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John Q. Knox
Enlisted on 4/29/1862 as a Sergeant.
On 4/29/1862 he mustered into "F" Co. MS 42nd Infantry
He died of disease as POW on 9/15/1864 at Point Lookout, MD
* POW (date and place not stated)
born in 1828 in South Carolina
Buried: Point Lookout Cemetery, Scotland, MD

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Anderson Massy, Private. On 5/1/1862 he mustered into "F" Co

William P. Massy, Private. On 5/1/1862 he mustered into "F" Co

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- Index to Compiled Confederate Military Service Records

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John Q. Knox, 2nd Sergeant, Company F, 42nd Mississippi Infantry, enlisted April 29, 1862 at Sarepta, Miss. for 3 years, sick in hospital at Petersburg, Va. December 17, 1862, sick in hospital at Lynchburg, Va. October 18, 1863 remaining absent through end of year, captured at North Anna May 24, 1864, arrived Point Lookout, Md. prison from Port Royal, Va. May 30, died of disease September 16, description on enlistment: married, 34 year old, Farmer, born in S. C.

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Anderson Massy, Private, Company F, 42nd Mississippi Infantry, enlisted April 29, 1862 at Sarepta, Miss. for 3 years, at home on sick furlough June 6, 1862 remaining so through October 1863, subsequently reported as absent without leave, dropped from the rolls on or about April 10, 1864, description on enlistment: married, 24 year old, Farmer, resident of Banner, Miss.

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William P. Massy, Private, Company F, 42nd Mississippi Infantry, enlisted April 29, 1862 at Sarepta/Calhoun, Miss. for 3 years, wounded and captured at Gettysburg, Pa. July 3, 1863, description on enlistment: single, 19 year old, Farmer, resident of Banner, Miss., no further records

Note, absent any Federal POW records, I would suspect he died in Yankee hands within a few days and was buried with no records having been produced

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

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