- Joined
- Mar 22, 2009
- Location
- Collierville, TN
Name: | Joseph Mason Bishop |
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Enlistment Age: | 14 |
Birth Date: | 25 Jan 1847 |
Birth Place: | Iuka, Mississippi |
Enlistment Date: | 24 Aug 1861 |
Enlistment Place: | Iuka, Mississippi |
Enlistment Rank: | Private |
Muster Date: | 24 Aug 1861 |
Muster Place: | Mississippi |
Muster Company: | E |
Muster Regiment: | 26th Infantry |
Muster Regiment Type: | Infantry |
Muster Information: | Enlisted |
Muster Out Date: | 10 Jun 1864 |
Muster Out Place: | Brice's Cross Roads, Mississippi |
Muster Out Information: | Killed |
Side of War: | Confederacy |
Survived War?: | No |
Residence Place: | Iuka, Mississippi |
Burial Place: | Iuka, Mississippi |
Cemetery: | Bishop Cemetery |
Title: | Index to Compiled Confederate Military Service Records; Mississippi Confederate Grave Registry |
Wood all mountain is about four miles from the McDonald's in iuka@16thAL Where is that marker for the highest point in Mississippi? I have heard it was in the NE part of the state.
Not far from Mathiston—my wife’s hometown— there is a park off of the Natchez Trace Parkway that has the 2d highest point. I forgot the name— Little Mountain? maybe.
I agree. I have seen headstones before where the soldier served in 2 units and they put his first unit on his marker.I have seen no reference to the 26th Mississippi Infantry being at Brice's Crossroads.
Don't know that I'll ever know the answer. There is a complete absence of wartime records in fold3. No Company Muster Rolls, Regimental Returns, Receipt Rolls, Hospital Rolls etc... nothing. The Headstone Application is the only handwritten record I've seen. His kin probably didn't make up the enlistment date. That came from somewhere. The person who reviewed that Application checked all the pertinent information with a red pen/pencil.I agree. I have seen headstones before where the soldier served in 2 units and they put his first unit on his marker.
Did you search those cavalry regiments for this soldier?The 8th Mississippi Cavalry Regiment and 18th Mississippi Cavalry Battalion were there. No Mississippi infantry.
I looked them up in the NPS database. It has a description of both but not a roster. To find their soldiers, you have to do individual soldier searches and I have already done that with Pvt. Bishop.Did you search those cavalry regiments for this soldier?
The Chief Surgeon of Forrest's Cavalry submitted a 19 page casualty report after Brice's Crossroads. No "Bishop" on it.Did you search those cavalry regiments for this soldier?
I dont have my order of battle handy.I looked again at the Order of Battle for Brice's Crossroads. The 8th Mississippi Cavalry Regiment and 18th Mississippi Cavalry Battalion were there. No Mississippi infantry.
I'm going to throw this out there. I think it was his nephew's attempt to cleanup his name. The Bishop's in the 26th Miss Inf was also listed as Marion and if you look at the ship to part its Marion.In anticipation of arriving at this point of the thread, I started researching Joseph Mason Bishop, Co. D, 26th Mississippi Regt. 3 days ago. I looked at every "Bishop" from Mississippi in fold3 and he is not there. The only ones that were close was a J. Marion Bishop aka J.M. Bishop aka Marion Bishop in Co. D, 26th Mississippi Infantry who enlisted on 8/20/1861 and was killed in action at Richmond,VA on 7/29/1862. Another was John M. Bishop aka J.M. Bishop aka John Bishop in Co. E, 26th Mississippi Infantry. One muster roll says he enlisted on 9/5/1861 at 21 years old. Another says he enlisted in 10/1861 at age 17, "Deserted a number of times", "forged discharge" and "left his colors December 1862". An NPS database search led to the same 2 soldiers.
Joseph Mason Bishop's FindAGrave page says he was in the "26th Mississippi Vol." I searched "26th Mississippi Volunteers" in the NPS database and it has no record of that unit.
I did see the fold3 records for Marion Bishop aka J. Marion Bishop aka J.M. Bishop. Those records say he enlisted on Aug. 20,1861 at the age of 22 and was killed in action at Richmond,Va on July 29,1862. Lotta inconsistencies with the Headstone Application.I'm going to throw this out there. I think it was his nephew's attempt to cleanup his name. The Bishop's in the 26th Miss Inf was also listed as Marion and if you look at the ship to part its Marion.
In 1939, when he submitted the application, he would have been 54-55. His daddy was born 10+ years after Joseph was killed in the War. I have to wonder where he got the info for the application. To me, it all goes back to whether that is accurate or not.How old was his nephew?
There is a Casualty List for the State of Mississippi and the battle of Guntown.The Chief Surgeon of Forrest's Cavalry submitted a 19 page casualty report after Brice's Crossroads. No "Bishop" on it.
I don't know the answer. Bound to be some family records that nobody else has access to. We know lots of CW gravestones have errors too. I'm convinced he's a veteran, but name and unit I'm just not sure of. As Ole Miss says, Confederate records are a mess.There is a Casualty List for the State of Mississippi and the battle of Guntown.
It contains one Jas Bishop in Moreland's Alabama Cavalry. I searched for service records but the names start at Letter "H".
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Either this is the same person or someone researching their family history erroneously concluded that this was the same person.
It's a museum of... aprons! They get a mention all along in those lists of quirky small museums. I admit I haven't been.Well, I was hoping someone would expound a bit but since no one did, I’ll bite: What is the Apron Museum and why would someone want to tour it? I’ve never heard of it....