In Memoriam and Honour of Our Proud Southern Ancestors

Private Isaac Lafayette McCain
Great Grandfather of Samuel E. McCain
Son of Thomas Charles and Mary Ann(Murray) McCain

He served with Company A of the 29th Regiment, Mississippi Infantry,C.S.A., out of Lafayette County Mississippi.


Corporal William E. McCain
Great Uncle of Samuel E. McCain
Son of Thomas Charles and Mary Ann(Murray) McCain

He served with the 43rd Regiment of the Mississippi Infantry,C.S.A.
He served as Private and Corporal in both Companies B&D of that regiment/


Private James McCain
Great Uncle of Samuel E. McCain
Son of Thomas Charles and Mary Ann(Murray) McCain

He served with Company D. 43rd Regiment of the Mississippi Infantry C.S.A.
He was a prisoner of war captured at Nashville, Tennessee on December, 15, 1864
He died on January 15, 1865 at Camp Douglas, Illinois(Died of Diarrhea?)
Location of grave-- Block 2, Grave # 498.
He was 23 Years old


Benjamin F. McCain
Great Uncle of Samuel E. McCain
Son of W.D. McCain,who was the brother of Thomas Charles McCain

He died at Camp Douglas, Illinois on January 15, 1865
He is buried in Grave # 488.


Charles Wesley McCain
Great Uncle of Samuel E. McCain
Son of Thomas Charles and Mary Ann(Murray) McCain

He enlisted in the Confedrate States Army on August 24th, 1861.(age 18) in T Grenada Mississippi.
He was a prisoner of war at Camp Morton Indiana in June 1862. He managed to escape.
He was in the seige of Vicksburg and surrendered at Citronella, Alabama, May 4, 1865.


Private Robert M. McCain
Great Uncle of Samuel E. McCain
Son of Thomas Charles and Mary Ann(Murray) McCain

He served with Company B. of the 4th Regiment of Mississippi, C.S.A.
He was in the group known as the "Paris Rebels"


Joseph C. McCain
Great Uncle of Samuel E. McCain
Son of Thomas Charles and Mary Ann(Murray) McCain

The family says that he also served, but we have no official record that he did.
He is honored here just the same. If he did not serve he still served on the homefront


Private James P. Bland
Ancestor of Samuel E. McCain
Brother-in-law to the McCains

He served with Company D of the 4th Regiment of the Mississippi Infantry,C.S.A.


Isaac Smith
Great,Great Grandfather of Brett Lee Smith

He served with Company H of the 44th Alabama Volunteer Infantry, Law's Alabama Brigade, Hood's Division, Longstreet's 1sy Army Corps., Army of the Northern Virginia
He was captured at the Battle of the Wilderness
He died as a POW at Elmira, New York on November 2, 1864
He is buried in Grave #2828


Private Andrew Jackson Parker
Great Grandfather of Gail Parker, member of Dillard-Judd camp, SCV Camp# 1828, Putnam County, Tennessee.

He served with Company F of the 32nd Regiment Tennessee Infantry.



Sgt. Robert Reid Marshall
Great,Great Grandfather of Chief A. Bruce Breedlove

He served with the 21st Virginia Infantry Regiment.
He enlisted on June 20, 1861 and fought from 1st Kernstown with "Stonewall" Jackson to Appomattox Court House with Gen. Robert E. Lee.


Levi Berry Long
Great, Great Grandfather of Paul A. Mott

He served with the 15 Texas Cavalry Volunteers



2nd Lt. Joseph Puett Estes

Great Grandfather of SFC Barry Estes, Wamego Kansas
He served with Company C, 95th Regiment, North Carolina Home Guard,
He commanded Colored Confederate Troops



Private Joshua Estes

Cousin of Charles Estes, Wilmore, Kentucky

He served in Wm. Andersons Company, Quantrills Command, Missouri, CSA
He was killed June of 1865 after surrendering at Smithville, Missouri. "Age 65 years"



1st Sgt. Caleb Estes

Cousin of Alvin Estes, Wamego, Kansas

He served with Company F, 26th North Carolina Infantry, CSA
He was wounded four times and was a POW twice at Point Lookout, Maryland



Private Wm. Estes

Cousin of Joseph Estes, Topeka, Kansas

He served with Company F, 26th North Carolina Infantry, CSA
He later served in Company E, 56th North Carolina Infantry
He was wounded twice.


Corporal Hiram Minor Gaston
Great, Great, Great Grandfather of Bobby J. McKinney, member of Camp Albert Sidney Johnston SCV

He served with Company A of the 11th Texas Cavalry


Jonathan Colbert McDonald

Great, Great Grandfather of Rusty Weber

He served with the 57th Alabama Infantry Regiment with the Army of Tennessee
He died on May 21, 1864 as a result of wounds received in battle


Private James Washington Perkins

Great, Great Grandfather of Helen Wallace

He fought first in the Bastrop Calvary Company, 12th Texas Cavalry Regiment, from July 23, 1861 to January 30, 1862. then as a member of the 13th Texas Cavalry Regiment from February 22, 1862 to February 22, 1863; as a member of Captain Chapman's Frontier Company during March, April and May of 1863; and as a member of the Spaniard Christobal Benavides Regiment in the Texas Cavalry from June 1, 1863 to May 26, 1865.
He was born February 22, 1842, in Lee County, Georgia.
He came to Texas when he was just 19 years old in order to fight the war of Northern Aggression
He qualified as a sharpshooter with both the rifle and six-shooter and at the end of the war, he surrendered on May 26, 1865 in the New Orleans at the time the Trans-Mississippi Department under the Command of General Edmond Kirby Smith (which my oldest son is named after). At that time, he listed his home destination as Laredo, TX. and he roamed in that border area for some two years before returning to East Texas and settling down to farming. I am so very proud of my Grandfathers legacy. He fought for FREEDOM and the second war of INDEPENDENCE and for those reason NO SOLDIER'S MEMORY SHOULD EVER BE FORGOTTEN!
He died on March 21, 1918.


1st Lt. Elijah Young Fleming

Great, Great Grandfather of Joseph Elliott Fleming Proud Member of SCV General P.G.T. Bearegard Camp 130 New Orleans, Louisiana

He served with the 15th Regiment, Mississippi Infantry
He was born on the October 10, 1833 to John Leander Fleming and Harriet Melinda Cayce.
He studied medicine in New Orleans at what is now called Tulane University. At age 26 he joined the Confederate Army and was assigned to the 15th Regiment, MS Infantry.15th Infantry Regiment, organized at Choctaw, Mississippi, in May, 1861, contained men from Holmes, Choctaw, Quitman, Montgomery, Yalobusha, and Grenada counties. The regiment was active at Fishing Creek, Shiloh, Baton Rouge, and Corinth, then was placed in Rust's, Tilghman's, and J.Adams' Brigade. After serving in the Vicksburg area, it joined the Army of Tennessee and participated in the Atlanta Campaign, Hood's winter operations, and the Battle of Bentonville. This unit had 34 officers and 820 men on January 7, 1862, and lost 44 killed, 153 wounded, and 29 missing at Fishing Creek. Many were disabled at Peach Tree Creek and Franklin, and only a remnant surrendered in April 1865. The field officers were Colonels Michael Farrell and Winfield S. Statham; Lieutenant Colonels James R. Binford, J.W. Hemphill, and Edward C. Walthall; and Majors William F. Brantly, James B. Dennis, Russell G. Prewitt, and Lamkin S. Terry


John Quincy Adams Siler

Great, Great Grandfather of Joseph Elliott Fleming Proud Member of SCV General P.G.T. Bearegard Camp 130 New Orleans, Louisiana

He served with the 26th North Carolina State Troops, Confederate States Army
He was born 29 August, 1844 in Chatham County NC.
At age 18 he joined The Confederate Army 08 September, 1862, and served in Co. G of the 26th Regiment, NC Infantry . While fighting at Gettysburg he was shot in the arm and later had it partially amputated.
He later moved to Puxico, MO where he died 04 May, 1916


Brigader General Turner Ashby:
The Black Knight Of The Confederacy

Distant Cousin of Joseph Elliott Fleming Proud Member of SCV General P.G.T. Bearegard Camp 130 New Orleans, Louisiana

He served with the 7th Virginia Cavalry
The 7th Virginia Cavalry was originally organized by Colonel Angus W. McDonald, Sr., in the early part of 1861. The regiment spent that year operating in the neighborhood of Harpers Ferry and Romney, West Virginia. However, by the spring of 1862, the 7th Virginia Cavalry, was more frequently called "Ashby's Cavalry" although he had brought only Company A, the Mountain Rangers to it in 1861. The 7th Virginia Cavalry served with Gen. T.J. "Stonewall" Jackson in the Shenandoah Valley Campaign of 1862. Here they were very active. In one 28 day period they fought 32 separate actions. Jackson called Ashby one of the finest partisan officers of the war.
Brigadier-General Turner Ashby, a hero of the South whose memory is cherished with peculiar tenderness by the people of the Shenandoah valley, was born at Rose Hill, Fauquier county, in 1824. He was a grandson of Capt. John Ashby, of the revolutionary war. At the time of John Brown's raid he was captain of a volunteer cavalry company, which he led to the scene of trouble. On the 16th of April, 1861, he was at Richmond, with other bold spirits, and took part in the planning of the capture of Harper's Ferry. The next morning, the day of the passage of the ordinance of secession, he went to his home to call out his cavalry company. His brief career from that time was of the most romantic nature, and he speedily became the idol of the volunteer troopers who rallied at Harper's Ferry in April and May, to recruit Jackson's forces. He was assigned to command of the Confederate post at Point of Rocks, where his activity and alertness were of great value. In June he was in command of a troop of Col. Eppa Hunton's regiment, but obtained permission to rejoin his own regiment, Col. Angus McDonald's legion, and McDonald recommended him to promotion as lieutenant-colonel, speaking of him at this early date, June 25th, as "already known as one of the best partisan leaders in the service. " Meanwhile Ashby, in addition to his other duties, had attracted attention by his daring in making a trip to Chambersburg, Pa., disguised and unattended, and obtaining complete information regarding the Federal force under Patterson. He was soon promoted lieutenant-colonel, and the rank of colonel followed in a few months. While Johnston was moving to Manassas, to the support of Beauregard, Ashby and Stuart, with their cavalry commands, were very successful in masking the transfer of the troops until it was too late for Patterson to have any influence upon the battle of July 21st. In October, General Jackson was assigned to the Valley district, and Ashby, as colonel of the Seventh Virginia cavalry, was put in command of the cavalry. In February he was authorized by the war department to raise cavalry, infantry and heavy artillery. During one of the engagements of 1861, his brother, Capt. Richard Ashby, to whom he was tenderly attached, had been slain by the enemy, and the circumstances of the death so affected him as to give to his natural heroism an extraordinary enthusiasm. Turner Ashby was of striking aspect and splendid personality when he came to take command of Jackson's cavalry. In form he was trimly built, in movement graceful, and when mounted on his splendid horse, he appeared a chevalier of romance. The attachment of his men to him was displayed on all occasions, and his own devotion to Jackson was so great that he was accustomed to say, "I would follow him or go where he commanded without knowing anything except that it was Stonewall Jackson's order." His faith in Jackson was like Jackson's faith in Lee. It is this trust of the army, in its leaders reciprocated by the faith of the leaders in the army which makes heroes in battles. In March he withdrew with Jackson from Winchester, before the advance on Banks, but on the 22d returned and by an audacious attack drove in the enemy's outposts. The battle of Kernstown immediately followed, in which Ashby, with his cavalry and artillery, and an infantry support, rendered effective service upon the Confederate right. After this Jackson was rapidly reinforced, and Ashby's force was recruited to the dignity of a brigade, though his commission as brigadier-general was not issued until May 23d. He pursued the Federals after the battle of McDowell, played a prominent part in the rout of the Federals at Middletown, and defended the rear during the Confederate retreat up the Valley early in June. On the 3d his horse was shot under him while his men were burning the bridge over the Shenandoah. "Ashby has infernal activity and ingenuity in this way, " Shields reported to Washington. On June 6th, near Harrisonburg, he repulsed an attack, capturing the Federal commander, Sir Percy Wyndham. He immediately pl anned an ambush of the pursuing Federal advance, and a fierce combat ensued. As Ashby led the attack, his horse was shot under him, and he rushed forward on foot, urging his men to charge, when a ball pierced his breast and he fell forward dead. His death was felt as a severe loss to the army. Tackson wrote to General Imboden: "Poor Ashby is dead. He fell gloriously. I know you will join with me in mourning the loss of our friend, one of the noblest men and soldiers in the Confederate army. In his official report he wrote: "As a partisan officer, I never knew his superior. His daring was proverbial, his powers of endurance almost incredible, his tone of character heroic, and his sagacity almost intuitive in divining the purposes and movements of the enemy. " In October, 1866, his body was reinterred with impressive ceremonies in the Stonewall cemetery at Winchester, where the anniversary of his death is annually commemorated by the strewing of flowers upon the graves of the unknown dead.









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