8th Regiment, Mississippi Infantry
8th Infantry Regiment was organized at Enterprize, Mississippi, during the spring of 1861. Many of its members were from Jones, Wilkinson, and Clarke counties. The unit served in Florida and Mississippi, then was assigned to General J.K. Jackson's, Gist's, and Lowry's Brigade, Army of Tennessee. It participated in the campaigns of the army from Murfreesboro to Atlanta, was with Hood in Tennessee, and saw action in North Carolina. This regiment lost forty-seven percent of the 282 at Murfreesboro and twenty-three percent of the 375 at Chickamauga. In December, 1863, it totalled 287 men and 169 arms. Its casualties at the Battle of Atlanta were 13 killed, 71 wounded, and 3 missing, and few surrendered on April 26, 1865. The field officers were Colonels G.C. Chandler, Guilford G. Flynt, and John C. Wilkinson; Lieutenant Colonels James T. Gates, Aden McNeill, and John F. Smith; and Majors Andrew E. Moody, George F. Peek, and William Watkins.
American Civil War Soldiers
Name: John Dozier
Side Served: Confederacy
State Served: Mississippi
Service Record: Enlisted as a Sergeant.
Enlisted in Company D, 8th Infantry Regiment Mississippi.
U.S. Civil War Soldiers, 1861-1865
Name: John T. Dozier
Side: Confederate
Regiment State/Origin: Mississippi
Regiment Name: Camp Guard, Mississippi (Camps of Instruction for Conscripts)
Regiment Name Expanded: Camp Guard, Mississippi (Camps of Instruction for Conscripts)
Rank In: Private
Rank In Expanded: Private
Rank Out: Private
Rank Out Expanded: Private
Film Number: M232 roll 11
U.S. Civil War Soldiers, 1861-1865
Name: John T. Dozier
Side: Confederate
Regiment State/Origin: Mississippi
Regiment Name: 8 Mississippi Infantry
Regiment Name Expanded: 8th Regiment, Mississippi Infantry
Company: D
Rank In: Private
Rank In Expanded: Private
Rank Out: Sergeant
Rank Out Expanded: Sergeant
Film Number: M232 roll 11
U.S. Civil War Soldiers, 1861-1865
Name: John T. Dozier
Side: Confederate
Regiment State/Origin: Mississippi
Regiment Name: Mississippi Reserves (Miscellaneous File)
Regiment Name Expanded: Mississippi Reserves
Rank In: 2 Lieutenant and Ordinance Officer
Rank In Expanded: Second Lieutenant/Ordnance Officer
Rank Out: 2 Lieutenant and Ordinance Officer
Rank Out Expanded: Second Lieutenant/Ordnance Officer
Film Number: M232 roll 11
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1850 United States Federal Census
Name: Richard H Dozier
Age: 35
Estimated birth year: abt 1815
Birth Place: South Carolina
Gender: Male
Home in 1850 (City,County,State): Jasper, Mississippi
Family Number: 393
Household Members: Name Age
Richard H Dozier 35 Physician b. SC
Anne E Dozier 24 wife b. KY
Celestia L Dozier 7 b. MS
John S Dozier 5 b. MS
William D Dozier 3 b. MS
Cyntha P Dozier 1 b. MS
Benjamin A Dozier 18 Clerk b. NC
1860 United States Federal Census
Name: John Dozier
Age in 1860: 14
Birth Year: abt 1846
Birthplace: Mississippi
Home in 1860: Clarke, Mississippi
Gender: Male
Post Office: Enterprise
Value of real estate: View image
Household Members: Name Age
R H Dozier 43 Phasision [Physician]b. NC
A E Dozier 34 f b. KY
C L Dozier 16 f b. MS
John Dozier 14 m b. MS
D W Dozier 12 m b. MS
R W Dozier 10 m b. MS
C L Dozier 8 f b. MS
Henry Dozier 6 m b. MS
Ben L Dozier 4 m b. MS
Caroline Dozier 1 f b. MS
C T Dozier 25 f b. NC
J T Meridith 20 m b. NC Drugist
Mississippi Census, 1805-90
Name: R. H. Dozier
State: MS
County: Clarke County
Township: Enterprise
Year: 1860
Record Type: Federal Population Schedule
Page: 617
Database: MS 1860 Federal Census Index
Mississippi Census, 1805-90
Name: R. H. Dozier
State: MS
County: Clarke County
Township: No Twp Listed
Year: 1860
Record Type: Slave Schedule
Page: 501
Database: MS 1860 Slave Schedule
Slave Owners
Name Home in 1860
R H Dozier Clarke, Mississippi
Slave Information
Age Gender Race
18 Female Black
Mississippi Census, 1805-90
Name: R. H. Dozier
State: MS
County: Jasper County
Township: No Township Listed
Year: 1841
Database: MS 1841 State Census Index
Mississippi Census, 1805-90
Name: R. H. Dozier
State: MS
County: Jasper County
Township: No Township Listed
Year: 1845
Database: MS 1845 State Census Index
Slave Owners
Name Home in 1850
R H Dozier Paulding, Jasper, Mississippi
Slave Information
Age Gender Race View Census
11 Female Black
1840 United States Federal Census
Name: R H Dozier
County: Jasper
State: Mississippi
Free White Persons - Males - 20 thru 29: 1
Total - All Persons (Free White, Free Colored, Slaves): 1
Free White Persons - 20 thru 49: 1
Total Free White Persons: 1
Total All Persons - Free White, Free Colored, Slaves: 1