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43rd Mississippi Infantry, Co. K, Page 2"Kemper Fencibles"The 43rd Regiment, Mississippi Infantry Volunteers, CSA, was also known as "Moore’s Regiment," "Harrison’s Regiment," "the Camel Regiment," and "the Bloody Forty-third." Organized 15 May 1862. The 43rd Mississippi Infantry saw service at Iuka, fought at 2nd Corinth, resisted Grant’s Central Mississippi Railroad Campaign, repulsed Sherman at 2nd Chickasaw Bayou, served in Deer Creek Expedition (Pound’s detachment), nobly endured the Siege of Vicksburg, fought at the Siege of Jackson (Pound’s detachment), campaigned at Chickamauga (Pound’s detachment), helped turn back Sooy Smith’s Meridian Expedition, fought in the 100 Day’s Battles all the way from Resaca to Atlanta, endured the Siege of Atlanta, skirmished at Decatur, made a famous charge on Franklin’s bloody fields of glory, was shattered at Nashville, but, undaunted, rose from the ashes to fight again at Kinston and, finally, took part in the last great Confederate charge at Bentonville. The pages you now hold bear the hallowed names of the noble, courageous Sons of the South who did these mighty deeds of valor. Cherish their memory. Laud their bravery. Celebrate their Heritage of Honor. "Though men deserve, they may not win success; the brave will honor the brave, vanquished nonetheless." Deo Vindice ("God Vindicates") Company K "Kemper Fencibles" DeKalb, Kemper County 11 May 1862 Captain William Augustus "Gus" Love 1st Lieutenant/Acting Captain Henry James "H.J." Gully 2nd Lieutenant Robert Adcock 2nd Lieutenant Robert C. Farrar 2nd Lieutenant Samuel Kittrell Gully Orderly/1st Sergeant Benjamin L. Lampley 1st Sergeant John C. Whitten 2nd Sergeant Adam Calvert 2nd Sergeant W.A. "Dock" Houston 3rd Sergeant William O. Pettus 4th Sergeant William S. Callaway 4th Sergeant John E. Chisolm 4th Sergeant John C. Lovelady Sergeant H.C. Smith 1st Corporal J. Mark Harden 2nd Corporal Alexander T. Dixon 2nd Corporal Silas B. "Cy" Forrester 2nd Corporal David J. Greenlees 2nd Corporal Joseph E. Stewart 2nd Corporal William Henry Thomas 2nd Corporal Jerry M. Watkins 4th Corporal John A. "Sandy" Holton Corporal Willis C. Watkins Privates: Isaac Jack Abercrombie B.J. Alday Samuel Alday Calvin M. "Cal" Atwood William R. Bethany William H. Bounds Joseph B. Burnett C.A. Calloway James M. Cannon John Carter L. Marbury Chisolm Robert H. Clark William Clark Thomas J. Creekmore John J. Davis Thomas Edward (Edwin?) Davis A.W. Dollar John W. Drake J. Benson Ellis William H. Fielder S.K. Floyd Allen Fore William Fortenberry Alfred Fulton M. Hampton "Ham" Goodson Benjamin J. Gordon D.C. Gray John M. Griggins George F.(T.?) Hailey Ira C. Hailey John Hailey William A. Hall David Hamaker (or Haymaker) A.C. Hamilton Augustus C. Hammack (or Hammock) John C. Hammack (or Hammock) William C. Harbour John C. Harden John C. Hardy Aaron Haskins James A. Hopper John D.M. Hopper Henry King Houston Andrew Jackson Martin Jackson Robert W. Johnson H.C.D. Stang [sic] Jones H.L. Jones Calvin Jordan John Kellis Amos King Hudson Powell Lipscomb Henry Loftin Thomas Loftin Jesse A. Lovelady John William Madison Charles W. Mars George W. Mars Robert A. Mars Hiram McArthur Archibald McBride Allen McCrory James McCrory John McCrory Robert McCrory L. James McNeil James Miller E.G. Morton John B. Murphy Stephen Neal James J. Oden William J. Overstreet Andrew H.H. Peden William Robert(?) Peden James M. Perry John W. Pickett John W. Pitts William C. Poole Henry R. Richardson George W. Richardson Hugh B. Richardson Oliver "Ol" Richardson George W. Robertson H. Saunders Elisha Sellars James Shepherd George W. Skinner D.H. Smith Dick Smith Felix S. Smith Felix M. Smith Jasper Newt Smith William C. Smith John Strange Wilson A. "Wils" Swearingen John Waits [first name not stated] Walls Ken M. Watkins James D.H. Weir William Wells Hirham Wether Alfred M. White N.M. White William D. White Eli H. Whitten James E. Whittle H. Wilkins John F. Williamson E. Bird Wilson William Wilson Samuel S. Windham John H. Young Samuel Young Servants: Wiley Claiborne (alias Willy Cannon) Eli (or Ely) Lampley Note: If you have manuscript, photographic, newspaper, oral tradition, or other unpublished information regarding the 43rd MS Infantry or any of its soldiers, please contact Jim Huffman or at 1230 Stemwood Drive, Picayune, MS 39466. (601) 798-8208. This material is needed for a true regimental history of the 43rd. Please visit our 43rd MS Infantry website at www.43rdmississippi.homestead.com/index.html . Please visit the Sons of Confederate Veterans homepage at www.scv.org and the MS Division SCV webpage at www.mississippiscv.org .
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