Civil War Veteran
Pvt. James Alonzo Calhoun (b. Lauderdale County, MS, 1835-d. Lawrence County, MS, 1911), Battery F ("Bradford's Battery," raised in Lawrence County, MS), 1st (Withers') MS Light Artillery. Enlisted April 24, 1862, at Monticello, Lawrence County, MS, at age 26. Present on July 21, 1862, company muster roll. Present on Nov. 22, 1862, company muster roll. Present on Jan. 29, 1862, company muster roll. Present on May 3, 1863, company muster roll. Severely wounded during the horrific 48-day Siege of Port Hudson, LA. Surrendered and paroled July 9, 1863, in hospital at the end of the Siege of Port Hudson. Dec. 1863 company muster roll states "absent, has not reported [i.e., back to his unit] on account of wounds received at Port Hudson." April 1864 company muster roll states "absent wounded; wounded June 4, 1863, at Port Hudson, severely." No further records in his military file with this unit. However, Pvt. Calhoun enlisted a second time, this time into Capt. Greenville Cook's Company of Mississippi Horse Artillery (raised in Lawrence County, MS). [Note: This was an illegally-constituted company, formed by 1st Lt. Grenville Cook of Co. F (Bradford's Battery), 1st MS Light Artillery. Cook's Horse Artillery was disbanded after Capt. Grenville Cook was ordered back to Bradford's Battery.] No further records in this short-lived unit. Southern Patriot! Pvt. Calhoun received Confederate Pension payments in the 1890's in Lawrence County, MS, for being a disabled Confederate soldier. He also filed a Confederate Pension application in Lawrence County, MS, in 1920, in which he said that he was transferred from Bradford's Battery to Powers' MS Cavalry, but I can find no records for him in that cavalry unit. He may have been transferred into Powers' MS Cavalry very late in the war. Buried in the Tilton Cemetery, appr. 645 Hulon Brister Road, Topeka-Tilton, Lawrence County, MS, with a Confederate marker engraved with his 1st MS Light Artillery service.
Left by Jim Huffman on 24 Sep 2016
Pvt. James Alonzo Calhoun (b. Lauderdale County, MS, 1835-d. Lawrence County, MS, 1911), Battery F ("Bradford's Battery," raised in Lawrence County, MS), 1st (Withers') MS Light Artillery. Enlisted April 24, 1862, at Monticello, Lawrence County, MS, at age 26. Present on July 21, 1862, company muster roll. Present on Nov. 22, 1862, company muster roll. Present on Jan. 29, 1862, company muster roll. Present on May 3, 1863, company muster roll. Severely wounded during the horrific 48-day Siege of Port Hudson, LA. Surrendered and paroled July 9, 1863, in hospital at the end of the Siege of Port Hudson. Dec. 1863 company muster roll states "absent, has not reported [i.e., back to his unit] on account of wounds received at Port Hudson." April 1864 company muster roll states "absent wounded; wounded June 4, 1863, at Port Hudson, severely." No further records in his military file with this unit. However, Pvt. Calhoun enlisted a second time, this time into Capt. Greenville Cook's Company of Mississippi Horse Artillery (raised in Lawrence County, MS). [Note: This was an illegally-constituted company, formed by 1st Lt. Grenville Cook of Co. F (Bradford's Battery), 1st MS Light Artillery. Cook's Horse Artillery was disbanded after Capt. Grenville Cook was ordered back to Bradford's Battery.] No further records in this short-lived unit. Southern Patriot! Pvt. Calhoun received Confederate Pension payments in the 1890's in Lawrence County, MS, for being a disabled Confederate soldier. He also filed a Confederate Pension application in Lawrence County, MS, in 1920, in which he said that he was transferred from Bradford's Battery to Powers' MS Cavalry, but I can find no records for him in that cavalry unit. He may have been transferred into Powers' MS Cavalry very late in the war. Buried in the Tilton Cemetery, appr. 645 Hulon Brister Road, Topeka-Tilton, Lawrence County, MS, with a Confederate marker engraved with his 1st MS Light Artillery service.
Left by Jim Huffman on 24 Sep 2016
Civil War Veteran
Pvt. James Alonzo Calhoun (b. Lauderdale County, MS, 1835-d. Lawrence County, MS, 1911), Battery F ("Bradford's Battery," raised in Lawrence County, MS), 1st (Withers') MS Light Artillery. Enlisted April 24, 1862, at Monticello, Lawrence County, MS, at age 26. Present on July 21, 1862, company muster roll. Present on Nov. 22, 1862, company muster roll. Present on Jan. 29, 1862, company muster roll. Present on May 3, 1863, company muster roll. Severely wounded during the horrific 48-day Siege of Port Hudson, LA. Surrendered and paroled July 9, 1863, in hospital at the end of the Siege of Port Hudson. Dec. 1863 company muster roll states "absent, has not reported [i.e., back to his unit] on account of wounds received at Port Hudson." April 1864 company muster roll states "absent wounded; wounded June 4, 1863, at Port Hudson, severely." No further records in his military file with this unit. However, Pvt. Calhoun enlisted a second time, this time into Capt. Greenville Cook's Company of Mississippi Horse Artillery (raised in Lawrence County, MS). [Note: This was an illegally-constituted company, formed by 1st Lt. Grenville Cook of Co. F (Bradford's Battery), 1st MS Light Artillery. Cook's Horse Artillery was disbanded after Capt. Grenville Cook was ordered back to Bradford's Battery.] No further records in this short-lived unit. Southern Patriot! Pvt. Calhoun received Confederate Pension payments in the 1890's in Lawrence County, MS, for being a disabled Confederate soldier. He also filed a Confederate Pension application in Lawrence County, MS, in 1920, in which he said that he was transferred from Bradford's Battery to Powers' MS Cavalry, but I can find no records for him in that cavalry unit. He may have been transferred into Powers' MS Cavalry very late in the war. Buried in the Tilton Cemetery, appr. 645 Hulon Brister Road, Topeka-Tilton, Lawrence County, MS, with a Confederate marker engraved with his 1st MS Light Artillery service.
Left by Jim Huffman on 24 Sep 2016
Pvt. James Alonzo Calhoun (b. Lauderdale County, MS, 1835-d. Lawrence County, MS, 1911), Battery F ("Bradford's Battery," raised in Lawrence County, MS), 1st (Withers') MS Light Artillery. Enlisted April 24, 1862, at Monticello, Lawrence County, MS, at age 26. Present on July 21, 1862, company muster roll. Present on Nov. 22, 1862, company muster roll. Present on Jan. 29, 1862, company muster roll. Present on May 3, 1863, company muster roll. Severely wounded during the horrific 48-day Siege of Port Hudson, LA. Surrendered and paroled July 9, 1863, in hospital at the end of the Siege of Port Hudson. Dec. 1863 company muster roll states "absent, has not reported [i.e., back to his unit] on account of wounds received at Port Hudson." April 1864 company muster roll states "absent wounded; wounded June 4, 1863, at Port Hudson, severely." No further records in his military file with this unit. However, Pvt. Calhoun enlisted a second time, this time into Capt. Greenville Cook's Company of Mississippi Horse Artillery (raised in Lawrence County, MS). [Note: This was an illegally-constituted company, formed by 1st Lt. Grenville Cook of Co. F (Bradford's Battery), 1st MS Light Artillery. Cook's Horse Artillery was disbanded after Capt. Grenville Cook was ordered back to Bradford's Battery.] No further records in this short-lived unit. Southern Patriot! Pvt. Calhoun received Confederate Pension payments in the 1890's in Lawrence County, MS, for being a disabled Confederate soldier. He also filed a Confederate Pension application in Lawrence County, MS, in 1920, in which he said that he was transferred from Bradford's Battery to Powers' MS Cavalry, but I can find no records for him in that cavalry unit. He may have been transferred into Powers' MS Cavalry very late in the war. Buried in the Tilton Cemetery, appr. 645 Hulon Brister Road, Topeka-Tilton, Lawrence County, MS, with a Confederate marker engraved with his 1st MS Light Artillery service.
Left by Jim Huffman on 24 Sep 2016
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