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Thomas H. Green (c. 1870)
Private Thomas Henry Green of the 16th Mississippi Infantry survived a chest wound at Sharpsburg in 1862 and returned to duty to serve to the surrender at Appomattox Court House in 1865. Here he is somewhat post-war from a photograph contributed to the FamilySearch database [free membership required] by Katherine L Brister.
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Death of John G Markham (1862)
From the Augusta, GA Weekly Constitutionalist of 22 October 1862, online from Georgia Historic Newspapers: John Garland Markham was 5th Sergeant of Company F, 16th Mississippi Infantry when he was killed at Sharpsburg. First Lieutenant Charles Henry Wilson of Company F was thought to have been killed there also, but was wounded and captured, losing…
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The children of Matilda Eleanor Black & John Marshall Shirley (c. 1900)
From left to right: Standing, Mrs. Leach [Martha Capers “Mattie”], Mrs. West [Adelaide Celestia], Mrs. Boon [Alice Ann Black], Mrs. Moore [Augusta Letitia]; Sitting, Rev R. A. [Robert Alexander] Shirley, Mrs. Coalson [Mary Eleanor], Rev J.J. [Joseph Jonathan] Shirley, Mrs. Potts [Elizabeth Matilda]. Robert was a private in the 16th Mississippi Infantry during the Civill…
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Zook murders near Vicksburg, 1866
Two young farmers from Lancaster, PA, Abraham and Noah Zook, went to Mississippi in 1866 and invested more than $3000 in a cotton plantation near Vicksburg in partnership with local men, Sharpsburg survivor Cyrus Lafayette Broome and his brother(s) Elliott and/or William (all also known by Brown). The Zook brothers were found to have been…
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Dr Benjamin D Hennington (c. 1913)
18 year old Benjamin David Hennington enlisted as a Private in Company C, 16th Mississippi Infantry in April 1861. He survived a wound at Sharpsburg in 1862, by then a Sergeant, was appointed 2nd Lieutenant in 1863, and was wounded again and lost his sword at Spotsylvania Court House, VA in May 1864. In 1913,…
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List of casualties in the Sixteenth Mississippi Regiment (1862)
From the New Orleans Daily Picayune of 29 October 1862, online from Newspapers.com, casualties among the troops of the 16th Mississippi Infantry at Sharpsburg on 17 September 1862: I’ve looked into each of these names and improved the roster of men I have for the regiment in Maryland in 1862.
