Battle Above the Clouds - Lookout Mountain, TN November 23, 24 and 25, 1863 ~ Chronology of Private William M. Cummins - Confederate States Army Company D, 30th Mississippi Infantry Regiment ~ Period of Service: Sept. 20th, 1863 to Jan. 1st, 1864 (104 days) Prisoner of War Period: Nov. 24th, 1863 to Jan. 1st, 1864 (39 days) Private William M. Cummins Company D "Dixie Heroes", 30th Mississippi Infantry Regiment - Volunteers - Chronology of Service - Sunday - September 20th, 1863: Enlisted by Lieutenant William Van Davis for the war or 3 years at Center, Attala County, MS. Wednesday - November 24th, 1963: Captured at Lookout Point - Lookout Mountain, Hamilton County, Tennessee by Union forces under the command General Grant and forwarded to Federal Provost Marshall at Nashville. Tennessee. Sunday - November 29th, 1863: Forwarded from Chattanooga by rail to Louisville, Kentucky for prisoner exchange. Sunday, November 24, 1863: Received at Nashville and recorded on prisoner's roll as captured by forces under General Thomas and forwarded to Captain S. E. Jones, Provost Marshall at Louisville, Kentucky. Tuesday, December 1st, 1863: Received at Nashville Federal Prison as being captured at Chattanooga, Tennessee. . Tuesday - December 1st, 1863: Discharged and forwarded at Headquarters District in Louisville, Kentucky to the Confederate Prison, Rock Island, Illinois Sunday, December 13th, 1863: Received at the Confederate Prison, Rock Island, Illinois and registered as prisoner number #19 and assigned to barracks number #1. Monday, December 14th, 1863: First recorded on the muster roll at Rock Island Confederate Prison. Friday, December 18th, 1863: 30th Mississippi Regiment camped near Dalton, GA. Name appeared on list of soldiers engaged at Lookout Mountain as killed, wounded or missing in General Walthall's Brigade on November 23rd, 24th and 25th, 1863. Friday, January 1st, 1864: Name appeared on Rock Island Prisoner's record as died of pneumonia and buried in grave #99 south of the prison barracks. March and April 1864 - Pvt. William M. Cummins' muster roll remarks while General Walthall's Brigade was camped near Dalton, Georgia: Enlisted: 20 September 1863 Where: Center, Attala County, MS Enlisted by whom: 1stLt. William Van Davis Period of service: 3 years or the war Last paid and by whom: Never paid The above information was obtained in part from the National Civil War Archives - Washington, D. C., the Browning Museum, Rock Island Arsenal, IL, on site CSA Cemetery inscriptions at Rock Island, Illinois and the Dept. of Archives and History - Jackson, MS. William's summary was researched and complied by Wilburn A. Cummins and Douglas G. Cummins. William is the son of Willis and Lucinda Cummins.

Hi Folks! Can you let me know more about the 30th MS and how many other soldiers enlisted in Center, MS? Did William M. Cummins live in Center? As most of you know, my immediate family originally settled in Center in the mid-1800's... Also, I really feel sad when I hear about one of our "own" who is buried so far away from "home"--as is my gggrandfather, Jonathan Monroe Barnett--although he died in a measles epidemic at a camp in West Virginia and not in one of those horrid prison camps that I have been researching. Four years ago, I had a Confederate memorial headstone installed at Center cemetery for my gggrandfather--just so our family could especially remember him... And, also, so that his name would be included with the many other of our family members who are buried in Center Cemetery. Incidently, the church at Center is known as Peeler Memorial Baptist Church... ----- Original Message ----- From: "cumyns4211" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, August 14, 2004 2:22 PM Subject: [MSATTALA] A MS CSA Soldier's Chronology > Battle Above the Clouds - Lookout Mountain, TN > November 23, 24 and 25, 1863 > ~ > Chronology > > of > > Private William M. Cummins - Confederate States Army > > Company D, 30th Mississippi Infantry Regiment > > ~ > > Period of Service: Sept. 20th, 1863 to Jan. 1st, 1864 > (104 days) > > Prisoner of War Period: Nov. 24th, 1863 to Jan. 1st, 1864 > (39 days) > > > Private William M. Cummins > Company D "Dixie Heroes", 30th Mississippi Infantry Regiment - Volunteers > > - Chronology of Service - > > Sunday - September 20th, 1863: > Enlisted by Lieutenant William Van Davis for the war or 3 years at Center, Attala County, MS. > > Wednesday - November 24th, 1963: > Captured at Lookout Point - Lookout Mountain, Hamilton County, Tennessee by Union forces under the command General Grant and forwarded to Federal Provost Marshall at Nashville. Tennessee. > > Sunday - November 29th, 1863: > Forwarded from Chattanooga by rail to Louisville, Kentucky for prisoner exchange. > > Sunday, November 24, 1863: Received at Nashville and recorded on prisoner's roll as captured by forces under General Thomas and forwarded to Captain S. E. Jones, Provost Marshall at Louisville, Kentucky. > > Tuesday, December 1st, 1863: Received at Nashville Federal Prison as being captured at Chattanooga, Tennessee. > . > Tuesday - December 1st, 1863: Discharged and forwarded at Headquarters District in Louisville, Kentucky to the Confederate Prison, Rock Island, Illinois > > Sunday, December 13th, 1863: Received at the Confederate Prison, Rock Island, Illinois and registered as prisoner number #19 and assigned to barracks number #1. > > Monday, December 14th, 1863: First recorded on the muster roll at Rock Island Confederate Prison. > > Friday, December 18th, 1863: 30th Mississippi Regiment camped near Dalton, GA. Name appeared on list of soldiers engaged at Lookout Mountain as killed, wounded or missing in General Walthall's Brigade on November 23rd, 24th and 25th, 1863. > > Friday, January 1st, 1864: Name appeared on Rock Island Prisoner's record as died of pneumonia and buried in grave #99 south of the prison barracks. > > March and April 1864 - Pvt. William M. Cummins' muster roll remarks while General Walthall's Brigade was camped near Dalton, Georgia: > > Enlisted: 20 September 1863 > > Where: Center, Attala County, MS > > Enlisted by whom: 1stLt. William Van Davis > > Period of service: 3 years or the war > > Last paid and by whom: Never paid > > The above information was obtained in part from the National Civil War Archives - Washington, D. C., the Browning Museum, Rock Island Arsenal, IL, on site CSA Cemetery inscriptions at Rock Island, Illinois and the Dept. of Archives and History - Jackson, MS. William's summary was researched and complied by Wilburn A. Cummins and Douglas G. Cummins. William is the son of Willis and Lucinda Cummins. > > > > > > ==== MSATTALA Mailing List ==== > Searching for your Attala County ancestors? Visit the Attala County Genealogy (MSGenWeb) web site at http://www.rootsweb.com/~msattala/ > > >