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Ross' Mississippi Brigade

Ross' Mississippi Brigade

Posted: 21 Jan 2015 8:29AM GMT
Classification: Query
Surnames: Martin, Ross
I am looking for information on Ross' Mississippi Brigade. My great great great grandfather Francis M. (Marion) Martin of Neshoba County was a member of said brigade as per his tombstone. I have tried looking for info about this group with no luck. All I have found about a Ross' Brigade is the one from Texas.

I just need someone to point me in the right direction on where to start looking for info.

Thanks

Re: Ross' Mississippi Brigade

Posted: 25 Jun 2015 7:44PM GMT
Classification: Query
Edited: 25 Jun 2015 8:02PM GMT
I see him listed on the Mississippi Confederate Grave Registry as being of Company H of the 17th MS Infantry but he is not on that unit's rolls. That registry is on microfilm at the archives in Jackson. I've always been iffy on it's reliability, but sometimes it helps to point you in the right direction.

http://mscgr.homestead.com/MSCGRMap.html

Martin filed for a pension based on his service, but his application doesn't help very much. He notes that his Captain was named Riley and, as his gravestone indicates, that it was in Ross's Brigade. The only Captain Riley that I could find was a Richard Riley of Company B, 19th MS Infantry. Martin was not in the rolls of that unit.

Have you tried posting a query on the following message board?

http://www.history-sites.com/cgi-bin/bbs62x/mscwmb/webbbs_co...

Good luck,

Scott

EDIT:

I see that the 1932 roll for Neshoba County pensioners has Martin under a Captain Foote's company. Note that Company B of the 17th MS was led by a Captain George P. Foote, so perhaps there is some merit to the grave registry noting this company.


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