Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1900-10-18
Tie sstA Nissiusipv, 81 sh,ish.

Federal loss Was. Killed l. sss. wounded
stes. captured or missing 2 49,. agxrc-
gate 1907 The effective strength. at
the beginning Of the battle. u not
stated. The field return - Confederate
forcss that marched from Corin,h 90
the Tennessee river April a i-5s.
showed sn aggregate ~ ~. tes present
The effective total being so.sss. III
fective total after the battle ~. go. ait
ference 10 ege. Cs,u.ltles in battle -
killed i,5es. wounded SOFA. missing
sss. The Confederate forcs. captured
sve blue silk rsgimrntal fags. twenty
Federal nars. one garrison aAs. two
guidon.
The Nississiprl command. engaged
were.
blytbe'. MiS.issippi Battalion
The Fif;h. Seventh. Ninth, Tenth
regiments. under tea. J. u Chalraerx
sixth regiment
s~et,s battery.
Third Mississippi ba,ialioa-
iisrp-r's battery.
Fifteenth regiment
Twenty second regiment
la FOO, note 90 organization - Fir,
corps u IL stated; The First Missis
SiPpi Cavalry. Brewers battalion. aud
Cos's. Jenkins'. Lindsay's. Robinson's
and Tomlinson's Cavalry. not accounted
Tor in this table. appear from the re-
ports To have belonged 10 Folks corps p
- - O.. a -
aide include tho~e Of
col. A. }. Lindsay. First Mi~slNsippi
Cavalry.
Lieut.. Col. John u. Miller. First Mis-
sissippi Cavalry.
at-Col X II. Br.ver. battalion u
Mississippi aud Alabama Cavalry.
capt. r. J. stanford. battery.
Maj A. a. Hardcastic. Third fnfan-
try battalion.
Capt W. l. Harper. Jerer~ou Artil-
lery.
Lieu. Put. Dardsn. jefferson Ar,ll-
iery.
These commands are referred 70 in
the reports Of other commander~. and
always In complimentary terms Here
are few paragraphs from the report
Of Gen. =. L. Cieburne.
The sixth Mi--l--ipyi .ni rw-nty thiri
Tsnns~se- chsrx-i threugh the suramp
meats II th. enemy. The line "a n.res-
ssrily hroksn by the standing tent. Tn.
der the tsrribi. Ere much coafusion tot.
io~-d sud quics and bloody repal-s -.
the consequence
The Twsnty-thiri T~nn~-xs~ wss With
iisicaliy rallied about ioo yard. in the
rear Again and again the sixth Nis.is
sipfa. unsiiesi. charged IN. eusny. line.
snd IL vas only -hsa th. regiment hsd
Lost soo ofscers and men killed aud "a oanae.i,
out Of an aggregate Of a.. ths, Il yieidei
and rstre.ted In Disorder over IL. own dead
and dying Colonel Thor;on aud Major
Lowry. the field officers, were both wound
Ell II would he useless To enlarge on the
courage and ies otion Of the sixth Missis.
sippi The facts a. recorded speak louder
than any worfs II mine
finding my advance on the left wing for
the present unemployed. gallopai back to
my right About half Of the Twenty. third
Tennessee. aud 20 men Of the sixth Missis-
sippi had reformed With these adv snee,i
dir~ctiy 60 NV front. through th. enemy.
encampmeui. tho enemy having r-,restei
as soon my left ha.i broken their right.
At this tsme-ia OF O'Clock Captain
Harper. commanding tn. remnant Of the
Sinih Mississippi. mareh~i it 10 the rear
Its terrible loss In the morning the wan,
of all its field and most of it. company Of
heers. bad completely disorganirs.i it aud
unftt~i !, for further service saw il no
more daring the battle, and would respect
fully refer you 10 the reports Of Colonel j.
J. Thornton for it, after proo.csiings-
We doubt II the official report of any
commander on either side OF the great
contest shows larger per cent Of
loss than that sustained by the sixth
Mississippi a, Shiloh.
Col J. J. Thornton was . delegate in
the secession convention from Rankin
county. lie voted against the ordi-
nance and was the only delegate who
refused to sign Il. but he was among
the very first to fight for H. lie died
at Pass Christian year of two since
Major Lowry was also a citizen Of
Rankin. lie was promoted to brigsdier-
general just before the Confederacy
collapsed. lie has since served his
State with distinguished ability for
eight years ss governor. He Is still in
good fighting condition.