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Military Resources for Carroll County

Generals of the Civil War  

The War for Southern Independence:

20th Mississippi Infantry

Posted July 25, 2005 by Tim Harrison at tpharrisonjd@hotmail.com

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20^th Mississippi Regiment

Casualties at Fort Donelson, TN February 1862

From the report of Major W. M. Brown.  Printed in Official Reports of Battles published in 1864, pages 134 - 137.  Report can be viewed as part of the Making of America project at the following web:

http://www.hti.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/pageviewer-idx?c=moa&cc=moa&idno=adh1517.0001.001&frm=frameset&view=image&seq=1

CASUALTIES OF THE SEVERAL COMPANIES

Company A, Capt. H Coutey, Lieut. R. M. Wilson.

Killed, private H. N. Vowel—1.

Wounded, Lieut. R. M. Wilson, privates J. Jamaison, Davy Morgan, J. R. Gumm, W. M. Brown—5.

Surrendered—51.

Company B, Capt. W. A. Rover, Lieuts. T. B. Sykes, Murf, and Robert.

Killed, Sergeant Dan. Howard, privates Dick Cooper, tom Carroll, rufus Gore, John Dabbs, James Whalen, John C. Pollack, D. A. Kyle, W. M. Langston—9.

Wounded, mortally, J. McEwen (since dead); mortally, J. K. Famier (dead).

Seriously and slight, H. Y. Bresly, L. C. Steward, Henry Catley, S. F. Williams, J. R. Seely, J. P. Willis, W. T. Porter, Sam. M. Johnson, B. W. McCullen, J. A. Wamble, J. H. Wore; missing, Edward Brown, John Lynch, G. C. Robinson—11.

Company B, surrendered—34 aggregate.

Company C, Capt. J. Z. George, Lieuts. J. M. Liddle, T. W. Keyes, and Stoddard, 69 privates—73 aggregate.

Wounded, D. L. Jackson—1.

Surrendered—66.

Company D, Capt. C. K. Massey, Lieuts. J. C. Williams, Datson, and McClelland, 54 privates—58 aggregate.

Killed, Sergeant W. H. Horden—1.

Surrendered—54.

Company E, Lieut. W. S. Champlin, commanding, 1 commissioned officer, 41 privates—42 aggregate.

Killed, private J. P. Wattlebaum—1.

Wounded, Lieut. J. S. Champlin, Sergeant W. K. Washington, Corporal J. P. Yates, privates Y. J. Bell, W. T. Bandy, H. Frederick, W. O. Fink, J. Germain, R. McCarty, W. M. Redman, F. C. Seely, H. F. Zenan—12.

Surrendered—35.

Company F, Capt. H. B. Graham, Lieuts. O. R. Eastland and L. E. R. Sterling.

Wounded, Lieut. O. R. Eastland, badly, Lieut. E. R. Sterling, Sergeant Odom, Corporal Fleming, private Welch—5.

Surrendered—54.

Company G, Lieut. W. R. Nelson commanding, 34 privates—35 aggregate.

Killed, privates G. White, C. Nabers, E. Wallace—3.

Wounded, Sergeant M. Maken, privates J. Starke, Early J. Finder, W. Wingo, J. M. Cully, J. Bevel—7.

Surrendered—31.

Company H, 1^st Lieut. R. W. Paine, commanding, Lieuts. J. S. Barbee and Harrison.

Killed, Lieut. R. W. Paine, private Dan A. Davis—2.

Wounded, Lieut. J. H. Barbee, privates M. Davis, James M. Wilson, John H. Faulkner, James M. Finny—5.

Surrendered—43.

Company I, Capt. W. M. Chatfield, Lieut. Williams, 34 privates—36 aggregate.

Wounded, D. W. Thompson—1.

Surrendered—52.

Company K, D. T. Patterson, Lieuts. Oldham and Conway.

Killed, private T. H. Perry—1.

Wounded, W. Dioyne, badly; T. Rooke, badly; slightly, D. C. Patterson, Sergeant J. Dodd, privates R. H. Fox, W. C. Copshow, L. O. Young, James Gensel, W. S. Sandrod, Pat. Horn, Pyshus Stephens.

Surrendered—59.

RECAPITULATION:

Aggregate engaged—500.

Killed—20.

Wounded—58.

Surrendered—454.  That being the number returned by the commanding officer of companies on Sunday, February 16, 1862, the day we were surrendered; afterwards many of them reported that they had known several to escape.