Married 18 January 1854
Lawrence County, Mississippi
Pvt. William M. Smith (b. prob. Lawrence County, MS, bef. 1850-d. Lawrence County, MS, after 1865), Co. E ("Ramsey's Company," raised in Copiah County, MS), 4th MS Cavalry. Prob. very young, as he enlisted late in the war, ca. mid-1864. No enlistment date/data. Present on June 30, 1864, company muster roll, with notation "on extra duty [as] headquarters courier." Served till war's end. Surrendered at the general surrender of Confederate forces in the Central South at Citronelle, AL, on May 4, 1865, and physically paroled at Jackson, MS, on May 19, 1865. Notation on parole gives residence as Lawrence County, MS. However, another war's end parole also exists for him, stating that he surrendered at the general surrender of Confederate forces in the Central South at Citronelle, AL, on May 4, 1865, and was physically paroled with famed Confederate General Nathan Bedford Forrest's cavalry forces at Gainesville, AL, on May 12, 1865. Notation on this second parole also gives his residence as Lawrence County, MS. It is impossible to tell whether he was paroled twice or whether one of his parole is a parole on paper only (i.e., he wasn't physically present to be paroled). Southern Patriot! Buried in the Calhoun Cemetery, in the woods about 0.5 miles north of Divide Methodist Church, Divide Road, Lawrence County, MS, with marker type (if any) undetermined. Bio courtesy of Jim Huffman
Lawrence County, Mississippi
Pvt. William M. Smith (b. prob. Lawrence County, MS, bef. 1850-d. Lawrence County, MS, after 1865), Co. E ("Ramsey's Company," raised in Copiah County, MS), 4th MS Cavalry. Prob. very young, as he enlisted late in the war, ca. mid-1864. No enlistment date/data. Present on June 30, 1864, company muster roll, with notation "on extra duty [as] headquarters courier." Served till war's end. Surrendered at the general surrender of Confederate forces in the Central South at Citronelle, AL, on May 4, 1865, and physically paroled at Jackson, MS, on May 19, 1865. Notation on parole gives residence as Lawrence County, MS. However, another war's end parole also exists for him, stating that he surrendered at the general surrender of Confederate forces in the Central South at Citronelle, AL, on May 4, 1865, and was physically paroled with famed Confederate General Nathan Bedford Forrest's cavalry forces at Gainesville, AL, on May 12, 1865. Notation on this second parole also gives his residence as Lawrence County, MS. It is impossible to tell whether he was paroled twice or whether one of his parole is a parole on paper only (i.e., he wasn't physically present to be paroled). Southern Patriot! Buried in the Calhoun Cemetery, in the woods about 0.5 miles north of Divide Methodist Church, Divide Road, Lawrence County, MS, with marker type (if any) undetermined. Bio courtesy of Jim Huffman
Married 18 January 1854
Lawrence County, Mississippi
Pvt. William M. Smith (b. prob. Lawrence County, MS, bef. 1850-d. Lawrence County, MS, after 1865), Co. E ("Ramsey's Company," raised in Copiah County, MS), 4th MS Cavalry. Prob. very young, as he enlisted late in the war, ca. mid-1864. No enlistment date/data. Present on June 30, 1864, company muster roll, with notation "on extra duty [as] headquarters courier." Served till war's end. Surrendered at the general surrender of Confederate forces in the Central South at Citronelle, AL, on May 4, 1865, and physically paroled at Jackson, MS, on May 19, 1865. Notation on parole gives residence as Lawrence County, MS. However, another war's end parole also exists for him, stating that he surrendered at the general surrender of Confederate forces in the Central South at Citronelle, AL, on May 4, 1865, and was physically paroled with famed Confederate General Nathan Bedford Forrest's cavalry forces at Gainesville, AL, on May 12, 1865. Notation on this second parole also gives his residence as Lawrence County, MS. It is impossible to tell whether he was paroled twice or whether one of his parole is a parole on paper only (i.e., he wasn't physically present to be paroled). Southern Patriot! Buried in the Calhoun Cemetery, in the woods about 0.5 miles north of Divide Methodist Church, Divide Road, Lawrence County, MS, with marker type (if any) undetermined. Bio courtesy of Jim Huffman
Lawrence County, Mississippi
Pvt. William M. Smith (b. prob. Lawrence County, MS, bef. 1850-d. Lawrence County, MS, after 1865), Co. E ("Ramsey's Company," raised in Copiah County, MS), 4th MS Cavalry. Prob. very young, as he enlisted late in the war, ca. mid-1864. No enlistment date/data. Present on June 30, 1864, company muster roll, with notation "on extra duty [as] headquarters courier." Served till war's end. Surrendered at the general surrender of Confederate forces in the Central South at Citronelle, AL, on May 4, 1865, and physically paroled at Jackson, MS, on May 19, 1865. Notation on parole gives residence as Lawrence County, MS. However, another war's end parole also exists for him, stating that he surrendered at the general surrender of Confederate forces in the Central South at Citronelle, AL, on May 4, 1865, and was physically paroled with famed Confederate General Nathan Bedford Forrest's cavalry forces at Gainesville, AL, on May 12, 1865. Notation on this second parole also gives his residence as Lawrence County, MS. It is impossible to tell whether he was paroled twice or whether one of his parole is a parole on paper only (i.e., he wasn't physically present to be paroled). Southern Patriot! Buried in the Calhoun Cemetery, in the woods about 0.5 miles north of Divide Methodist Church, Divide Road, Lawrence County, MS, with marker type (if any) undetermined. Bio courtesy of Jim Huffman
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