It appears that he was ill most of his time in service and was home on sick furlough when captured.
John Storment, Sr
Residence was not listed;
Enlisted on 3/1/1862 as a Private.
On 3/1/1862 he mustered into "H" Co. MS 32nd Infantry
He died of disease as POW on 1/5/1864 at Alton, IL
(Estimated date of enlistment; Died of small pox)
He was listed as:
* POW 9/1/1863 Tishomingo, MS
Other Information:
Buried: Confederate Cemetery, North Alton, IL
Sources used by Historical Data Systems, Inc.:
- Index to Compiled Confederate Military Service Records
- Research by R. Ross Houston
- Research by John Heseltine
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John Storment Sr., age 53, Private, Capt. J. H. Tankersley’s Company, Lowrey’s Regiment, Mississippi Vols.* enlisted March 19, 1862 at Iuka, Miss. by J. F. Armold for 3 years or the war, served extra duty for two weels as Wagon Master April, 1862, recorded at the end of June, 1862 as absent, sent from Corinth, sick, sent to intenor [sic] Hospital from Wartrace, Tenn., December 27, 1862, sent to Hospital Chattanooga as Nurse February 15, 1863, listed as “now sick” on the March/April, 1863 muster roll, discharged from Hospital sometime in May, 1863, commanding officer not notified, captured within the District of Corinth, Miss./Tishmingo County, September 7, 1863, resident of Tshimingo County, Miss., sent to Memphis, forwarded to Military Prison Alton, Illinois October 3, 1863, arrived October 12, admitted Post Hospital, December 17, died January 5, 1864, Variola [Small Pox]
* This company subsequently became Company H, 32nd Mississippi Infantry
M269: Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Mississippi
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Record of Events
Company H (Beauregard Rifles)
Station not stated, not dated.
Muster-in roll of Captain J. H. Tankersley's Company, of
Mississippi Volunteers, commanded by Colonel M. P. Lowrey,
called into the service of the Confederate States of America .. .
for the term of three years or during the war, unless sooner dis-
charged. . . .
J. F. ARNOLD,
Mustering Officer.
Stationed at Tupelo, Mississippi, May-June 1862.
[For record of events, see Company C.]
Stationed at Bardstown, Kentucky, July-August 1862.
Stationed at Shelbyville, Tennessee, November-December 1862.
Stationed at Tullahoma, Tennessee, January-February 1863.
Stationed at Wartrace, Tennessee, March-April 1863.
During the last two months this company has not been
engaged in any battle. Has changed station, marching from Tul-
lahoma, Tennessee to Wartrace, Tennessee, a distance of ten
miles.