Company A, Fiftieth Tennessee Infantry, CSA:
Pegram, James: Pvt.; age 17, captured POW at Fort Donelson, TN 2/16/62; sent to prison at Camp Douglas, IL; on 8/1/62 Roll of POWs at Camp Douglas, IL, as Hospital Waiter; POW at Camp Douglas, IL, sent to Vicksburg, MS 9/5/62 to be exchanged; POW received on board steamer Jno. H. Done near Vicksburg, MS 9/20/62; HQ Dept. of Mississippi and East Louisiana, Jackson, MS 4/28/63 is hereby detailed on special duty and ordered to report to Surgeon in Charge of 1st Mississippi Hospital, Jackson, MS, with as little delay as practicable; on May/June 1863 Muster Roll as absent, sick at Jackson, MS, at time of surrender; on November/December 1863 Muster Roll as deserted—left Jackson, MS 5/14/63; subscribed to Oath of Allegiance at Chattanooga, TN 5/5/65 giving residence McCracken County, KY, 5’10”, complexion dark, hair dark, eyes hazel, no family, paroled 4/20/65 to report to Paducah, KY.