Z. E. Townsend, 2nd Corporal, Company H, 1st Regiment Mississippi (King's) State Troops, enlisted August 16, 1862 at Koseiusko by Col. A. M. Davis, sent to hospital December 6, marked absent without leave the end of December, 1862, still AWOL the end of February, 1863, no further records
[Note: There were no further company muster rolls recorded in these records, thus, we do not know if he ever returned to his command]
M269: Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Mississippi
See also: http://www.gwest.org/1stms.htm
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Z. E. Townsend, age 46, Private, Captain Tillman Lomax's Company, Mississippi Artillery Reserves, enlisted August 25, 1864 at Canton, by Maj. J. D. Upton for the duration of the war, in Grenada Hospital October 23, 1864, detached December 30, 1864 to take prisoners to Cahawba, no further records
Company Muster Roll for the period Nov & Dec, 1864 dated Dec. 31, 1864, stationed at Meridian
Record of Events
The company has been stationed at Meridian Post State of Mississippi since last muster except an absence of six days that it was gone to Mobile where an attack was expected there by the late raid from Baton Rouge. The company is under good discipline (the deserters excepted) but ineficient [sic] for Infantry duty owing
to the fact a large majority are old and infirm. The company was organized as an Artillery Company but has never been equipped. Company undrilled raw troops. [No further records]
M269: Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Mississippi
Raised in Holmes & Madison Counties, MS.
Capt. Tillman Lomax.
This company was assigned to the reserve forces of the State.
http://mississippiscv.org/MS_Units/Lomaxs_Lt_Arty.htm