Thomas D. Witherspoon
Residence Oxford MS;
Enlisted on 8/28/1862 at Oxford, MS as a Chaplain.
On 8/28/1862 he was commissioned into Field & Staff MS 42nd Infantry
(date and method of discharge not given)
He was listed as:
* POW (date and place not stated)
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John G. Witherspoon
Enlisted as a Private (date unknown).
Intra Regimental Company Transfers:
* from company E to company B
"E" Co. MS 42nd Infantry
Sources used by Historical Data Systems, Inc.:
- Index to Compiled Confederate Military Service Records
- Supplement to the Official Records of the Union & Confederate Armies
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Thomas D. Witherspoon, Chaplain, Field & Staff, 42nd Regiment Mississippi Volunteers, appointed by the President and enlisted at Grenada May 14, 1862 for 3 years, commissioned August 22, 1862 at Petersburg, Va., took a gun, went into the battle of Gettysburg with the Regiment. On the retreat of the Army, he remained behind with the wounded, after the death of Col. Miller, he brought his body to Richmond, captured at Gettysburg, Pa. July 5, 1863, sent from Baltimore, Md., July 22, 1863, to Fort Norfolk, Va., sent July 24 to Fortress Monroe, transferred to Fort McHenry, Md., August 10,, 1863 turned over to Maj. Mumford October 5/6, 1863 Commanding Flag of Truce Boat, granted 30 day leave of absence July 22, 1864, paroled at Appomattox Court House, Va. April 9, 1865, description on enlistment: Doctor of Divinity, Single, resident of Pontotoc, Miss.
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John G. Witherspoon, Private, Company B, 42nd Regiment Mississippi Infantry, enlisted September 1, 1863 at Enterprise, Mississippi for the war, transferred from Company E March 1, 1865,captured at Hatcher's Run April 1, 1865, sent to Point Lookout, Md. prison camp and forwarded to City Point, Va. April 4, released at Point Lookout, Md., June 22, on subscribing to the Oath of Allegiance to the United States, description on enlistment, born in Alabama, Physician, age 32, Single, description on release: resident of Botetourt County, Miss., fair complexion, brown hair, blue eyes, 5' 6-3/4"
M269: Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Mississippi