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Griffin G McIntosh

Birth
Death
15 Oct 1869 (aged 38)
Burial
Pleasant Hill, Copiah County, Mississippi, USA Add to Map
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PVT Company G Copiah Rebels 36th Mississippi Infantry Regiment

36th Infantry Regiment was assembled during the spring of 1862 and mustered into Confederate service at Corinth, Mississippi. Its members were recruited in Scott, Copiah, and Hinds counties. This unit had 326 men engaged at Iuka and lost 12 killed and 71 wounded in the Battle of Corinth. Later it was placed under the command of General Hebert, Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana, and captured when Vicksburg fell. During the siege it reported 28 killed and 72 wounded. After being exchanged, the regiment, serving in Mackall's and Sears' Brigade, fought in the Atlanta Campaign and in Tennessee with Hood, then took part in the defense of Mobile. It sustained 6 casualties at New Hope Church, 38 at Kenesaw Mountain, 29 at the Chattahoochee River, and 13 in the Battle of Atlanta. The 36th was included in the surrender of the Department of Alabama, Mississippi, and East Louisiana. The field officers were Colonels Drury J. Brown and William W. Witherspoon, Lieutenant Colonels Edward Brown and S.J. Harper, and Majors Charles P. Partin and Alexander Yates.



Spouse:
Mariah Catherine "Godbold" McIntosh B. 26 MAY 1846 in Caseyville, Copiah County, MS; d: 09 Oct 1883 in Raymond, Hinds Co.
PVT Company G Copiah Rebels 36th Mississippi Infantry Regiment

36th Infantry Regiment was assembled during the spring of 1862 and mustered into Confederate service at Corinth, Mississippi. Its members were recruited in Scott, Copiah, and Hinds counties. This unit had 326 men engaged at Iuka and lost 12 killed and 71 wounded in the Battle of Corinth. Later it was placed under the command of General Hebert, Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana, and captured when Vicksburg fell. During the siege it reported 28 killed and 72 wounded. After being exchanged, the regiment, serving in Mackall's and Sears' Brigade, fought in the Atlanta Campaign and in Tennessee with Hood, then took part in the defense of Mobile. It sustained 6 casualties at New Hope Church, 38 at Kenesaw Mountain, 29 at the Chattahoochee River, and 13 in the Battle of Atlanta. The 36th was included in the surrender of the Department of Alabama, Mississippi, and East Louisiana. The field officers were Colonels Drury J. Brown and William W. Witherspoon, Lieutenant Colonels Edward Brown and S.J. Harper, and Majors Charles P. Partin and Alexander Yates.



Spouse:
Mariah Catherine "Godbold" McIntosh B. 26 MAY 1846 in Caseyville, Copiah County, MS; d: 09 Oct 1883 in Raymond, Hinds Co.


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  • Maintained by: Tim Naab
  • Originally Created by: Martha
  • Added: May 20, 2008
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/26953578/griffin_g-mcintosh: accessed ), memorial page for Griffin G McIntosh (8 Sep 1831–15 Oct 1869), Find a Grave Memorial ID 26953578, citing Calvin Blue Cemetery, Pleasant Hill, Copiah County, Mississippi, USA; Maintained by Tim Naab (contributor 47480386).