A. J. Hemphill, 34, 2nd Sergeant, Company I, Orr’s Regiment, Mississippi Volunteers (Jackson Rifles),* enlisted March 8, 1862 in Choctaw Co. by Col. J. A. Orr for 3 years, recorded Sept. 1 as 3rd Lieutenant, tenders resignation on account of ill health Nov. 20, 1862 at Camp Rust, endorsed by Surgeon M. Blacwell [illegible]** recorded absent, on sick leave, November 30, 1862, resignation accepted January 5, 1863

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

** T. M. Blackwell, Surg. Thirty-first Mississippi Infantry

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

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I have been unable to find a Dr. Jonathan Whitley Hemphill