The following names were recorded in a letter

The following names were recorded in a letter

written by W. J. Overstreet of Waynesboro, to W. S. Smith.

This information was researched and contributed by Sam Wilkes.

The letter read as follows:

March 18, 1900
Dear Friend,

I am sending you here with the names of all the soldiers that served with me. There is Eighty Eight (88) to the Best of my rememberence. Missing is about 10 men of my company, with the very best wishes so long as life shall last.

Date Voluntered...in 1861
Co. A 46th Miss.
Capt. A. Taylor
1st Leu. W. C. McQistion
2nd. Leu. Henry Atmore
3rd. Leut. Thomas S. Falconer
Privates
Buccatana
James Hagins
Mcelwain
Tom Hinton
P.M. Steiner
Guss Watts
Jeff Crawford
John Nickles
Jim Taylor
Mack Langley
Bill Martin
Mr. Watkins
Towner Boutwell
Pompy Philops
James Garrett
John P. Stricklin
John Gordon
Bill Sanderson
G. W. Cheeseborough
John Watley
Dr. Taylor
Mr. Gilbert
Gus S. Hinton
Isac Watley
James Davis
John Dunn
Tom Dunn
Jim Nickels
Jake Myrick
James Martin
S. F. Bradshaw
Thomas Ousley
Alfred Boutwell
Frank Philops
Frank Garrett
John Cooley
Jerry Parker
John Powell
J. J. Cheeseborough
Mike Watley
Mr. White
McFearson
Bill Hinton
Jonathan Watley
Thomas Davis
Moses Gardner
Pink Nickels
Jim Durham
John White
Joe Martin
Mr. Lewis
Dan Boutwell
J. H. Cley
Nathan Bazor
Sam Stricklin
Charley Stevenson
D. Parker
John McMillin
William Falconer Waynesboro
Patrick Bogan
John Campbell
W. J. Trigg
James Lampley
W. R. Cochran
Sim Brewer
James Douglass
Sandy Knickelson
Cebren Overstreet
Earth Blare
Johnnie Shaw
Tom Knickels-Nichols
Allen Trigg
John Thompson
William Heartley
Mike Shoemake
Washington Douglass
W. J. Overstreet
Nick Pace
John Ward
Sam Knickels
Clinch Hays
Drew Upshaw
Howell Brewer
Samp Shoemake
Lige Knickelson
W. M. Overstreet
John Blare
W. S. Davis
Neil McRae
Love Simpson
Ben Ennon
Dick Everett
Jess Burbey
Bill Shoemaker
Rufe Camble
John Williamson
Thos. Brown
Jack Blakeley
Frank Everett
Harry Gray
John Showers
Ish Whitehead
Wils Camble
Hue McCrane
Bess Simpson
Bob Blakeley
Hugh Everett
John Holden
Ths. Shoemaker
Frank Martin
John Brown
Axom Roberts ...years ago that the sight of two full regiments gave the Federal Troops a scare and these were the 13th Mississippi and the 8th Louisiana. It was not long before we were in the battle of Leesburg. So we soon learned that the Chance was given to see War in the true light, which we did but very few of the fine looking and brave young men ever returned to their loved ones at home. I desire to correct a saying that I have heard which I know is wholly false to wit: That it was a rich man's War and a poor man's fight! In this company we had young men of the wealthiest of the country and those of the poorest and they all fared alike and fought alike and there was no difference. They were like brothers in everything. It is hard to imagine the close and fine feelings that soon take possession of a company of soldiers when they are out battling with the enemy and sometimes with bad weather and short rations. The GAINES INVINCIBLES was organized at Waynesboro on 17 October 1861, Angus Taylor, Capt. and other officers as shown before in this book. The company went to New Orleans and was later a part of a Mississippi Battalion and still later consolidated with us the Co. A, 46th Mississippi Regiment. The Capt. Angus Taylor was Sheriff of Wayne County at the time. This regiment was commanded by Col. Sears and it was in S. D. Lee's brigade and was in the battle along the Yazoo and Mississippi Rivers under Brigade General W. E. Baldwin. This regiment was in the siege of Vicksburg and suffered severely from the battle, and want of supplies. After the surrender of Vicksburg which was July 4, 1863, on the 11th day of said month it was said the Regimental Colors which was the original flag of Gaines Invincibles were brought out from Vicksburg by Capt. Sublet wrapped around his body under his shirt. The men were all furloughed for 60 days to report at Enterprise and on the 24th day of October 1863 they were all reported exchanged. At that time they were ordered to support Gen. Bragg at Missionary Ridge. This regiment was from that time until the surrender in the Army of Tennessee and Georgia and participated in most of the great battles of the War. In one of the battles in which the Commander at that time T. D. Magee was killed special mention of three of this company is mentioned for bravery to wit: Capt. Nicholas Pace, Pvt. C. L. Nichols, Isaac Whatley. See Mississippi Official Register page 752. I have been unable to get up anything like a full roster of the Company. I don't know of any but one man that could give me any information. That is W. J. Overstreet. I know many of the Company and I know they were of the best men of the county.

Yours truly, W. J. Overstreet, Waynesboro, Miss. Route 7 Box 3.

The following list was written by W. S. Davis, March 30th, 1910 and it included the names from the list made 10 years earlier by W. J. Overstreet.

This list was published in booklet form in 1987 by Jean Strickland and Patricia N. Edwards of Moss Point, Miss.
1. ANGUS TAYLOR , Capt.... dead.
2. W. C. McQUISTON, 1st. Lt.

3. HENRY H. ATMAN, 2nd Lt...dead.

4. THOS. S. FALCONER, 3rd Lt.

5. NICHOLAS PACE

6. JAMES WHITE

7. JOHN A. BLAIR...died in 1863.

8. JAS. Q. LAMFLEY...dead.

9. JAMES DAVIS

10. THOMAS DAVIS...dead.

11. A. B. HAYS.. .dead.

12. WM. Q. TRIGG... died in service at Vicksburg.

13. W. J. OVERSTREET

14. JOHN CAMPBELL.. .dead.

15. G. BUNCH...dead.

16. B. SHIRLEY...dead.

17. S. BROWN

18. C. L. NICHOLS...killed in battle.

19. THOS. NICHOLS... killed in battle.

20. ISAAC WHATLY

21. W. R. SANDERSON... dead. [Died 12-31-1931.]

22. THOS. MILLS...dead.

23. LISER SAMMONS

24. SIM NICHOLS

25. PETER TAYLOR

26. ____________WHITE

27. JAS. HOGAN

28. McPHERSON

29. McPHERSON

30. GUS HINTON... dead. [Died in Vicksburg.]

31. BILL HINTON...dead. [Died at Chicora 10-31-1916.]

32. TOM HINTON. ..dead.

33. JAS. WHATLEY

34. JAS. MARTIN

35. BILL MARTIN

36. JOHN RANCE

37. S. F. BRADSHAW... dead.

38. MR. LEWIS

39. ___________WALKER

40. DAN BOUTWELL

41. TOWNER BOUTWELL... dead.

42. ALFRED BOUTWELL...dead.

43. J. H. CLEG...dead.

44. POMPEY PHILLIPS

45. FRANK PHILLIPS

46. NATHAN BAZOR

47. JAMES GARRETT

48. FRANK GARRETT

49. DREW UPSHAW... dead.

50. W. R. COCHRAN

51. WM. HARTLEY

52. HOWELL BREWER

53. SIM BREWER

54. MIKE SHOEMAKE

55. SAMP. SHOEMAKE

56. JAMES DOUGLASS

57. WASH DOUGLASS

58. LIGE NICHOLSON... see if can find out what Co. & Regt.; killed during the war or died at home from measles contracted in the war. (buried Hollis Creek Cem.)

59. SANDY NICHOLSON

60. W. M. OVERSTREET

61. SEBORN OVERSTREET

62. JOHN BLAIR

63. WORTH BLAIR

64. JOHN WHATLEY...dead.

65. MIKE WHATLEY... dead

66. PATRICK BROGAN

67. JOHN SHAW

68. JOHN WARD

69. ABRAM TRIGG... dead.

70. JOHN THOMPSON

71. BILL STINNER

72. GUS WATTS

73. JOHN DUNN

74. MOSE GARDNER

75. JEFF CRAWFORD

76. JIM DURHAM

77. JIM TAYLOR

78. JACKE RICH

79. MACK LANGLEY

80. JOHN MARTIN

81. SAM STRICKLAND [Ed. Note-died of Typhoid fever at Vicksburg. Personal effects given to John Strickland to bring home.]

82. JOHN STRICKLAND

83. JOHN COOLEY

Also the following names:

84. CHAS. STEVENSON

85. JOHN JORDAN

86. JERRY PARKER

87. M. PARKER

88. JOHN McMILLAN

89. G. W. BREWER

90. J. J. BREWER

The names from no. 46 was furnished me by W. L. Overstreet a member of Co. who now lives at Clara in this Co. This March 30th, 1910.
W. S. Davis, Rural Route No.7, March 18, 1900.

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