COMPANY B Company B, "Bogue Chitto Guards”, enlisted on April 27, 1861 at Bogue Chitto and was comprised of men from Lawrence and Pike County, Mississippi. This company had one of the best records of the Seventh Regiment possibly due to the example of one man, Joseph A. J. Hart. Ole Uncle Joe Hart was a veteran of the War of 1812, being seventy years old when he enlisted as third corporal. He survived being captured and being wounded and was still ready to fight Yankees when the men he was with surrendered at Citronella, Alabama. A tribute is made to him in the History of Pike County.
Although according to Confederate Records, he never rose above the rank of sergeant, unofficially he was "cadet” of his sons, grandsons and other assorted relatives in the company.
One may wonder why a seventy year old man would join any army. A single man would never know why, a married man with children would have an idea but any grey haired grandparent would know. Joseph A. J. Hart wanted to be with his family, especially his grandsons, even if it meant a brush with death and all of the horrors of war.
One may wonder why a seventy year old man would join any army. A single man would never know why, a married man with children would have an idea but any grey haired grandparent would know. Joseph A. J. Hart wanted to be with his family, especially his grandsons, even if it meant a brush with death and all of the horrors of war.
THE MEN OF COMPANY B
Captain B. S. Carter — made drill master at Brookhaven 1st Lieut. Thomas Jefferson Conally — killed at Shiloh 2nd Lieut. Joseph R, J. Hart — resigned April 30, 1862 3rd Lieut. G. A. Bilbo — apparently transferred 1st Sgt. C. M. Bisbee — became commissary captain 2nd Sgt. Britton Hail — not re—elected; May 1862 3rd Sgt. Stephen Sasser — discharged for general disability 4th Sgt. H. L. Hart — killed at Chickamauga 5th Sgt. J. Milton Brister — killed at Chattanooga 1st Corp. James 14. Parnell — became a nurse; surrendered at Meridian 2nd Corp. John G Hart — discharged due to disability 3rd Corp. Joseph A. J. Hart (our hero) 4th Corp. James Sasser — wounded at Shiloh; wounded in Georgia
Privates: Allbritton, Henry H. — died at Rome, Ga. of disease Allbritton, John N. -. died at Atlanta of disease Allbritton, Richard R. — captured at Kennesaw Mountain Bewett, Joseph — missing at Atlanta Blunt, A. N. — died at Tupelo Bowman, William — severely wounded in Kentucky Brister, John — died of wounds in Georgia Brown, Joseph 0. — captured at Resaca, Ga. Brown, R. M. — discharged due to pneumonia and bronchitis Buett, Thomas Jefferson — killed at Shiloh Burns, F. M. — died of pneumonia Carter, R. L. — discharged for dyspepsia of nine months Carter, Tarrant — wounded at Shiloh; joined the cavalry Chandler, James C. — detailed as nurse in Ga. Chandler, Thomas J. — supposed to have joined another company Coke, N. H. — discharged as under age and a British subject Connally, George N. — transferred to Co. H; transferred to 3rd Engineers Cooke, Thomas D. — discharged Coon, J. J. — present on last roll (probably killed at Nashville) Coon, Samuel — captured at Nashville Courtney, Benjamin F. — present on last roll August 1864 Crosby, Thomas Jefferson — present on last roll Fowlkes, Henry H. — captured at Nashville Gibson, M. M. — died of measles Gibson, P. L. — discharged for disability Gill, John A. — died of disease Gill, John J. — discharged for disability Gill, S. H. — transferred to 3rd Engineers Gwin, John — was sick in hospital at Ocean Springs, Ms Gwin, Leonidas M. — died of pneumonia Gwin, William J. - died of pneumonia Hall, Thomas J. — present on last roll Hampton, Jasper — in hospital in Ga. Nov. 1864 Hart, James L. — discharged due to defective vision Hart, Judge A. — died of pneumonia; son of Joseph A J Hart. Hart, James Monroe — surrendered in N. C. Herrington, H. F. N. — sent to hospital at Oxford, Ms Herrington, James L - sent to hospital Columbus Hodges, James M. — captured in Ga. Hodges, John C. — wounded at Atlanta Hollensworth, Elias — killed at Atlanta *Hovey, J. G. — captured at Citronelle; From St. Louis, Mo. Howell, James H. — discharged; disabled Hurt, John — disabled Jenkins, Frederick B. — wounded at Shiloh; missing at Atlanta Jenkins, John R. — wounded at Murphreesboro; killed at Atlanta John, William — one statement only — (possibly William Johnston) Johnson, George B. — discharged for dyspepsia Johnson, N. B. — present on last roll Johnston, William — present on last roll Kayzar, James W. — captured at Nashville Kenneally, James — hospital in Ga. Martin, James M. — discharged for disability Mayer, J. A. — assigned as 2nd Lieutenant for two months Middleton, H T — probably joined another company Moak, Joseph S. -. died of wounds received at Chickamauga Moak, Thomas A. — wounded at Shiloh; lost leg at Atlanta Moak, William A. — died of disease- Moak, William H. — surrendered at High Point, N. C. Netherland, Samuel — discharged for disease Newman, Jasper — transferred to “Stevens Rifles” Prestridge, Wiley F. — surrendered at Citronelle Prestridge, Zachariah — sent to hospital in Ga. Price, Henry H. — Medal of Honor at Murfreesboro; died of wounds at Atlanta Price, Zachariah Monroe - killed at Shiloh Rawls, Jesse — sent to hospital in Ca. *Reeves, John M. — captured at Nashville Richardson, Martin Van Buren — transferred to 9th Sharpshooters Sasser, Daniel V. — transferred to 9th Sharpshooters Sasser, Joseph — discharged for frequent convulsions and asthma Sasser, William — sixteen year old discharged for deformity of breast Schartz, Jacob - discharged for disability Shivers, German A. - deserted and joined the 34th Kentucky, USA Slaven, John N. — discharged for wounds received at Shiloh Smith, Samuel — transferred to 9th Sharpshooters Spencer, James M. — wounded at Murfreesboro and joined the cavalry Tarver, Thomas B. — received a medical certificate at Rome, Ga. Terrell, Foster — transferred to the 9th Sharpshooters Terrell, Martin — discharged for poor health Trantham, Daniel — discharged at Pass Christian, Ms Turner, Francis — joined “Stevens Rifles” Wallace, Zachariah — discharged for heart disease *White, Joseph — captured and sent to Camp Chase, Ohio Williams, J. B. — discharged as under age Williams, Zachariah — discharged as under age Wilson, Robert — sent to medical board in Ga.
