Following secession from the Union, Sunflower County citizens answered the Call to Arms. They organized and equipped two units and citizens from the County also joined units being raised in other counties. The Sunfower Guards left almost immediately after being organized while the Sunflower Dispensers (also known as the Sunflower Rifles) remained in the County awaiting the State's instructions. From newpaper articles, veterans' accounts, local, and family histories, we find Sunflower County was not affected as much by the war as other counties in the State. Certainly no major battles were fought here, but the Sunflower River was of strategic importance and the battle at Fort Pemberton (near Greenwood MS in what is now Leflore County) was but one of several attempts by the Union to gain access to Vicksburg via Mississippi's waterways.
Humphreys, Benjamin Grubbs, Captain
Gibson, Tully S. 1st Lt
Stafford, Austin K. 2nd Lt
Martin, D.S. 3rd Lt
Hart, John A.
1st Sgt
Barnes Thomas A. 2nd Sgt
Bridewell Henry F. 3rd Sgt
Gluyas George E. C.4th Sgt
Shaw Stephen H. T. 5th Sgt
Kempton George C. 1st Corporal
BuchananRobert W. 3rd Corporal
Woodruff, George W. 4th Corporal
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Abay, W. A.
Adams, Graves S.
Archer, Edward S.
Babb, Seymour
Bailey, Joseph L.
Barcus, Jessey
Baskett, Louis T.
Bates,
Robert J.
Blalock, W. B.
Bridges, George W.
Browning, Allen J.
Carras, G. W.
Casey, Henry C.
Catlin, R. C.
Clanahan, James
Clements, Thomas L.
Conkers, John
Conn, R. C.
Corgan, W. W.
Dent, William D.
Doyle, Thomas
Ellington, David J.
Enos, William
Ernest, John G.
Ervin, John L.
Erwin, J. H.
Fields, John C
Fisher, George
Gee, T. W.
Gibson, Gadi
Gibson, Christopher
Gorman, T.
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Handy, J. W.
Hargroves, John W.
Harrington, John
Harvey,
William J.
Hemphill, J. W.
Henick, Fed
Hodges, James
Horton,
Alfred
Humphreys, Sam B.
Husson, Francis
Jefferson, John Y.
Jenkins, George C.
Johnson, W. H.
Jones, W. F.
Jones, Sam B.
Jones, Ed F.
Kempton, John F.
Key, Ebernezer
Latham, James M.
Lynch, Phil
Lynch, John
Martin, Martin A.
McBrown, William P.
McClelland, Thos. H.
McGregor, Sam T.
McLaughlen, James
McNellis,
Phillip
Mconnell, James M.
Money, John W.
Moreford, William M.
Nails, John
Nash, Caswell
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Parker, James P.
Patterson, Gilbert
Payne, John S.
Pierce, E.
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Quirks, Edward
Randle, Joseph E.
Ratclliffe, William H.
Robinson, Jerry
Sale, David S.
Scott, John A.
Scott, Thomas Y.
Shelby, Isaac J.
Shotwell, Reubin
Sisloff, Joseph S.
Skelton,
Bailey
Smith, S. P.
Smith, Robert L.
Spells, M. F.
Spells,
David
Stancill, B. E.
Stancill, Godfrey
Stewart, John W.
Stokely, G. W. J.
Strong, Robert H.
Summers, John
Tate, B. L.
Thompson, J. J.
Thornhill, Sessey
Wagoman, Allen P.
Weathersby, Jeff S.
Wolf, George
Wormack, Green B.
Additional members after 1861
James Fontaine Maury, enlisted Mar 04, 1862 - Jan 1863, Transferred to Gen Van Dorn's staff. Was Gen Humphreys'brother-in-law
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