Lewis J. Hudson, 24 year old Planter, Private, Capt. W. L. Davis' Co. (Magnolia Rifleman), Mississippi Infantry*, enrolled for active service April 30, 1861 at Ripley, Mississippi by Capt. Davis, mustered into service May 10, 1861 at Lynchburg, enlisted June 7, 1861 at Harper's Ferry, killed in battle of Manassas July 21, 1861
* This company was successively designated as Capt. Falkner's Company, Capt. Davis' Company, and Company F, 2nd Regiment Mississippi Infantry
M269: Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Mississippi
2nd Regiment, Mississippi Infantry
2nd Infantry Regiment completed its organization at Corinth, Mississippi, in April, 1861, with men from Tishomingo, Tippah, Itawamba, and Pontotoc counties. Ordered to Harper's Ferry, Virginia, it was there mustered into Confederate service with 784 officers and men. During the war it was assigned to General Whiting's, Law's, and J.R. Davis' Brigade, Army of Northern Virginia. After fighting at First Manassas, the regiment served with the army from Seven Pines to Cold Harbor, except when it was detached to Suffolk with Longstreet. It saw action in the Petersburg siege south of the James River and in numerous conflicts around Appomattox. The 2nd reported 25 killed and 82 wounded at First Manassas and totalled 477 men in April, 1862. It sustained 111 casualties during the Seven Days' Battles, 97 at Second Manassas, and 154 in the Maryland Campaign. Of the 492 engaged at Gettysburg, more than forty-five percent were disabled. Only 1 officer and 19 men surrendered. The field officers were Colonels William C. Falkner and John M. Stone; Lieutenant Colonels John A. Blair, Bartley B. Boone, and D.W. Humphreys; and Major John H. Buchanan.
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