CONFEDERATE SERVICE, WINN PARISH, LOUISIANA
Submitted by: Annette (Carpenter) Womack
of Winnfield, Winn Parish, LA
January 1998
(Spelling was retained as in document)

BIOGRAPHICAL & HISTORICAL 
MEMOIRS OF NORTHWEST LOUISIANA

COMPRISING A LARGE FUND OF BIOGRAPHY OF ACTUAL 
RESIDENTS, AND AN INTERESTING HISTORICAL SKETCH 
OF THIRTEEN COUNTIES --ILLUSTRATED--
Nashville and Chicago: The Southern Publishing Company (C) 1890
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CONFEDERATE SERVICE

Company C (Winn Rifles), Third Louisiana Infantry, was mustered into the
Confederate service with the regiment in May, 1861, with D. Pierson, captain
(promoted lieutenant-colonel); Asa Emanuel, first lieutenant; W. C. Curry,
second lieutenant; W. Strather, second junior lieutenant; N. M. Middlebrook,
first sergeant; A. W. McCain, second sergeant; W. H. Alford, third sergeant,
and J. Copeland, fourth sergeant. McCain was killed at Iuka September 19,
1862, and Alvord at Elk Horn, March 7, 1862, while First Sergeant Middlebrook
was wounded at Oak Hills and at Vicksburg, but recovering was elected captain
May 8, 1862, and W. T. Fagan, second lieutenant.  The deaths among members of
this company, reported up to the close of 1865, are given as follows- A. W.
McCain and W. H. Alvord, already referred to; W. Bulger, died at Camp
McCullock, Ark., in July, 1861; J. Sholurs, J. Crew and H, Bonnet, in August,
1861; B. Cockerham, George Dunn, John Teagle, W. Colluin, at Fort Smith, in
June, 1861; H. M. Crew, killed at Iuka September 19, 1862; W. F. Davis, died
at Corinth in May, 1862;; W. A. Hallamon, killed at Vicksburg; B. F. Philpot,
killed at Iuka; G. W. Philpot, died at Mount Vernon, Mo.; W. R. Smith and T.
J. Teddlie were killed at Vicksburg.

Capt. J. C. Dixon's company of Twelfth Louisiana Infantry, was organized in
the fall of 1861.  Capt.  Dixon was promoted major.

Capt. Cooper's Company F of Twenty-seventh Louisiana Infantry, Capt.  William
Stovall, Dr. Wesley Cockerham and John Watson were lieutenants; George A.
Kelly, John Albright, Wade E. Wright and William Price, sergeants; Capt. 
Cooper was major at surrender, and William Stovall, captain.  The company was
mustered in 1862 at Now Orleans, 100 strong, but owing to losses at Vicksburg
and other places only forty men reported after the fall of Vicksburg.

In the Twenty-eighth Louisiana Infantry were three companies from Winn. 
Company E was commanded in May, 1862, by J. T. Lewis, who was killed at
Mansfield in 1864, and J. W. Barnes took his place.  G. W. Dyass (died) was
first (succeeded by J. W.  Robertson), Jesse Gulledge (succeeded by R. C.
Jones) and Joel G: Gulledge (succeeded by D. M. Stone), lieutenants.  The
 strength at organization was ninety, of whom little over thirty returned
after the war.

Capt.  Bradford's company of the Twenty-eighth was partly raised in this
parish.  Company K was organized in May, 1862, with William Walker, captain,
promoted to colonel; Darling Morris,was subsequently captain; James Walker,
Austin Banks and Edwards, lieutenants.  The company suffered severely, so 
that of the original company about twenty-five men returned.  This company
served on the " Diana " gunboat, where many members were killed.  Company G
was commanded by Capt.  David Hardy with Lieuts.  Sharp, Joseph Robins and
Charles Fitz.  There were several desertions -from Companies E and K to the
Union ranks.

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