* This company was successively designated as Captain Taylor's Company, Mississippi Volunteers; Company A, 6th Battalion Mississippi Volunteers; and Company A, 46th Regiment Mississippi Infantry
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Daniel Boutwell, Private, Company A, 6th Battalion Mississippi Volunteers,** enlisted May 9, 1862 at Meridian by Lt. F. S. Falconer for 3 years, received $50 bounty May 12, captured at Vicksburg July 4, 1863, paroled July 10, present at the October 31, 1863 muster, reported absent without leave February 9, 1864, Deserter from the Rebel Army, subscribed to the Oath of Allegiance to the United States, July 1, 1864 at Chattanooga, Tenn., resident of Wayne County, Miss., light complexion, light hair, grey eyes, 5' 11", discharged July 16, 1864 to remain North of the Ohio River, Vol.
** This company was successively designated as Captain Taylor's Company, Mississippi Volunteers; Company A, 6th Battalion Mississippi Volunteers; and Company A, 46th Regiment Mississippi Infantry
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Towner B. Boutwell, age 25, Private, Capt. Angus Taylor's Co. (Gaines Invincibles), Mississippi Vols.*, enlisted November 1, 1861 at Vicksburg by Lt. A. B. Hardcastle for 12 months, promoted 4th Sergeant May 14, 1862, sent to Hospital in Jackson, Miss. July 23, 1862, captured at Vicksburg July 4, 1863, paroled July 10, present at the October 31, 1863 muster, absent without leave February 9, 1864, reduced to ranks, receipted for an issue of clothing August 24, 1864
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Company A Muster Roll for the period Jan. & Feb., 1864, no date, stationed at Dog River Factory, Alabama
Record of Events
Many of this Company deserted while the command was enrout to & from Meridian on the advance of the Enemy's forces in Feb. Was formerly considered one of the most reliable Companies in the Regt. It's gallantry and disciplin [sic] was not surpassed during the Siege of Vicksburg. It was originally organized in the vicinity of Jones County, Miss. and has been in a measure demorilized through the influence of traitors and deserters at home. C. M. Sears, Col. Cmdg.
M269: Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Mississippi
Note: The re-organization of the Confederate Army took place in May, 1862 when enlisted men were allowed to vote on the selection of their officers, including NCOs, Corporals and Sergeants
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This could be your Daniel
Daniel Boutwell
Residence was not listed; 19 years old.
Enlisted on 7/26/1864 as a Private.
On 7/26/1864 he mustered into "G" Co. NY 49th Infantry
He was Mustered Out on 6/27/1865 at Washington, DC
Sources used by Historical Data Systems, Inc.:
- New York: Report of the Adjutant-General
NEW YORK
FORTY-NINTH INFANTRY
(Three Years
In July [1864], with the 6th corps, it was ordered to Washington and
arrived in time to assist in the defense of Fort Stevens, where
Lieut.-Col Johnson, the commander, was killed. Continuing its
service in the Shenandoah valley the regiment was active at
Charlestown, the Opequan, Fisher's hill, and Cedar creek, where
Col. Bidwell was killed.
The original members not reenlisted returned to New York in
October and were there mustered out on the 18th. The veterans
were consolidated into a battalion of five companies, which was
ordered to Petersburg, where it participated in the siege
operations until the fall of the city.
In the final assault on April 2, 1865, Col. Holt was killed. The
3d brigade, to which the 49th belonged, was remarkably
unfortunate in the loss of 72 officers in the five regiments of
which it was composed. The 49th was mustered out at Washington
on June 27, 1865, having lost 141 by death from wounds, and 180
by death from other causes, out of a total enrollment of 1,312.
Col. Fox numbers it among the "three hundred fighting regiments."
Source: The Union Army, Vol. 2, p. 85