Age:
21
Initial Rank:
Private
Joined:
Saturday, August 10, 1861
Term (yrs):
1
Listed as present for last muster (Jan/Feb, 1865).
Occupation:
Farmer
CO:
H
Riggan, Benjamin J.
Enrolled at:
Camp Jones, VA
Enrolled By:
Lt. Stone
Born:
Alabama
Marital Status:
S
Residence:
Chesterville, MS
No
Promoted:
ROH:
No
Age:
19
Initial Rank:
Private
Joined:
Monday, April 29, 1861
Term (yrs):
1
Appointed 2nd Corporal on 4/22/1862. Appointed 3rd Sergeant on 8/8/1862. Wounded at 2nd Manassas on
8/29/1862. Returned to duty. Promoted to 1st Sergeant on 10/1/1862. Elected Jr. 2nd Lt on 5/17/1863. Killed at
Gettysburg on 7/1/1863 (in leading a party to capture the colors of the 149th Pennsylvania).
Occupation:
Farmer
CO:
H
Roberts, Atlas K.
Enrolled at:
Pontotoc Co., MS
Enrolled By:
Capt. Taylor
Born:
Alabama
Marital Status:
S
Residence:
Chesterville, MS
Yes
Promoted:
ROH:
Yes
Age:
Initial Rank:
Lieutenant
Joined:
Term (yrs):
0
Appears on a Federal record of prisoners of war at Old Capitol Prison, Washington, D.C. Remarks: "Came into
our lines of his own accord." Dated 10/6/1862. No other records.
Occupation:
CO:
H
Roberts, E. S.
Enrolled at:
Enrolled By:
Born:
Marital Status:
Residence:
No
Promoted:
ROH:
No
Age:
19
Initial Rank:
Private
Joined:
Monday, April 29, 1861
Term (yrs):
1
Discharged (accidentally shot himself in left hip) on 7/12/1861 due to disability. Re-joined in May, 1863.
Accompanying list of engagements shows him wounded at Gettysburg on 7/1/1863 (company records do not so
indicate). Company muster rolls list him as deserted about mid-July, 1863.
Occupation:
Farmer
CO:
H
Roberts, Elvis C.
Enrolled at:
Pontotoc Co., MS
Enrolled By:
Capt. Taylor
Born:
Mississippi
Marital Status:
S
Residence:
Chesterville, MS
No
Promoted:
ROH:
No
Age:
23
Initial Rank:
Private
Joined:
Monday, April 29, 1861
Term (yrs):
1
Discharged on 12/18/1861 due to disability by order of General Whiting.
Occupation:
Farmer
CO:
H
Roberts, Killis M.
Enrolled at:
Pontotoc Co., MS
Enrolled By:
Capt. Taylor
Born:
Mississippi
Marital Status:
S
Residence:
Chesterville, MS
No
Promoted:
ROH:
No
Age:
26
Initial Rank:
Private
Joined:
Monday, April 29, 1861
Term (yrs):
1
Appointed 5th Sergeant on 4/22/1862. Wounded at Sharpsburg on 9/17/1862. In hospital at Winchester, VA.
Captured and paroled while in hospital at Winchester (paroled on 12/4/1862). Furloughed. Returned to duty.
Accidentally wounded on 6/23/1864. Sent to hospital in Richmond. Furloughed 40-days from 7/30/1864.
Discharged by ruling of medical examining board for disability due to wounds. Dated Okolona, MS on
4/12/1865. Surrendered and paroled at Citronelle, AL. Dated 5/20/1865 at Mobile, AL ("Stragglers of Berry's
Regiment, Confederate States Army").
Occupation:
Farmer
CO:
H
Rook, Benjamin F.
Enrolled at:
Pontotoc Co., MS
Enrolled By:
Capt. Taylor
Born:
South Carolina
Marital Status:
M
Residence:
Tupelo, MS
Yes
Promoted:
ROH:
No
Age:
22
Initial Rank:
Private
Joined:
Monday, April 29, 1861
Term (yrs):
1
Discharged due to disability on 1/28/1862 at Camp Fisher, VA by order of General Whiting.
Occupation:
Farmer
CO:
H
Rook, John H.
Enrolled at:
Pontotoc Co., MS
Enrolled By:
Capt. Taylor
Born:
South Carolina
Marital Status:
S
Residence:
Tupelo, MS
No
Promoted:
ROH:
No
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