Person:Walter Eckford (1)

Walter Scott joined Capt. Featherston's company, Co. "H" of the 5th Regiment of Mississippi Volunteers (infantry) at Enterprise, Miss on 18 Oct 1861. He was paid $16.50 for his one month and fifteen days ($11 per month for a private) and discharged on 2 Dec 1861 at Warrenton, Fla "by reason of inability to perform military duty," presumably wounded in the battles around Pensacola, Fla. Described as a farmer, 17 years old, 5 feet, 5 inches, light complexion, blue eyes and light hair.

W. S. appears on the roll of Fant's company of Home Guards of Noxubee County on 2 May 1863 (apparently the only documentation of Fant's company).

According to A Sketch of Harvey's Scouts, formerly of Jackson's Cavalry Division, Army of Tennessee, written by J. F. H. Claiborne, there was a Private W. Eckford in Harvey's Scouts. "The scouts consisted originally of twenty-five men selected from Wirt Adam's regiment of cavalry. . ." Adam's Calvary is the unit where James W. was 1st sergeant.

1. ↑ Noxubee, Mississippi, United States. Noxubee, Mississipi, United States. 1850 U.S. Census Population Schedule
   pg 232 Fam 613.

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2. ↑ United States. 1900 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (National Archives Microfilm Publication T623).

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3.   Misissippi Dept. Archives and History, microfilm of service records.

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