John Milton Herrington has been confused with his cousin John Curtis Herrington in their civil war service.

Confederate Soldier
Pvt Co H 5th Infantry Miss State Troops

U.S. Civil War Soldiers, 1861-1865 about J.M. Herrington
Name: J.M. Herrington
Side: Confederate
Regiment State/Origin: Mississippi
Regiment Name: 5 Mississippi Infantry. (State Troops.)
Regiment Name Expanded: 5th Regiment, Mississippi Infantry (State Troops)
Company: H
Rank In: Private
Rank In Expanded: Private
Rank Out: Private
Rank Out Expanded: Private
Alternate Name: John/Harrington
Film Number: M232 roll 18
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FAMILY
Son of William Herrington & Cynthia Grantham of Jasper County MS
Grand-son of William Herrington Sr & Margaret Jane Bayles
and Richard Grantham & Elizabeth Ammons

Siblings include; Allen Joseph, William Caswell, Ellen, Sarah Emaline, Maranda, Calvin J., Phebe Katherine H. Myrick, Synthia and Mary L. Herrington

Twice married - (1)Phebe S. Evans (2)Mrs Mary Emaline Byrd Fairley

John and Phebe's children include;
1)Georgianne Herrington Manning
2)Josephine D. (died young)
3)Cincinnatus Abernathy 'Nat' Herrington
4)Mary V. Herrington (died June 1870 age 14 yrs)
5)Eugenia A. Herrington Fletcher
6)Laura Bell Herrington Bond
7)Anna Eliza Herrington Bond

John and Mary Emaline's children include;
8)Emaline Herrington Finnin
9)Cola Herrington O'Neal

From the excellent research of Jim Huffman-
TENTATIVE.Pvt. John Milton Herrington [found as "John C. Herrington," "J.C. Herrington," and "John H. Herrington" in the military records, and also as "John Melton Herrington" in H. Grady Howell's best-ever index to all known MS CS soldiers] (b.prob. Jackson County, MS, 1825-d. Jackson County, MS, 1881), Co. A ("Live Oak Rifles," aka "Capt. James B. McRae's Company," raised in Jackson County, MS), 3rd MS Infantry. Enlisted March 13, 1862, at Handsboro (now Gulfport), Harrison County, MS, at age 36. Present on Sept. 1, 1862, company muster roll. Absent on Oct. 1862 company muster roll, with notation "absent at Jackson, Miss." [probably meaning Jackson County, MS, and not Jackson Hinds County, MS]. Present on March 1, 1863, company muster roll. Admitted April 4, 1863, to General Hospital, Enterprise, Clarke County, MS, with medical complaint not specified, and present on that hospital's muster roll on April 30, 1863.Absent on Aug. 1863 company muster roll, with notation "absent sick in hospital." Ditto on Oct. 1863 company muster roll. Present on Dec. 1863 company muster roll. Present on April 1864 company muster roll. Present on Aug. 1864 company muster roll. Wounded at the disastrous Battle of Nashville, TN, on Dec. 15, 1864, and captured at Franklin, TN, on Dec. 17, 1864, as the Confederate Army fell back from its terrible defeat at Nashville. Forwarded as a POW to Nashville, TN, and admitted on Dec. 26, 1864, in that city to No. 1, U.S.A. General Hospital, suffering from a "simple flesh wound of the left hip" caused by a "conical ball" at the Battle of Nashville, TN, on Dec. 15, 1864. Forwarded to the Yankee Provost Marshal at Nashville, TN, for transportation to a POW Camp on Jan. 3, 1865.Forwarded to Military Prison, Louisville, KY, and, finally, to notorious Camp Chase, OH, POW Camp, where it was official Yankee policy to starve Confederate POW's in order to render them unfit for field service upon exchange. Arrived at Camp Chase, OH, POW Camp on Jan. 11, 1865. [Absent on Feb. 28, 1865, company muster roll, with notation "wounded and taken prisoner at Franklin, Tenn., Dec. 17, 1864."] Released at war's end from Camp Chase, OH, POW Camp after first having taken the required Oath of Allegiance to the US. Southern Patriot! Buried in the Fairley-Herrington Cemetery, 30.73852 -88.70545, with a private marker. Directions: From its terminus at Cypress Creek, take Berry Road east for appr. 1800 ft., to a point where it makes a sharp right-hand turn to the N. At this point, an unnamed dirt road leads SW from Berry Road. Take this dirt road for about 500 ft., until you are about 100 ft. before that road's intersection with another dirt road that comes in from the N. The cemetery is appr. 50 ft. into the wood on the N side of the dirt road that branched off from Berry Road. [Note: There are four cemeteries in George County that contain the name Fairley. These are the Fairley Cemetery (aka the Hilltop Cemetery), the Fairley Cemetery (aka the Judge John Fairley Cemetery), the Fairley Cemetery (aka the Joe P. Fairley Family Cemetery), and the Fairley-Herrington Cemetery (30.73852 -88.70545).]Mary Emiline Herrington filed a Confederate Widow's Pension application in George County, MS, in 1920, in which she did not state her husband's ("John Milton Herrington") command, but gave his correct death date and the name of the Yankee POW Camp from which he was released at war's end. [Note: Some family researchers maintain that John Milton Herrington is the John Harrington of Co. H ("Capt. Angus Ray Fairly's Company," raised in Jones & Wayne Counties, MS), 5th (Robinson's) MS Infantry (State Troops) (1862-1863), but they are not one and the same. John Milton Herrington never served in the 5th (Robinson's) MS Infantry (State Troops) (1862-1863).]