Thomas J. Tiner, Musician, Company A, 40th Regiment Mississippi Vols., enlisted March 13,1872 at Oak Bowery, Jasper County, Miss. by R. K. Clayton for 3 years, captured September/Oct, 1862 at Iuka/Coritnth/Hatchie and paroled Oct. 13, 1862 at Corinth, recorded Absent on Parole on end of year 1862 muster roll, present at Jan/Feb. 1863 muster, absent without leave Aug. 23, 1863 through April, 1864, captured at Big Shanty on Skirmish line June 15, 1864, received at Military Prison, Louisville, Ky. June 21, discharged to Rock Island, Ill. prison June 22, received the 24th, enlisted in the U. S. Army for frontier service October 6, 1864, no further records

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

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Fortieth Mississippi Infantry
Company A (Oak Bowery Invincibles)
Rufus K. Clayton, Capt., died November 18, 1862

Record of Events

Company A (Oak Bowery Invincibles)

Stationed at Meridian, March 13-June 30, 1862.
Stationed at Saltillo, July August 1862.
Stationed at Camp Rogers, September-October 1862.
Stationed at Vicksburg, November 1862-February 1863.
Stationed at Enterprise, March-October 1863.
Stationed near Resaca, Georgia, November-December 1863.
Stationed at Demopolis, March-April 1864.
Stationed at Atlanta, Georgia, July-August 1864.