Pvt. Stephen Lafayette Cliburn (b. Lawrence County, MS, 1844-d. Lawrence County, MS, 1928), Co. E ("Lula White Rebels," raised in Lawrence County, MS), 38th MS Infantry (Mounted). Enlisted April 24, 1862, at Silver Creek, Lawrence County, MS, at age 17. June 30, 1862, company muster roll states "absent, sick in hospital at Columbus [MS]." Aug. 1862 company muster roll states "absent, sent to Okolona Hospital, Aug. 24 [1862]." Present again with company on Oct. 1862 company muster roll. Present on Dec. 1862 company muster roll. Present Feb. 1863 company muster roll. Dec. 1863 company muster roll states "absent without leave [since] Feb. 18, 1863." Present on June 30, 1864, company muster roll, but with notation "absent without leave [from] April 6, 1863, to Jan. 26, 1864." No further information in his military file. Pvt. Cliburn filed Confederate Pension applications in Lawrence County, MS, in 1917, 1923, & 1924, in which he claimed to have served till war's end. This contention is not borne out by his actual service record. Buried in the Cliburn Cemetery, Cliburn Cemetery Road, New Hebron, Lawrence County, MS, with a Confederate marker.
Pvt. Stephen Lafayette Cliburn (b. Lawrence County, MS, 1844-d. Lawrence County, MS, 1928), Co. E ("Lula White Rebels," raised in Lawrence County, MS), 38th MS Infantry (Mounted). Enlisted April 24, 1862, at Silver Creek, Lawrence County, MS, at age 17. June 30, 1862, company muster roll states "absent, sick in hospital at Columbus [MS]." Aug. 1862 company muster roll states "absent, sent to Okolona Hospital, Aug. 24 [1862]." Present again with company on Oct. 1862 company muster roll. Present on Dec. 1862 company muster roll. Present Feb. 1863 company muster roll. Dec. 1863 company muster roll states "absent without leave [since] Feb. 18, 1863." Present on June 30, 1864, company muster roll, but with notation "absent without leave [from] April 6, 1863, to Jan. 26, 1864." No further information in his military file. Pvt. Cliburn filed Confederate Pension applications in Lawrence County, MS, in 1917, 1923, & 1924, in which he claimed to have served till war's end. This contention is not borne out by his actual service record. Buried in the Cliburn Cemetery, Cliburn Cemetery Road, New Hebron, Lawrence County, MS, with a Confederate marker.
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