James McGee, age 19, Private, (New) Company K, 8th Regiment Mississipppi Vols., enlisted April 21, 1863 at Enterprise, Miss. by Lieut. Miller for 2 years, paid August 27, 1863, recorded on the July/August, 1863 muster roll as absent, sick in hospital, place not known, receipted for an issue of clothing October 2, 1863, paid October 9, 1863, captured at Ringgold November 26, 1863, arrived Rock Island Barracks, Illinois December 13, 1863, died December 14, 1863, buried in grave Number 8, South of Prison Barracks, “Brot [sic] here dead,” recorded on the January/February, 1864 muster roll as “Obtained a furlough from the hospital and over stayed it Dec. 6th 1863 Deserted”

M269: Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Mississippi