John W. Sinclair, age 24, Private, Capt. Joseph M. Jayne's Company (Confederate Rifles), 18th Regiment Mississippi Volunteers,* enlisted June 6, 1861 at Corinth for 12 months, killed by the falling of a tree March 25, 1862, recorded on a report of sick and wounded at Rapedau Station, Orange County, Va., died of Concussie Cerebri [sp?], description on enlistment, single 24 year old Artist, born in Virginia, resident of Paulding, no other records

* This company was successively designated as Captain Jayne's Company, Mississippi Volunteers, and as Captain Jayne's Company, and Company A, 18th Regiment Mississippi Infantry

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