Raynor HCA 2014-01
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On December 16, 1861 the Mississippi Legislature passed "An Act To Create A Fund For The Support Of Destitute Families Of Volunteers In This State, And For Other Purposes." A record of Mississippi's volunteers was essential should such charitable relief efforts ever be implemented. As such, muster rolls were collected from each county's Board of Police and submitted to the Auditor of Public Accounts in Jackson. The nineteen original Confederate rolls presented here date from early 1862 into early 1863. These documents, which generally exhibit fine penmanship on either blue and/or white paper, bear the appropriate endorsements and seals of officialdom. Colorful company names head many of the rolls, followed by a listing of officers and enlisted men. The majority are multi-pages, occasional ribbon binding, near fine condition.The rolls are as follows: Noxubee County, roll for May and June, 1862, with original envelope, listing 122 men in the "Mississippi Rip Raps" (to become Co. "K," 41st Mississippi) and 129 men in the "Noxubee Guards" (to become Co. "D," 41st Mississippi)…Plus; Noxubee County, roll dated February 1863, lists 116 conscripts, 76 conscripts and 97 drafted "Minute Men" (militia). These men were sent to a conscript camp at Enterprise, Mississippi…Plus; Yazoo County, roll dated March 1862, on large partially printed oblong folio "Company Muster Roll" for MISSISSIPPI VOLUNTEERS, lists the "Yazoo Pickets" (became Co. "C," 46th Mississippi), 74 men, marital and parental status is noted…plus; Newton County, roll, February 1862, 422 men are listed, representing companies such as the "Newton Rifles," "Mississippi Greys," "Jasper Rifles," "Tolson Guard"…Plus; Covington County, roll, March 4, 1863, 507 men are listed, representing the "Covington Fencibles," "Covington Rangers," "Covington Rebels," "Covington Sharpshooters," "Cast Guard," "Steede's Cavalry," "Eben's Cavalry," "Westville Guards," "White Rebels," "Partizan Rangers" and "Barne's Company Militia"…Plus; Warren County, roll, March 21, 1862, 93 names listed for the "Volunteer Southrons," (a.k.a. "Vicksburg Southerons"). This company became Co. "A," 21st Mississippi Infantry…Plus; Warren and Claiborne County Cavalry roll, March 21, 1862, lists 93 names. Became Co. "F," 1st Mississippi Cavalry, later Wirt's Cavalry…Plus; Warren County, roll, March 21, 1862, lists 75 men in the "Vicksburg Artillery," became attached to the 9th Mississippi Infantry…Plus; Warren County, roll, March 21, 1862, lists 78 recruits for the "Shamrock Guards," later Co. "E," 3rd Regiment Confederate Infantry…Plus; Warren County, roll, February 28, 1863 on one sheet, listing 35 men divided among the "Jeff Davis Rebels," "Wirt Adam's Cavalry," "Jeff Davis Guards," "Buckner Light Horse Company" and 38 men in the "Warren Dragoons"…Plus; Warren County, roll, March 9 and March 11, 1863, lists the names of 67 recruits from Buckner's Light Horse Company (to become Co. "C," 28th Mississippi Cavalry) and 73 members of the "Jeff Davis Guards (later Co. "D," 21st Mississippi Infantry)…Plus; Warren County, roll, March 21, 1862, lists 14 men in the "Jeff Davis Rebels" (later Co. "E," 46th Mississippi infantry…Plus; Noxubee County, roll, undated, lists 67 men in the "Mississippi Rebels" (to become Co. "C," 3rd Battalion Infantry, Mississippi State Troops and 88 men in the "Noxubee Rifles (to become Co. "F," 11th Mississippi Infantry)…Plus; Warren County, roll, March 21, 1862, lists 73 members of the "King Cotton Guards" (later Co. "E," 48th Mississippi Infantry…Plus; Warren County, roll, March 21, 1862, lists 63 men in the "Swamp Rangers" (later 3rd Regiment of Confederate Infantry)…Plus; Warren County, roll, March 12, 1863, lists 69 recruits divided among the "Vicksburg Confederates," "Swamp Rangers," "Louisiana Artillery" (part of Madison Light Artillery, Army of Northern Virginia) and "Jeff Davis Rebels"….Plus; Warren County, roll, March 21, 1862, lists 72 members of the "Warren Volunteers" (later Co. "H," 21st Mississippi Infantry)…Plus; Warren County, roll with original envelope to the Auditor in Jackson, February 27, 1863, an especially large listing of recruits divided among the "Vicksburg Volunteers" (86 men), "Warren Light Artillery" (116 men), "Vicksburg Cadets" (101 men), "Gibb's Confederate Guards" (90 men), "Johnson's Rebels" (70 men), "Militia Company E" (60 men), "Company G, Wither's Light Artillery Regiment" (82 men - segregated by marital status), "Vicksburg Sharpshooters" (74 men), "Mississippi Militia" (153 men) and 74 men volunteering for other counties and states, to include "Captain Harris's Partisan Rangers," "10th Mississippi Regiment," "4th Kentucky Regiment," "Spanish River Battery," "Watt's Guards" (Louisiana), "8th Mississippi Infantry," "Claiborne Volunteers," "3rd Mississippi Infantry," "21st Tennessee," "Port Gibson Rifles," "Wirt Adams's Cavalry," "38th Tennessee Infantry," "Madison Light Artillery" (Louisiana), "46th Mississippi Infantry," "F. Abey's Light Artillery," "Starke's Mississippi Cavalry," and the "Anding Huzzars"…plus; Winston County, roll, March 1, 1863, 25 pp., tied, listing 1,025 men by name with name of company, regiment if known. A few rolls with minor stains, the majority of the documents are in exceptionally fine condition with crisp, unblemished paper.
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