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Peel, V

Co. I, 3 Mississippi Cav.

(Confederate)

Corporal     --     Corporal


V. Peel
4 Cpl Co. I, 3 Reg't Mississippi Cav.

Appears on
COMPANY MUSTER ROLL
in the organization named above.
for dated Tupelo, Miss. May 1, 1864

Mustered into Confederate service: May 3, 1864
Where: Tupelo, Miss.
By Whom: Capt. L. D. Sandedge
Period: for the war

Last Paid
By Whom:
To what time:

Present or absent: Present
Remarks:

The 3d Regiment Mississippi Cavalry was organized June 3, 1863. As the 3rd (also known as McGuirk's) Regiment Mississippi State Cavalry. It was reorganized in April, 1864, and on May 3, 1864, it was mustered into the service of the Confederate States as the [?] Regiment Mississippi Cavalry.


V. Peel
4 Cpl {Co. I, 3 Regiment Cavalry.
          Mississippi State Troops

Appears on
COMPANY MUSTER ROLL
in the organization named above.
for dated May 5, 1864

Enlisted: When: 7 July, 1863
Where: Wyeth
By Whom: T. W. Webb
Period: war

Last Paid
By Whom:
To what time:

Balance paid: $50.00
Received payment March 31, 1865
V. Peel

Present or absent: Present
Remarks: Bounty

[quite a bit of fine print about the regimental organization that is illegible on the photocopy.]

The 3d Regiment Mississippi Cavalry was organized June 3, 1863. As the 3rd (also known as McGuirk's) Regiment Mississippi State Cavalry. It was reorganized in April, 1864, and on May 3, 1864, it was mustered into the service of the Confederate States as the [?] Regiment Mississippi Cavalry.


V. Peel
4 Cpl, Co. I, 3 Reg't Mississippi Cav.

Appears on a
DESCRIPTIVE LIST
of the organization named above

List dated: place not stated
not dated

Age: 19     height: 5 feet, 10 inches
Eyes: blue      hair: black     complexion: dark
Occupation: student
By whom enlisted: T. W. Webb
When: 25 Apl, 1864
Where: Oxford
Term of enlistment: For the WAR
Remarks:

From copy made in the M.S. Office, War Department in March 1916 of an original record borrowed from the Director of Archives and History, Jackson, Miss.

The 3d Regiment Mississippi Cavalry was organized June 3, 1863. As the 3rd (also known as McGuirk's) Regiment Mississippi State Cavalry. It was reorganized in April, 1864, and on May 3, 1864, it was mustered into the service of the Confederate States as the [?] Regiment Mississippi Cavalry.


Volney Peel
Pvt{ Co. F, 38, 14 and 3 Consolidated
      Reg't Mississippi Cavalry
Residence: Marshall Co. Miss

Appears on a ROLL of PRISONERS OF WAR
of Co. F, 38, 14, and 3 Regiment Consolidated Miss. Cavalry, Confederate States Army, commanded by Colonel Jno McGuirk, surrendered at Citronelle, Ala., by Lieut. Gen. R. Taylor, C. S. A., to Maj. Gen E. R. S. Canby, U. S. A., May 4, 1865, and paroled at Gainesville, Ala, May 12, 1865.

Roll dated Gainesville, Ala, May 12, 1865

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