Son of Elihu J Brown & Olive Herrington
Married Martha Holliman, Amanda Shaw, and listed on death certificate is Florence
CSA Co K 8th Mississippi Infantry
Enlisted - January 11, 1864
Where - Enterprise Miss.
By - Capt D O Merwin
Period - War
[he was under 18 years of age]
U.S. Civil War Soldiers, 1861-1865 about Thomas Brown
Name: Thomas Brown
Side: Confederate
Regiment State/Origin: Mississippi
Regiment Name: 8 Mississippi Infantry.
Regiment Name Expanded: 8th Regiment, Mississippi Infantry
Company: K
Rank In: Private
Rank In Expanded: Private
Rank Out: Private
Rank Out Expanded: Private
Film Number: M232 roll 5
Research of Jim Huffman
Pvt. Thomas Hugh Brown (b. AL, 1844-d. Perry County, MS, 1926), Co. K ("Ellisville Invincibles," aka "Jones County Invincibles," raised in Jones County, MS),8th MS Infantry. Enlisted Jan. 11, 1864, at Enterprise, Clarke County, MS, at age 20 (according to family birth records, but his military records state that he was "under 18 years of age," so his birth year could be 1846/1847/1848). Present on Feb. 1864 company muster roll. On April 9, 1865, for purposes of surrender at war's end, the 8th MS Infantry was consolidated with the 5th MS Infantry, the 32nd MS Infantry, and the 3rd Battalion MS Infantry to form the 8th Battalion Consolidated MS Infantry. Pvt. Brown served in Co. B of this consolidated command. Served till war's end.Surrendered at war's end at the general surrender of Confederate troops in the Carolinas with Gen. Joseph E. Johnston and the Army of the South on April 26, 1865, and paroled at Greensboro, NC, May 1, 1865. Southern Patriot! Buried in the Buck Creek Cemetery, 31.34563 -89.04050, located on the W side of the road at 907 Buck Creek Road, Richton, Perry County, MS, with a Confederate marker.Pvt. Brown filed Confederate Pension applications in Perry County, MS, in 1902& 1917, in which he stated that he was a Confederate soldier in the 8th MS and that he was wounded "slightly...under the right knee" in May 1864 at Dallas, GA (which would mean that he was wounded at either the Battle of New Hope Church or the Battle of Pickett's Mill).
Son of Elihu J Brown & Olive Herrington
Married Martha Holliman, Amanda Shaw, and listed on death certificate is Florence
CSA Co K 8th Mississippi Infantry
Enlisted - January 11, 1864
Where - Enterprise Miss.
By - Capt D O Merwin
Period - War
[he was under 18 years of age]
U.S. Civil War Soldiers, 1861-1865 about Thomas Brown
Name: Thomas Brown
Side: Confederate
Regiment State/Origin: Mississippi
Regiment Name: 8 Mississippi Infantry.
Regiment Name Expanded: 8th Regiment, Mississippi Infantry
Company: K
Rank In: Private
Rank In Expanded: Private
Rank Out: Private
Rank Out Expanded: Private
Film Number: M232 roll 5
Research of Jim Huffman
Pvt. Thomas Hugh Brown (b. AL, 1844-d. Perry County, MS, 1926), Co. K ("Ellisville Invincibles," aka "Jones County Invincibles," raised in Jones County, MS),8th MS Infantry. Enlisted Jan. 11, 1864, at Enterprise, Clarke County, MS, at age 20 (according to family birth records, but his military records state that he was "under 18 years of age," so his birth year could be 1846/1847/1848). Present on Feb. 1864 company muster roll. On April 9, 1865, for purposes of surrender at war's end, the 8th MS Infantry was consolidated with the 5th MS Infantry, the 32nd MS Infantry, and the 3rd Battalion MS Infantry to form the 8th Battalion Consolidated MS Infantry. Pvt. Brown served in Co. B of this consolidated command. Served till war's end.Surrendered at war's end at the general surrender of Confederate troops in the Carolinas with Gen. Joseph E. Johnston and the Army of the South on April 26, 1865, and paroled at Greensboro, NC, May 1, 1865. Southern Patriot! Buried in the Buck Creek Cemetery, 31.34563 -89.04050, located on the W side of the road at 907 Buck Creek Road, Richton, Perry County, MS, with a Confederate marker.Pvt. Brown filed Confederate Pension applications in Perry County, MS, in 1902& 1917, in which he stated that he was a Confederate soldier in the 8th MS and that he was wounded "slightly...under the right knee" in May 1864 at Dallas, GA (which would mean that he was wounded at either the Battle of New Hope Church or the Battle of Pickett's Mill).