On 5 may 1861, at age 21, he was enrolled as a private in the 2nd
Mississippi Infantry Regiment of the Confederate States Army. He was
assigned to Company F, the "Magnolia Rifles" made up of men from
Tippah County, like himself.
Killed at Battle of Sharpsburg / Antietam, Maryland on Spet 17, 1862.
James Pressly Black |
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