Purl, Nathan, Confederate Infantry 8th Regiment, Mississippi
Infantry:
8th Infantry Regiment was organized at Enterprize, Mississippi,
during the spring of 1861. Many of its members were from Jones,
Wilkinson, and Clarke counties. The unit served in Florida and
Mississippi, then was assigned to General J.K. Jackson's,
Gist's, and Lowry's Brigade, Army of Tennessee. It participated
in the campaigns of the army from Murfreesboro to Atlanta, was
with Hood in Tennessee, and saw action in North Carolina. This
regiment lost forty-seven percent of the 282 at Murfreesboro and
twenty-three percent of the 375 at Chickamauga. In December,
1863, it totalled 287 men and 169 arms. Its casualties at the
Battle of Atlanta were 13 killed, 71 wounded, and 3 missing, and
few surrendered on April 26, 1865. The field officers were
Colonels G.C. Chandler, Guilford G. Flynt, and John C.
Wilkinson; Lieutenant Colonels James T. Gates, Aden McNeill, and
John F. Smith; and Majors Andrew E. Moody, George F. Peek, and
William Watkins.
1880 Census Place: Grand Gulf, Claiborne, Mississippi
Source: FHL Film 1254644 National Archives Film T9-0644
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Relation Sex Marr Race Age Birthplace
Nathan PEARL Self M M W 43 NC Occ: Merchant Fa: NY Mo: NC
Mary Ann PEARL Wife F M W 42 LA Occ: Keeping House Fa: AL Mo:
AL
James PEARL Son M S W 21 MS Occ: Clerk In Store Fa: NC Mo: AL
Bettie PEARL Dau F S W 15 MS Fa: NC Mo: AL
Brick P. PEARL Son M S W 14 MS Fa: NC Mo: AL
Willie PEARL Son M S W 8 MS Fa: NC Mo: AL
Sallie PEARL Dau F S W 5 MS Fa: NC Mo: AL
Nathan PEARL Son M S W 4 MS Fa: NC Mo: AL