John Milton Henry

From Oktibbeha County, MS he enlisted at Columbus, MS as a Private in Company C, 2nd Mississippi Infantry Battalion on 19 July 1861.

He was wounded in action at Sharpsburg on 17 September 1862.

He was in hospitals in Staunton and Richmond, VA and returned to duty on 11 November 1862. He was promoted to 3rd Corporal on 1 June 1863. He was captured at Petersburg, VA about 2 April 1865 and a prisoner at Point Lookout, MD until released on 27 June 1865 after taking an oath of allegiance. He was then in Washington, DC and was furnished transportation to Memphis, TN.

Hy 1870 and to at least 1880 he was a farmer near the Choctaw Agency in Oktibbeha County, MS.

His service from his Compiled Military Service Records,1 via fold3, filed under 48th Mississippi Infantry, also as J. Milton Henry. Personal details from family genealogists and the US Census of 1870 and 1880.

He married Mary A Hannah (1841-) in December 1866 and they had 9 children by 1880.

c. 1837 in MS