William O. Barger, Private, Company G, 34th Mississippi Infantry Regiment, enlisted April 26, 1862 in Tippah County, Mississippi, recorded on the Jul & Aug 1862 muster as having deserted July 15, 1862, absent sick on the Sep & Oct 1862 muster, on the Nov & Dec 1862 muster he is recorded as Deserted - Reported and dropped from the roll Nov. 22, 1862, the next card in his file he is noted as on a List of Confederate Prisoners of war paroled by the Federal forces and reported to Major N. G. Watts, C. S. A., Agent for Exchange of Prisoners of War at Vicksburg, Miss., not dated, no remarks as to point of capture, no further records

Also found on the roster of the 34th Mississippi are:

John Barger, Private, Company G, enlisted March 17, 1862 in Tippah County, Miss., absent sick Jul/Aug 62' & Sep/Oct, deserted, reported and dropped from the roll Nov. 22, 1862, no further records

E. M. Barger, Private, Company G, enlisted April 22,1862 in Tippah County, Miss., present at the Jul & Aug and Sep & Oct, 1862 musters, appointed 4th Sergeant November 1,1862, Jan & Feb 63' present, recorded on the Mar & Apr 1863 muster as "sent to Hospital April 22, 1863 on authority of Brigade Surgeon," no further records, the next company muster roll extant is that for the period Jan & Feb 1864 which absence means he had been dropped from the rolls for some reason

Later company Muster Rolls

Mar & Apr. , 1863, camp Wither four miles West of Shelbyville, Tenn.

Missing 4 bi-monthly reports

Jan & Feb, 1864, Stationed near Dalton, Ga., Has been working the road from Dalton to Resaca. Was also in line of Battle in fromt of Dalton & is in Quarters

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M269: Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Mississippi