Vaiden’s
Fighting Forces
Vaiden
Artillery
Source: Dunbar Rowland, Mississippi Official and Statistical Register, 1908. Pp.
852-853.
Vaiden Artillery (Company L), First Regiment Light
Artillery, was organized at Vaiden, November, 1861. It was changed to Company E., March 6, 1865.
In February, 1862, the Vaiden
Battery, described as a new company of artillery, was sent to reinforce the
army in Tennessee. They were assigned to Chalmer’s
Brigade March 9, 1862. When it became apparent that Grant was
bending every effort to capture Vicksburg,
the Vaiden Artillery was sent there and was given a prominent and important
position in defense of that stronghold.
It was the largest company made up in Carroll
County.
The regiment assembled in camp of
instruction near Jackson in May,
1862, and elected field officers.
Roll of Vaiden Artillery:
(May Not Be Complete)
Baines, S.C., Captain
Sanderson, A.J., 1st Lt.
Young, W.P., Junior 1st Lt.
Wilbanks, D., 2nd Lt.
Young, J.S., Junior 2nd Lt.
Collins, E.M., Lts. promoted
Wood, E.L., Lts. promoted
Simpson, John B., 1st Sgt.
Winfrey, A.F., Ordinance Sgt.
McEachern, J.D., Sgt.
Pilcher, J.S., Sgt.
Hairston, W.H., Sgt.
Oldham, F.C., Sgt.
McEacher, W.H., 1st Corp.
Buck, T.C., 2nd Corp.
Harris, J.T., 3rd Corp.
Kaigler, A.A., 4th Corp.
Weir, W.C., 5th Corp.
Mecklin, R.W., Corp.
Oldham, D.T., Corp.
Hamilton, T.A., Corp.
Hemphill, A.J., Corp
HERE’S ANOTHER
ACCOUNT
(Sources N/A)
Samuel C. Baines, of Vaiden, Carroll
County, raised a company of 149 men
known as the Vaiden Artillery. In 1861
he was made captain of this company and did a valuable service throughout the
war. He made a gallant stand in the
Battles of Shiloh and Corinth and
was in the Siege of Vicksburg, where he was taken prisoner. He was afterwards exchanged and rejoined his
army and participated in the Siege of Mobile.
After the war he returned to Carroll
County where he attained great
success, filling many county offices.
Company A, Carroll County
(Mississippi
Rangers)
Source: Dunbar
Rowland, Mississippi
Official and Statistical Register, 1908.
Pp. 838-840.
Company A,
Carroll County,
of Ballentine’s Regiment Cavalry, enlisted at Vaiden April 10, 1862. February, 1864, there were seventy-six men
enrolled and fifty-three on duty in this company.
This regiment was formed in time
to participate in the operations attending the battles of Iuka, Corinth,
and Coffeeville in September and December of 1862. The regiment never received a number and was
known throughout the war as Ballentine’s Battalion or
Regiment.
In January, 1863, Ballentine’s Battalion was listed among the troops to
accompany Van Dorn’s expedition into Tennessee.
February 22, 1865, General Chalmers ordered Ballentine’s Regiment consolidated with the Seventh in
Armstrong’s Brigade. This brigade held
the line of works at Selma, Alabama,
April 2, 1865.
All the troops of the department
were paroled until the capitulation of Lieutenant-General Richard Taylor May 4, 1865.
HERE’S ANOTHER
ACCOUNT
(Sources N/A)
In 1862, Mississippi Rangers were
organized at Vaiden, with W.H. Ford as captain.
This company was given a place in Ballentine’s
Regiment as company A. After several
months of service, Lieutenant-Colonel Jacob Johnson Thompson of Oxford,
resigned, and Captain Ford became Major.
After the war, he returned to Vaiden with his gallant soldiers.
Vaiden Guards
(Captain Applewhite’s
Company)
Source: Dunbar
Rowland, Mississippi
Official and Statistical Register, 1908.
Pp. n/a.
Vaiden Guards
(Captain Applewhite’s Company) was organized at
Vaiden by Captain Joseph A. Applewhite and was
composed of about fifty-six men.
In 1862, Mississippi Rangers were
organized at Vaiden, with W.H. Ford as captain.
This company was given a place in Ballentine’s
Regiment as company A. After several
months of service, Lieutenant-Colonel Jacob Johnson Thompson of Oxford,
resigned, and Captain Ford became Major.
After the war, he returned to Vaiden with his gallant soldiers.
Stanford’s Battery
Stanford’s Battery, of Yalobusha
County, was organized May 17, 1861, and mustered into service
of the Confederate States at Grenada
November 6, 1861. The battery was reinforced before going into
the battle of April 6, 1862,
by a detachment of the Vaiden Artillery.
Carroll County
men belonging to this company were as follows:
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