My stepdad is a lineal descendant of JW Byrd. I was instrumental in getting a UDC Cross of Military Service for him on the service of Josiah Walton Byrd. His great grandfather was listed in the 3rd Battalion MS Infantry (State Troops). He served about one month, probably because of his age. Not to throw a kink in the wheel, but there was a son J. W. Byrd Jr. This could be the man who was in the 9th. I have a copy of his discharge listed in Sr.'s service record and he was discharged from the 3rd Batt. MS troops 31 day of March 1863 at Columbus, MS. Found on M269 p.6 of National Archives Records of Josiah Byrd (Bird).