Isaiah Brister, age 19, Private, Capt. Geo. P. Wallace's Company (Attala Guards), Company D, 40th Regiment Mississippi Vols., enlisted April 29, 1862 at Rocky Point, Attala County, Miss., by G. P. Wallace for 3 years or the war, wounded slightly at Vicksburg, n.d., captured at Vicksburg, Miss. July 4, 1863, paroled July 7, 1863, admitted Mississippi CSA Hospital, Jackson, Miss. April 5, 1864, Delibitas, released the next day, captured near Atlanta, Peach Tree Creek, Ga. July 20, 1864, forwarded to Camp Douglas, Illinois prison camp July 3o, transferred to Point Lookout, Maryland prison camp March 14, 1865, captured at Jackson Hospital, Richmond, April 3, "In hospital at Richmond, Va., after Lee's surrender," received at U. S. Army General Hospital, Point Lookout, Md., received from hospital transport Thomas Powell, diagnosis: Erysipeeas of face and scalp, subscribed to Oath of Allegiance to the U. S. at Point Lookout, Md. June 26, 1865, description, resident of Atalla County., Miss., dark complexion, light hair, blue eyes, 5' 9", released June 26, 1865
M269: Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Mississippi