The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1910-03-24
ARcHIvIsT RoWLAND's
State Military t1IstOry-sOme OF
His Errors Specified.

Port Gibson, Miss:
Dear Sir-Having been request
ed by Claiborne Camp, U. c. v
to read carefully the official anc
statistical register of the state O
Mississippi, edited, compiled and
published in 1908 by Hon. Dun
bar Rowland, LII. D., director o.
archives and history, etc., and
make note of inaccuracies, if any.
in the command in which | served
to-wit, in the second battalion and
48th regiment; / will say that
have carefully reviewed the chap.
ter of militay annals of the state oi
Mississippi, pages 5II to SIS, both
inclusive, and note the following
errors:
I. Taking the battalion, find
the organization as given on page
517 incorrect and badly confused.
One company only is lettered. The
correct organization is as follows:
Company A, Jackson Boys,
Kinds County, Captain Kerr, Com
pany B., Rocky Point Rifles,
Attala County, Captain Love /;
Company c. Blewitt Guards,
Lowndes County, Captain Blewitt;
Company D, Dixie Boys, Yallabu-
sha County, Captain Lee; Com
pany E, King Cotton Guards, War
ren County, Captain Crutcher;
Company F, Claiborne Volunteers.
Claiborne County, Captain Will
son.
The field officers as printed are
correct. Our captain, w. S. Will
son, being major shows we must
have been in the organization ther-
of. No notice of this company is
given, it being repeatedly stated
that the battalion was composed
of FIVE companies only. We were
the sixth. No menhon is made of
the mortal wounding of Major,
Lieutenant Colonel Wilson, Sep.
tember II, 1862. Nor of the fact
of Captain ]. E. Martin, Lieuten-
ant Floyd and other officers kill
ed in this battle.
Error. Oktibbeha Rescue COM
pany, Captain Rogers, being plac-
ed as part of this battalion at organ.
ization.
This company joined some time
in 1862 and formed the 10th COM
pany of the 48th regiment, not of
the battalion and was known as
company L. Prior to this the COM
pany is listed as c, I4th regiment,
which was captured at Fort DON
aldson, February IS, 1862, the
regiment was declared exchanged
October r6, 1862. See page 6o6.
Error: Manloves' company of
Warren county is reported as part
of battalion.
This company joined at Williams.
burg May S, 1862, and became
Company G.
Error: The battalion including
five Companies left the Rapidan
for the James April 6. The Bat.
talon LETT Richmond not the Rapl-
dan, and arrived at Yorktown, De-
cember r3, 1861. Six companies,
A, B, C, D, E, F.
Error; (Yorktown.) They were
in Early's division, D. H. Hills
corps.
We were in division of Gen. ].
B. Magruder. D. H Hill never
commanded a corps in Virginia,
nor one until 1863.
Error (Manassasl) In VIII
cox's division and Wilcox was not
a major general until Gettysburg
campaign began. Same error oc-
Cured in the 18th regiment.
Error; Battle of Fair Oaks or
Seven Pines-casualties, I killed
26 wounded. Officially see vol. 8
war records-we lost II killed, II
wounded, 4 missing or 81. No
excuse for his guess.
Company H eighth company,
attached in time to go into this
battle, Captain L. c. Moore, COM
manding,
We reach the 47th organization
and find it inaccurate and careless
ness is shown everywhere.
Error: This regiment, 48th, was
formed in Virginia early in 1863,
by adding new companies to the
second battalion of five companies.