Pvt James Vaughn Riggan

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Pvt James Vaughn Riggan

Birth
Warrenton, Warren County, North Carolina, USA
Death
1898 (aged 79–80)
Smithville, Monroe County, Mississippi, USA
Burial
Monroe County, Mississippi, USA Add to Map
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Son of Jonathan Riggan and Catherine Hall Raney. Brother of Dr Edmund Hall Riggan
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MISSISSIPPI CONFEDERATE SOLDIER C.S.A.
Name: James Vaughn Riggan
Birth: 1818 Warrenton, NC
Enlisted: July 28 1862
Aberdeen, Monroe, MS by Capt. Thompson
Rank In: Pvivate
Unit: Company B
3rd Battalion Miss. Minute Men (State Troops)
Side: Confederate
State or Origin: Mississippi
County Contributor: Monroe
Discharged: Apr 26, 1865
Cemetery: Riggan's Chapel
City: 1 mi NE of Splunge, MS
Type Marker: Confederate
Death: 1898 Smithville, MS


- Present or absent: not stated -
Note: Mustered out of service at Columbus, Miss. Sept. 22, 1863, as ordered by Gen. J. E. Johnston, by S.O. No. 168, Hd. Qrs. Morton, Miss, dated Aug. 26, 1863.

S.O. No. 168 was so changed by S.O. No. 177, same Hd. Qrs., dated Sept. 4, 1863, as to direct their payment up to the time they were disbanded by Leiut. Gen. Pemberton, on or about the 17th of July, 1863
Remarks: Sick in forfeiture of pay 29 Sept 1862 to Mar 25, 1863.

- Roll of Prisoners of War -
paroled at Vicksburg, Miss., according to the terms of capitulation entered into by the commanding Generals of the United States and Confederate forces July 4, 1863
Where captured: Vickburg, Miss
When captured: July 4,, 1863

VICKSBURG, MISSISSIPPI
TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN, KNOW YE THAT:
I J. V. Riggan a servant of Co. B 3rd Battalion Mis Troops, survice of C.S.A., being a Prisoner of War, in the hands of the United States Forces, in virtue of the capitulation of the City of Vicksburg and it's garrison, by lieut Gen. John C. Pemberton, C.S.A., Commanding, on the 4th day of July, 1863, do in pursuance of the terms of said capitulation, give this my solemn parole under oath-
That I will not take up arms again against the United States, nor serve in any military, police, or constabulary force in any Fort, Garrison or field work, held by the Confederate States of America, against the United States of America, nor as a guard of prisons, depots or stores, nor discharge any dutied usualy peromed by Officers or soldiers, against the Unites States of America, until duly exhanged by the proper authorities.

J.V. Riggan
Sworn to and subsbrided before me at Vicksburg, Miss, this 10th day of July 1863.

Leo C M II Reg't Tus Vols AND PAROLLING OFFICER Mayor

Bio by Daniel Paul Aldrete 4th great grandson.
This memorial is maintained by a family member
Son of Jonathan Riggan and Catherine Hall Raney. Brother of Dr Edmund Hall Riggan
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MISSISSIPPI CONFEDERATE SOLDIER C.S.A.
Name: James Vaughn Riggan
Birth: 1818 Warrenton, NC
Enlisted: July 28 1862
Aberdeen, Monroe, MS by Capt. Thompson
Rank In: Pvivate
Unit: Company B
3rd Battalion Miss. Minute Men (State Troops)
Side: Confederate
State or Origin: Mississippi
County Contributor: Monroe
Discharged: Apr 26, 1865
Cemetery: Riggan's Chapel
City: 1 mi NE of Splunge, MS
Type Marker: Confederate
Death: 1898 Smithville, MS


- Present or absent: not stated -
Note: Mustered out of service at Columbus, Miss. Sept. 22, 1863, as ordered by Gen. J. E. Johnston, by S.O. No. 168, Hd. Qrs. Morton, Miss, dated Aug. 26, 1863.

S.O. No. 168 was so changed by S.O. No. 177, same Hd. Qrs., dated Sept. 4, 1863, as to direct their payment up to the time they were disbanded by Leiut. Gen. Pemberton, on or about the 17th of July, 1863
Remarks: Sick in forfeiture of pay 29 Sept 1862 to Mar 25, 1863.

- Roll of Prisoners of War -
paroled at Vicksburg, Miss., according to the terms of capitulation entered into by the commanding Generals of the United States and Confederate forces July 4, 1863
Where captured: Vickburg, Miss
When captured: July 4,, 1863

VICKSBURG, MISSISSIPPI
TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN, KNOW YE THAT:
I J. V. Riggan a servant of Co. B 3rd Battalion Mis Troops, survice of C.S.A., being a Prisoner of War, in the hands of the United States Forces, in virtue of the capitulation of the City of Vicksburg and it's garrison, by lieut Gen. John C. Pemberton, C.S.A., Commanding, on the 4th day of July, 1863, do in pursuance of the terms of said capitulation, give this my solemn parole under oath-
That I will not take up arms again against the United States, nor serve in any military, police, or constabulary force in any Fort, Garrison or field work, held by the Confederate States of America, against the United States of America, nor as a guard of prisons, depots or stores, nor discharge any dutied usualy peromed by Officers or soldiers, against the Unites States of America, until duly exhanged by the proper authorities.

J.V. Riggan
Sworn to and subsbrided before me at Vicksburg, Miss, this 10th day of July 1863.

Leo C M II Reg't Tus Vols AND PAROLLING OFFICER Mayor

Bio by Daniel Paul Aldrete 4th great grandson.
This memorial is maintained by a family member

Inscription

James V. Riggan
CO B 3 MISS. STATE TRP C S A
CONFEDERATE STATES ARMY
1818