun; Jul/Aug; Sep/Oct; Nov/Dec & the period Jan 1-Jan 27, 1863]
Stationed at Bridgeport, Alabama, January 28-June 30, 1863.
Stationed at Chattanooga, Tennessee, July-August 1863.
Stationed near Dalton, Georgia, January-April 1864.
Stationed near Jonesborough, Georgia, July-August 1864.
Station not stated, not dated.
Roll not signed.
[M861-Roll #29]