Enlisted as a Sergeant
"B" Co. MS 26th Infantry
There was also a Jerry Martin in Company B
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James L. Martin, Single 22 year old Farmer, resident of Rienzi, Miss., Private, Capt. D. L. Gallaher's Company, Reynolds Regiment Mississippi Volunteers*, enlisted August 4, 1861 at Jacinto, Miss. by Capt. Gallaher for the War/August 20 at Iuka, Miss., captured at Fort Donelson February 16, 1862, sent to Camp Douglas, Illinois prison camp, sent to Vicksburg, Miss. for exchange Sept., 1862, recorded as 5th Sergeant on July 12, 1864, captured at Petersburg, Va April 2, 1865, sent to Point Lookout, Maryland prison camp, arrived City Point, Va. April 4, 1865, released June 29,1865, arrived Washington, DC June 30, transportation furnished to Reinze, Miss., resident of Tishomingo County, Miss., light complexion, light brown hair, blue eyes, 5' 9"

* This company subsequently became Company B (Boone Avengers), 26th Regiment Mississippi Infantry

Jerry Martin, Single 26 year old Farmer, resident of Rienzi, Miss., Private, Company B, 26th Mississippi Infantry, enlisted March 5, 1863 at Grenada, Miss. by Capt. Gallaher for 3 years, killed in battle in the Wilderness May 5, 1864

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Record of Events

Company B (Boone Avengers)

Stationed at luka, Mississippi, August 20, 1861.
August 20.— Muster-in roll of Captain D. L. Gallaher's Com-
pany, in the Reynolds' Regiment of Mississippi Volunteers,
commanded by Colonel A. E. Reynolds, called into the service of
the Confederate States in the Provisional Army, under the provi-
sions of the Act of Congress passed February 1861, by President
Davis from August 20, 1861 (date of this muster) for the term of
the war, unless sooner discharged. . . .

PHILIP [M.] STOCKTON,

Confederate States Army, Mustering Officer.Captain,

Station not stated, October 31, 1861-July 31, 1862.
January 23, 1862.— Company B in company with the Twenty-
sixth Mississippi Regiment left Bowling Green, Kentucky pur-
suant to orders and arrived at Russellville, Kentucky.
February 9-12.— Remained until it was ordered from there to
Fort Donelson en route for that place. Remained in Clarksville a
few days and arrived at Fort Donelson on the night of February
12, 1862.
February 16.— In the morning unconditionally surrendered to the
commander of Federal forces by General S. B. Buckner after
three days of action.

Very respectfully submitted,

D. L. GALLAHER,

Captain.
Stationed at Camp Coldwater, Mississippi, July 31-October 31,
1862.

Stationed at Camp Lovell, November-December 1862.
November 6.— Company B, Twenty-sixth Mississippi Regiment
left Coldwater en route for Chewalla, Tennessee, distance four-
teen miles.
November 8-11.— Left Chewalla at night, marched all night, all
day on November 10 and arrived at the Tallahatchie River on
November 11, a distance of sixty miles.
November 28.— Marched up the Tallahatchie River ten miles and
went into camp on [Puskus] Creek.
December 1.— Left and marched to Oxford, Mississippi, distance
twenty miles.
December 2.— Left Oxford.
December 4.— Arrived in Coffeeville, Mississippi, distance six-
teen miles.
December 5.— Engaged the enemy in the afternoon. Routed him
in the outset, pursued him until night fall, and we then returned to
our original position, a distance of four miles. Casualties were
Private J. C. Barrett, killed; Sergeant H. L. Parks, wounded in
both thighs.
December 6-7.— Left Coffeeville and arrived in Grenada, Missis-
sippi December 7; went into camp.
December 8-31.— Camp Lovell, six miles east of Grenada, Mis-
sissippi, where we now remain.

Stationed at Macon, Mississippi, June 30-December 31, 1863.

Stationed at Petersburg, Virginia, June 30-December 31, 1864.

Stationed near Petersburg, Virginia, January-February 1865.

Stationed near Petersburg, Virginia, March 24, 1865.
August 20-September 10, 1861.— After the organization of Com-
pany B, it was attached to the Twenty-sixth Mississippi Regiment,
which was organized at Iuka, Mississippi about September 10,
1861.
December 3.— Remained at that place drilling and making prepa-
rations for active service until it was ordered to Macon City,

Tennessee, where it remained only two weeks before Colonel
Reynolds, commanding, received orders to report with his regi-
ment to General A. S. Johnston, commanding Confederate forces
at Bowling Green, Kentucky.
January 1, 1862.— It arrived and was assigned to duty with
Brigadier-General Buckner's Brigade.
February 1.— This brigade was ordered to Russellville, Ken-
tucky.
February 11.— It remained until it was ordered to reinforce the
garrison at Fort Donelson.
February 13-16.— Arrived there in the morning. After three
days' unsuccessful fighting the entire garrison has surrendered to
the commander of the United States forces.
September 16.— After remaining in prison seven months, were
exchanged at Vicksburg, Mississippi and ordered to Jackson,
Mississippi to prepare for the field again, after which it consti-
tuted a part of General Baldwin's Brigade.
In the autumn of 1862, it was ordered with the brigade to
Holly Springs, Mississippi to reinforce General Price's Army.
In January 1863 Brigadier-General Baldwin was assigned to
duty in Vicksburg and Brigadier-General Tilghman succeeded
him. This regiment formed a part of the garrison of Fort Pem-
berton on the Yazoo River but soon rejoined the brigade at Jack-
son, Mississippi and was ordered with the brigade to railroad
bridge on Big Black River.
May 1, 1863.— It remained until the Twenty-sixth and Fifteenth
Mississippi Regiments of the same brigade were ordered to Grand
Gulf, Mississippi, where they arrived after marching very hard
one day and two nights in time to select a good position, where
they kept in check a superior number of the enemy until our
Army and trains were out of danger.
The regiment took its post in the defense of Jackson, Missis-
sippi in August 1863. After evacuation of Jackson, Mississippi,
the Twenty-sixth Mississippi Regiment was detached and assigned
to duty in [the] Conscript Bureau. Company B was assigned to
duty at Macon, Mississippi, where it remained about six months.
At the time of Sherman's advance on Meridian, Mississippi
in February 1864, the regiment was ordered to the field. The
company assembled at Meridian, Mississippi. After the regiment

was formed, joined the brigade and retreated to Demopolis,
Alabama.
March 3, 1864.— Colonel Reynolds received orders from Secre-
tary of War to report with his regiment to J. B. Davis. The regi-
ment arrived at Orange Court-House, Virginia on April 12 and
was assigned to duty in J. B. Davis' Brigade, Army of Northern
Virginia.
This company has taken part in every battle or skirmish the
regiment has shared with the other companies every privation and
hardship they have endured.