Note: Another card in his file show he enlisted Sept. 27, 1861 at Bay St. Louis, Miss. Believe this is incorrect as he does not appear on 1861 or 1862 muster rolls.
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M. W. Ward, 23 year old Farmer, Private, Company E, 1st Regiment Mississippi Cavalry, enlisted December 6, 1862 at Columbus, Ky. by Lt. Spence for 12 months, killed at Britton's Lane, Tennessee September 1, 1862, his father received his effects, born in Fayette County, Alabama
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John M. Ward, Private, Capt. Hugh R. Miller's Company (Pontotoc Minute Men), 2nd Regiment Mississippi Volunteers,* enlisted April 30, 1861 at Pontotoc, Miss. by Capt. W. H. Kilpatrick, killed in battle July 21, 1861 at Manassas, description, age 25, single, Farmer, resident of Pontotoc, Miss.
* This company subsequently became Company G, 2nd Regiment Mississippi Infantry
M269: Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Mississippi