tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7158354932398614010.post2397091393961571027..comments2023-06-21T03:07:34.757-05:00Comments on 32nd Mississippi Infantry at 150: The haven of Corona College, 1862Mark Dolanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12283845091497127418noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7158354932398614010.post-13572524599702437572014-06-28T18:06:28.212-05:002014-06-28T18:06:28.212-05:00Yes, that IS interesting. Same age, muster in date...Yes, that IS interesting. Same age, muster in date, other info. However, I am looking at a document that says; R. C. Brown, Private, Capt. F. S. Norman's Company, Lowrey's Reg't, Mississippi Vols. Joined for duty and mustered When: March 13, 1862 - Where: Kossuth Miss - By Whom: Col M P Lowery - Period 3 yrs or the war. It further says; This company subsequently became Company D, 32d Regiment Mississippi. I also have another page from Fold3.com that in it's content says Final account of R. C. Brown private (in) or (for) Co D 32 Miss Regt. signed by J. L. Madden 2 Lt Co D 32 Miss<br /><br />So, I am at a loss to explain. I also cannot explain how the document "Regimental Return" says he died on June 2, 1862 but the next document says he deceased on June 21, 1862. I think that is a problem where records were written and not printed.<br /> Slowjimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05361312442481056669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7158354932398614010.post-18336678949623411882014-06-28T17:02:59.445-05:002014-06-28T17:02:59.445-05:00I got his records from Fold3.com and there was no ...I got his records from Fold3.com and there was no mention of company H, but I will look into it further. I find it exasperating that the use of initials only in that period was so prevalent. Makes it difficult for us later generations to check our data. My research shows his name to be Rueben C. Brown, but I did not get that from his military records.<br /><br />I watched the Ken Burns documentary on the civil war on Netflix lately and it said that so many died of disease because when you take young men who had never been more than a few miles from the farm their whole lives and then lump them together with thousands of other young men who all had little immunity, add that to unsanitary conditions, then it was no mystery that disease spread like wildfire. I read an account somewhere that Colonel Lowrey lamented this fact that he lost so many good men to disease.Slowjimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05361312442481056669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7158354932398614010.post-4826590998908224162014-06-28T16:29:22.123-05:002014-06-28T16:29:22.123-05:00Indeed they were. And unfortunately, this won'...Indeed they were. And unfortunately, this won't be the last time these poor guys will have to endure awful camp conditions. Glad to hear from a fellow descendant of Co. D. I read RC Brown's info on one of the rosters. I also noticed that he listed in Civil War Sailors and Soldiers System in Co. H. Any idea about the discrepancy?Mark Dolanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12283845091497127418noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7158354932398614010.post-67405363380145984512014-06-28T15:49:48.689-05:002014-06-28T15:49:48.689-05:00My Great, Great Grandfather, R. C. Brown was in Co...My Great, Great Grandfather, R. C. Brown was in Company D and enlisted on the same day in Kossuth as did Nathan Richardson Oakes. Unfortunately, he died of disease 3 months later, at his home there in Tishomingo County. Never got a chance to fight. The conditions in camp must have been intolerable.Slowjimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05361312442481056669noreply@blogger.com