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LOWNDES GUARDS COMPANY A, 2ND MISSISSIPPI RIFLES (VOLUNTEER) MEXICAN WAR 7 DECEMBER 1846 TO APR 1848 The following company history and roster is taken from the original muster rolls stored in the old military and civilian records branch of the National Archives and Records Administration in Washington, D.C. Company History The company formed on 7 December 1846 in Columbus, Mississippi. Mustered in on 5 January 1847 in Vicksburg, Mississippi. The company left Vicksburg at night January 12 47 on board the steamboat Sam Dole and arrived in January 14 at New Orleans & encamped on the Battle Ground, left the Battle Ground January 30 47, anchored off the Island of Lobos on Feb 18 47, went ashore 19th & encamped on the island 3 days, was ordered aboard again by Maj. Gen. Scott, set sail from Lobos Feb 24, Anchored off Brasos St. Iago Feb 25, left the mouth of the Rio Grande, arrived at Matamoros March 5, left Matamoros March 14, arrived at Camargo 17th & encamped until March 26, took ? of March 16tgh for Monterey, arrived at Monterey April 6, 1847. By order of Maj.. Gen. Taylor May 26 at 11 o'clock took up march for Saltillo under command of Capt. Charles Clark commanding Regt. & arrived at Camp Taylor, Buena Vista, on Sunday May 30, 1847. Apr 1848 were at Cedros, Mexico. Muster Roll Officers Andrew K. Blythe Captain Everend Dowsing 1st Lieut. 1 April 1847 acting Assist. Reg. QM Christopher C. Chinn 1st Lieut. William C. Lauderdale 2nd Lieut. July 1847 absent on furlough Jan 1848 present sick Feb-Jul 1848 absent on recruiting detail Beverly Matthews 2nd Lieut. Non-commisioned Officers Charles H. Bagby Sergeant 32 John B. Curry Sergeant 27 surgeon discharge 15 May 1847 at Monterey Jeremiah Dowsing Sergeant 24 surgeon discharge 31 July 1847 Monterey James M. Goodman Sergeant 23 surgeon discharge 10 April 1847 Monterey Edward C. Rich Corporal 22 surgeon discharge 23 May 1847 at Matamoros by Surgeon McPhail James B. Covington Corporal 21 promoted to Sergeant 13 April 1847 surgeon discharge 4 May 1847 Washington L. Doss Corporal 21 reduced by resignation 7 April 1847 Oct 1847 a scout by order of Gen. Wool promoted to Sergeant 1 December 1847 William A. Freeman Corporal 23 surgeon discharge 25 March 1847 Camargo Privates John R. Adams Private 18 died at New Orleans 25 Jan 1847 Caswell D. Beckham Private 25 died at Point Isabel 29 Mar 1847 Francis Bekeart Private 22 Isaac M. Bennett Private 25 William Branch joined 18 July 1847 Beverly B. Burge mustered 23 Aug 1847 in Monticello, MS William Burnet Private 25 promoted to corporal 13 April 1847 promoted to Sergeant 9 August 1847 Alexander Cabler Private Joseph A. Cayce Private 25 Thomas C. Cooper Private 20 died in hospital 4 August 1847 in Buena Vista had been in hospital since 30 April 1847 Fleet M. Coor Private 26 Jun to Dec 1847 detached to Reg. QM detail QM had to pay him an additional $25 per month Benjamin W. Drake Private recruited from Recruiting Depot at New Orleans 25 Feb 1847 AWOL since 4 July 1848 supposed to have falled overboard and drowned in the MS River Samuel J. Dyche Private 19 John M. Ellis Private 22 died at Camp Hospital 23 May 1847 Monterey William L. Ellis surgeon discharge 26 May 1847 William P. Fanning Private 37 died in Camargo 27 March 1847 Elias D. Fields Private 25 died aboard ship Henry Pratt 26 Feb 1847 John Fields Private 18 by order of Col. Clark ordered as a hospital attendant 25 Jan 1848 QM duty 25 May 1848 John J. Ford Private 18 sick in hospital 30 April 1847 died in hospital at Buena Vista 7 August 1847 Carmen Frazee transferred from Company B 6 October 1847 Abraham C. Frederick Private 38 Thomas C. Glass Private 22 surgeon discharge 25 January 1847 New Orleans Robert Gray Private 22 Francis M. Greenlee Private 18 died in route from Camargo to Monterey 3 April 1847 Archibald F. Hamilton Private 26 absent March and April 1847 March 25 1848 hospital attendant Henry F. Hamilton Private 25 Theodore Harman joined from recruits October 1847 transferred to Company G, March 1848 Aaron Harrison Private 38 detached to QM Dept. 18 November 1847 William C. Hearn Private 18 promoted to corporal 12 March 1847 Jeremiah Hendricks Private 18 surgeon discharge 17 April 1847 Edward C. Hoberg Private 33 March 1 1847 on duty in Subsistence Dept. Nov 28 1847 deserted Dec 1847 joined from desertion Jan 1848 discharged Jun 1847 in confinement dishonorably discharged by Genl. Ct. Marshall Jan 12, 1848 at Buena Vista Samuel B. Hollingshead Private 22 James Huddleston Private 19 promoted to corporal 1 Dec 1847 William F. Irwin Private 21 absent sick in New Orleans Jan 1847 surgeon discharge 26 May 1847 at Monterey Blake Johnson Private 23 sick at New Orleans Jan 1847, left sick deserted at New Orleans 30 Jan 1847 Robert Johnson Private 31 Miles F. Jones Private 28 deserted from hospital in Buena Vista 26 November 1847 Thomas Kewen Private mustered in at New Orleans 28 Jan 1847 promoted to 3d sergeant 7 July 1847 reduced to private 1 November 1847 James Kineamon recruited at Mobile 6 Jan 1848 Feb-May 1848 absent sick at Mier, Mexico Leonidas W. King Private 20 sick discharge 4 Mar 1847 Matamoros Daniel Kirkland Private 20 died 2 May 1847 Monterey Oliver O. Kirkland Private 21 surgeon discharge 26 May 1847 Monterey John Knapp Private 18 Dec 1847-May 1848 Subsistence Department James K. Knight Private 22 Raleigh J. Knight Private 31 James M. Lee Private 19 discharge 12 May 1847 Monterey Jeremiah G. Leverett Private 24 Sep 1847 QM Dept. service George H. Lipscomb Private 18 promoted to Sergeant 11 Apr 1847 transferred to QM Dept. 25 Nov 1847 Thomas L. Love Private 23 died at New Orleans 5 May 1847 Thomas N. Love Private 28 transferred to 2nd MS surgeon 8 Jan 1847 William E. Maddox Private 23 detached to be hospital steward 23 Feb 1847 James C. McCarty Private 18 died in Monterey 11 May 1847 John A. Miller Private hospital steward 25 May 1847 Apr 1848 clerk for adjutant Elbert P. Moore Private 22 surgeon discharge 26 May 1847 Monterey Samuel Morris Private 18 surgeon discharge 14 Mar 1847 Matamoros Washington B. Nash Private 19 died on board ship Henry Pratt 17 Feb 1847 in route to Mexico Charles A. Neilson Private 20 surgeon discharge 31 Jul 1847 Monterey William S. Parker Private 30 in confinement Dec 1847 John M. Pearson Private 25 absent sick in New Orleans 30 Jan 1847 Thomas Penny Private 26 promoted to corporal 11 Aug 1847 John Perkins Private joined from recruiting depot 14 Aug 1847 at Natchez, Mississippi Simeon Pierce Private 20 March 1847 absent sick April 1847 absent Jan 1848 on duty in QM Dept. Benjamin N. Pybus Private 19 James Roddon Private 44 surgeon discharge 17 April 1847 James Scott Private 25 surgeon discharge 28 Jan 1847 New Orleans Benajah (?) B. Seale Private 28 promoted to 3d Corporal 13 April 1847 surgeon discharge 7 Jun 1847 Monterey Erasmus Smith Private 19 died in New Orleans 29 Jan 1847 Eugene A. Spalding Private 18 promoted to corporal 15 May 1847 William F. Stone Private 22 died 5 Jan 1847 in New Orleans James I. Taylor Private 19 Hardy J. Teague Private 19 James Thurman Private 22 surgeon discharge 5 May 1847 Monterey Calvin C. Tyler Private 27 died 2 May 1847 Monterey James C. Tyson Private 24 transferred to Company F 27 Mar 1847 William C. Wallace Private 20 promoted to 4th Sergeant 8 May 1847 died 4 Aug 1847 Saltillo Amos F. Ward Private 25 William E. Warren Private 24 transferred as QM Sgt. 12 Jan 1847 1 Dec 1847 reduced to private George M. Webb Private 18 William H. Whatley Private 21 John W. Willeford Private 24 Richard Wynn Private 19 Copyright © 2010. All rights reserved Tuesday, 23-Dec-2008 17:05:27 MST http://lowndesmsgenealogy.org Hosted by , , and , Co-County Directors. 
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