Beneath Torn & Tattered Flags Part 4

In this episode i cover the 38th Mississippi Infantry's service at the siege of Vicksburg.

[@Vaul_Fusbin]

thankyou for giving these men a voice, hardcore indeed. i cant wait for part 5!

[@tonytownsend5491]

Very interesting! Can hardly wait for part 5 . . .

[@mississippiinthecivilwar7700]

I'm working on Part 5 now!

[@adambonilla6534]

My apologies, my friend. I had not been getting any notification about your video till today. Interesting fact that I ran across. Is that the 38th Miss carried a Van Dorn flag at the siege of Vicksburg. The flag was surrendered to the Union. But after they were paroled they were issued Department of Alabama, Mississippi, & East Louisiana battle flags.

[@mississippiinthecivilwar7700]

Adam, I'm glad you enjoyed it! In all my years of research on the 38th Mississippi, I have not been able to find much about the flags they carried. They probably did have a Van Dorn pattern flag that was surrendered at Vicksburg, but that is just a guess on my part. I have not found any documentation on what they carried after the regiment was reformed after Vicksburg, but the Department of Alabama, Mississippi and East Louisiana pattern flag is a good guess.

[@williamarinder8809]

Do you have any info on where Captain Jones was from, or where he is buried? I had an ancestor in the 38th Miss, and I am related to the Jones that lived near where this ancestor also lived.

[@mississippiinthecivilwar7700]

James Henry Jones was born in Augusta County, Alabama in 1836. The family later moved to Mississippi and settled at Woodville. He is buried at Evergreen Cemetery in Woodville. Here is a link to his Findagrave listing: www.findagrave.com/memorial/69082987/james-henry-jones

[@williamarinder8809]

Thanks: Must be a different family, than the ones I am related to. They are buried South of Forest, MS. But some in that same cemetery were in the 38th, and the 4th MS Cavalry.@@mississippiinthecivilwar7700