Abstracts from Confederate Service Record for George F. Stafford
(C. Avis Catalog entry #896)
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Co. D. 17 Mississippi Inf.
Private No. VA Army (Lee)
Document date - Content
3/25/1862 - enlisted at Holly Springs, Miss for 3 years
4/8/1862 - joined for duty of 3 years at Marshall City, Miss.
5 & 6 /1862 - present with company
Not dated - In Chimborazo Hospital No. 4, Richmond, VA. with diarrhea, ac.; admitted 5/4/1862; returned to duty 5/18/1862; remarks: Lynchburg June 1
5/21/1862 - In Chimborazo Hospital No. 4, Richmond, VA. with measles; remarks: Lynchburg June 1
6/2/1862 - In C. S. A. General Hospital, Danville, VA. with diarrhea Chr.. Returned to duty 10/22/1862
7 & 8/1862 - present with company; enlisted 3/16/1862 at Holly Springs for 3 years; received bounty payment 6/30
9/1862 - absent from company due to sick in Richmond, VA
9 &10/1862 - enlisted 3/16/1862 at Holly Springs for 3 years
11/1862 - absent from company due to making shoes
11/21/1862 - on extra duty
11/24/1862 - paid $22 for period 8/1/1862 to 10/31/1862
11/24/1862 - Age: 37; Eyes: Gray; Hair: Dark; Complexion: Florid; 5 ft. 8 in.; Born: Laurence Co., Tenn.; Occupation: Shoemaker; Enlisted: Apr 8 1862 at Holly Springs, Miss. by Upshaw for 3 years; last payment 8/31/1862 $49.50
11/24/1862 - paid $22 for 8/1/1862 to 10/31/1862; signed by mark
11 & 12/1862 - present with company; enlisted 3/16/1862 at Holly Springs for 3 years; last paid 12/10
12/1/1862 - paid $8.25 for services rendered at Division Hospital near Richmond, VA; signed by mark
12/10/1862 - paid at Richmond $14.50 for service from 11/1/1862 to 12/10/1862; signed by mark
12/10-16/1862 - making shoes at Richmond, VA (returned to Reg't)
12/1862 - shoemaking in Richmond, VA ("Incompetent ret'd to Reg't")
1 & 2/1863 - present with company; enlisted 3/16/1862 at Holly Springs for 3 years; last paid 12/31
3 & 4/1863 - present with company; enlisted 3/16/1862 at Holly Springs for 3 years; last paid 2/28
5 & 6/1863 - present with company; enlisted 3/16/1862 at Holly Springs for 3 years; last paid 4/30
7 & 8/1863 - present with company; enlisted 3/16/1862 at Holly Springs for 3 years; last paid 6/30
9 & 10/1863 - present with company; enlisted 3/16/1862 at Holly Springs for 3 years; last paid 8/31 ("Wounded in action since mustered. Whereabouts unknown.")
11 & 12/1863 - present with company; enlisted 3/16/1862 at Holly Springs for 3 years; last paid 8/31 ("Wounded at Knoxville, Tenn. Nov 29 1863")
1 & 2/1864 - present with company; enlisted 3/16/1862 at Holly Springs for 3 years; last paid 8/31 ("Returned since last mustered")
1/9/1864 - received clothing at Gen. Hosp., Liberty, VA (signed by mark)
2/6/1864 - received clothing at Gen. Hosp., Liberty, VA (signed by mark)
3 & 4/1864 - present with company; enlisted 3/16/1862 at Holly Springs for 3 years; last paid 2/29/1864
5 & 6/1864 - present with company; enlisted 3/16/1862 at Holly Springs for 3 years; last paid 2/29/1864
7 & 8/1864 - present with company; enlisted 3/16/1862 at Holly Springs for 3 years; last paid 2/29/1864
Not dated - "Appears on a Roll of Prisoners of War at Harper's Ferry, West Va., captured by Gen. Sheridan's Forces, sent to Camp Chase, Ohio, Sept. 11, 1864." Captured at Berryville, VA on Sept. 4, 1864
Not dated - "Appears on a Roll of Prisoners of War received at Camp Chase, Ohio, from Harper's Ferry, W. Va., Sept. 11, 1864." Captured at Berryville, VA on Sept. 3, 1864. Rec'd from Harper's Ferry Va. Sept. 11, 1864
3/17/1865 - enlisted 3/16/1862 at Holly Springs, Miss. for 3 years; birthplace: Ala.;, occupation: Farmer; Residence: Holly Springs; Age when enlisted: 33; married
Took Oath of Allegiance to United States, at Camp Chase, Ohio, 6/11/1865. Residence: Marshall Co., Miss; Complexion: Dark; Hair: Dark; Eyes: Hazel; Height: 5 ft. 7 in.; Age: 40; Captured at Berryville, VA on Sept. 3, 1864