B. H. Massey, Private, Company E, 5th (Brown's) Battalion South Carolina Reserves, enlisted April 16, 1864 at Lancaster, S. C. by Lt. J. C. Mills for the war, receipted for an issue of clothing December 31, 1864, no further records

The 5th (also called Brown's) Battalion South Carolina Reserves was ordered into service about September 15, 1864. It consisted of six companies, A to F, and was stationed at the Military Prison, Florence, South Carolina

M267: Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of South Carolina