The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1910-01-27
RoWLAND's HISTORY.
Capt. Jones Points Out dIaring
Errors In the Publication.

Errors In the Publication.
In letter to the Jackson New:
Capt. A. K. Jones of Port Gibson
thus tells of the errors in the his.
tory of Claiborne county compa-
nies during the civil war which
appeared in Dunbar Rowland's now
famous book:
I have been asked to particular
ize some of the errors | find in
Dunbar Rowland's picture book,
styled mississippi Official and
Statistical Register. I"
On page 446, he recites Com
pany H. Claiborne Guards, mus
tered into state army at Port Hud-
son March IS, 1861.
Two errors in these two lines.
This company was mustered in at
Port Gibson, Miss. on Mays, 1861.
"Captains-I G. Hastings (aged
49,; Henry Hughes, promoted
colonel, killed in May, 1864; A. K.
Jones'"
Two errors in this of commits
sion, and two of omission equally
as censurable. I. G Hastings
never commanded this company. |
never knew the man. Henry
Hughes was mustered in as captain
and commanded the company until
elected colonel by reason of thepro-
motion of Col. Richard Grit
filth to brigadier general. The I2th
regiment enlisted for one year; on
Ist of May, 1862, it re-enlisted for
the war and was permitted to reor-
ganize by the election of company
and regimental officers Col.
Hughes was not reelected; he re-
turned to Mississippi, and raised a
battalion of cavalry, and died a
natural death in Port Gibson in
1868. Hughes was succeeded in
the captaincy by Rufus Shoemaker,
and he by w. H. Hastings. Meth
er Shoemaker nor Hastings are
mentioned. Shoemaker was de-
feased in the reorganization, and
Hastings was killed few weeks
after his election in the battle of
Seven Pines on May 81. 1862.
"First Lieutenants-A. I. Lew
Is, A. K. Jones" ]"
A. I.sLewis never belonged to
the company. Hon. Andrew Jack
son Lewis, now living in Florida,
was elected first lieutenant at en-
listment, feels pride in his asso /
citation with the company and
would like for his name to appear
correctly on the roster. The names
of w. H. Martin and ]. c. Cal
houn and Archibald Baugh, success
sively first lieutenants, are omitted
All gallant men. Martin and Cal
houn were killed in battle.
Second Lieutenants-W. H.
Hastings, A. J. Sims.
A. ]. Sims was never second lieu
tenant, nor did he belong to the
company. The names of Lieuten-
ants J. c. Calhoun and A. Baugh
and John G. Hastings are omitted.
"Third Lieutenant-Wm. T.
Jeferies."
No mention is made of Lieuen-
ants Archibald Baugh and John G.
Hastings and R. T. Owen, who
successfully followed Jefferies.
Capt. R. R. Applewhite, COM
manding, May, 1864"
Capt. Applewhite commanded
his company, the Charles Clark
Rifles, and I commanded mine, the
Claiborne Guards, from May mp |
to August 2I, when both of us
were captured in battle of Yellow
Taberu. Con page 4oI, by gross
error, Mr.. Rowland lists me as
captain Co. K, 10Th regiment.)
"The above lettering of compan-
les is as noted on the muster rolls. |
The lettering in Rietti's Military
Annals is-H, Charlie Clark; K, |
Claiborne.
1t seems to Inc that Mr.. Rowland |
In writing history at a cost to the
taxpayers of the state of $4,000,
should have exerted himself to get |
correct and full data of the achieve
ments Of the best men Mississippi |
ever produced, men who sacrificed
everything for the upholding and |
advancement of her glory. This |