William J Mangum, Captain

[DixieRifles]

i am not within Wifi range so I can't access Fold3. It's useless on my iPhone Wondered if someone could look up this officer?
The family moved from NC to SC but not sure when-- so he could have served in a unit from either state.
Captain William J. Mangum

Just looking for his unit & verify he was an officer. Maybe a summary about his service---PW or wounded.

 

[DixieRifles]

From "the Voices of Pageland" (S Carolina)

 

[mcfb50]

Nothing under William J, but there's a CSR for WH Mangum cross filed with WJ cross filed with WP. There's just one WP card filed among it. All privates.

 

[mcfb50]

One more.

 

[DixieRifles]

Thanks. But no officers with that first & last name?

I was searching this soldier for a family member. I think something is wrong. I need to confirm his middle name.
They said he had a CS star or something on his headstone. I wanted to find it in FindAGrave but I can't use that on iPhone. He is buried at Zion Methodist Church.

 

[DixieRifles]

Found his grave -- I think.

http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=43452152

 

[mcfb50]

Thanks. But no officers with that first & last name?

I was searching this soldier for a family member. I think something is wrong. I need to confirm his middle name.
They said he had a CS star or something on his headstone. I wanted to find it in FindAGrave but I can't use that on iPhone. He is buried at Zion Methodist Church.

Not only no officers, but nobody at all with that first name, middle initial, and last name.

I'm attaching the search results for William Mangum without a middle initial in North and South Carolina so you can see those.

I recently found an obituary that called the deceased Maj. McCaskey, but the records I found showed he mustered out as a private. It turned out that later he was a Major in the Pennsylvania National Guard.

 

[DixieRifles]

I wondered if his last name had a different spelling.

Otherwise, I will need to search for militia or home guards

 

[5fish]

They said he had a CS star or something on his headstone.

On the Headstone you posted is a Free Mason symbol to me...

 

[5fish]

The a list of confederate pension in Chesterfield County... he is not on it

http://genealogytrails.com/scar/chesterfield/cw_pensioners.htm

 

[5fish]

I found this I think..... Captain Mangmun's Company..... SC...

https://books.google.com/books?id=rHJCAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA567&lpg=PA567&dq=Captain+Mangum+South+carolina&source=bl&ots=yXfpVxLphp&sig=SbTitJEbuXoY6BbfES9If2A-oHE&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjCk-Ld86fMAhWGmoMKHQVqDKUQ6AEINzAE#v=onepage&q=Captain Mangum South carolina&f=false

Scroll back to page 564

 

[mcfb50]

Here's a William H Mangum that fits the location, but again he's a private and the middle initial is off. Maybe he had two middle names? That's always a pain.

 

[DixieRifles]

Yes!!
That has to be him. He raised a company of militia. Now we need to found out what he did after that? Did he join the staff of the State Militia or an aide to a general??

My kin were getting worried if any of the stories were true.

 

[imwalkin]

I've found a W.H. Mangum who fought in the 3rd Artillery, 13th Battalion Light Artillery, and Mallet's Battalion. Also a W.P. Mangum who fought in 13th Batallion Light Artillery and a W.J. Mangum who fought in 3rd Artillery (all of the mentioned regiments were in North Carolina.)

All privates

However, this website adds another regiment. This says he fought in the 44th Infantry, but it also mentions Mallet's Batallion.

http://www.censusdiggins.com/nc_civil_war_mal.html

This shows that a William P. Mangum died in war. (Not your relative, at least not the one you asked about)

https://familysearch.org/photos/stories/7478410

The other William Mangum (again not William J) appears to have been promototed to a 2nd Lieutenancy

https://books.google.com/books?id=czWSCgAAQBAJ&pg=PA33&lpg=PA33&dq=w.p.+mangum+civil+war+north+carolina&source=bl&ots=8ZNKMVw5lf&sig=2lcPNfQm4qnj4pj6n_NbkkDxS0s&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi9qazioqjMAhUGr4MKHS83CAgQ6AEIIjAC#v=onepage&q=w.p. mangum civil war north carolina&f=false

It appears that history has confused the two, and possibly both your relative and William Person alternately went by "William H." Or "WH."

 

[5fish]

He raised a company of militia.

Here read this about half way down. If I read it right some Captain Mangum company went to Mississippi...

http://www.researchonline.net/sccw/history/1sthag.htm

 

[mcfb50]

Here read this about half way down. If I read it right some Captain Mangum company went to Mississippi...

http://www.researchonline.net/sccw/history/1sthag.htm

I ran into a South Carolina to Mississippi Mangum while I was on the hunt, only it was Captain Thomas H Magnum.

https://books.google.com/books?id=ZKsSAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA5&lpg=PA5&dq=thomas+h+mangum+south+carolina&source=bl&ots=OBeKBO_IDl&sig=d4oBdAb0-xVmtQFIwf9vDeeH0Jc&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjAtPfUs6jMAhWI7CYKHW-xDsUQ6AEIMzAE#v=onepage&q=thomas h mangum south carolina&f=false


I think this is the Findagrave entry for him, identified as JH Mangum instead of TH:
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=155545451

 

[imwalkin]

I ran into a South Carolina to Mississippi Mangum while I was on the hunt, only it was Captain Thomas H Magnum.

https://books.google.com/books?id=ZKsSAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA5&lpg=PA5&dq=thomas+h+mangum+south+carolina&source=bl&ots=OBeKBO_IDl&sig=d4oBdAb0-xVmtQFIwf9vDeeH0Jc&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjAtPfUs6jMAhWI7CYKHW-xDsUQ6AEIMzAE#v=onepage&q=thomas h mangum south carolina&f=false


I think this is the Findagrave entry for him, identified as JH Mangum instead of TH:
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=155545451

Oops! Never mind!

 

[mcfb50]

Oops! Never mind!

If we hit all the wrong ones along the way, maybe the last Mangum standing will be the right guy. There can't be THAT many of them!

 

[5fish]

Here is something...

http://www.researchonline.net/sccw/rosters/1sthage1.htm

 

[5fish]

Here is this...

https://books.google.com/books?id=D...=0ahUKEwjJzdn92KnMAhXJ74MKHdCBAow4FBDoAQhGMAc