Thomas Whittom, age 28, Private/Drummer/Musician, Captain Henry Pope's Company (Jeff Davis Sharp Shooters), 7th Regiment Mississippi Volunteers**, enlisted September 27, 1861 at Sheildsboro/Bay St. Louis, by Genl Dahlgren for 12 months, recorded as "Bass Drum" on his company's October 31, 1861 muster roll, wounded in battle at Chickamauga September 20,1863, sent to hospital, recorded present on the March/April, 1864 muster roll, admitted July 24, 1864 to Ocmulgee Hospital, Macon Georgia, Vul Contuse***, transferred August 23 [where not stated], captured near Nashville December 16, 1864, sent to Louisville, Kentucky January 1, 1865, forwarded January 4 to Camp Chase, Ohio prison camp, arriving January 6, swore Oath of Allegiance to the United States June 12, 1865 at Camp Chase, resident of Marion County, Miss., age 33
** This company was successively designated as Captain Mayson's Company, Captain Pope's Company, and Company D, 7th Regiment Mississippi Infantry
M269: Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Mississippi
*** Believe slight/bruising wound
Contuse - To injure w/o breaking the skin
Vulnus - Relating to a wound
Vulnus Sclopeticum (VS) - Relating to a wound caused by a gunshot wound