George Martin
J. S. Tatom, age 28, on February 22, 1862 Captain J. S. Tatom's company "Yankee Hunters," offered their services at Union, Mississippi, enrolled as a Captain in Company D, 36th Mississippi Infantry March 12, 1862 at Meridian, Mississippi for a period of 12 months, re-enlisted for 3 years or the war at Rienzi, Mississippi May 30,1862, killed May 21, 1863, "in trenches" The 36th was stationed on the siege line at the Stockade Redan where Federal forces assaulted this position on the evening of May 21]
I'd be interested in how you obtained the intelligence that he is buried in Confederate Rest, Vicksburg City Cemetery, as he is not recorded in the list of those interred there. However, we know that at least 1000 still remain as unknown. The original list of 3000 men buried there was lost over the years and only 2000 have been identified to date on recovered documents. He very well may have been buried there originally as the Stockade is just a mile from the cemetery.