J. W. Smith, Private, Captain Newton J. Beckett’s Company, 41st Regiment Mississippi Volunteers,* enlisted February 20, 1862 at Meridian, Miss. by Capt. Tolson for 12 months, reenlisted for 3 years or the war, April 14, 1862, recorded October 31, 1862 as absent, left sick at Sparta, Tenn., returned to duty from Paroled Prison Camp January 17, 1863, promoted 4th Corporal February 1, 1863, recorded as 3rd Corporal on the March/April, 1863 muster roll, promoted 3rd Sergeant, no date, wounded severely in the Battle of Chickamauga, sent to hospital September 20, 1863,** died of wounds at home in Monroe County, Miss. October 24, 1863
* This company subsequently became Company G, 41st Mississippi Infantry
M269: Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Mississippi
Col. W. F. Tucker’s, Forty-first Mississippi Infantry, Chickamagua after battle report, is found in the Official Records
PAGE 325-51 KY., SW. VA., TENN., MISS., N. ALA., AND N. GA. CHAP. XLII. Series I. Vol. 30. Part II, Reports. Serial No. 51.
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John T. Smith, Private, 2nd Battalion Alabama Light Artillery, recruit, enlisted February 21, 1862 at Tuscaloosa, Ala. by Lieut. Tarrant for the war, enlisted for Capt. Lumsden’s Company,*** Light Artillery, no further records
Note: There are no surviving company muster rolls covering the prior to June 30, 1862 which precludes his service up to his reported death June 8, 1862 at Columbia, MS
*** Company F, 2nd Battalion Alabama Artillery
M311: Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Alabama
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History of Lumsden’s Battery
http://www.aolib.com/reader_26455.htm
http://www.amazon.com/History-Lumsdens-Battery-Confederate-America/dp/1481056123
http://ehistory.osu.edu/uscw/features/regimental/alabama/confederate/alarty.cfm
http://www.civilwarhome.com/lumsdenbatalaart.htm
https://archive.org/details/lumsdenbattery00littrich