John Brister, Private, Company B, 7th Mississippi Infantry, enlisted May 1,1861 at Bogue Chitto for one year, e-enlisted for the war, February 1, 1864, sick on surgeon’s certificate at hospital March 25, 1864, died July 14, 1864 of wounds received at New Hope Church at Atlanta, Ga., coffin provided July 19, 1864

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J/John Milton Brister, Captain, Company B, 7th Regiment Mississippi Infantry, present at Pass Christian November, 1861, discharged May 25,1862 by order of Gen. Withers, appointed Captain, Company B September 27, 1862, Companies A & B were consolidated December 26, 1862, received a severe wound in the 2nd charge in Cedar Thicket in front Brigade, at Murfreesboro, December 31, 1862, furloughed for 30 days January 10, 1863, recorded as “Efficient & Competent,” August, 1863, killed in action at the battle of Chickamauga September 20, 1863

Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Mississippi