Residence Hinds County MS;
Enlisted on 5/1/1861 at Hinds County, MS as a Qtr Master Serg.

On 5/1/1861 he mustered into "A" Co. MS 12th Infantry
He was Surrendered on 4/9/1865 at Appomattox Court House, VA

Other Information:
born 2/23/1841 in Clark County, MS
died 6/21/1914 in Confederate Home, Little Rock, AR
Buried: Confederate Home Cemetery, Little Rock, AR

(Cousin of Sedley Lynch Bracey of same unit. Married
Annie Hutchins in 1869)

After the War he lived in Hinds County, MS

Sources used by Historical Data Systems, Inc.:

- Index to Compiled Confederate Military Service Records
- Confederate Veteran Magazine

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Augustas A. Bracey, age 18, enlisted as a Private in Captain William H. Taylor's Company (Raymond Fencibles).12th Regiment Mississippi Volunteers**, April 30, 1861 at Cornith, Mississippi, recorded on May 14, 1863 as on Division Provost Guard, appointed Quarter Master Sergeant August 31, 1863, subsequently Regimental QM, transferred to the rolls of the Field & Staff & Band Sept./Oct. 1864

Also enlisted in Company A at the same time as 3rd Sergeant was 28 year old Sedley L. Bracey, promoted 2nd Lieutenant April 28, 1862, wounded in the engagement before Richmond, Va., June 26-July1, 1862, promoted to 1st Lieutenant March 7,1863, appointed Captain and regimental Assistant Quartermaster (AQM) July 18, 1863, absent without leave from February 17,1864, dropped from rolls June 6, 1864

**This company was successively designated as Captain Taylor's Company, 6th Regiment, 3rd Brigade, Mississippi Volunteers, and as Captain Taylor's Company, Captain Thomas' Company, (Old) Company C,and (New) Company A, 12th Regiment Mississippi Infantry.
[Compiled Service Records M269]
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Field and Staff - Officers

Richard Griffith, - Col.
William H. Taylor, Col.
John R. Dickens, Maj.
Merry B. Harris, Col.
[Samuel Beauchamp] Thomas, Col.
[James] R. Bell, Maj.
Henry Hughes, Col.
William H. Lilly, Maj., died February 13, 1863
M. S. Craft, Surg.
Isaac G. Clarke, A.S.
C. A. Rice, A.S., relieved April 28, 1862
G. G. Grover, A.S.
William M. Inge, Adj., promoted
James H. Capers, Adj. [illegible] January 2, 1864 revoked
E. Howard McCaleb, Adj.
W. H. Wall, Adj.
E. R. Dickson, A.Q.M., r. August 5, 1862
S. L. Bracey, A.Q.M., dropped June 6, 1864
R. H. Taliaferro, A.Q.M., resigned
John L. Briscoe, A.Q.M.
A. M. Hawkins, A.C.S., promoted
John A. Galbraith, A.C.S.
Charles H. Dobbs, Chap., r. November 5, 1862
Jefferson Meek, Chap.
A. Jarvis, Ens

Officers of Company A (Clark Rifles)

John J. McLean, Capt.
John D. Fairley, 1st Lt.
Thomas C. McNair, 2nd Lt., r. February 1, 1862
Green Hill, 2nd Lt., died April 29, 1862
John M. Gillis, 2nd Lt., r. July 3, 1861
A. J. Short, 1st Lt.
R. R. Applewhite, Capt.
W. H. Short, 1st Lt.
H. S. McCollum, 1st Lt., r. November 26, 1863
J. Lewis Vaughan, 1st Lt.
F. W. Bessonett, 2nd Lt.
D. F. McCormick, 2nd Lt., killed May 31, 1862
Afterwards Company H.

Officers of Company B (Natchez Fencibles)

E. M. Blackburn, Capt.
Campbell Marsh, 1st Lt.
Thomas A. Wilson, Capt., r. June 5, 1863
[Thomas] Quitman Munce, Capt.
William T. Glasscock, 1st Lt.
H. A. Scheling, 2nd Lt., dropped June 28, 1864
Collin W. Gibson, 2nd Lt.
A. L. Butz, Capt., killed May 31, 1862
Afterwards Company G.

Officers of Company C (Raymond Fencibles)

Samuel B. Thomas, Capt., to Maj.
Joseph B. Johnson, Capt.
William B. Thomas, 2nd Lt., r. June 27, 1862
Beauchamp B. Thomas, 2nd Lt.
S. L. Bracey, 1st Lt., to A.Q.M.
George D. Nixon, 1st Lt.
Robert Hunter, 2nd Lt.
Afterwards Company A.

Company A (Clark Rifles)

Stationed at Corinth, Mississippi, May 23, 1861.
Muster-in roll of Captain Samuel B. Thomas' Company, in
the Twelfth Regiment of Mississippi Volunteers, commanded by
Colonel Richard Griffith . . . for the term of twelve months from
April 30, 1861.
W. S. WALKER,
Confederate States Army, Mustering Officer.

Stationed at Camp Masked Battery near Fairfax Station, Virginia,
August 31, 1861.

Stationed at Davis' Ford, Virginia, January-February 1862.
Stationed near Fredericksburg, Virginia, November 1862-April
1863.
Stationed at Orange Court-House, Virginia, May-August 1863.
Stationed near Brandy Station, September-October 1863.
Stationed near Orange Court-House, Virginia, November 1863-
April 1864.
Stationed at Petersburg, Virginia, May-June 1864.
May 2.— Left camp at Orange Court-House. Marched to
Verdiersville.

May 6.— Engaged the enemy, loss one man wounded.
May 12.— Engaged in the battle of Spotsylvania Court-House.
One killed, three wounded, four missing.
May 24.— Engaged at Hanover Junction, loss one killed.
Stationed near Petersburg, Virginia, July-August 1864.
July I-August 16.— Remained in the trenches near Petersburg.
Started for the north side of James River.
August 17-18.— Arrived at New Market Heights. The company
was engaged on August 18 but sustained no loss.
August 19-20.— Left New Market Heights and arrived at Peters-
burg on August 20.

August 21-September 1.— Was engaged on the Weldon Railroad
and lost one man killed and five missing, including the captain.
In trenches from August 21 to September 1.
Stationed near Petersburg, September-October 1864.
October 2 7.— Relieved in the trenches in front of Petersburg.
Marches to Burgess' Mill. The company was under fire but sus-
tained no loss.
October 28.— Returned to the trenches in front of Petersburg.
November 7.— One of the company killed on the skirmish line.

November 9.— Relieved in the trenches.
November 11.— Went into winter quarters.
Stationed near Petersburg, Virginia, November-December 1864.

Company B (Natchez Fencibles)

Stationed at Corinth, Mississippi, May 23, 1861.
May 12.— Muster-in roll of Captain E. R. Gale's Company, in
the Twelfth Regiment of Mississippi Volunteers, commanded by
Colonel Richard Griffith, called into the service of the Con-
federate States in the Provisional Army under the provisions of
the Act of Congress passed February —, 1861 by — from May
12, 1861 for the term of twelve months, unless sooner dis-
charged. . . .
W. S. WALKER,
Confederate States Army, Mustering Officer.

Stationed at Satartia, Mississippi, May 13, 1861.
Stationed at Camp Masked Battery near Fairfax Station, Virginia,
August 31, 1861.
Station not stated, January-February 1862.
Station not stated, November-December 1862.
Stationed near Fredericksburg, January-February 1863.
Stationed near Fredericksburg, March-April 1863.
Privates Isaac Martin, Samuel Martin, Joseph Holcombe;
names are dropped from the company roll, they having joined
other commands under the reenlistment act April 7, 1862.
W. R. Harris is dropped from the roll, he having furnished a
substitute April 6.
[Robert] W. Dilley died at General Hospital No. 2, Lynch-
burg April 23.
John O'Neill joined as substitute for W. R. Harris April 6.
R. D. Murrell died at Camp Winder Hospital April 23.

Stationed at Orange Court-House, May-June 1863.
Lieutenant B. W. Johnson died of disease in June.
Sergeant [George] W. Howard was discharged by orders of
Secretary of War July 12, 1862.
[George] W. Humphreys discharged by orders of General
Lee June 5.
J. J. Martin died of wounds May 14.
Stationed at Orange Court-House, July-August 1863.
July 31.— Private S. R. McDowell joined by transfer.
Stationed near Brandy Station, September-October 1863.
Stationed near Orange Court-House, Virginia, November 1863-
April 1864.

Stationed near Petersburg, Virginia, May-June 1864.
May 6.— The company participated in the battle of the Wilder-
ness.
May 12.— [Participated] in the hard contested battle of Spotsyl-
vania Court-House.
June 4, 6.— Sustained serious losses in the severe skirmishing at
Cold Harbor.
June 25.— Slight skirmishing and loss of one man.
Two members of this company were detailed as scouts by
General [Ambrose Powell] Hill. One has been a prisoner of war
for several months past but reliable information has recently been
received of his escape.
L. STAMPLEY,
Captain,
Commanding Company.
Stationed near Petersburg, Virginia, July-December 1864.