Company D
“Captain Thompson’s Company”
Bellefontaine, Webster County
25 April 1862

[Note:  1st Lt. (later captain) William R. McCrary of Co. I temporarily commanded Co. D after the Battle of Franklin, TN]

Captain Jackson M. Gilbert -- captured Vicksburg; missed Franklin and probably Nashville due to being absent
         sick; returned to service for Carolinas Campaign; surrendered NC at war’s end (as Captain, Co. K, 14th
        Consolidated MS Infantry)
Captain Thomas B. Thompson -- organized and served as first captain of Co. D; absent sick 11/62-2/63; resigned
         2/2/63
1st Lieutenant William H. Berryhill -- captured Vicksburg; on detached service during Atlanta Campaign as officer
         in Adams’ Brigade Pioneer Corps; killed Nashville while in command of company
1st Lieutenant Samuel Deloach -- resigned as unfit for duty 3/20/63
2nd Lieutenant Green D. Castles -- only served briefly with regiment; did not serve at Iuka or Corinth; resigned
         commission 11/12/62 on Surgeon’s Certificate as unfit for duty (sciatic nerve & hernias)
2nd Lieutenant Wesley Collins -- captured Vicksburg; 30 day furlough from Army of Tennessee 11/3/64 (wounded
         at Decatur); paroled Columbus, MS, at war’s end
2nd Lieutenant James W.C.[E.] Spencer -- only absent (sick) once during entire career with regiment; captured
         Vicksburg; killed 11/30/64 Franklin, TN (“He fellnear the enemies [sic] works, shot through the stomach.”)
Orderly Sergeant -- Weymon R. Holland -- deserted 12/15/62
1st Sergeant Tress T. (“T.T.”) Smith -- write wonderful, all-too-brief account of his experiences in the 43rd [q.v.]
         for his children; captured Vicksburg; paroled Greensboro, NC, at war’s end
2nd Sergeant John H. Elkins -- captured Vicksburg; AWOL at official muster 4/64; further service unclear
2nd Sergeant Soloman H. Gore -- deserted 12/5/62
2nd Sergeant Silas W. Oswalt -- captured Vicksburg; present at last official muster 8/64; further service unclear
        3rd Sergeant Robert D. Capps -- wounded (date & place not stated; possibly wounded at Decatur, AL);
        detailed for non-field duty 11/7/64; in hospital Meridian 2/9/65 for treatment of wound; further service unclear
  3rd Sergeant John W. Gilbert -- captured Vicksburg; present at last official muster 8/64; paroled at Columbus,
         MS, at war’s end
3rd Sergeant George W. Monts -- captured Vicksburg; wounded Franklin (foot wound); further service unclear
3rd Sergeant John A. Morris -- discharged 8/9/62 on surgeon’s certificate of disability (place not stated)
         (occupation:  engineer)
4th Sergeant Andrew J. Wilson -- absent sick, absent sick at hospital, or AWOL most of career with regiment;
         captured Vicksburg; AWOL at last official muster 8/64; further service unclear
5th Sergeant Thomas Richardson -- captured Corinth, MS; captured Vicksburg; on detached service 7/63-8/64
         working on engineer’s government contract at Columbus, MS (making cooking utensils at least part of that
         time); further service unclear  (occupation:  engineer)
1st Corporal Augustus H. Branch -- captured Vicksburg; AWOL at last official muster 8/64; further service unclear
1st Corporal Francis M. Lamb -- captured Vicksburg; AWOL at last official muster 8/64; further service unclear
1st Corporal William C. Lamb -- enlisted 10/12/63 Greensboro, MS; possibly wounded at Franklin or Nashville;
         1/10/65 at St Mary’s Hospital, West Point, MS (diarrhea); 3/28/65 at Way Hospital, Meridian (wounded &
         furloughed); further service unclear
2nd Corporal Leroy M. Lewis -- deserted 7/7/62; captured 11/6/63 Corinth District, MS; took Oath of Allegience to
         U.S. 11/16/63 at Corinth proper; probably went to Corinth specifically to take Oath of Allegience, as he had
         been a filthy deserter for over a year
2nd Corporal James M. Randall -- enlisted 9/8/62 Guntown, MS; claimed on 1900 pension application to have
         been wounded 10/4/62 at Corinth, MS (“wounded in left knee” - wound not verified); captured Vicksburg;
         present at last official muster 8/64; further service unclear  (occupation in 1900: farmer)  (aged 20 years at
         enlistment)
2nd Corporal Laban B. Self -- deserted 5/10/63
3rd Corporal John P. Dumas -- deserted 9/2/62
3rd Corporal George B. Stanford -- captured Vicksburg; present at last official muster 8/64; further service
         unclear
4th Corporal Joseph B. Adair -- detached service (hospital) [unfit for duty]
4th Corporal James E. Caldwell -- captured Vicksburg; present with regiment at last official muster 8/64; further
         service unclear
5th Sergeant Wesley M. Arnold -- deserted 4/25/63
Private David Anglin -- captured Vicksburg; mortally wounded 11/30/64 Franklin, TN (exact death date not
         known)
Private Jasper N. Arnold -- dropped from roll; was never with company
Private Zach W. Arnold -- deserted 4/23/64
Private William Ayers -- captured Bolivar Co., MS, 7/22/64; died Camp Morton, IL, POW camp 3/7/65
Private Stephen W. Bennett -- captured Corinth; was regimental sutler; surrendered NC at war’s end (as a
         private in Co. I, 14th Consolidated MS Infantry)
Private George W. Berryhill -- on special duty with regiment at last official muster 8/64; further service unclear
Private James H. Bingham -- captured Vicksburg; AWOL since 11/9/63 at last official muster 8/64; claimed in
        1903 pension application to have joined Duff’s Battalion before exchanged from Vicksburg; further
         serviceunclear (occupation in 1905:  farmer)  (aged 31 at enlistment)
Private George M. Branch -- deserted 7/1/62
Private Thomas L. Brown -- medical discharge 7/5/62 (chronic rheumatism at age 27!)
Private Richard D. Burson -- enlisted but refused to come to regiment; deserted to join Orr’s (Federal)
         Regiment
Private John J. Carroll, Jr. -- missing after Corinth; according to pension application, wounded ca. 6/15/63
         Vicksburg (“leg injured by explosion of shell - can’t us it at times - I have never been a sound man since”);
         captured Vicksburg; AWOL at last official muster 8/64; further service unclear (occupation in 1918:  farmer)
         (aged 25 years at enlistment)
Private Thomas H. Carroll -- AWOL at last official muster 8/64; further service unclear  (occupation on 1916
         pension application:  farmer)
Private James Clegg -- courtmartialed for AWOL around 10/63; hospitalized with wound to left arm on 1/6/65 at
         St. Mary’s Hospital, West Point, MS; probably wounded at Nashville, TN; further service unclear
Private Oliver Clegg -- captured 5/17/64 at Calhoun, GA; POW 5/27/64 Rock Island, IL; died 9/19/64 as a POW at
         Rock Island, IL
Private Robert P. Cochran -- on extra duty as waggoneer 9-12/62; captured Vicksburg; wounded in foot at
         Franklin; further service unclear
Private Greenberry B. Cook -- wounded in hand Franklin, TN; captured Nashville; POW Camp Douglas, IL
         12/22/64; released from there at war’s end Private John Crowley -- missing after Corinth; captured
         Vicksburg; AWOL at last official muster 8/64; further service unclear
Private William N. Crowley -- AWOL or absent sick most of war; AWOL at last official muster 8/64; further service
         unclear
Private John F. Dunlap -- served served several times in 1863 on extra duty as assistant regimental commissary
         and regimental commissary; captured Vicksburg; deserted and took Oath of Allegiance to US at Memphis,
         TN, 3/22/64; listed as “deserter from Rebel Army”
Private William H. Farmer -- captured Vicksburg; captured Nashville; POW Camp Douglas, IL; released from
         there at war’s end
Private Benjamin F. Ferguson -- died 7/2/62; no further data
Private J.W. Frankling -- listed as among Confederate prisoners delivered off Mobile Harbor 8/4/63; no other
         documents exist showing him as a member of the 43rd; his inclusion as a member of the 43rd is surely a
         clerical error Private Thomas B. Gilbert -- enlisted 2/24/64 Columbus, MS, by Capt.
Gilbert; paroled Meridian, MS, at war’s end
Private Franklin E. Greenlee -- claimed on pension application to have been wounded at Vicksburg (“flesh
         wound on the head”); captured Vicksburg; AWOL at last official muster 8/64; further service unclear,
         though he claimed on pension application to have joined the 8th MS Battalion of Cavalry in 8/64 because he
         had been left sick in hospital when the regiment left MS for service in GA
Private John P. Haws -- listed as having been captured at Corinth 11/6/63 (not at Battle of Corinth more than a
         year earlier); probably simply went to Corinth to desert, as this despicable traitor enlisted in U.S. Army
         11/16/63
Private George W. Hicks -- enlisted 10/25/63 Greensboro, MS; dropped 8/64 by order Col. Harrison because Hicks
         belonged to a GA cavalry regiment
Private Archibald Holmes -- enlisted 10/14/63 Greensboro, MS; surrendered NC at war’s end (as a private in Co.
         K, 14th Consolidated MS Infantry)
Private Ancel Huckabaa [Huckabee]-- AWOL almost entire career with regiment; AWOL at last official muster
         8/64; further service unclear
Private John M. Huckabaa [Huckabee] -- captured Corinth; wounded 6/17/63 Vicksburg, “being shot across the
         back of the neck with a minnie ball”; captured Vicksburg;     AWOL at last official muster 8/64; further
         service unclear
Private John E. Huffman -- absent sick or AWOL most of career with regiment; present  at last official muster
         8/64; further service unclear
Private Henry W. Johnson -- died 6/28/62 (place & cause not stated)
Private William L. Johnson -- enlisted 9/5/63 Bellefontaine, MS; present at official muster 4/64, where it was
         noted that he was “extremely deaf -- can’t hear commands”; may have been discharged due to deafness;
         further service unclear
Private Daniel S. Jones -- captured Vicksburg; surrendered NC at war’s end (as a private in Co. K, 14th
         Consolidated MS Infantry)  (occupation in 1900: farmer)  (aged 26 years at enlistment)
Private John B. Jones -- captured Vicksburg; present at last official muster 8/64; further service unclear
Private Jacob S. Klutts -- absent sick at hospital or AWOL virtually entire career with regiment; captured
         Nashville; POW 12/22/64 Camp Douglas, IL; released from there at war’s end
Private Enoch H. Lamb -- captured Vicksburg; present at last official muster 8/64; captured 12/30/64 Choctaw
         County, MS; Tennessee Campaign service unclear; POW 1/17/65 Alton, IL; exchanged 3/6/65 Boulware &
         Cox’s Wharf, VA; 3/8/65 at Jackson Hospital, Richmond, VA (debilitas); 3/10/65 at 3rd Division General
         Hospital, Camp Winder, Richmond, VA; further service unclear
Private Ezekial Lamb -- absent sick and AWOL much of career with regiment; present at last official muster 8/64;
         captured Nashville; POW 12/20/64 Camp Douglas, IL; released from there at war’s end
Private George W. Lamb -- medically discharged 8/9/62 (place not stated) (spinal meningitis)
Private Green G. Lamb -- missing after Corinth; died 10/23/62 (cause & place not stated)
Private John J. Lamb -- captured Vicksburg; captured 7/22/64 Bolivar County, MS; POW 8/12/64 Camp Morton, IN;
         forwarded 3/4/65 for exchange to City Point, VA; surrendered NC at war’s end (as a private in Co. K, 14th
         Consolidated MS Infantry)
Private Joshua J. Lamb -- AWOL about half of career with regiment; captured Corinth; paroled 10/13/62 Bolivar,
         TN; present at last official muster 8/64; 2/15-3/8/65 at Ocmulgee Hospital, Macon, GA (diarrhea); further
         service unclear
Private Nicholas W. Lamb -- rejected for service by inspecting surgeon
Private Redan J. Lollar -- AWOL almost entire career with regiment; AWOL at last official muster 8/64; further
         service unclear
Private Hiram W. Marks -- absent sick at hospital or AWOL almost entire career with regiment; on detached
         service 11-12/64 with Co. F, 1st Regt. Troops & Defences, Macon, GA, stationed at Camp Hughes, GA, but
         noted as being absent on duty as a provost guard at Americus, GA; further service unclear
Private James Calvin McAllister -- absent sick or AWOL almost entire career with regiment; captured Vicksburg;
         12/31/63 in arrest for AWOL; AWOL at last official muster 8/64; further service unclear
Private Benjamin F. McCain -- enlisted 8/10/62 Gainesville, AL; absent sick, absent sick in hospital, or AWOL
         most of career with regiment; captured Nashville; POW 12/23/64 Camp Douglas, IL; died there 1/15/65 of
         frostbite and diarrhea
Private Jesse E. McCain -- enlisted 9/21/63 Columbus, MS; AWOL at last official muster 8/64; further service
         unclear
Private Gregor McIntosh -- absent sick, absent sick at hospital, or AWOL almost entire career with regiment;
         missing after Corinth; captured Vicksburg; AWOL at last official muster 8/64; further service unclear
Private Alexander C. McVey -- enlisted 9/18/63 Greensboro, MS; surrendered NC at war’s end (as a private in Co.
         K, 14th Consolidated MS Infantry)
Private Duncan Moore -- enlisted 8/10/62 Greensboro, MS; captured Vicksburg; present at last official muster
         8/64; further service unclear
Private Robert M. Moore -- died 6/29/62 (place and cause not stated)
Private William R. Moore -- captured Corinth; deserted 5/10/63
Private Ferdinand M. Morris -- discharged 7/29/62 on surgeon’s certificate of disability (chronic rheumatism)
         (place not stated)
Private Thomas L. Morris -- AWOL almost entire career with regiment; missing after Corinth, MS; noted as
         AWOL and a deserter at last official muster 8/64; appears 4/24/65 [sic] as a “rebel deserter at Provost
         Marshall General’s Office, Washington, D.C.,” where he was given transportation to Memphis, TN; if these
         records are correct, then Morris rejoined the 43rd for active field service after 8/64 and even made the long
         journey to NC for further fighting in 1865 before ultimately deserting and making his way to Washington
Private William J. Morris -- died 9/12/62 (place and cause not stated)
Private Joseph H.A.() Murphrey -- discharged 9/5/62 on surgeon’s certificate of disability (ventral hernia)
         (which is all the more interesting considering Murphrey’s occupation: physician)
Private John Glen Neal -- missing after Corinth; captured Vicksburg; wounded Franklin, TN (thigh); died next
         day
Private Bennett J. Noble -- rejected for service by inspecting surgeon
Private James A. Norris -- captured Corinth; captured Vicksburg; absent on detached service (detached service
         not specified)  at last official muster 8/64; further service unclear
Private John L. Norwood -- rejected for service by inspecting surgeon
Private John M. Norwood -- enlisted 8/10/62 Bellefontaine, MS; absent sick, absent sick at hospital, and AWOL
         much of career with regiment; captured Vicksburg; wounded Franklin, TN (slightly in arm); captured
         Nashville; POW 12/23/64 Camp Douglas, IL; died there 2/21/65 (chronic diarrhea)
Private James Outz -- wounded 6/20/63 Vicksburg; captured Vicksburg; AWOL at last official muster 8/64; further
         service unclear
Private James M. Pepper -- absent sick, absent sick at hospital, and AWOL almost entire career with regiment;
         AWOL at last official muster 8/64; further service unclear
Private James H. Pierce -- died 6/29/62 (almost certainly of disease)
Private Newton F. Ray -- absent sick or AWOL virtually entire career with regiment; AWOL at last official muster
         8/64; further service unclear
Private William A. Ray -- absent sick or AWOL virtually entire career with regiment; missing after Corinth; AWOL
         at last official muster 8/64; further service unclear
Private Robert F. Read -- died 6/29/62 (place and cause not stated)
Private L.B. Sealy -- known only from widow’s pension applications; she claims he served for six months
         beginning 3 or 4/62 and says he was discharged at “Iuca” [Iuka, MS]; she claims he later joined Capt.
         Bookter’s Company; she also correctly names five company and regimental officers; while all this
         militates for Sealy having been a member of the regiment, he surely would have appeared on official, early
         regimental documents had he actually served in the 43rd; he never served with the 43rd
Private Albert A. Spencer -- discharged 7/25/62 (chronic hepatitis & “badly joined clavicle which prevents him
         carring [sic] a gun”)  (occupation:  farmer) (aged 22 years) [Note:  This noble soldier did not let his affliction
         keep him from service.  Unfit for infantry, he re-enlisted into the 5th MS Cavalry, serving until eventually
         wounded at Spring Hill, TN, 11/29/64 on the eve of Franklin!]
Private Wiley C. Suggs -- wounded & captured Corinth, MS; absent on last official muster on which he appears
         2/63; further service unclear
Private Francis M. Swindle -- captured Vicksburg; present at last official muster 8/64; further service unclear
Private Arthur W. Tenhet -- rejected for service by inspecting surgeon (after just six weeks service, according to
         his 1910 pension application); according to same pension application, he re-enlisted in Ames Battalion just
         five days after his discharge from the 43rd, but was also rejected for service in that unit due <>to an
         unspecified “physical disability”  (aged 32 at enlistment)
Private Charles T. Tenhet -- discharged 8/17/62 Gainesville, AL, on surgeon’s certificate of disability (chronic
         hepatitis & injured left leg)  (occupation: farmer)  (aged 29 years)
Private John N. Thompson -- wounded Corinth, MS; captured Vicksburg; AWOL at last official muster 8/64;
         further service unclear
Private Lewis Thompson -- missing after Corinth, MS; killed 11/30/64 Franklin, TN
Private Barnabas “Barnie” H. Vance -- died 9/19/62 (place and cause not stated in compiled service record, but
         widow’s 1900 pension application says he died 9/19/62 at Iuka, same date as battle there; the 43rd was not
         directly engaged in the battle, but came up in a supporting role just as darkness was falling; Vance might
         have been killed by a stray bullet, as we know that stray bullets were flying over the heads of the
         regiment; of course, he might simply have died in hospital of disease)
Private James A. Vance -- enlisted 10/8/63 at Greensboro, MS; mortally wounded 11/30/64 Franklin, TN; died
         shortly thereafter
Private Gideon Watson -- wounded Corinth, MS (gunshot wound in the thigh); 11/63-8/64 absent on detached
         service in hospitals at Lauderdale Springs, MS, and Montgomery, AL, as nurse and guard; 11-12/63 patient
         at Lauderdale Springs, MS, hospital; absent on detached service as hospital nurse at Lauderdale Springs,
         MS, at last official muster 8/64; further service unclear
Private Joseph Watson -- died 7/6/62 (place and cause not specified)
Private James A. Wheatley -- died 8/4/62 (place and cause not stated)
Private Robert F. White -- died 6/28/62 (place and cause not specified)
Private William R. Wilson -- discharged 7/29/62 on surgeon’s certificate of disability (chronic rheumatism)
         (occupation:  mechanic)  (aged 29 years) [Note:  This brave soldier’s 1905 pension application reaffirms
         preceding data.  However, Wilson did not let rheumatism keep him from re-enlisting into W.L. Duff’s
         Battalion of Cavalry and continuing to resist the invading Northerners.]
Private W.W. Wooten -- “mustered into Confederate Service by Capt. Ford in Choctaw Co. [MS] but refused to
         come”; must be considered a deserter
 
  
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