. Soldiers and their deeds . ity of Hico, and ; has since been a citizen of this, the garden spot of Texas. J. B. MAYFIELD was born January 12, 1836; near: Pickensville, S. C.; moved withihis parents to Attalla county,I Miss., in 1849; first enlisted withI Rocky Point Rifles, June 1, 18G1,i but they would not be ready forj service until fall, so he went toi Union City, Tenn., and enlisted assergeant in Company I, 12th \ sissippi Regiment, (Durant Rifles) ;\ first orders given to go to Manas-isas, got in hearing distance andjwere stopped at Orange Court-1 house (Capt. Cason was in com-j m
. Soldiers and their deeds . ity of Hico, and ; has since been a citizen of this, the garden spot of Texas. J. B. MAYFIELD was born January 12, 1836; near: Pickensville, S. C.; moved withihis parents to Attalla county,I Miss., in 1849; first enlisted withI Rocky Point Rifles, June 1, 18G1,i but they would not be ready forj service until fall, so he went toi Union City, Tenn., and enlisted assergeant in Company I, 12th \ sissippi Regiment, (Durant Rifles) ;\ first orders given to go to Manas-isas, got in hearing distance andjwere stopped at Orange Court-1 house (Capt. Cason was in com-j mand, under Col. Taylor) ; mus-itered out at West Point, Miss.,^took oath of allegiance at Grei^^daiI^Tiss.; W8S in the following bat-tles : Williamsburg, Manassas.; Hanover Junction,Fredericksburg,; Gaines ]\lill, Seven Pines, Chancel-. lorsville (all the foregoing in Vir-:ginia), Gettysburg, CullpepperI Courthouse, Cross Roads, Rome,[Old Franklin, Brady Station;captured and put in the pen—sentto Washington, D. C, where he. THE NEW ■■•PUBLIC L LlL^i!! -li^u^
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