Residence was not listed;
Enlisted as a 2nd Lieutenant
"D" Co. LA 9th Battn Infantry
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- Index to Compiled Confederate Military Service Records
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9th LA Infantry Battalion
Organized: Camp Moore, LA on 5/15/62
Mustered Out: 7/8/63 at Port Hudson, LA
9th Battalion, Louisiana Infantry
9th Infantry Battalion [also called 17th Battalion] was formed at Camp Moore, Louisiana, during March, 1862. It contained four companies, and some of the men were raised in Rapides Parish. The unit served in Gregg's and Maxey's Brigade in the Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana and was captured in the fight for Port Hudson. After being exchanged, it was not reorganized. Lieutenant Colonel Samuel Boyd and Major Tom Bynum were its field officers.
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Co. D, 9th/17th Battalion Louisiana Infantry
"Caruther's Sharp Shooters"
McCrea, Wm. D. L. - Captain R Sep 62
Bradley, Alfred - 1st Lieut./Captain
W. W. Bankston - 2nd/1st Lieut.
Jones, Wm. W. - 2nd Lieut.
Holden, Wm. - 2nd Lieut.
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W. W. Bankston, 2nd Lieutenant, Captain W. D. L. McRae's Company, (Caruther's Sharp Shooters) unattached,* enlisted April 10, 1862 at Ponchatouls, Louisiana for the war, promoted 1st Lieutenant September, 1862, recorded at Camp Polk? June 12, 1864, later attached to Gober's Consolidated Regiment Mounted Infantry (Cavalry) commanded by Major Tom Bynum,** on detached service gathering absentees September 13, 1864, believe at Camp Moore
* This company subsequently became Company D, 9th Battalion Louisiana Infantry
** Colonel Daniel Gober commanded the 16th Louisiana Infantry. Major Tom Bynum was originally commanding Company A, 9th Louisiana and later with the Field & Staff and subsequently, Major in Gober's Consolidated Regiment Louisiana Mounted Infantry
Thomas Bynum, Major 9th Battalion, Louisiana Inf. ordered to report to Col Gober for duty by Col. Jno. S. Scott, Commanding District, S. W. Miss., E. La. July, 1864
M320: Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Louisiana