Soldier Spotlight: Private Daniel Dodd, Company G

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.