Hi Sally and Leigh I find the queries regarding Cartee/Carter to be quite interesting. In my Civil War data base for Spartanburg district, I have a Ransom Cartee who served in 13th SC Infantry, co. E. Don't have an enlistment or muster out date. In fact, have no further data about him. In MS there was a Ransom Carter who served in the 26th MS Inf. Cos. E/I. According to the NPS CW SSS there were no Cartees to serve in MS. Seems reasonable that he may have been in the 13th SC in the first year of the war. He probably did not reenlist in April 1862, but went to MS where he enlisted in the 26th MS. The following is a brief history of the 26 MS Inf taken from the NPS web site. There is little doubt that this Ransom was from Prentiss, MS, which seems to pins him down to the person in question. 26th Regiment, Mississippi Infantry 26th Infantry Regiment was organized during the summer of 1861 at Iuka, Mississippi. Many of the men were from Prentiss, Itawamba, Tishomingo, Perry, and De Soto counties. The regiment moved to Tennessee and was one of the units captured at Fort Donelson. In this fight it lost 12 killed and 69 wounded of the 39 officers and 404 men engaged. After being exchanged, it was assigned to General Tilghman's and J. Adams' Brigade, Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana. The unit reported 7 casualties at Coffeeville, totalled 420 effectives in April, 1863, and lost 2 killed, 5 wounded, and 10 missing at Champion's Hill. In February, 1864, it was ordered to Virginia and placed in J.R. Davis' Brigade. It fought at Cold Harbor, endured the battles and hardships of the Petersburg trenches, and ended the war at Appomattox. Only 4 officers and 8 men surrendered with the Army at Appomattox. Only 4 officers and 8 men surrendered with the Army of Northern Virginia. The field officers were Colonel Arthur E. Reynolds, Lieutenant Colonel F.M. Boone, and Major Tully F. Parker. Maybe he had brothers in Spartanburg to also serve in the 13th SC Inf. John Cartee/Carter (Carter is listed as an alternate name on thee roster) 13th Inf Co. E John was on the 1860 Spartanburg Census. Perry Duncan Cartee/Carter was also in 13th Inf Co E and in April 1862 reenlisted in 5th SC Inf. 2 Co. K. Perry was buried at Cooley Springs Baptist Church. Married to Louisa J. Culbreath. On 60 census and was drawing a pension in 1907. Most references to the spartanburg Cartees also refer to them as Carters. Hope this may clear up some of the confusion instead of adding more. Let me know what you think of the above. Ken Belcher ----- Original Message ----- From: <spohl1@centurytel.net> To: <SCSPARTA-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, February 23, 2003 1:35 PM Subject: [SCSPARTA] Re: CARTER/CARTEE > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Classification: Query > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/EgB.2ACI/2595.1.1 > > Message Board Post: > > Yes Leigh - I believe we are talking about the same person. My great-grandfather definitely went by Ransom CARTER. I found Ransom in both the 1850 and 1860 Spartanburg census - To me the 1850 is spelled Carter. I believe the 1860 does also - however, the print out that I have is sorta small - could be Cartee. On all family data that I can find on the web Ransom is not listed as a child even though he his shown on both census records. Ransom went on to Prentiss Co., MS sometime between 1860 and 1863 since he was in the Civil War from that part of MS. In 1873 he married (in Prentiss Co., MS) Roxanna Elizabeth Tucker. After a few years they went on to Hunt and Fannin Countie in Texas .Do you know if there was ever a probate of Caleb Cartee's estate. Perhaps Ransom was mentioned and where he lived. If you live in Spartanburg perhaps you would know where I could look up that information. Thanks for replying so soon. > Sally Pohl > spohl1@centurytel.net