Company C, “Amite Rifles” enlisted at liberty, Ms by Colonel Carnot on April 29, 1861 and mustered into Confederate service on September 28, 1861 at Bay St. Louis, Ms by Lieutenant Carlton Hunt of the Louisiana Artillery. From the names of the men, it appears that they were mainly from the western part of Amite County around the Crosby, Gloster and Centreville area.
THE MEN OF COMPANY C
Captain Benjamin F. Johns — promoted to Major and Lieutenant Colonel; wounded at Nashville (born 9 Mar 1831 in Amite Cc. and died 31 Dec 1907 at Gloster, Ms. He was educated as a lawyer at Drenmon Springs, Ky.) 1st Lieut. Russell R. McDowell - promoted to captain; killed at Murfreesboro 2nd Lieut. James B. Bates — not re-elected 3rd Lieut. Robert J. Pemble — promoted to captain; resigned due to double hernia 1863 1st Sgt. Edward B. Carruth - wounded and captured at Shiloh; commissary captain 2nd Sgt. John L. McGehee — promoted to captain; on last roll 3rd Sgt. Aaron F. Strawn - discharged 1862 4th Sgt. Peter Ratcliff — not mustered 5th Sgt. David P. Cox — discharged for emphysema; 1st Lieut. Co. F “Powers Cavalry” 1st Corp. Henry K. Bates — to 2nd Lieut.; in hospital Sept. 18, 1864 2nd Corp. George T. Lumpkin — discharged Feb. 1862 3rd Corp. Floyd W. Stratton — discharged 1862 4th Corp. Thomas J. Butler - died of Chickamauga wounds
Privates: A. S. Anders — to hospital Aug. 18, 1864 D. F. Anders — wounded at Murfreesboro and Atlanta; killed at Nashville John C. Anders - died in Ga.; resident of Union, Jackson Parish, La. Richard W. Anders - not mustered John Arnold — not mustered James R. Aumock — surrendered in N. C.; pension in Amite County 1911 Horatio A. Avery - not mustered Burton S. Bates — died of Shiloh wounds and Yankee prison J. W. Beall - discharged as under age K. C. Beall - died of wounds at Murfreesboro David Beer - discharged Feb. 1863; born Bavaria Germany William Belding — not mustered Daniel E. B. Boatner — on last roll Aug 1864 John Bomiller — not mustered “dead” M. N. Bond - not mustered John K. Bonds - not mustered Pascal B. Bonds — discharged to loss of one eye and defective vision in other *Joseph Bowden — death certificate Jan 1864 David C. Bramblet — discharged for Murfreesboro wounds E. L. Bramblet — granted a leave Mar. 7, 1865 for illness F. P. Bramblet - from Co. E 18th Miss., paroled in Ala; from Lauderdale Co. Ms. Thomas J. Burris — from Co. K 33rd Miss; died of Chickamauga wounds M. E. Burris — died at Chattanooga; born in Amite Co. W. A. Burris — wounded at Chattanooga; to hospital William Butler — surrendered in N. C. Young P. Butler — died in Oxford of fever H. H. Cain — died in Amite Co. in 1863 J. J. Cain — died in Amite Co. in 1864 Alexander M. Campbell — became chief musician; discharged; a school teacher from Clark Co. Ky. James B. Carruth, Jr. — died soon after being discharged; born in Pike Co. Edward N. Caston — on last roll Aug 1864 Gabriel G. Caston — was a musician; killed at Chickamauga M. W. Caston — discharged as over or under age Robert M. Causey - wounded at Atlanta; wounded leave Walter S. Causey — discharged for disease of lungs Richard H. Chaddick — wounded and received Medal of Honor at Murfreesboro; on last roll Samuel J. Cobb — not mustered Thomas J. Cobb — not mustered Iverson Cockerham — died of measles at Ocean Springs, Ms Orlando L. Collins - discharged for disability; enlisted in 27th Louisiana James H. Colston — not mustered John Henry Cocoran — transferred to 9th Sharpshooters; to 18th Miss Cavalry John N. Cotton — disability discharge William A. Cotton, Jr. — wounded Murfreesboro and Chattanooga; on last roll William J. Courtney - wounded July 28, 1864 at Atlanta Franklin W. Cox — died of wounds at Mumfordville, KY J G. Cox — not mustered William H. Cox — discharged as corporal; a school teacher Velasco Cunningham — absent without leave; joined Co. K 33rd Miss John W. Day — to Co. K 7th Miss William H. Day — to Co. K 7th Miss Herman Delamater - not mustered David W. Dies — not mustered Jones H. Dixon — became 1st Sgt.; wounded at Atlanta John Drummond — discharged for disability; joined Co. K 33rd Miss E. H. Duchr - not mustered Jackson H. Duff — captured in Ky. and exchanged; captured at Nashville Dillingham M. Dunn - not mustered E. T. Dunn — wounded and captured in Ky.; exchanged; wounded at Atlanta John C. Dunn — not mustered Duncan M. Dye — not mustered Thomas M. Eubanks — wounded at Shiloh; discharged; joined Co. K 33rd Miss W. Everett ( believed he joined the cavalry) Z. L Everett wounded in thigh at Chickamauga resided at Magnolia, Ms. H. M. Faust — surrendered in N. C. E. J. Forman—at various hospitals as butcher and nurse Richard P. Freeman discharged, died 1873 Amite Co. Nathaniel Garrow - on last roll Aug 1864 Peter Goldstein — discharged 1662; born in Russia; merchant Ferdinand L. Griffin -. wounded Mumfordville; captured in Ky; discharged; school teacher Jackson Harkness — apparent discharge; joined Co. K 33rd Miss James A. Haygood — captured at Jonesboro, Ga. and died in prison Stephen H. Haygood — died 1864/5 Frank Hennegan — not mustered William Oliver Hughey - captured Missionary Ridge and exchanged; surrendered N. C. Penneo Hurd — became Sgt. Major; wounded at Chickamauga; unfit for duty Willis G. Jackson - died of Murfreesboro wounds Henry C. Jenkins - not mustered Thomas D. Jenkins — died in Amite Co. of disease G. Johns — not mustered John R. Johns — discharge 1861; joined Co. A 24th Miss Cavalry Thomas W. Johns — on last roll Aug 1864 William F. Johns — not mustered; joined Co. K 33rd Regt. *Daniel C. Jones - Co. C 7th Miss Battalion; resident Shubuta, Ms Robert Keith — transferred to 9th Sharpshooters; lived to be an old man Cyrus Knapp — not mustered George Sylvester Lea - wounded at Murfreesboro; killed at Franklin *John R. Jones — discharged for sickness, enlisted in Co. A 24th Cavalry W. C. Little - killed at Mumfordville, Ky. Thomas H. Lusk — not mustered Robert B. Lowry — discharged 1862; re—enlisted in Co. K 33rd Miss Francis C. Maxwell — discharged Oct. 1861 James McClendon — transferred to Sharpshooters Jesse M. McClendon — wounded and captured at Murfreesboro; paroled Napoleon Bonaparte McCoy — died at Oxford of disease W. W. McDowell — wounded at Murfreesboro; furloughed A.H. McNight — died 14 April 1862 at Osyka; was seventeen Nolan Mclean - not mustered Frederick Michael — deserted May 27, 1862 C. L. Mixon - wounded at Chickamauga; captured Dec. 6, 1864 in 2nd Miss Cavalry John Montgomery — not mustered James A. Moore — died of pneumonia in TN Samuel B. Moore - died May 1863 as 2nd Sgt. W. F. Moore - wounded at Shiloh and died of wounds W. W. Moore — became assistant surgeon; captured Murfreesboro William F. Neil — not mustered David. W. Neilson — died at Liberty of “camp fever” LaFayette G. Neyland — discharged Jan 1862 David Nunnery — surrendered in N. C. Henry- Nunnery — discharged July 1862; Co. I 4th Miss; Hancock Co. Ala John Nunnery - surrendered in N. C. Reuben Nunnery — wounded Murfreesboro; on last roll Samuel Nunnery — wounded Murfreesboro; surrendered in N. C. William J. Nunnery - Lt. Col. Johns proposed Sgt. Nunnery for ensign on March 28, 1864. "He has 1ong and gallantly borne the colors of his command, he was wounded at Chickamauga while nobly bearing them to the front”; killed as ensign at Atlanta *John. Overstreet — captured at Marietta, Ga.; died in prison George M. Page - surrendered in N. C. J. S. Perkins — captured at Jonesboro, Ga. and exchanged; “died” F. J. Pugh - captured at Shiloh H. H. Ratcliff — discharged July 1862; a lawyer William H. Ratcliff- died of wounds at Mumfordville, Ky. *A. M. Reay - captured at Gettysburg S.S. Reeves — discharged for hepatitis; a doctor born in Columbus, Ga. Thomas Reid/Reed — discharged for varicose veins; born Antrim, Ireland Littleton P. Reynolds — discharged by conscript act — over age Thomas F. Reynolds — killed at Shiloh; son of Littleton P. Reynolds H. J Roberts — not mustered John F. Roberts — wounded at Shiloh; captured at Missionary Ridge T. G. Roberts — discharged; joined Powers Cavalry William F. Roberts - not mustered Henry C. Rogers — not mustered Abraham Scherk — discharged for lung disease; born in Poland Benjamin Schwartz — captured in Ky. and paroled Ewing Seale - on early rolls; captured in Ala. H. S. Sharpe — not mustered William H. H. Shaw - not mustered Lewis Sly - not mustered Cicero C. Smith — on last roll Aug 1864 James H. Smith — not mustered James M. Smith — not mustered Floyd W. Stratton - discharged Aug 1862; enlisted Co. B 33 Ky., CSA; born Nelson Co. Va. Aaron F. Strawn — illness discharge E. LaFayette Swearingen — went home in 1864 Elisha L. Tarver - not mustered Michael Tarver — not mustered John M. Thompson — discharged 1862; Co. K 33rd Miss Thomas C. Toler - wounded at Murfreesboro and died W. Frank Toler — surrendered in N. C. His servant, Ben Faust, drew a pension Nicholas A. Travis — surrendered in N. C. Garnett B. Van Norman — fifty days leave on Feb. 28, 1865 due to gun shot wound Samuel T. Van Norman — surrendered in N. C. as 1st Sgt. S. B. Wade — captured at Iuka, Ms and paroled Charles V. Wall — died of Murfreesboro wounds Henry I. Washburn - discharged in early 1862 A. J. Webb — died in Union hands of Murfreesboro wounds Sampson C. Webb — promoted to 1st Lieut.; wounded in Ky. and resigned for illness William H. Webb —transferred to Co. K 33rd Miss Garnett B. Whittington - wounded Murfreesboro; Chickamauga and in Ga. Napoleon C. Whittington — His widow on her pension application wrote that his clothes were riddled at Shiloh, he was wounded in the leg at Murfreesboro and was seriously wounded at Chickamauga in the shoulder and hand becoming permanently disable. He was in one or two other engagements of lesser importance. He was the son of William Whittington. He married Anna Robertson in 1869 and moved to Gloster. Benjamin F. Wilkinson - transferred to Sharpshooters Jefferson W. Wilkinson — killed at Shiloh James M. Wilson — died at Corinth of pneumonia Joseph T. Wilson - not mustered *Isaac Winter — captured Shelbyville, TN; resident of Coosa, Ala William W. Wood - not mustered Richard S. Reynolds — died in Amite Co. of diarrhea
