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=== Brief History === | === Brief History === | ||
14th Artillery Battalion was organized early in 1863 by consolidating three batteries of light artillery. In July 1863 was captured in Vicksburg. After being exchanged, the men served with other Mississippi artillery units. Major Matthew S. Ward was in command.<br><br> | 14th Artillery Battalion was organized early in 1863 by consolidating three batteries of light artillery. In July 1863 was captured in Vicksburg. After being exchanged, the men served with other Mississippi artillery units. Major Matthew S. Ward was in command.<ref>National Park Service, [http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/ The Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System] (accessed 11 January 2011)</ref><br><br> | ||
*The [http://www.mississippiscv.org/MS_Units/14th_MS_Lt_Arty.htm 14th Battalion Mississippi Light Artillery] Internet site has a longer history taken from Dunbar Rowland's Military History of Mississippi, 1803-1898. | *The [http://www.mississippiscv.org/MS_Units/14th_MS_Lt_Arty.htm 14th Battalion Mississippi Light Artillery] Internet site has a longer history taken from Dunbar Rowland's Military History of Mississippi, 1803-1898. | ||
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Men often enlisted in a company recruited in the counties where they lived though not always. After many battles, companies might be combined because so many men were killed or wounded. However if you are unsure which company your ancestor was in, try the company recruited in his county first. | Men often enlisted in a company recruited in the counties where they lived though not always. After many battles, companies might be combined because so many men were killed or wounded. However if you are unsure which company your ancestor was in, try the company recruited in his county first. | ||
Company A - Capt. Vance’s Company, aka Ward’s Battalion (raised in Panola County)<br>Company B - Batesville Battery (raised in Panola County)<br>Company C - McLendon’s Battery (raised in Tallahatchie & Yalobusha Counties) | Company A - Capt. Vance’s Company, aka Ward’s Battalion (raised in Panola County)<br>Company B - Batesville Battery (raised in Panola County)<br>Company C - McLendon’s Battery (raised in Tallahatchie & Yalobusha Counties) | ||
=== | === Other Sources === | ||
*[[Beginning United States Civil War Research|Beginning United States Civil War Research]] gives steps for finding information about a Civil War soldier. It covers the major records that should be used. Additional records are described in ‘Mississippi in the Civil War’ and ‘United States Civil War, 1861 to 1865’ (see below).<br> | |||
*National Park Service, [http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/ The Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System], is searchable by soldier's name and state. It contains basic facts about soldiers on both sides of the Civil War, a list of regiments, descriptions of significant battles, sources of the information, and suggestions for where to find additional information. <br> | |||
*[[Mississippi in the Civil War|Mississippi in the Civil War]] describes many Confederate and Union sources, specifically for Mississippi, and how to find them.. These include compiled service records, pension records, rosters, cemetery records, Internet databases, published books, etc. <br> | |||
*[[United States Civil War, 1861 to 1865|United States Civil War, 1861 to 1865]] describes and explains United States and Confederate States records, rather than state records, and how to find them. These include veterans’ censuses, compiled service records, pension records, rosters, cemetery records, Internet databases, published books, etc. <br> | |||
*Rowland, Dunbar, ''Military History of Mississippi, 1803-1898: taken from the Official and statistical register of the State of Mississippi, 1908 (''Spartanburg, South Carolina: Reprint Company). <br><br> | *Rowland, Dunbar, ''Military History of Mississippi, 1803-1898: taken from the Official and statistical register of the State of Mississippi, 1908 (''Spartanburg, South Carolina: Reprint Company). <br><br> | ||
*Howell, H. Grady, ''For Dixie Land, I’ll Take My Stand!: A Muster Listing of All Known Mississippi Confederate Soldiers, Sailors, and Marines (''Chickasaw Bayou Press, 1998).<br> | *Howell, H. Grady, ''For Dixie Land, I’ll Take My Stand!: A Muster Listing of All Known Mississippi Confederate Soldiers, Sailors, and Marines (''Chickasaw Bayou Press, 1998).<br> | ||
=== Reference === | |||
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[[Category:Mississippi_-_Military_-_Civil_War,_1861-1865]] | [[Category:Mississippi_-_Military_-_Civil_War,_1861-1865]] | ||