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Re: MS Co. C Infantry - Williams

Thanks, I'll order his records. Do you know what division and corp they would have been identified with during the Battle of Franklin? The notes I've copied below mention nothing about Franklin. All the information I've had so far has said he died there on Nov 30th.

HISTORICAL NOTES:
The Mississippi 6th Infantry Regiment [also called the 7th Regiment] was assembled at Jackson, Mississippi, in February, 1861. Its companies were recruited in the counties of Rankin, Quitman, Leake, Scott, Copiah, and Simpson. The unit fought at Shiloh under General Cleburne and later was assigned to Rust's, Tilghman's, and J. Adams' Brigade. For a time it served in Mississippi and saw action in various conflicts in the Vicksburg area. It later joined the Army of Tennessee and fought with distinction throughout the Atlanta Campaign, with Hood in Tennessee, and in North Carolina. The regiment was organized with 649 officers and men, lost seventy-six percent of the 425 engaged at Shiloh, and reported 30 casualties at Champion's Hill . On April 26, 1865, it surrendered with about 60 men.

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