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Thomas James Spencer

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Thomas James Spencer

Birth
Virginia, USA
Death
14 Nov 1862 (aged 22)
Burial
Batesville, Panola County, Mississippi, USA Add to Map
Plot
Section 3, Lot C-75
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Was a school teacher who died in the Southern Army. The location of his death and burial are unknown.

NARA Civil War Records have little information about Thomas James Spencer:
NARA Records:
(2) Company Muster Roll entries,
(1) Quarterly return of deceased soldiers,
(3) Registers of deceased soldiers. (Two of the registers are clearly bogus, mistakes made by the clerks who compiled them in the 1900s.)
His military records are in the name "T. J. Spencer"

Company A, Ward's Battalion, Artillery, Mississippi Volunteers. This company subsequently became "Company A, 14th Battalion Mississippi Light Artillery."
o Enlisted as "4 Sergeant" on Apr. 1, 1862, by Major Ward, for a period of "For the war."
o Apr. 1 to Aug. 31, 1862:
> Present on Company Muster Roll
> Last paid: Upon enlistment
o Sep. & Oct. 1862:
> Present on Company Muster Roll
> Last paid: August 31, 1862
> Remark: Reduced to ranks 25 September 1862
o His name appears on a Quarterly Return of Deceased Soldiers, dated Dec 19, 1862:
> Private, Company A.
> Date of Death: November 14, 1862
o His name appears on a "Register of Officers and Soldiers of the Army of the confederacy who were killed in battle, or who died of wounds or disease", dated 14 January 1863:
> When deceased: 14 Nov. 1862.
> Remarks: Levl[???] 503
> Confed. Arch. Chap. 10, File No. 7, page 241

1st bogus return:
> Has him as a private in Co. A of Ward's Va Arty. (not Miss.)
> Certificate 2050
> Confed. Arch. Chap. 10, File No. 8, page 233
2nd bogus return:
> Has him as a private in Co. A of Ward's Ala Arty. Batt. (not Miss.)
> Certificate 2050
> Confed. Arch. Chap. 10, File No. 2, page 226
Was a school teacher who died in the Southern Army. The location of his death and burial are unknown.

NARA Civil War Records have little information about Thomas James Spencer:
NARA Records:
(2) Company Muster Roll entries,
(1) Quarterly return of deceased soldiers,
(3) Registers of deceased soldiers. (Two of the registers are clearly bogus, mistakes made by the clerks who compiled them in the 1900s.)
His military records are in the name "T. J. Spencer"

Company A, Ward's Battalion, Artillery, Mississippi Volunteers. This company subsequently became "Company A, 14th Battalion Mississippi Light Artillery."
o Enlisted as "4 Sergeant" on Apr. 1, 1862, by Major Ward, for a period of "For the war."
o Apr. 1 to Aug. 31, 1862:
> Present on Company Muster Roll
> Last paid: Upon enlistment
o Sep. & Oct. 1862:
> Present on Company Muster Roll
> Last paid: August 31, 1862
> Remark: Reduced to ranks 25 September 1862
o His name appears on a Quarterly Return of Deceased Soldiers, dated Dec 19, 1862:
> Private, Company A.
> Date of Death: November 14, 1862
o His name appears on a "Register of Officers and Soldiers of the Army of the confederacy who were killed in battle, or who died of wounds or disease", dated 14 January 1863:
> When deceased: 14 Nov. 1862.
> Remarks: Levl[???] 503
> Confed. Arch. Chap. 10, File No. 7, page 241

1st bogus return:
> Has him as a private in Co. A of Ward's Va Arty. (not Miss.)
> Certificate 2050
> Confed. Arch. Chap. 10, File No. 8, page 233
2nd bogus return:
> Has him as a private in Co. A of Ward's Ala Arty. Batt. (not Miss.)
> Certificate 2050
> Confed. Arch. Chap. 10, File No. 2, page 226

Inscription

THOMAS JAMES
SPENCER
BORN
Apr. 2, 1840
DIED
in the Southern Army
Nov. 14, 1862.
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Grave unknown.

Gravesite Details

The Spencer obelisk is a monument for eight people, two per side. Its top has broken off and was lying on the nearby grave of Mary Frances (Spencer) Drane on 10/29/2003. The monument needs cleaning.

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