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This is what I have in my files on John Burrow:

2nd Lieutenant John H. Burrow -- served at Battles of 2nd Jackson (7/9-16/63) & Chicamauga (9/19-20/63) with Pound’s Battalion of Mississippi Sharpshooters; commanded detachment of paroled prisoners at Enterprise; present and commanding company at last official muster 8/64; further service unclear; Goodspeed’s Biographical & Historical Memoirs of Mississippi claims that he was paroled at Verona, MS, in 1865, although no war’s end parole exists for him at that or any other locale; Goodspeed’s refers to the Lt. as “Capt.” Burrow, although no such rank is indicated for him in the official records; however, as Capt. Pound tried to resign and 1st Lt. Stewart was in captivity, it may well be that Lt. Burrow received a brevet promotion to captain; Goodspeed’s also relates that Burrow was one of the most successful merchants in Lee County after the war; born Oct. 17, 1838; died Jan. 11, 1908; buried Saltillo Cemetery, Saltillo, Lee County, MS; private marker; aged 23 at enlistment

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