Pvt./3rd Corp. Ebenezer McCants Dunnam (b. Greene County, MS, 1829-d. Greene County, MS, 1920), Co. A ("Capt. Steede's Company," raised in Jackson County, MS), 17th (Steede's) Battalion MS Cavalry. Enlisted March 17, 1862, in Hancock County, MS, at age 32. Present on Dec. 1863 company muster roll. Steede's Battalion MS Cavalry was enlarged in Dec. 1863 to become the 9th MS Cavalry. E.M. Dunnam [found as "E.W. Dunham"] served as a private in Co. A ("Capt. Steede's Company") of this expanded command. Dec. 1864 company muster roll states "transferred to Infantry [on] Aug. 10, 1864." Transferred to Co. D ("Dahlgren Guards," raised in Harrison County, MS), 3rd MS Infantry, and found there as Pvt. "Ebenezer M. Dunham," "Ebenezer M. Dunkan," and "Elijah M. Dunham." Present on Aug. 1864 company muster roll, with notation "dismounted [from the 9th MS Cavalry], joined Company by transfer [on] Aug. 12, 1864." Captured at the horrific Battle of Franklin, TN [the high-water mark of Southern courage!], on Nov. 30, 1864, and forwarded as a POW to Nashville, TN, then Military Prison at Louisville, KY, and, finally, to notorious Camp Douglas, IL, POW Camp, where it was official Yankee policy to starve Confederate POW's in order to make them unfit for field service upon exchange. Arrived at Camp Douglas, IL, POW Camp on Dec. 5, 1864. Released from Camp Douglas, IL, POW Camp on June 18, 1865, after first having taken the required Oath of Allegiance to the US. Residence indicated on parole as "Green (sic) County, Miss." Southern Patriot! Buried in the Mutual Rights Cemetery, located on S side of Mutual Rights Loop at a point on that road that lies appr. 1000 ft. S of that road's intersection with State Hwy. 63, Avera, Greene County, MS, with both a private and a Confederate marker.
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my ggg grandfather and grandmother buried in wally/lazrus cemetery in Sand Hill, MS. My ggg grandmother was Elizabeth Jinsey Strickland (1776-1845). This is Ebenezer M. Dunnam Jr.'s dad and mother
Contributor: Ted Alfred (AL) Roland (49464839)
Pvt./3rd Corp. Ebenezer McCants Dunnam (b. Greene County, MS, 1829-d. Greene County, MS, 1920), Co. A ("Capt. Steede's Company," raised in Jackson County, MS), 17th (Steede's) Battalion MS Cavalry. Enlisted March 17, 1862, in Hancock County, MS, at age 32. Present on Dec. 1863 company muster roll. Steede's Battalion MS Cavalry was enlarged in Dec. 1863 to become the 9th MS Cavalry. E.M. Dunnam [found as "E.W. Dunham"] served as a private in Co. A ("Capt. Steede's Company") of this expanded command. Dec. 1864 company muster roll states "transferred to Infantry [on] Aug. 10, 1864." Transferred to Co. D ("Dahlgren Guards," raised in Harrison County, MS), 3rd MS Infantry, and found there as Pvt. "Ebenezer M. Dunham," "Ebenezer M. Dunkan," and "Elijah M. Dunham." Present on Aug. 1864 company muster roll, with notation "dismounted [from the 9th MS Cavalry], joined Company by transfer [on] Aug. 12, 1864." Captured at the horrific Battle of Franklin, TN [the high-water mark of Southern courage!], on Nov. 30, 1864, and forwarded as a POW to Nashville, TN, then Military Prison at Louisville, KY, and, finally, to notorious Camp Douglas, IL, POW Camp, where it was official Yankee policy to starve Confederate POW's in order to make them unfit for field service upon exchange. Arrived at Camp Douglas, IL, POW Camp on Dec. 5, 1864. Released from Camp Douglas, IL, POW Camp on June 18, 1865, after first having taken the required Oath of Allegiance to the US. Residence indicated on parole as "Green (sic) County, Miss." Southern Patriot! Buried in the Mutual Rights Cemetery, located on S side of Mutual Rights Loop at a point on that road that lies appr. 1000 ft. S of that road's intersection with State Hwy. 63, Avera, Greene County, MS, with both a private and a Confederate marker.
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my ggg grandfather and grandmother buried in wally/lazrus cemetery in Sand Hill, MS. My ggg grandmother was Elizabeth Jinsey Strickland (1776-1845). This is Ebenezer M. Dunnam Jr.'s dad and mother
Contributor: Ted Alfred (AL) Roland (49464839)
Family Members
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George Taylor Dunnam
1854–1931
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James Nathaniel Dunnam
1855–1928
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Elizabeth Dunnam Backstrom
1857–1910
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Caroline D. Dunnam Holder
1859–1941
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Ebenezer McCants Dunnam III
1863–1953
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William Lorenzo Dunnam
1868–1918
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Mrs Mary Frozen Dunnam McDonald
1869–1911
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Thomas Sherwood Dunnam
1871–1929
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Dorcas Luella Dunnam Robertson
1874–1957
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