A. J. Foster, Rev., Chaplain, 8th Mississippi Cavalry, appointed Chaplain January 24, 1864, not yet commissioned January 1, 1865, his record includes a letter from the Adjutant General, War Department, dated October 2, 1952, to Mrs. Nancy Thomson, 702 North 27th Avenue, Phoenix, Arizona, which notes the above facts, no other records

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Andrew J. Foster, Private, Company H, Orr's Regiment Mississippi Vols.*, enlisted March 13, 1862 at Peninon Springs, Miss. by LCol. Orr for 3 years or the war, wounded on picket at Loss [sic] Mountain, June 15/17, 1864, at home on sick furlough August, 1864 remaining so through February 25, 1865, no further records

* This company subsequently became Company H, 31st Regiment Mississippi Infantry.

M269: Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Mississippi

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Katie Foster, widow of Andrew Jackson Foster, filed pension application # A-32483 from Wharton County, Texas

Mary D. M. Foster, widow of Andrew Jackson Foster, filed pension application # A-25390 from Bell County, Texas