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- Moved with his parents to MS in 1848; married Mary Deaton. He left
his wife and one child to assist in organizing the First Mississippi
Cavalry; was lieutenant of Company C in 1861. Served in Armstrong's
Brigade, Jackson's Division, taking an active part in the battle of
Shiloh in April, 1862. In June following, he assisted in raising
another company of cavalry; was elected second lieutenant; was
promoted to first lieutenant of Jarnigan's Co., Ballentine's Regulars;
was severely wounded in May, 1864, before Atlanta, but returned from
the hospital to his command the following summer. He was with Hood at
Nashville and Franklin, closing with the battle of Selma.
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