Benjamin F. Clanton
Age: 26
Military Unit: Wood's Regiment, Confederate Cavalry, Company B
Residence: Senatobia, Mississippi
James M. Clanton
Age: 28
Military Unit: Wood's Regiment, Confederate Cavalry, Company B
Robert E. Clanton
Age: 22
Military Unit: Wood's Regiment, Confederate Cavalry, Company B
John W. Clanton
Military Unit: Wood's Regiment, Confederate Cavalry, Company G and B
Residence: Senatobia, Mississippi
Oliver P. Clanton
Military Unit: Wood's Regiment, Confederate Cavalry, Company G and B
Died: 15 Jun 1862
Only the service records of James M. Clanton and Robert E. Clanton make reference to a medical record.
Below is a summary of their files:
James M. Clanton, age 28 years, joined for duty and enrolled 28 Aug 1861 in Adams’ Regiment of Mississippi Cavalry which later became Wood’s Regiment. He was in Captain Thomas Lewers’ company, also known as the Desoto Light Dragoons, raised in Desoto County, Mississippi. This company became Company B.
Appears on company muster-in roll dated 29 Aug 1861 at Memphis, Tennessee.
Remarks on company muster roll dated 31 Dec 1861 to 30 Apr 1862: Discharged on surgeon’s certificate 3 Apr 1862. Final papers not given.
Robert E. Clanton, age 22 years, joined for duty and enrolled 28 Aug 1861 in Adams’ Regiment of Mississippi Cavalry which later became Wood’s Regiment. He was in Captain Thomas Lewers’ company, also known as the Desoto Light Dragoons, raised in Desoto County, Mississippi. This company became Company B.
Appears on company muster-in roll dated 29 Aug 1861 at Memphis, Tennessee.
He is on the rolls of his company through Oct 1863. The records of his company end at this time.
Appears on a register of Way Hospital in Meridian, Mississippi. Admitted to the hospital on 12 Feb 1865. Remarks on his hospital record: Furloughed.
At the end of the war he was paroled approximately 15 May 1865 at Memphis, Tennessee. The exact date of his parole not given.