F/F/Fs Who Served in Mississippi Units

Any F/F/Fs that were called out in the Newsletter have now been noted within the various individual state pages with links to the particular Newsletter pages in which they were mentioned.  Whenever possible I have also linked the official history of that individual’s Unit was well. 

   Note:  This symbol (the symbol for “transformation” I understand … which also looks a bit like the WWII USAF symbol) will be used to indicated anyone who died as a consequence of the war.

Interesting statistics …. if true:

On this page http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=califia1&id=I1660   the genealogist Bill Boggess gave the following information regarding the Civil War:

“There were 50 [fifty] Floras who volunteered in the of 1.05 million CSA [Confederate States Army] members and 117 [one hundred and seventeen] Floras of the 2.21 million USA [United States Army] members.”  I haven’t seen this mentioned before but I find it interesting (if true) as I have not run across any Floras in my lines who served as part of the armed forces of the Confederacy in the 1861-1865 conflict.

Anyone with information to add to any of the F/F/Fs noted, please contact me and I will add it to the individual’s paragraphs in the appropriate state.  (Email me at:    floras@iinet.net.au   for passing along such things as photos, additional information, etc.)

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  Flora, B.E.   Co. B, 1st Regiment, Mississippi Infantry (State Troops) (Foote’s) (Confederate) Private

1st Regiment, Mississippi Infantry (State Troops) (Foote’s)   Overview:   “Units of the Confederate States Army” by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.

   Flora, Benjamin H.   Co. G, Perrin’s Battalion, Mississippi State Cavalry (Confederate) Private

Perrin’s Battalion, Mississippi State Cavalry   Overview:   Crute’s compendium contains no history for this unit. See 11th Regiment, Mississippi Cavalry (Perrin’s).

  Flora, B.S.   Fant’s Company, Mississippi (Confederate)

Fant’s Company, Mississippi   Overview:   “Units of the Confederate States Army” by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.

  Flora, Gray  Co. C, 3rd Battalion, Mississippi Infantry (State Troops) (Confederate) Private

From the following webpage, the following information on a Gray Flora who served as indicated is to be found. 

http://www.confederatevets.com/confedQuery.cgi?last=Flora&state=MS

Flora, Gray

Rank:  Private  in Company C, Third Mississippi Infantry  Captured at Vicksburg, in Warren County, Mississippi   Begin Date 18 May 1863  End Date 4 July 1863.  Surrendered at Vicksburg on the 4th of July with the fall of that Confederate stronghold on the Mississippi River to General U.S. Grant.  Paroled.

Vicksburg Parole Records F

And an ancestor of Gray Flora’s (Ms. Sylvia Harris) confirms the above information regarding the unit that Gray served in.  She also adds that he is buried in Pinetucky Cemetery, Noxubee County, Mississippi.

3rd Battalion, Mississippi Infantry (State Troops)   Overview:   “Units of the Confederate States Army” by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.

Flora, William M.   Co. B, 1st Battalion, Mississippi Volunteer Marine Brigade Cavalry (Union) Private  and Co. G, Marine Regiment, U.S. Volunteers  (Union) Private

Alternate Name in USG Records:  Flora, William

Also See  Marine Regt. U.S. Vols.

1st Battalion, Mississippi Marine Brigade Cavalry   Overview:   “Compendium of the War of the Rebellion” by Frederick H. Dyer contains no history for this unit.

Marine Regiment, US Volunteers   Overview:   “Compendium of the War of the Rebellion” by Frederick H. Dyer contains no history for this unit.

  Florin, H.   Co. C, 1st Regiment, Mississippi Infantry (State Troops) (King’s) (Confederate)   Private

1st Regiment, Mississippi Infantry (State Troops) (King’s)     Overview:     “Units of the Confederate States Army” by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.

  Flury, Henry   Co. D, 9th Regiment, Mississippi Cavalry (Confederate) Private

9th Regiment, Mississippi Cavalry   Overview:   9th Cavalry Regiment was formed in December, 1864 by consolidating the 17th Mississippi and 17th Tennessee Cavalry Battalions. The unit was assigned to Ferguson’s and W.Adams’ Brigade and served in the Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida. Later it transferred to the Department of Alabama, Mississippi, and East Louisiana, and had many captured in the fight at Selma. Only a small number surrendered in May, 1865. Its commanders were Colonel Horace H. Miller, Lieutenant Colonel Abner C. Steede, and Major E.J. Sanders.

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