The Quitman Guards was organized and mustered into the State service on April 21st, 1861 in the town of Homlesville, Mississippi. On 21 May 1861, Company E was "ordered into active service" and instructed to "proceed forthwith to Corinth, Mississippi, to the camp of instruction there established." On May 27th 1861, the Quitman Guards was designated as Company E, 16th Mississippi Infantry. In July 1861, the 16th Mississippi was ordered to Virginia where they became a part of the Army of Northern Virginia.

[Source: "Pike County Mississippi 1798 - 1876: Pioneer Families and Confederate Soldiers -- Reconstruction and Redemption" by Luke Ward Conerly, Nashville, Tennessee, 1909]

ALLEN, GEORGE W.; PVT
ANDREW, E.C.; PVT
ANDREWS, THOMAS J
ARD, A. E.; PVT; WIA Sharpsburg, Va. 9/17/62. KIA Weldon Railroad, Va., 8/21/64
AST, JOHN; disability discharge.
BADON, H. B.
BAIN, S. McNEIL; 3RD LT
BANKSTON, BURTON D.; WIA Second Manassas, Va. 8/30/62.
BARDSDALE, JOHN T.; disability discharge.
BARNES, B. L.;
BARNET, JAMES A; disability discharge.
BARR, THOMAS M.; WIA Sharpsburg, Va. 9/17/62.
BEE, R. J. R.; 2ND LT
BOUTWELL, WILLIAM;
BREED, E.; PVT; disability discharge.
BRENT, J. A.; PVT; WIA, Petersburg, Va. 9/84.
BRENT, GEO. W.;
BURKHALTER, JOHN T.; PVT
BURKHALTER, CHARLES; PVT
CARTER, HARVEY; PVT
COLESTON, JOHN A.; disability discharge.
COLLINS, JOSEPH W.; PVT; KIA Cold Harbor, Va. 6/17/62.
CONERLY, BUXTON R.;
CONERLY, MARK R.; PVT; disability discharge.
CONERLY, LUKE W.; 5TH SGT
CONEY, JOHN H.; PVT
CONEY, WILLIAM L.; PVT; disability discharge (under age).
CONEY, VAN C.; PVT; Lieut., WIA Sharpsburg, Va. 9/17/62.
CONEY, LOUIS N.; 1ST CORP
COOK, THOMAS D.; PVT; disability discharge.
CRAWFORD, JESSE; PVT; disability discharge.
CROPPER, E. G.; ENSIGN; disability discharge (over age).
DONAHOE, JOHN A.; WIA Petersburg, Va. 7/64.
ESTESS, WILLIAM A.; disability discharge.
FINCH, WILLIAM; PVT
FINCH, MILUS; PVT
FOIL, J. D.; PVT
FOREST, BENJAMIN F.; PVT; disability discharge.
FOREST, THOMAS JEFF.; PVT; WIA Chancellorsville, Va. 5/2/63, Gettysburg, Pa. 7/3/63 and Petersburg, Va. 7/64. FOXWORTH, GEORGE;
FRUEDRUCGM PHIL. J.; PVT
FRY, CHARLES G.;
GARNER, WILLIAM; PVT; WIA Cross Keys, Va. 6/8/62, permanently disabled.
GARNER, RANSOM; disability discharge.
GIBSON, JESSE F.; PVT; disability discharge.
GILLESPIE, J. P.; PVT; disability discharge.
GUINA, ASA H.; PVT; KIA Chancellorsville, Va. 5/2/63.
GUY, WILLIAM JEFFERSON;
GUY, JESSE W.; KIA Sharpsburg, Md 9/17/62.
HAMILTON, THOMAS; PVT
HAMLIN, O. C.; PVT; disability discharge.
HART, DR. R. T.; 2ND CORP
HARTWELL, CHARLES E.;
HARVEY, W. PEARL; PVT
HEWSONH, GEORGE; PVT; xferred to Co. D, 16th.
HOLLOWAY, T. P.;
HOLLOWAY, FELIX H.; disability discharge.
HOLMES, BENJAMIN; PVT; WIA Second Manassas, Va. 8/30/62.
HOLMES, JOHN; PVT; WIA Cold Harbor, Va. 6/27/62; Capt; d. Picayune, MS 1907
HOWE, CHARLES; PVT
IRWIN, JAMES; PVT; disability discharge.
JELKS, EUGENE W.; PVT
JEWELL, COLLINWOOD; PVT
JOHNSON, FRANK P.; 4TH SGT
JONES, H. L.; PVT
LAMKIN, WILLIAM J.; WIA Weldon Railroad 8/21/64 and Second Manassas 8/30/62. xfered to 11th Miss.; WIA Bull Run 7/2161.
LAMKIN, SAMUEL R.; PVT; WIA Weldon Railroad, Va. 8/21/64, lost arm.
LAMKIN, TILMAN S.; KIA Weldon railroad, Va. 8/21/64.
LAMKIN, CHARLES A.; PVT; discharged (under age).
LANEY, E. A.; PVT; xferred to 15th Ala.;
LAWRENCE, IRWIN G.; PVT; disability discharge.
LEONARD, JOHN; PVT; disability discharge.
LEONARD, DAVID; PVT; WIA Sharpsburg, Va. 9/17/62.
LEWIS, MARTIN L.; PVT; disability discharge.
LEWIS, BENJAMIN H; PVT
LEWIS, JESSE W. B.; PVT
LIGON LEMUEL T.; PVT; WIA Turkey Ridge, Va. 6/64.
LIGON, CHARLES A.; 4TH CORP; disability discharge.
LUITER, WILLIAM D.; PVT
LYLES, JOHN Y.;
McCUSKER, WM.; 1ST SGT; WIA Sharpsburg, Va. 9/17/62.
MAGEE, WILLIAM LEVI;
MARTIN, WILLIAM; xferred to Waqshington Artillery.
MATTHEWS, GEORGE N.; PVT
MATTHEWS, SAMUEL A.; CAPT
MAY, JARED B.; PVT; WIA, Cross Keys, Va. 6/8/62; disability discharge.
MAY, WILLIAM; PVT
McCUSKER, JOHN; PVT; disability discharge.
McGEHEE, HANS J.;
McGEHEE, DR. J. G. L.; PVT; disability discharge.
McGEHEE, WILLIAM FRANK; PVT
McGILL, HENRY; PVT
McINTOSH, D. M.; PVT; xferred to Co. C, 16th Ms.
McNABB, JAMES; PVT
MILLER, GEORGE W.;
MIXON, ALEX. R.; PVT;Brigade Ensign, KIA, Bloody Angle, Spottsylvania C. H., Va. 5/12/64.
MORGAN, GREEN W.; PVT; disability discharge.
NEAL, JAMES N.; PVT; disability discharge.
NELSON, JAMES M.; 1ST LT
NETHERLAND, JOSEPH N.; PVT; disability discharge.
NEWMAN, THOMAS H.; PVT
NEWMAN, JOHN A.; KIA Chancellorsville, Va. 5/2/63
NEWMAN, JOSEPH B.; disability discharge.
PAGE, JAMES; PVT; KIA Petersburg, Va., in trenches, 10/9/64.
PAYNE, WILLIAM L.; WIA Chancellorsville, Va. 5/2/63.
PEARL, SETH W.; PVT; disability discharge.
PEARSON, HOLDEN; PVT; WIA Weldon Railroad, Va., 8/21/64.
PENDARVIS, JAMES; PVT
RATLIFF, WARREN R.; 3RD CORP; disability discharge.
RATLIFF, SIMEON; PVT; WIA Chancellorsville, Va. 5/2/63.
REEVES, WILLIAM R.; PVT; mortally wounded, Gettysburg, Pa., 7/4/63.
REGAN, THOMAS G.; PVT
RHODIS, REEVES; WIA Sharpsburg, Va. 9/17/62.
ROOT, GEORGE W.; PVT; WIA, both knees, Cold Harbor, Va. 6/27/62.
RUSHING, ELISHA T.; PVT; KIA Bloody Angle, Spottsylvania C. H., Va., 5/12/64.
RUSHING, WARREN T.; disability discharge.
SANDELL, S. MURRAY; PVT
SANDIFER, HANS D.; WIA Antietam, Md., 9/17/62 and Spottsylvania C. H., Va., Bloody Angle, 5/12/64. SCARBOROUGH, HENRY;
SIMMONS, GEORGE B.; PVT; mortally wounded, cold Harbor, Va. 6/27/62.
SIMMONS, JEFF. E.;
SMITH, DAN J.;
SMITH, GEORGE;
SMITH, C. C.; disability discharge.
SPARKMAN, A. P.; PVT; WIA, Cross Keys, Va. 6/8/62.
SPARKMAN, WILLIAM L.; KIA Petersburg, Va. 4/2/65.
STANFORD, JAMES D.; KIA Turkey Ridge, Va., 6/6/64.
STOCKDALE, THOMAS R.; 2ND LT
STOVALL, ROBERT D; PVT; WIA Spottsylvania, Va. 5/12/64; Sergt, KIA Petersburg, Va. 4/2/65.
SUTHERLAND, ALEX.; PVT; disability discharge.
TARBUTTON, A. J.; PVT; WIA Sharpsburg, Va. 9/17/62.
TARVER, JOHN E. J.; PVT
TISDALE, JOSEPH M.; PVT; disability discharge.
TRAVIS, JOHN Q.; PVT; WIA Chancellorsville, Va. 5/2/63.; 2nd Lt; d. Magnolia, MS 1907
TYLER, WM. THAD; COMMISSARY
WALKER, ANDERSON; PVT
WALKER, JOHN A.; PVT; WIA Second Manassas, 8/3062 and Turkey Ridge, Va., 6/64.
WATTS, ARTHUR T.; xferred to Summit Rifles, Co. A, 16th Ms.
WELCH, SAMUEL; disability discharge.
WILKSON, R. D.; PVT
WILLIAMS, W. L.; PVT; WIA Second Manassas, 8/30/62, lost arm.
WILSON, MATTHEW; Sgt.; KIA, Wilderness, Va., 5/6/64; WIA Second Manassas, Va. 8/30/62.
WILSON, GOLDEN; 3RD SGT; Lieut. mortally wounded, sharpsburg, Md. 9/17/62.
WINBORNE, BENJAMMIN FRANK; PVT
YARBOROUGH, WESLEY; PVT; Mortally wounded, Cross Keys, Va. 6/8/62

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