Ozzy 839 Report post Posted June 1, 2015 Let's start with Texas... There were three units from the Lone Star State, engaged at the Battle of Shiloh. The best sites I have uncovered, for beginning research on ancestors: http://www.nps.gov/civilwar/soldiers-and-sailors-database.htm (For all Texas soldiers, but especially those from the 2nd Texas Infantry Regiment: NPS Soldier and Sailor System. Input your ancestor's last name, along with his regiment number, and select <Show Results> ) http://gen.1starnet.com/civilwar/9thmain.htm (For 9th Texas Infantry, Scroll down to roster. Website provided by Ron Brothers and Tim Bell.) http://www.keathleywebs.com/terrysrangers/ (For 8th Texas Cavalry, aka 'Terry's Texas Rangers.' Website provided by keathleywebs.com) Ozzy Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ozzy 839 Report post Posted June 1, 2015 For Tennessee, there are a number of good references: Start with the NPS Soldier and Sailor site, input ancestor last name and regiment details: http://www.nps.gov/civilwar/search-soldiers.htm The Military Annals of Tennessee are available online. Most regiments have comprehensive history information: regimental officers, and soldiers who died in Confederate service are recorded. Not a complete record, but worth a look: http://archive.org/stream/cu31924032778700#page/n9/mode/2up Through McNairy County website: http://www.tngenweb.org/mcnairy/tngw.html <select> 'Tennessee Special History Projects' and on new 'Special Projects' page, scroll down to 'Tennessee Military History: Tennesseans in the Civil War' <select> Then follow the cues. There is also a Hardin County website, but it is a work-in-progress, so contains little information, at the moment: http://www.tngenweb.org/hardin/ Tennesseans in the Civil War (search only) is available through HathiTrust: http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/009536049 Although access is limited online, printed copies are available at many Tennessee libraries. http://www.tn.gov/tsla/history/military/civilwarindex.htm (The Tennessee Secretary of State Civil War Records site.) Tennessee Regiment websites http://www.tennessee-scv.org/Camp1828/links/tennessee.htm (List of CSA units) Some regiment rosters have been researched by ancestors, and made available. Here is 22nd Tenn: http://www.tngenes.net/index.php/military/confederate-rosters/291-22nd-murray-s-infantry-battalion (From tngenes.net) As I uncover better sources of information, I will post them here. [For individual regiment listings, see next post, below.] Ozzy 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ozzy 839 Report post Posted June 1, 2015 Continue Tennessee, with emphasis on regiment records to be found online. Infantry regiment:1st Tenn http://www.keathleywebs.com/scv/1st_tenn.html (From Keathleyweb.com)2nd Tenn http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~tnsumner/sumnfg2.htm?cj=1&netid=cj&o_xid=0002530104&o_lid=0002530104&o_sch=Affiliate+External (From rootsweb)4th Tenn http://tngenweb.org/obion/records-data/military/ (From tngenweb)5th Tenn http://www.hctgs.org/hamilton_civilwar_soldiers.htm (Hamilton County soldiers)6th Tenn http://campfair.tripod.com/id2.html and http://www.tngenweb.org/records/madison/military/civilwar/colsteph.htm9th Tenn http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/003087356 (Confederate 9th Tenn. by James Fleming) HathiTrust12th Tenn http://tn-roots.com/tndyer/military/memorial.html (Dyer County records)13th Tenn http://archive.org/details/personalrecordof00vaug (Personal Record of 13th Regt by Alf. Vaughan) archive.org15th Tenn http://tngenweb.org/lake/15th-tn-infantry/ (Lake County records)19th Tenn http://dlc.lib.utk.edu/spc/view?docId=tei/0012_003579_000201_0000/0012_003579_000201_0000.xml;query=;brand=default (From Scout)20th Tenn http://www.confederateplanet.com/desolation-and-despair-the-story-of-the-20th-tennessee-infantry.html (From confederateplanet)22nd Tenn http://www.tngenes.net/index.php/military/confederate-rosters/291-22nd-murray-s-infantry-battalion (From tngenes)23rd Tenn http://www.petersburgbreakthrough.org/23rdTNnotes.html (From petersburgbreakthrough)24th Tenn http://duckriverrifles.50megs.com/custom3.html (Duck River Rifles site)27th Tenn http://www.tnyesterday.com/books/gm/gm3-24.html (From Jonathan K.T. Smith)28th Tenn http://www.tngenweb.org/civilwar/csainf/csain28.htm (Officers only)33rd Tenn http://tngenweb.org/obion/records-data/military/civil-war-33rd-co-a/ (Obion County records)38th Tenn http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~alcwroot/non_alabama_org_files/38th-tenn-inf-regt.htm (From rootsweb)44th Tenn http://www.petersburgbreakthrough.org/44thTNnotes.htm (From petersburgbreakthrough)45th Tenn http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~tnsumner/sumnwars.htm and http://www.tngenweb.org/civilwar/csainf/csa45.html47th Tenn http://tngenweb.org/obion/records-data/military/ (Obion County soldiers)51st Tenn http://www.tngenweb.org/civilwar/csainf/csa51.html (Officers only)52nd Tenn http://busenbarkcivilwar.wordpress.com/tag/52nd-tennessee-infantry/ (From busenbark)55th Tenn Consolidated with 44th Tenn -- See 44th Tenn site, above (and NPS site).154th Tenn http://www.tngenweb.org/civilwar/csainf/csa154.html (Officers only) Updated June 3rd, 2015 Ozzy Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ozzy 839 Report post Posted June 4, 2015 Missouri had a unit at Shiloh, as part of Breckenridge's Corps: Bowen's 1st Regiment of Missouri Infantry (CSA). There are a number of good resources for researching this organization:http://www.mohistory.org/files/archives_guides/Missouri_Militia_Collection_Streetor_reminiscences_transcription.pdf (William Streetor (drummer for the 1st Missouri) Reminiscences (1908);http://www.missouridivision-scv.org/mounits/1mo-infantry.htm (Missouri Confederate Roster site)http://www.nps.gov/civilwar/search-soldiers.htm?submitted=1&battleUnitCode=CMO0001RI01 (NPS Soldier and Sailors)http://www.mohistory.org/ (Missouri History Museum. Search 'Militia' via their [search Box] for interesting 1st Missouri items, including Streetor's drum...) Regards Ozzy Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ozzy 839 Report post Posted June 16, 2015 Mississippi... There is a story that claims all of the State Records generated during the Confederate Period were hidden away in a Masonic Lodge, and only came to light when it was thought safe to reveal their existence... thirty-nine years after the war ended. Those records now are stored in Jackson at the MDAH (Mississippi Department of Archives and History): http://msarchivists.org/theprimarysource/psvol32no2/PS_Pitts.pdf The MDAH also has the following site: http://zed.mdah.state.ms.us/cgi-bin/koha/opac-main.pl Unfortunately, most of their documents are only accessible through a visit to Jackson. The Sons of the Confederacy have compiled detailed unit histories: http://www.mississippiscv.org/gen_research.htm Click on 'Research,' and follow the cues. Otherwise, aside from familysearch.org and ancestry.com, the two best online sites for gathering information about Mississippi Civil War ancestors, are NPS Soldiers and Sailors: http://www.nps.gov/civilwar/soldiers-and-sailors-database.htm and Mississippi GenWeb: http://www.msgw.org/ For Mississippi GenWeb, all genealogical information is organized by county. Upon entry to the site, the county of interest must be selected; at the new location, most records are collected under the heading, 'Military.' For individual unit information, refer to the next post. Ozzy N.B. Another resource worth a look (either at your local library, or personal copy from a book-seller): For Dixie Land I'll Take My Stand: a roster listing of all known Mississippi Confederate Soldiers, Sailors and Marines, by H. Grady Howell, Chickasaw Bayou Press, 1998. (In four volumes). Link provides a sample of listings: http://www.therainwatercollection.com/reference/ref883.pdf Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ozzy 839 Report post Posted June 16, 2015 Mississippi regiments at the Battle of Shiloh. Artillery Thomas Stanford's Battery http://www.nps.gov/stri/learn/historyculture/upload/Roster_Sanford_Battery.pdfMelancthon Smith's Battery http://www.baylor.edu/content/services/document.php/155342.pdfBains 1st Mississippi Light Artillery (aka Vaiden's Battery) http://www.mississippiscv.org/MS_Units/1st_mississippi_light_artillery.htmCharles Swett's Battery (aka Warren Light Artillery) http://www.mississippiscv.org/ms_units/warren_light_artillery1.htmWilliam Harper's (Jefferson) Battery http://www.mississippiscv.org/ms_units/jefferson_flying_artillery.htmEdward Byrnes Kentucky and Mississippi (Kentucky Horse Artillery) http://www.mississippiscv.org/ms_units/byrnes_btry.htmAlfred Hudson's Battery (aka Pettus Battery) http://www.mississippiscv.org/ms_units/pettus_flying_artillery.htm Cavalry 1st Mississippi Cavalry (Col. Andrew Lindsay) (Pinson's) http://www.mississippiscv.org/ms_units/1st_ms_cav(lp).htmMississippi and Alabama Cavalry Battalion (A.K. Blythe) http://www.mississippiscv.org/ms_units/1st_ms_st_cav.htm4th Battalion Cavalry (Brewer) http://www.mississippiscv.org/ms_units/4th_bn_ms_cav.htm Infantry 3rd Mississippi Battalion (joined 45th Mississippi later) http://www.mississippiscv.org/ms_units/45th_ms_inf.htm5th Infantry Regt (Fant) http://www.mississippiscv.org/MS_Units/5th_MS_INF.htm6th Infantry Regt (Thornton) http://www.mississippiscv.org/ms_units/6th_ms_inf.htm andhttp://sixthmsinf.tripod.com/pictures.htm (Faces of the 6th Mississippi, on Tripod) 7th Infantry Regt (Mayson) http://www.mississippiscv.org/ms_units/7th_ms_inf.htm and http://www.7miss.org/ (Ron Skellie's site)9th Infantry Regt (Rankin) http://www.mississippiscv.org/ms_units/9th_ms_inf.htm10th Infantry Regt (Robert Smith) http://www.mississippiscv.org/ms_units/10th_ms_inf.htm15th Infantry Regt (Bentley) (joined 23rd Mississippi later) http://www.mississippiscv.org/ms_units/15th_ms_inf.htm22nd Infantry Regt (Schaller) http://www.mississippiscv.org/ms_units/22nd_ms_inf.htm Ozzy Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ozzy 839 Report post Posted February 10, 2017 Provided by Ole Miss in February 2017 is the following site (which allows a great entry-level introduction to infantry, cavalry and artillery regiments associated with the State of Mississippi during the War of the Rebellion): http://humphreys1625.homestead.com/unitindex.html Mississippi CSA units Ozzy Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ozzy 839 Report post Posted May 23, 2020 Goodspeed's Biographies Late in the 19th Century the Goodspeed Company (sometimes called Goodspeed Brothers) set about providing collections of Historical Records, based on counties and states. Prominent citizens of those counties and states were contacted, interviewed, and brief memoirs obtained (which were then rewritten as biographies.) The biographies were submitted to the interviewees, errors corrected, and the biographies published. An interesting six page biography of General PGT Beauregard is contained in Goodspeed's Louisiana, beginning page 272. “Mississippi in the War” begins page 150 and runs thirty pages in Goodspeed's Mississippi. General James R. Chalmers has a brief biography beginning page 535; Nathan Bedford Forrest and his cavalry are covered from page 159 to 165. General Albert Pike has his information in Goodspeed's Northeastern Arkansas, beginning page 70. Missouri and Indiana get pretty full coverage; and there is Goodspeed's Tennessee, and Goodspeed's Texas... For those conducting family history research (especially of Confederate officers, and veterans who enjoyed political and business success after the war) Goodspeed's deserves to be examined. References: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goodspeed_Publishing List of States and Counties addressed by Goodspeed's http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/webbin/book/lookupname?key=Goodspeed Publishing Co Goodspeed's Tennessee (Missouri, Indiana) https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/011441179 Goodspeed's Louisiana (1891) https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/100736861 Goodspeed's Mississippi (1891) https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/009567153 Goodspeed's Northeastern Arkansas (1889) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
