Marion MESSER

Otros Eventos:

• _MILT: Civil War: Corporal, Company F, 2nd Mississippi Infantry - CSA
• Nacimiento: 1838, Date on Tombstone, Gregg Co, Texas

Notas:

Marion Mercer (First_Last)
Regiment Name 2 Mississippi Infantry
Side Confederate
Company F
Soldier's Rank_In Private
Soldier's Rank_Out Corporal
Alternate Name Marion/Messor
Notes
Film Number M232 roll 28

Civil War duty: Company F, 2nd Mississippi Infantry - CSA
Rank: Private / Corporal
(National Archives: Original entry under Marion Messer)

The 2nd Mississippi Infantry fought at Gettysburg, under Col. John M. Stone in Heths' Division of the 3rd Army Corps under Lieut Gen. Ambrose P. Hill.

When the Civil War ended, Marion Messer was many miles from Mississippi, but was so anxious to get home that he started out on his own walking. When he got home he was barefooted, bareheaded, and had only a few tattered clothes on his back.

Marion and his brother Elija (Lige) served in the same company.

Marion's wife applied for a Confederate widows pension, which was rejected as he was sent home on leave and never returned. (source: Texas Electronic Libray)

Mercer, Joe Ann rej
Claimant: Mercer, Joe Ann
Pension Number: Application Rejected
County: Gregg
Husband: Marion
Pension Number:

1860 Census of Tippah County, Mississippi
860 485 Marion Messer 26 M Farm LABOR Tenn.
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mstippah/1860-m.html