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A Sketch of the History of the Second Mississippi Infantry Regiment: The Bynum Brothers of Company A, the Tishomingo Riflemen  Post-war photo (exact date unknown but probably at either the Dallas or New Orleans reunion). The Bynum brothers of Company A with the colors carried by the 2nd Mississippi at Hatcher's Run on April 2, 1865. From left to right, seated are William, George W., Turner, and Mark. Standing with the flag is Nathaniel. Not shown is a sixth brother, Joseph. (Photo courtesy of the great-grandson of William Bynum, John E. Dear). Bynum, George W. Company: A Initial Rank: Private Final Rank: 2nd Sergeant Joined: Wednesday, May 1, 1861 Term (yrs): 1 Occupation: Student Age: 21 Enrolled at: Tishomingo Co., MS Enrolled By: Capt. Leeth Promoted: Yes Roll of Honor: No Born: North Carolina Marital Status: Single Residence Rienzi, MS Service Summary: Also see Ham's Regiment of Mississippi Cavalry and the 11th Consolidated Mississippi Cavalry. Promoted to 4th Corporal on 4/22/1862. Apparently captured near Shepherdstown, VA and paroled on 9/25/1862. Promoted to 3rd Corporal on 10/16/1862. Promoted to 2nd Sergeant on 7/1/1863. Listed as AWOL since 2/1/1864 and deserted. Appointed Adjutant in Harris' Battalion of Cavalry (Miss State Troops) while on furlough without a regular transfer or discharge from his company.  Private George W. Bynum, Company A 2nd Mississippi Infantry
Bynum, Joseph N. Company: A Initial Rank: Private Final Rank: Private Joined: Saturday, September 21, 1861 Term (yrs): 1 Occupation: Student Age: 19 Enrolled at: Rienzi, MS Enrolled By: Lt. Davenport Promoted: No Roll of Honor: No Born: North Carolina Marital Status: Single Residence Rienzi, MS Service Summary: Wounded on 6/27/1862 at battle of Gaines Mill. Discharged on 4/3/1863 on surgeons certificate of disability due to wounds received at Gaines Mill. Bynum, Marcus W. Company: A Initial Rank: Private Final Rank: Private Joined: Monday, September 30, 1861 Term (yrs): 1 Occupation: Physician Age: 25 Enrolled at: Iuka, MS Enrolled By: Lt. Davenport Promoted: No Roll of Honor: No Born: North Carolina Marital Status: Married Residence: Rienzi, MS Service Summary: Discharged on 7/17/1862 -- substitute provided. Bynum, Nathaniel M. Company: A Initial Rank: Private Final Rank: Private Joined: Saturday, March 1, 1862 Term (yrs): 3 Occupation: Student Age: 17 Enrolled at: Jacinto, MS Enrolled By: Lt. Clayton Promoted: No Roll of Honor: No Born: North Carolina Marital Status: Single Residence: Rienzi, MS Service Summary: Captured at Petersburg (Hatcher's Run) on 4/2/1865. Released from Fort Delaware on oath on 6/11/1865. Bynum, Turner Company: A Initial Rank: 1st Corporal Final Rank: First Sergeant Joined: Wednesday, May 1, 1861 Term (yrs): 1 Occupation: Clerk Age: 19 Enrolled at: Tishomingo Co., MS Enrolled By: Capt. Leeth Promoted: Yes Roll of Honor: No Born: North Carolina Marital Status: Single Residence: Rienzi, MS Service Summary: Promoted to 5th Sergeant circa Nov/Dec, 1861. Promoted to 3rd Sergeant about Mar/Apr, 1862. Promoted to 2nd Sergeant about May/Jun, 1862. Wounded at Gaines Mill on 6/27/1862. Promoted to 1st Sergeant in Sep/Oct, 1864 time period (while a POW). Captured at Gettysburg on 7/3/1863. Taken to Fort Delaware. Released on oath on 6/11/1865. Bynum, William L. D. Company: A Initial Rank: Private Final Rank: Private Joined: Saturday, September 21, 1861 Term (yrs): 1 Occupation: Farmer Age: 27 Enrolled at: Rienzi, MS Enrolled By: Lt. Davenport Promoted: No Roll of Honor: No Born: North Carolina Marital Status: Married Residence Rienzi, MS Service Summary: Note on CMSR jacket says to also see 7th Miss Cavalry Regiment (Partisan Rangers). Wounded on 6/27/1862 at battle of Gaines Mill. Transferred to 7th Mississippi Cavalry Regiment (elected 2nd Lt.) on 11/5/1862.
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A Sketch of the History of the Second Mississippi Infantry Regiment: Private Daniel Dodd, Company G, the Pontotoc Minute Men  I will be using some of my upcoming posts to include a photo and a short bio of a member of the regiment. I don't have many, especially wartime photos of members in uniform, but I have collected a few over the years. Who knows, one of the folks may just be a distant relative of one of my blog visitors. This is a photo of Daniel Dodd, Company G (Pontotoc Minute Men) of Pontotoc County:
Private Dodd enlisted on Monday, May 1, 1861 from Pontotoc County. He was enrolled by Captain Miller. He was 21 years of age, single, a farmer by occupation. He was killed in battle at 2nd Manassas on August 29, 1862. Oh, I should add his physical description from his Compiled Military Service Record (CMSR) also. He was six feet tall, dark complexion, hazel eyes, and dark hair. I always found something haunting about his photo. A young life, so full of potential, snuffed out, like so many others during our Civil War. A Sketch of the History of the Second Mississippi Infantry Regiment: Members of Company B, the O'Connor Rifles  Members of Company B, the O'Connor Rifles of Tippah County, pictured with the 2nd Mississippi colors carried at Hatcher's Run on April 2, 1865 (note that the battle honors have been inaccurately penned in on the photo). The photo is believed to have been taken either at the New Orleans or Dallas reunion. From left to right pictured are John H. Allen, William H. "Billy" Byrn (the last regimental color bearer), Isaac N. Gray, George P. Holcombe, Alexander Wolf, and Lucas H. Byrn. (Photo courtesy of the Mississippi Department of Archives and History). Allen, John H. Company: B Initial Rank: Private Final Rank: Private Joined: Saturday, March 1, 1862 Term (yrs): 3 Occupation: Carpenter Age 28 Enrolled at: Ripley, MS Enrolled By: Capt. Buchanan Promoted: No Roll of Honor: No Born: North Carolina Marital Status: Married Residence: ? Service Summary: Shot himself in hand on 6/6/1862. Discharged on 7/28/1862 due to gunshot wound to hand resulting in amputation of left arm. Byrn, William H. Company: B Initial Rank: Private Final Rank: Private Joined: Wednesday, April 15, 1863 Term (yrs): 3 Occupation: ? Age: ? Enrolled at: Ripley, MS Enrolled By: Capt. Storey Promoted: No Roll of Honor: Yes Born: ? Marital Status: ? Residence: ? Service Summary: Captured at Petersburg (Hatcher's Run) on 4/2/1865. Sent to Fort Delaware. Released on oath on 6/11/1865. Gray, Isaac N. Company: B Initial Rank: Private Final Rank: Private Joined: Wednesday, May 1, 1861 Term (yrs): 1 Occupation: Farmer Age 23 Enrolled at: Tippah Co., MS Enrolled By: Capt. Buchanan Promoted: No Roll of Honor: No Born: ? Marital Status: ? Residence: ? Service Summary: Wounded on 8/28/1864. In hospital at Richmond. Furloughed 40-days from 9/23/1864. Holcombe, George P. Company: B Initial Rank: Private Final Rank: Private Joined: Monday, March 3, 1862 Term (yrs): 3 Occupation: Student Age 16 Enrolled at: Ripley, MS Enrolled By: Capt. Buchanan Promoted: No Roll of Honor: No Born: Mississippi Marital Status: S Residence: ? Service Summary: Wounded at 2nd Manassas on 8/29/1862. Sent to hospital. Returned to duty. Wounded at Gettysburg (date not given) and furloughed for 40-days from 7/22/1863. Captured in Tippah Co., MS by the 7th Kansas Cavalry while on wounded furlough on 9/9/1863. Sent to Alton, IL on 10/3/1863. Transferred to Fort Delaware on 2/29/1864. Exchanged on 12/5/1864. Still on disabled list as of 3/14/1865 at Lauderdale, MS. Wolf, Alexander D. Company: B Initial Rank: Private Final Rank: Private Joined: Wednesday, May 1, 1861 Term (yrs): 1 Occupation: Farmer Age 33 Enrolled at: Tippah Co., MS Enrolled By: Capt. Buchanan Promoted: No Roll of Honor: No Born: ? Marital Status: ? Residence: ? Service Summary: Wounded (in face) in battle at 1st Manassas on 7/21/1861. Returned to duty on 8/9/1861. Discharged due to disability on 12/4/1862. Byrn, Lucas H. Company: B Initial Rank: Private Final Rank: Sergeant Joined: Wednesday, May 1, 1861 Term (yrs): 1 Occupation: Clerk Age 23 Enrolled at: Tippah Co., MS Enrolled By: Capt. Buchanan Promoted: Yes Roll of Honor: No Born: ? Marital Status: ? Residence: Ripley, MS Service Summary: Acting Sergeant Major from 9/29/1862. Detail duty as acting Assistant Quartermaster since 12/21/1862. Detailed as ambulance sergeant since 4/25/1864 by medical examining board. AWOL since 2/15/1865. Paroled at Memphis, TN on 5/25/1865.  The actual flag shown in the reunion photo above. This is the regimental colors carried by the 2nd Mississippi when they were surrounded and surrendered at Hatcher's Run on April 2, 1865. Billy Byrn was the last color bearer. Before the Federals closed in, Nathaniel Bynum tore the flag from the staff and hid it under his jacket. When they were taken to Fort Delaware as prisoners, at some point the center star and unit designation were cut from the flag and hidden separately from the rest of the flag so in case either piece was found, they would at least have a part of the flag when they were released from prison. When they were released, the center portion was re-sewn into the body of the flag (if you look closely you can see the stitching) and it was used in various reunions before being turned over to the Mississippi State Archives in 1916. |
Michael R. BrasherBesides being the self-published author of Civil War books, I am the great-grandson of Private Thomas Benton Weatherington, one of the 1,888 Confederate soldiers from northeast Mississippi that served in the 2nd Mississippi Infantry Regiment in Lee's Army of Northern Virginia. A lifelong Civil War buff, I grew up near the Shiloh battlefield in West Tennessee. I received my MA in Civil War Studies from American Military University. I also hold degrees in Electrical Engineering and an MBA which I draw upon to help shape my own unique approach to researching and writing Civil War history. As former president and co-founder of InfoConcepts, Inc., I was the co-developer of the American Civil War Regimental Information System and Epic Battles of the American Civil War software. I developed and maintained the 2nd Mississippi Infantry Regiment website from 2002 until 2015 and now maintain the 2nd Mississippi Facebook page. I am also writing a regimental history to be released in the near future. I am a retired Air Force officer and now reside in Huntsville, Alabama. Archives
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