FindaGrave contributor Libba Criddle (47244415) sent me this thru email.
Following is some info that you may like to add to the Memorial for Joseph Henry Castles in Friendship Cemetery. I have sent a copy of this to Judy Gordon Castle to see if she has more info. Will let you know if I learn more. I will send you an email with the picture that was attached.
A Fearless Soldier: Joseph Henry Castles of the 24th Mississippi Infantry
by championhilz
Tombstone of Joseph Henry Castles - Findagrave.com
Castles, who served in Company H, "Buena Vista Hornets," 24th Mississippi Infantry. The imagery on the tombstone was striking, as was Castles epitaph; "A True Christian and a Fearless Soldier."
I decided to look into the service of this "Fearless soldier," and see what I could learn about him. I pulled Castles service record and found that he enlisted in the army on September 24, 1862, at Buena Vista, in Chickasaw County, Mississippi. He was listed as "present" on every muster roll of the regiment through January - February 1864, but after that time his service record just ends without any explanation. There was one other item, a small scrap of paper, that does shed a little light on what happened to Castles - It's nothing more than a receipt from St. Mary's Hospital in LaGrange, Georgia, dated June 20, 1864, and stating that he was issued one jacket, value $4.00.
The hospital receipt was a strong indication that Castles was either wounded or sick during the Atlanta Campaign, but determining exactly what happened took a little more digging.
On a hunch I pulled the index to Confederate Veteran Magazine, and as luck would have it, I found a listing for Joseph H. Castles. I pulled Volume 17 of the publication, the issues for 1909, and on page 208 I found the following:
J.H. Castles, of Houston, Miss., who was a member of Company H, 24th Mississippi, Walthall's Brigade, gives an interesting account of his war experiences. He joined the army when only sixteen, and was in all the battles with Johnston's army. He was wounded in the battle of Atlanta, and still carries the ball in his body. He gives a pleasant episode of the defense of Lookout Mountain. He says that the pickets of both armies were so close together that there was much friendly exchange of badinage and commissaries, and that when the orders came for battle the Yankee pickets called out to the Confederate pickets to get to cover, as the firing was about to commence.
It's not much, but the brief account from Confederate Veteran does answer many of the questions regarding the missing information from Castles service record. The really intriguing thing to me is that it seems that this account was taken from a longer reminiscence written by Castles about his wartime experiences. I hope that this longer manuscript still exists somewhere, and with a little luck, perhaps I will be the one to find it.
Following is some info that you may like to add to the Memorial for Joseph Henry Castles in Friendship Cemetery. I have sent a copy of this to Judy Gordon Castle to see if she has more info. Will let you know if I learn more. I will send you an email with the picture that was attached.
A Fearless Soldier: Joseph Henry Castles of the 24th Mississippi Infantry
by championhilz
Tombstone of Joseph Henry Castles - Findagrave.com
Castles, who served in Company H, "Buena Vista Hornets," 24th Mississippi Infantry. The imagery on the tombstone was striking, as was Castles epitaph; "A True Christian and a Fearless Soldier."
I decided to look into the service of this "Fearless soldier," and see what I could learn about him. I pulled Castles service record and found that he enlisted in the army on September 24, 1862, at Buena Vista, in Chickasaw County, Mississippi. He was listed as "present" on every muster roll of the regiment through January - February 1864, but after that time his service record just ends without any explanation. There was one other item, a small scrap of paper, that does shed a little light on what happened to Castles - It's nothing more than a receipt from St. Mary's Hospital in LaGrange, Georgia, dated June 20, 1864, and stating that he was issued one jacket, value $4.00.
The hospital receipt was a strong indication that Castles was either wounded or sick during the Atlanta Campaign, but determining exactly what happened took a little more digging.
On a hunch I pulled the index to Confederate Veteran Magazine, and as luck would have it, I found a listing for Joseph H. Castles. I pulled Volume 17 of the publication, the issues for 1909, and on page 208 I found the following:
J.H. Castles, of Houston, Miss., who was a member of Company H, 24th Mississippi, Walthall's Brigade, gives an interesting account of his war experiences. He joined the army when only sixteen, and was in all the battles with Johnston's army. He was wounded in the battle of Atlanta, and still carries the ball in his body. He gives a pleasant episode of the defense of Lookout Mountain. He says that the pickets of both armies were so close together that there was much friendly exchange of badinage and commissaries, and that when the orders came for battle the Yankee pickets called out to the Confederate pickets to get to cover, as the firing was about to commence.
It's not much, but the brief account from Confederate Veteran does answer many of the questions regarding the missing information from Castles service record. The really intriguing thing to me is that it seems that this account was taken from a longer reminiscence written by Castles about his wartime experiences. I hope that this longer manuscript still exists somewhere, and with a little luck, perhaps I will be the one to find it.
FindaGrave contributor Libba Criddle (47244415) sent me this thru email.
Following is some info that you may like to add to the Memorial for Joseph Henry Castles in Friendship Cemetery. I have sent a copy of this to Judy Gordon Castle to see if she has more info. Will let you know if I learn more. I will send you an email with the picture that was attached.
A Fearless Soldier: Joseph Henry Castles of the 24th Mississippi Infantry
by championhilz
Tombstone of Joseph Henry Castles - Findagrave.com
Castles, who served in Company H, "Buena Vista Hornets," 24th Mississippi Infantry. The imagery on the tombstone was striking, as was Castles epitaph; "A True Christian and a Fearless Soldier."
I decided to look into the service of this "Fearless soldier," and see what I could learn about him. I pulled Castles service record and found that he enlisted in the army on September 24, 1862, at Buena Vista, in Chickasaw County, Mississippi. He was listed as "present" on every muster roll of the regiment through January - February 1864, but after that time his service record just ends without any explanation. There was one other item, a small scrap of paper, that does shed a little light on what happened to Castles - It's nothing more than a receipt from St. Mary's Hospital in LaGrange, Georgia, dated June 20, 1864, and stating that he was issued one jacket, value $4.00.
The hospital receipt was a strong indication that Castles was either wounded or sick during the Atlanta Campaign, but determining exactly what happened took a little more digging.
On a hunch I pulled the index to Confederate Veteran Magazine, and as luck would have it, I found a listing for Joseph H. Castles. I pulled Volume 17 of the publication, the issues for 1909, and on page 208 I found the following:
J.H. Castles, of Houston, Miss., who was a member of Company H, 24th Mississippi, Walthall's Brigade, gives an interesting account of his war experiences. He joined the army when only sixteen, and was in all the battles with Johnston's army. He was wounded in the battle of Atlanta, and still carries the ball in his body. He gives a pleasant episode of the defense of Lookout Mountain. He says that the pickets of both armies were so close together that there was much friendly exchange of badinage and commissaries, and that when the orders came for battle the Yankee pickets called out to the Confederate pickets to get to cover, as the firing was about to commence.
It's not much, but the brief account from Confederate Veteran does answer many of the questions regarding the missing information from Castles service record. The really intriguing thing to me is that it seems that this account was taken from a longer reminiscence written by Castles about his wartime experiences. I hope that this longer manuscript still exists somewhere, and with a little luck, perhaps I will be the one to find it.
Following is some info that you may like to add to the Memorial for Joseph Henry Castles in Friendship Cemetery. I have sent a copy of this to Judy Gordon Castle to see if she has more info. Will let you know if I learn more. I will send you an email with the picture that was attached.
A Fearless Soldier: Joseph Henry Castles of the 24th Mississippi Infantry
by championhilz
Tombstone of Joseph Henry Castles - Findagrave.com
Castles, who served in Company H, "Buena Vista Hornets," 24th Mississippi Infantry. The imagery on the tombstone was striking, as was Castles epitaph; "A True Christian and a Fearless Soldier."
I decided to look into the service of this "Fearless soldier," and see what I could learn about him. I pulled Castles service record and found that he enlisted in the army on September 24, 1862, at Buena Vista, in Chickasaw County, Mississippi. He was listed as "present" on every muster roll of the regiment through January - February 1864, but after that time his service record just ends without any explanation. There was one other item, a small scrap of paper, that does shed a little light on what happened to Castles - It's nothing more than a receipt from St. Mary's Hospital in LaGrange, Georgia, dated June 20, 1864, and stating that he was issued one jacket, value $4.00.
The hospital receipt was a strong indication that Castles was either wounded or sick during the Atlanta Campaign, but determining exactly what happened took a little more digging.
On a hunch I pulled the index to Confederate Veteran Magazine, and as luck would have it, I found a listing for Joseph H. Castles. I pulled Volume 17 of the publication, the issues for 1909, and on page 208 I found the following:
J.H. Castles, of Houston, Miss., who was a member of Company H, 24th Mississippi, Walthall's Brigade, gives an interesting account of his war experiences. He joined the army when only sixteen, and was in all the battles with Johnston's army. He was wounded in the battle of Atlanta, and still carries the ball in his body. He gives a pleasant episode of the defense of Lookout Mountain. He says that the pickets of both armies were so close together that there was much friendly exchange of badinage and commissaries, and that when the orders came for battle the Yankee pickets called out to the Confederate pickets to get to cover, as the firing was about to commence.
It's not much, but the brief account from Confederate Veteran does answer many of the questions regarding the missing information from Castles service record. The really intriguing thing to me is that it seems that this account was taken from a longer reminiscence written by Castles about his wartime experiences. I hope that this longer manuscript still exists somewhere, and with a little luck, perhaps I will be the one to find it.
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