David Hudson, Private, Company E, 42nd Regiment Mississippi Cavalry*, enlisted April 1, 1862, in Mooresville by J. L. McCarty for the War, surrendered with his company May 4, 1865 at Citronelle, Alabama, paroled at Columbus, Mississippi, May 16,1865, resident of Itawamba County, Mississippi

* This company subsequently became Company E, 2nd Regiment Mississippi Cavalry

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David L. Hudson, age 26/24, Private, Capt. F. W. Adams' Company, Russells's Regiment, Mississippi Volunteers**, joined and enrolled for duty May 5, 1861 at Handsboro by F. W. Adams for the war, enlisted July 6, 1861 at Corinth, Miss. by Capt. Baker, for the war, died at Handsboro/Harrrison County, Miss. January 9, 1862, Consumption, description: Height 5' 8", Complexion Dark; Eyes Dark; Hair Dark,

** This company was successively designated as Captain Adams' Company (Adams' Rifles), Mississippi Volunteers, and as Captain Adams' Company, and Company E, 20th Regiment Mississippi Infantry

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