Researching Confederate name & could use help

[Championhilz]

Correct. I have not studied the history of the 29th Miss to see where they trained.
I have studied the 22nd Mississippi and one company traveled from Carroll County to Corinth to look for a regiment that was forming and then on to Memphis where they were sworn into the Confederate service.

Quote from Rowland's History.

This regiment was formed at Iuka in the summer of 1861 of companes that were early organized but had not been able to get into regiments for active service. They were requireed to enlist "for the war." Company E was mustered into the Confederate service at Liberty July 25, and then went to the camp at Iuka. Company D was mustered in at Corinth by Colonel Posey and sent to Iuka. Company G, after its organization, waiting vainly for orders, lost many members who joined other commands in the field; after the battle of Manassas reorganized and enlisted for the war, arrived at Iuka July 30, expecting to join the Twentieth Regiment. It being full, Captain Reid and Captain Nix went to Richmond and secured the enrollment of their commands as independent companies. September 10 they were ordered to Memphis, Tenn., where Colonel Bonham had gone with his incomplete regiment, the Twenty-Second. These reminiscenses illustrate the formation of the regiment.
On July 1 Governor Pettus reported that Bonham's Regiment was raised "for the war," but this appears to have been anticipatory. Adjutant-General Cooper telegraphed to General Clark at Corinth July 31, 1861, "Capt. James D. Caulfield's company, Liberty Guards, accepted by President to be part of one of the two Mississippi regiments at Iuka. Order these regiments as soon as organized to Lynchburg."
Bonham's Regiment was completed at Memphis, and on September 23{1861} reported to General Polk at Columbus, Ky.,

29th Mississippi Infantry

Company A (Lafayette Rebels) Lafayette County
Company B (Robson Rifles) Tallahatchie County
Company C (Panola Patriots) Panola County
Company D (Fishing Creek Avengers) Yalobusha County
Company E (Oakland Rebels) Yalobusha County
Company F (Hampton Guards) Lowndes County
Company G (Walthall Rebels) Attala and Carroll Counties
Company H (Gale Reserves) Yazoo County
Company I (Desoto Brothers) Desoto County
Company K (Dixie Rifles) Holmes County

 

[DixieRifles]

Company K (Dixie Rifles) Holmes County

Hey! Named after me.

 

[Championhilz]

Hello. I recently purchased a copy of The Volunteers Hand Book that was published in Richmond, VA in 1861. The inside page has the inscription:

Robert H Wood
Natchez (hard to read but an abbreviation for Mississippi?)
1861

Searching for this person on Fold3 and Ancestry so far has not been productive but I'm probably doing it wrong. I am hoping that someone more experienced than me may want to take up this challenge and see if this Confederate (I am assuming he served in the Confederacy) can be found and perhaps learn more about him and his service.

Here's a picture (from the web site - I haven't received the book yet) of the inscription

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Thank you in advance for any help anyone can provide!

I think the middle initial may be W. There was a Robert W. Wood living in Natchez in 1861, and he was a lieutenant in the city Home Guard. See this article from the Natchez Daily Courier, January 19, 1861:

 

[scooter748driver]

I think the middle initial may be W. There was a Robert W. Wood living in Natchez in 1861, and he was a lieutenant in the city Home Guard. See this article from the Natchez Daily Courier, January 19, 1861:

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That's encouraging! Thank you. I'll see what I can find on Robert W Wood.

(And welcome any information others may find as well as my results for any name have been disappointing).

 

[lelliott19]

I think the middle initial may be W.

Those dang "W" "M" "H" and "N" 's --- they have been dealing me fits lately.

 

[lupaglupa]

Those dang "W" "M" "H" and "N" 's --- they have been dealing me fits lately.

Especially when they show up as both first and middle initial, and then swap places!

 

[scooter748driver]

I/We may never know for sure which person this booklet belonged to, but doing a search on Fold3 I ran across this. Assuming the newspaper clipping posted earlier is the same R W Wood, this might be the same person (going by the LA Militia stamp). Thoughts?

I can't make out the Corp info though. Looks like Company B, W_____? Regiment. Again, thoughts?

 

[lupaglupa]

Definitely Company B. The militia regiment looks like Winn but I could not find that in a list of LA militia units. Fold3 has a record for an R W Woods listed as surrendered at New Orleans with the 6th Cavalry. Residence is listed as Winn Parish. Maybe your guy?

 

[farrargirl]

Hello. I recently purchased a copy of The Volunteers Hand Book that was published in Richmond, VA in 1861. The inside page has the inscription:

Robert H Wood
Natchez (hard to read but an abbreviation for Mississippi?)
1861

Searching for this person on Fold3 and Ancestry so far has not been productive but I'm probably doing it wrong. I am hoping that someone more experienced than me may want to take up this challenge and see if this Confederate (I am assuming he served in the Confederacy) can be found and perhaps learn more about him and his service.

Here's a picture (from the web site - I haven't received the book yet) of the inscription

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Thank you in advance for any help anyone can provide!

Your mystery may be solved, and with an incredible storyline!
On a personal note, I do book research for my son's on-line bookstore, whenever he asks. Mainly I do special collections, family history, regional history, etc.etc…
I started your project with the author of the book, Capt. James Kendall Lee, of the 1st Va. Regiment. I read that Capt. Lee wrote this booklet in 1860 and had a multitude of printings issued.
This is a summary of Capt. Lee from the Virginia Encyclopedia:

Here is a Richmond newspaper from 22 July, 1862 with the particulars of his death:

To verify that this was the same invidual, I went to F.A.G. The memorial included the book you have as a photo :

Capt James Kendall Lee (1830-1861) - Find a Grave...

Killed from Bull Run

www.findagrave.com

By now, you may be wondering what this has to do with Robert H. Wood, of Natchez, MS ?
Robert H. was the son of Robert W. Wood, who was born in Virginia abt. 1810 , as was Hancock Lee of Virginia.
Census data from 1860 and 1870 in Natchez:

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( original census record also lists him as "Physician" ).

Original clarifies his occupation as a "Magistrate".

One can speculate that possibly the two fathers were known to each other in Virginia. The fact that Robert H. did not appear on the 1860 census may indicate he was in school elsewhere, at age 16, and not in Confederate service at all, possibly.

I will leave it to you to dig deeper into this theory of mine.
Happy hunting!!

 

[farrargirl]

Post-Script: I think your Robert H. Wood, may have gone to Texas ….
His father also had another entire family there in Natchez.
Here is his "other" son of the same name, in the 1870 Freedman's Records:

well…
and then there's this…

Robert Wood (1844-?) •

Robert Wood is believed to be one of the first African American mayors in the United States. He served as mayor of Natchez, Mississippi in the early 1870s. Wood was born in 1844 to Susie Harris, an African American housekeeper, and Dr. Robert Wood, a … Read MoreRobert Wood (1844-?)

www.blackpast.org