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20th Mississippi Infantry
Company A
Langdon P. Aycock - Sergeant
Father:William M. Aycock,B:1809,D:3 Jul 1869
Mother:Emily John Quinn,B:6 Jun 1814
Son: Langdon P. Aycock,B:12 May 1839,D:4 Apr 1898
Wife:Alice Rawls
Contact Name: Billy L. Aycock
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Date Added: 2/24/2010

Company A
William Calhoun Aycock - Private
Father:James Jackson Aycock,B:6 Nov 1814,D:2 May 1887
Mother:Caroline Dillard Young,B:6 Feb 1826,D:27 Sept 1904
2nd Son:William Calhoun Aycock,B:21 Dec 1843,D:20 Jul 1864
Wounded at New Hope Church,Dallas,Ga. Date uk
Contact Name: Billy L. Aycock
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Date Added: 2/23/2010

Company B
Thadeus Augustus Anglin - Private
Thadeus Augustus Anglin survived the war, then farmed in northern Mississippi until about 1900 when he moved his family to Bogota, Texas, and then on to Lazare, Texas, where he died on December 5, 1911. He is buried in the Tennessee Valley Cemetery just outside the deserted township of Lazare, Texas. His grave is marked with a granite marker. His descendants moved to Hunt County, Texas, after his death in 1911.
Contact Name: Mike Anglin
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Date Added: 9/10/2015

Company B
William Carroll Anglin - Private
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Contact Name: Teresa Smith
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Date Added: 8/25/2006

Company B
James C Gay - Private
Born 1843. Enlisted June 1861. Wounded during the Atlanta Campaign in July 1864. No further record found.
Contact Name: George Hill
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Date Added: 1/24/2014

Company B
James Lawrence Lenoir - Private
I am a relative, not a descendant. I can provide some information on his children.He is buried in the Amite City Cemetery, Amite, Tangipahoa Parish, LA. HIs tombstone gives his Civil War affiliation.
Contact Name: B. Ramsey
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Date Added: 7/2/2004

Company B
Abner Davis Sykes - Private
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Contact Name: Teresa Smith
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Date Added: 8/25/2006

Company B
Samuel W WambleRank Unknown
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Contact Name: Eddie Wamble
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Date Added: 9/26/2010

Company C
George Thomas Aycock - Private
Father:James Jackson Aycock,B:6 Nov 1814,D:2 May 1887
Mother:Caroline Dillard Young,B:6 Feb 1826,D:27 Sept 1904
1st Son:George Thomas Aycock,B:21 Sept 1841,D:25 Feb 1916
Wife:Mary Louise Buchanan,B:21 Jan 1846,D:1 Jan 1930
Contact Name: Billy L. Aycock
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Date Added: 2/23/2010

Company C
Robert Gammill - Private
(Born - Abt. 1834 in Alabama)
(Father - Robert Gammill)
(Mother - Margaret Holland)
Contact Name: David Lewis
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Date Added: 9/17/2006

Company D
William Ivy - Private
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Contact Name: Dave Ivy
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Date Added: 9/15/2009

Company D
John Phillips - Private
Private John Phillips:

Wounded and taken prisoner, Transferred to Illinois where his health deteriorated due to wound and starvation. Union started to transfer out of POW camp but he died in Virginia.

Not known where he is laid to rest at this time.

20th Infantry Regiment was organized during the late summer of 1861 with men from Bolivar, Monroe, Noxubee, Adams, Scott, Carroll, and Newton counties. The unit moved to Virginia, then Tennessee where in February, 1862, it was captured at Fort Donelson. In this engagement it lost 19 killed of the 31 officers and 469 men present. The regiment was exchanged and assigned to Tilghman's and J.Adams' Brigade, Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana. For a time it served in the Vicksburg area, then transferred to the Army of Tennessee. Placed in J.Adams' and Lowry's Brigade, the 20th was involved in the Atlanta and Tennessee Campaigns and ended the war in North Carolina. Only a remnant surrendered on April 26, 1865. Its commanders were Colonels William N. Brown and D.R. Russell; Lieutenant Colonels D.H. Maury, Horace H. Miller, and Walter A. Rorer; and Majors William M. Chatfield, Thomas B. Graham, and C.K. Massey. [
Contact Name: Joe Allcock Jr.
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Date Added: 2/22/2016

Company D
William WalstonRank Unknown
Check Sailors and Soldiers and a history of the 20th Mississippi. Sydney Walston was his newphew
Contact Name: Randy Wiltrout
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Date Added: 1/2/2010

Company E
David Dempsy Melvin - Private
Dec 30, 1837 – Dec 19, 1897. He had a light complexion, dark hair, blue eyes, stood 5’ 7 ½” and lived in Abbeville Al. Enlisted May 25, 1861in Handsboro County MS. Mustered in on July 6, 1861 at Corinth MS. He was captured at Fort Donelson on Feb 16, 1862 and shows on rolls at Camp Douglas Il on Aug 1, 1862. He was transferred to Vicksburg on Sep 2, 1862 to be exchanged. He was wounded on Aug 18, 1864 outside Atlanta GA. He was captured at Nashville TN after being wounded by a Minnie ball in the right foot and taken to the USA General Hospital Nashville TN at age 26. He was transferred to Louisville Ky on Jan 4, 1865 and shows on Prisoner rolls at Louisville Ky on May 6, 1865. He was paroled at Louisville Ky after taken the oath on Jun 16, 1865.

Parents:
• Daniel James Melvin 1815 – 1903. Son of Joseph 1789 - 1863, son of George Melvin 1737 – 1791 son of James Daniel Melvin Sr.
• Louisiana Sholar 1815-1877
Contact Name: James A. Crook Sr
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Date Added: 7/10/2022

Company E
Samuel Slade - Private
4th great uncle, son of Pvt Samuel Slade, NC Militia and grandson of Pvt David irby, Va Militia, American Revolution. Sept. 20, 1863 wounded/hospitalized; Aug. 30, 1864 deserted; Dec 15, 1864 captured near Nashville; Dec. 20, 1864 Camp Douglas; Jan. 1865 applied for oath of allegiance
Contact Name: David Hampton Bell, SCV322196
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Contact Homepage: http://www.genlouishebert.com/honorroll.htm
Date Added: 10/10/2012

Company E
Thomas Sydney Walston - Private
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Contact Name: Brett Walston
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Date Added: 12/25/2009

Company F
Ezekiel Bailey - Private
Ezekiel Bailey died while being held at Camp Douglas in Chicago, Illinois. His name is listed on the Confederate Mound Monument in Oak Woods Cemetery in Chicago, Illinois.
Contact Name: Sylvia Burkhalter
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Date Added: 1/28/2014

Company F
Lewis Jasper Bailey - Private
Lewis was a mere 16 years old when he and his three older brothers joined the confederate army. After his three older brothers were captured at Fort Donelson, Lewis went on to other battles. He was wounded and captured at the Battle of Peach Tree just outside of Atlanta, Georgia. He was released and he returned home to Mississippi. He died of old age in a confederate old soldiers home in Ardmore, Oklahoma.
Contact Name: Sylvia Bailey
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Date Added: 5/24/2014

Company F
Robert N Bailey - Private
Robert and his three brothers all served in the 20th Mississippi Infantry simultaneously. He and two brothers were prisoners of war at Camp Douglas, Chicago, Illinois (Hell's 80 acres).
Contact Name: Sylvia Burkhalter
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Date Added: 5/24/2014

Company F
William E Bailey - Private
Three brothers, William, Robert, and Ezekiel Bailey, were all prisoners of war having been captured during battle. They were all sent to Camp Douglas in Chicago, Illinois. Ezekiel died there suffering from disease. The other two were released in an exchange. They went on to fight in the siege of Vicksburg and Bentonville.
Contact Name: Sylvia Burkhalter
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Date Added: 5/24/2014

Company F
John Guynes Finley - Private
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Contact Name: Susan Twohig
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Contact Homepage: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~jinxavier/
Date Added: 9/27/2005

Company F
William Jackson Lang - Private
My GGG grandfather. My Mothers is a Lang.

1837-1915 Buried at Antioch-Steele Cemetery
Steele, Scott County, Mississippi, USA
Contact Name: Ronnie Rogers
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Date Added: 1/18/2024

Company G
Jacob Feaster Coleman - Private
Buried in Libert Church Cem. in Winston County, MS. Served in CSA from 1863-1865. Member of the Masons.
Contact Name: Jay H. Lindsey
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Date Added: 2/24/2010

Company G
Walter W. Coleman - Sergeant
Buried in Liberty Church Cem. in Winston County, MS. Rank in was Pvt. Rank out was Sgt.
Contact Name: Jay H. Lindsey
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Date Added: 2/24/2010

Company G
[ C ] Christopher [C [ Columbus Ivy - Sergeant
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Contact Name: Dave Ivy
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Date Added: 9/15/2009

Company G
James Madison Ivy - Private
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Contact Name: Dave Ivy
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Date Added: 9/16/2009

Company G
Thomas Jefferson Ivy - Private
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Contact Name: Dave Ivy
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Date Added: 9/15/2009

Company G
Daniel A LivingstonRank Unknown
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Contact Name: Dewanna
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Date Added: 2/18/2006

Company G
John W Moore - Private
John W (Dick) Moore was born 12/25/1833 in Pitt Co. NC. to Burton and Harriett Bates Moore. He died 12/10/1933 and is buried in Concord Cemetery, Concord Baptist Church, Ackerman, Mississippi.
His tombstone is a CSA with his name and '20th MS Infantry, Co. G.'

He is my great uncle. I have additional information about John W. Moore and am willing to share it with those that are interested.
Contact Name: Bobby Moore
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Date Added: 8/23/2010

Company G
Riley Reuben Richardson - Private
'Barksdale Grays' Please visit my homepage posted here, for info on the 20th and my ancestor.
Contact Name: David Thompson
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Contact Homepage: geocities.com/tthompsondth/20thCoG.htm
Date Added: 1/21/2006

Company G
James Elbert Rowland - Private
Served in G Co. 20 Miss the entire war. He was quoted in a 1930s Vicksburg article that he was the first to reach the side of General Tilghman after he was killed at Bakers Creek by Union shrapnel.
Contact Name: Jay Rowland
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Date Added: 8/8/2015

Company G
John H. Stark - Private
Buried in Perkinsville Cem. in Winston County, MS.
Contact Name: Jay H. Lindsey
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Date Added: 2/24/2010

Company H
Jesse Ross Edwards - Private
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Contact Name: Philip Logan
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Date Added: 2/21/2009

Company I
William Thomas Booth - Private
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Contact Name: Glover Roberts
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Date Added: 10/22/2007

Company I
Cornelius Dollar - Private
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Contact Name: Patricia Parrish
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Date Added: 12/9/2007

Company I
Marion Franklin Roberts - Private
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Contact Name: Glover Roberts
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Date Added: 10/22/2007

Company I
Christian Hilliard Scitzs - Private
Born: July 28, 1824, Died: August 31, 1899
Enlisted December 9, 1861 at Enterprise, MS
Injured probably in skirmishes before, during, and after the Battle of Raymond, MS
Spouse: Sarah Anne White
Contact Name: John Sharp
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Date Added: 9/21/2022

Company I
PERRY SIMMONS - Private
KILLED IN ATLANTA CAMPAIGN, BURIED IM MACON, GA
Contact Name: JOHN MORGAN
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Date Added: 5/1/2013

Company I
William Asberry Tatum - Private
William enlisted at age 34 on 23 Dec. 1862. Enlisted at Garlandville, Mississippi by W.M Chatfield for 3 years.His commander was Capt. Thomas W Cole. Co I was known as the Jasper Rifles. William was admitted to the 1st Mississippi C.S.A. Hospital at Jackson Mississippi with dx of Chronic Diarrhea and died there on 16 July 1863. His records say his death was at Garlandville. I have not yet located his grave. Deo Vindice.
Contact Name: Phillip Thomas
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Date Added: 8/18/2015

Company I
Foster Peter Tisdale - Private
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Contact Name: Glenn Tisdale
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Date Added: 6/4/2009

Company I
Joseph Tisdale - Private
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Contact Name: Glenn Tisdale
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Date Added: 6/4/2009

Company I
James Sylvester Walley - Private
Grave is located at Palestine Church Cemetery. Near Montrose, Mississippi. Company (I) 20th Miss. Infantry.

CSA Veteran Headstone date of verification 1932
Contact Name: David Walley
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Date Added: 6/5/2019

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