In about 1858, Isaac James and his wife, Elizabeth, four sons (William Elias (age 35), Isaac Richard (28), Marion Lumpkin (24) and Sanford Augustus James (16)), one daughter (Susanah Francis James (17)). and ten grandchildren, moved from Elbert County, Georgia to Newton County, Mississippi. He left behind, in Georgia, four married and one soon to be married children; two sons (Thomas Edmund (34) and Alvin Alexander James (21)) and three daughters (Miram Elizabeth (32), Martha Emily (30) and Maryan Amanda James (26)).

Isaac had four sons who served for the Confederacy during the Civil War, Isaac Richard, Marion Lumpkin, Alven Alexander and Sanford Augustus James. Three of his sons, Isaac Richard, Marion Lumpkin and Sanford Augustus James died during the War.... Isaac Richard, Marion Lumpkin and Sanford Augustus all served at the Battle of Vicksburg during the Union offensive against that city by U. S. Grant and Gen Sherman. Isaac Richard was sent to a hospital at Mississippi Springs on 20 Sept 1862 and died there on 15 Oct 1862.

Marion Lumpkin James was captured at the end of the siege of Vicksburg and later captures again at the battle of Nashville. He was imprisoned at Camp Chase in Columbus Ohio and died of dysentery on 4/26/65. He is buried in grave # 1920 at Camp Chase.

Sanford Augustus James became sick and died at Camp Pleasant at Vicksburg, Mississippi on 2 Sept 1862.

Alven Alexander James survived the war and returned home to his wife and children in Elbert County, Georgia.

By the end of the Civil War Isaac James and his eldest son William Elias James had resettled the family on a section of land that straddled present day North Street, Union that was then known as the Dixon community, Neshoba County, Mississippi. The James family had suffered mightily during the war but, were now solidly Mississippians. What a loss...