Military Service: 1st Regiment, Mississippi Infantry (Johnston's) forms, fights through April 1865. Samuel Henderson from Itawamba County, MS is a private in Company H - James Creek Volunteers (raised in Tishomingo County, MS). Why didn't he volunteer in his native county?
Date: Spring 1861
Place: Corinth, Adams, Mississippi, USA
Residence
Residence: Census record indicates his occupation at this time is farmer.
Event: 1st Infantry Regiment, initially 682 strong, completed its organization at Corinth, Mississippi, during the spring of 1861. The men were raised in the counties of Itawamba, and others. By December of 1864, only 65 officers and men were present for duty.
Henderson Family Genealogy; Ancestry.com databases.
Source: S-535536090 Repository: #R-1045626212 Title: Ancestry Family Trees Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members. Page: Ancestry Family Tree Data: Text: https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/tree/78755484/family
Repository: R-1045626212 Name: Ancestry.com
Source: S-535536343 Repository: #R-1045626212 Title: U.S., Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934 Author: National Archives and Records Administration Publication: Ancestry.com Operations Inc
Source: S-535536344 Repository: #R-1045626212 Title: Mississippi Census, 1805-90 Author: Jackson, Ron V., Accelerated Indexing Systems, comp. Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1999.Original data - Compiled and digitized by Mr. Jackson and AIS from microfilmed schedules of the U.S. Federal Decennial Census, territorial/state censuses, and/or census substitutes.Orig
Source: S-535536345 Repository: #R-1045626212 Title: U.S. Civil War Soldiers, 1861-1865 Author: National Park Service Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007.Original data - National Park Service, Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System, online https://www.nps.gov/civilwar/ , acquired 2007.Original data: National Park Service, Civil War
Henderson-7388 was created by Don Henderson through the import of Henderson Family Tree.ged on Mar 31, 2015.
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