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William Holmes

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William Holmes

Birth
Pike County, Mississippi, USA
Death
Apr 1862 (aged 8–9)
Shiloh Battlefield, Hardin County, Tennessee, USA
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Hardin County, Tennessee, USA Add to Map
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William Holmes served in the "Holmesville Guards" in defending Mississippi & Tennessee from the Federal invasion of 1862. "The Holmesville Guards organized in Holmesville (Mississippi) in April of 1862, by Capt. John T. Lamkin, attached to the 33rd Mississippi Regiment (Co. E), Featherstones Brigade, Army (of the) Tennessee, commanded by Col. David W. Hurst."

William Holmes of the "Holmesville Guards" served with David, Raiford (died 1864) & Jesse Holmes (assumed to be his brothers of the same names). They were the brothers of Capt. John Holmes of the "Quitman Guards." {See pages 201-203 of PIKE COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI 1798-1876 by Luke Ward Conerly, 1909.}

There is a William Holmes who was born in Pike County, Mississippi and died at the Battle of Shiloh who is mentioned on two pages in the book entitled "Chaplains in Gray" by Charles F. Pitts, 1958.

On page 67 of his book entitled, PIKE COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI 1798-1876, Luke Ward Conerly wrote:

"All the Holmes whose names may be found in the rolls of the several military companies of Pike and incorporated in this book sprung from Elisha Holmes, Sr., and Sally Stovall [Holmes], ... who first planted themselves in the wilds of the Mississippi Territory, [and] gave to the Confederacy its heroes and its heroines."
William Holmes served in the "Holmesville Guards" in defending Mississippi & Tennessee from the Federal invasion of 1862. "The Holmesville Guards organized in Holmesville (Mississippi) in April of 1862, by Capt. John T. Lamkin, attached to the 33rd Mississippi Regiment (Co. E), Featherstones Brigade, Army (of the) Tennessee, commanded by Col. David W. Hurst."

William Holmes of the "Holmesville Guards" served with David, Raiford (died 1864) & Jesse Holmes (assumed to be his brothers of the same names). They were the brothers of Capt. John Holmes of the "Quitman Guards." {See pages 201-203 of PIKE COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI 1798-1876 by Luke Ward Conerly, 1909.}

There is a William Holmes who was born in Pike County, Mississippi and died at the Battle of Shiloh who is mentioned on two pages in the book entitled "Chaplains in Gray" by Charles F. Pitts, 1958.

On page 67 of his book entitled, PIKE COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI 1798-1876, Luke Ward Conerly wrote:

"All the Holmes whose names may be found in the rolls of the several military companies of Pike and incorporated in this book sprung from Elisha Holmes, Sr., and Sally Stovall [Holmes], ... who first planted themselves in the wilds of the Mississippi Territory, [and] gave to the Confederacy its heroes and its heroines."

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