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Re: Forefather of H. Gaines Bankston

Ronnie,

Their is an H. G. Bankston listed as a member of Lomax's Artillery (MS):

H G. Bankston

Residence was not listed;
Enlisted as a Private (date unknown).

He had service in:
"Lomax's" Co. MS Lomax's Light Artillery

Sources used by Historical Data Systems, Inc.:
- Index to Compiled Confederate Military Service Records
(c) Historical Data Systems, Inc. @ www.civilwardata.com

Here is a short history of this unit:

Lomax’s Company Light Artillery

(from Dunbar Rowland’s "Military History of Mississippi, 1803-1898"; company listing courtesy of H. Grady Howell’s "For Dixie Land, I’ll Take My Stand’)

Raised in Holmes & Madison Counties, MS.
Capt. Tillman Lomax.

This company was assigned to the reserve forces of the State.

No further information available in Rowland, Howell, or the Official Records of the War of Northern Aggression.

You can obtain this man's Compiled Military and "possibly" his Confederate Pension Application through these message boards by clicking on the link below.

Jim Martin

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