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Marion Madison Bates

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Marion Madison Bates

Birth
Hall County, Georgia, USA
Death
9 Dec 1887 (aged 69)
Hiwasse, Benton County, Arkansas, USA
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Son of Julius and Temperence West Bates. Husband of Sabra Brooks Hooper. Father of Talitha Jane, John Kimsey, James Jackson, Mary Elizabeth, Thomas Julius, William Alexander, Martha Clarinda Augustine, Francis Jeremiah and Jefferson Davis. Corporal in Confederate Cavalry. Prisoner of War in Rock Island Prison, Rock Island, IL. Released 5/18/1865.

He first enlists in Company A, 39th Georgia Infantry Regiment commanded by Col. Alfred Cummings of Cummings Brigade in March 1862. He fought in the Battle of Champions Hill, MS in May 1863. Retreat before Grant's Army back to Vicksburg, MS. Fought in the seige of Vicksburg and is listed as a captured prisoner in July 1863. He is parolled within a few days and his unit is sent back home to Murray Co., GA to await exchange. His unit is exchanged in Sept. 1863 and ordered to report in Oct. 1863. He is transferred into Company E, 3rd Georgia Cavalry in Dec. 1863, probably due to his age. He is captured in Murray Co., GA sometime in Feb. 1864 and is sent to Rock Island Prison Camp. Information submitted by Richard L Harmon {[email protected]}
Son of Julius and Temperence West Bates. Husband of Sabra Brooks Hooper. Father of Talitha Jane, John Kimsey, James Jackson, Mary Elizabeth, Thomas Julius, William Alexander, Martha Clarinda Augustine, Francis Jeremiah and Jefferson Davis. Corporal in Confederate Cavalry. Prisoner of War in Rock Island Prison, Rock Island, IL. Released 5/18/1865.

He first enlists in Company A, 39th Georgia Infantry Regiment commanded by Col. Alfred Cummings of Cummings Brigade in March 1862. He fought in the Battle of Champions Hill, MS in May 1863. Retreat before Grant's Army back to Vicksburg, MS. Fought in the seige of Vicksburg and is listed as a captured prisoner in July 1863. He is parolled within a few days and his unit is sent back home to Murray Co., GA to await exchange. His unit is exchanged in Sept. 1863 and ordered to report in Oct. 1863. He is transferred into Company E, 3rd Georgia Cavalry in Dec. 1863, probably due to his age. He is captured in Murray Co., GA sometime in Feb. 1864 and is sent to Rock Island Prison Camp. Information submitted by Richard L Harmon {[email protected]}

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Aged 69 Yrs., 9 Mos., 15 Days

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