John J. Caldwell enlisted as a Corporal "C" Co. MS 1st Infantry
H Caldwell enlisted as a 2nd Lieutenant "C" Co. MS 1st Infantry
Samuel Caldwell, enlisted as a 3rd Lieut "C" Co. MS 1st Infantry
Samuel Presly Caldwell, enlisted as a Private "C" Co. MS 1st Infantry
Sources used by Historical Data Systems, Inc.:
- Index to Compiled Confederate Military Service Records
Officers of Company C (Reuben Davis Rebels)
William Young, Capt.
[George Washington Lafayette] Fortune, Capt.
Simeon McCord, 1st Lt.
A. R. Stovall 1st Lt.
Jasper N. Davis, 2nd Lt.
J. G. Servis, 2nd Lt.
H. Caldwell, 2nd Lt.
Samuel L. McEachern, 2nd Lt.
Record of Events
Company C (Reuben Davis Rebels)
Stationed at Poplar Springs, August 2, 186I-August 2, 1862.
Stationed at Fort Hudson, Louisiana, January-February 1863.
Stationed at Columbus, Mississippi, March-April 1864.
Stationed at Atlanta, Georgia, July-August 1864.
Since last muster the company has made a long and fatiguing
march in north Mississippi.
July 15.— Participated in the engagement at old Harrisburg near
Tupelo, Mississippi.
Then moved to Meridian and from there to Selma, Alabama
and thence to Montgomery, then to Chehaw Station to aid in
repelling [William Starke] Rosecrans' raiders. Thence we
marched to Opelika and took train for West Point; thence ordered
here by General Bragg. These, especially the march in north
Mississippi, were marches and movements made very rapidly,
when the weather was extremely warm and numbers fell daily
from sunstroke. Since arriving at the Army of Tennessee without
ever being in any decisive engagement, the company has been on
constant picket duty, exposed to fire night and day and has lost
none killed but four wounded.
WILLIAM D. HOWZE,
First Lieutenant,
Commanding Company.
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W P. Caldwell enlisted as a Private "G" Co. MS 2nd Cavalry
S P. Caldwell enlisted as a Private "G" Co. MS 2nd Cavalry
B J. Caldwell enlisted as a Sergeant "G" Co. MS 2nd Cavalry
Clark Caldwell enlisted as a Private "G" Co. MS 2nd Cavalry
J W. Caldwell enlisted as a Corporal "G" Co. MS 2nd Cavalry
M Y. Caldwell enlisted as a Private "G" Co. MS 2nd Cavalry
Mart B. Caldwell enlisted as a Private "G" Co. MS 2nd Cavalry
R D. Caldwell enlisted as a Private MS 2nd Cavalry
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Officers of Company G (Peery's)
W. B. Peery, Capt.
J. W. Armstrong, 1st Lt.
Jesse Armstrong, Lt., commanding company
Note: formed by consolidation of Companies A and B, Fifth
Mississippi Cavalry.
Company G
Stationed at camp near Salem, Mississippi, September-October
1862.
Stationed near Mechanicsburg, Mississippi, May-June 1863.
As you can see from report, this company is greatly demoral-
ized. The cause I am uncertain of.
Stationed at Pittsborough, Mississippi, [July]-October 1863.
Stationed at Pittsborough, Mississippi, November-December
1863.
Since last mustered this company has been on duty at Pitts-
borough, Mississippi acting as a supporting force for General
Pillow's Bureau of Conscription.
Stationed at Georgia, May-June 1864.
May 5.— Marched from Tuscaloosa, Alabama to Montevallo en
route for Rome, Georgia.
May 15.— Joined General Johnston's Army.
May 18.— Engaged in the fight near Adairsville. Continued with
General Jackson through the retreat to Dallas, Georgia, not being
in any part of the skirmishing up to that place, there continuing
several days in the skirmish round about there and in the breast-
works in front thereof.
This company, G, Second Regiment, Mississippi Cavalry,
having been detached to act as provost guard for General W. H.
Jackson's Division of cavalry, acted in that position through May
and June.
May 17.— A squad of twenty men on detach duty at Rome par-
ticipated in the fight at that place by order of Major-General
[Samuel Gibbs] French.
JAMES Y. SMITH,
Captain,
Company G.
Stationed at Bear Creek Station, Georgia, July-August 1864.
Company G has been in numerous skirmishes and engage-
ments, since last mustered, viz., at Moore Bridge in July.
July 28.— On the left of Hood's Army.
August 6.— At [illegible] Creek.
In several picket fights in August.
August 30.— In an engagement at Bethesda Church, Georgia.
Marched after raids. One in July to West Point back to
Atlanta, and one in August from Atlanta down the Macon Rail-
road, some thirty-six miles, and back to Atlanta. Again skir-
mished with the enemy from Fairburn to Jonesborough last of
August.
R. B. PITTS,
Lieutenant,
Commanding, Company G.
Stationed near Courtland, September-October 1864.
This company was in several skirmishes through September
and October.
September 5.— [In skirmish] at Flint River, Georgia.
October 20.— [In] fight near Rome, Georgia.
On one, [were] sent from Chattahoochee River by way of
Lost Mountain, Georgia to Big Shanty Station, Georgia. From
there to Cave Spring, Georgia.
October 25.— Left there. Marched rapidly to Decatur, Alabama.
This company has not been paid during the last sixteen
months and are becoming very much demoralized on account of
it.
R. B. PITTS,
Lieutenant,
Commanding, Company G.
Station not stated, November-December 1864.
November 15.— This company left Florence, Alabama. Was
with the regiment in the entire campaign into Tennessee and back.
Participated in various skirmishes and several fights while in
Tennessee.
R. B. PITTS,
Lieutenant,
Commanding, Company G.
Company G (Peery's)
Stationed at Pickensville, Alabama, March 23, 1865.
This company was formed by the consolidation of Companies
A and B, Fifth Regiment, Mississippi Cavalry, under consolida-
tion law by order of General [James Ronald] Chalmers
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John J. Caldwell, age 41, 3rd Corporal, Captain William Youngs' Company (Reube Davis Rebels), 1st Regiment Mississippi Volunteers**, enlisted August 2, 1861 at Poplar Springs by Maj. Haughton, enlisted September 19, 1861 at Iuka, Miss. by Maj. Heuett for one year, died Clarksville, Tennessee February 18, 1862
** This company subsequently became Company C, 1st (Johnston's) Regiment Mississippi Infantry
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H. Caldwell, 2nd Lieutenant, Company C, 1st Mississippi Infantry, entered State service July 1, 1861, entered Confederate service September 19, 1861, elected 2nd Lieutenant September 1, 1861, resigned June 1, 1862, no further records
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Samuel Caldwell, age 52, 3rd Lieutenant, Company C, 1st Mississippi Infantry, enlisted September 19, 1861 at Iuka, Mississippi by Maj. Hewett for one year, resigned January 24, 1862
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Samuel Presly Caldwell, age 19, Private, Company C, 1st Mississippi, enlisted September 19, 1861 at Iuka, Miss. by Maj. Hewett for one year, captured at Fort Donelson February 16, 1862, sent to Camp Morton, Indiana prison camp, sick in Jackson hospital, n.d., died at home in Ponotoc County, Miss., Nov. 1862, but not reported dead till Jan. 20, 1863
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W. P. Caldwell, Private, Company G, 4th Mississippi Cavalry***, enlisted {(non conscript) September 1, 1863 at Cherry Creek, Miss., by Capt. J.Y. Smith for 3 years, detailed at Starkville, Miss. by Gen'. Lee as "Courier Line," February 29,1864, no further records
The last surviving muster roll for Company G was for the period Nov & Dec, 1864 in which it was noted he had never been paid.
*** This company subsequently became (1st) Company G, 2nd Regiment Mississippi Cavalry
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Clark Caldwell, Private, non conscript), (1st) Company G, 2nd Regiment Mississippi Cavalry, enlisted September 1, 1863 at Cherry Creek by Capt. J. Y. Smith for 3 years, last recorded present on the Nov & Dec, 1864 muster roll, never paid
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M269: Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Fought in Confederate Organizations from the State of Mississippi
The U. S. Army Military History Institute lists these documents in their unit bibliographies:
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1st Mississippi Infantry Regiment
Crute, Joseph H., Jr. Units of the Confederate States Army. Midlothian, VA: Derwent Books, 1987. E556C78.
See p. 165 (1 photocopied page) for a concise summary of the regiment's service.
Sifakis, Stewart. Compendium of the Confederate Armies: Mississippi. NY: Facts on File, 1995. pp. 69-70 (2 photocopied pages). E568S5.
Wilson, LeGrand J. The Confederate Soldier. [Edited by James W. Silver] Memphis, TN: Memphis State, 1973. 213 p. E605 W752.
Also served with 42nd MIssissippi.
2d Mississippi Cavalry Regiment
Callahan, Martin L. “In the Fort Delaware Death Pen: A Mississippi Cavalryman’s Descent Into Hell.” Mil Images Magazine (May/Jun 1999): pp. 9-12 (4 photocopied pages). Per. David McElwain, Co. A.
Crute, Joseph H., Jr. Units of the Confederate States Army. Midlothian, VA: Derwent Books, 1987. Ref. See pp. 165 66 (2 photocopied pages) for a concise summary of the battalion's service.
Sifakis, Stewart. Compendium of the Confederate Armies: Mississippi. NY: Facts on File, 1995. pp. 37-38 (2 photocopied pages). E568S53.