The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1900-11-03
VOLUME XLVI.
MISSISSIPPI MATTERS.
NOTES OF PAST AND CURRENT EVENTS
By ]. L. POWER.

By ]. L. POWER.

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Third Mississippi Battalion.
EAsroN, Md, Oct. IL, 1900
Cal. ]. L. Power;
ns.r sir-I saw IN the Confederate Vet
IAN some time ago statement from one
- NV comrades that mention of the Third
U;ssissippi Battalion was omitted in the
.ompilation Of Mississippi troops who
served during the civil war. desire to
briefly state our organization and service
AS far as my memory serves.
was commissioned as major, with in
s,ructiops from Richmond to organize a
battalion of infantry, composed Of inde-
nsndent companies, in Jackson, Miss, In
is6, Twas then mastering officer under
.utbority and by appointment from Gen.
aral Albert Sidney Johnston, the command
was designated Third Mississippi Battalion,
the companies being from Kinds, Itta-
wamba and Pontotoc and other counties
The Mississippi legislature, then in session,
made a special appropriation for one camp
eouipage, clothing, ETC., and we were or
dered to Bowling Green to join General
Johnston We were in the battle of Shiloh.
After that battle three companies Of the
10th Alabama were assigned to my com
mand, making temporary regimental or
ganization, which never had an official
designation from Richmond, but which was
known as 45th Mississippi in the army.
General Hardee was our corps commander,
Cleburnes Lewiston, Lowreys lewiston
(M.P.) brigade. The regiment was in all
the battles that followed-first advancing
in the invasion Of Kentucky, in the battles
of Chickamauga, Perryville, and through
Georgia, and then with Hoods army.
was disabled near Chattanooga with q
broken leg, but was on post duty during
nv convalescence, but rejoined the regi-
ment and was in the battle at Chattanooga
and in the retreat to Atlanta.
For the further correctness of history
and in justice to by loved comrades, take
pleasure in giving you these facts.
Yours A. B. HARDcAsTLE.
Major Hardcastle, and the Third
Mississippi battalion, may have been
omitted in the list of commands pub
lished in the Confederate Veteran, but
they are all right in the official records.
In the organization Of the Army of
the Mississippi" at the battle of Shiloh,
the Third Mississippi battalion was a
part of General Woods brigade. The
majors report of his own command
occupies several pages. General Har-
dee refers to him as Colonel Hardcastle,
that promising young officer" who
commanded line of skirmishers, that
handsomely resisted daylight attack.
General Wood mentions 1.-The great gal
lantry displayed on Sunday by Major
Hardcastle. He was slightly wounded
and hit more than cnce. At one time,
in charge, having been separated
from his battalion, he seized a musket,
joined the ranks, and cheering the men,
joined with the Sixteenth Alabama
regiment"
Other complimentary references to
the major and his battalion are made
in reports of the battle of Shiloh; and
these will all have their due place when
Mississippi in the Civil War comes to
be written up.
Major Hardcastle is now pursuing
the more peaceful occupation of book
keeper of the Easton National Bank Of
Maryland, and his surviving comrade.
will be glad to know that he is sur
rounded with so much wealth, although
he may not be in possession of enough
to make him uncomfortable.
1.-THE Future of Mississippi"
An editorial in a recent issue of the
Grenada Sentinel elected the warn
commepdation Of Hon. Frank John
ston, ex-attorney general, from which
we extrast the following broad-gaug,
paragraphs:
Instead Of popular clamor agains
railroads and corporations, the people
should cultivate sentiments of friend
illness for them, and by just and con
servative policy contribute to the i'm
portant work of developing the grea
resources of the State.
Gov. Longino has declared broa,
and statesman-like policy on this line
in his inaugural address to the legisla
ture, and with the force of this officia
example, and the influence of high
grade administration, which the Stat
now has, public sentiment will un
questionably become broadened and ele
waited on this as well as upon other i'm
portant public questions affecting tn
welfare and prosperity of the State.
with a public sentiment formed upo
broad and conservative lines on al
questions which underlie the materia
interests of the State, and with hal
monious and united purpose on tn
part of the people, there is no reaso
why Mississippi should not get its ful
share of progress and prosperity.
with ignorance and Incompetence
excluded from the election franchise
and intelligence made the test of th
suffrage, and with a present admins
tration of its public affairs characte
1ed by an intelligent and patriotic al
probation Of true interests of the Stat,
mississippi will surely move steadil
forward on the lines of prosperity an
Improvement
The total registered vste Of Ya2c
county for 1900 Is 1900.