1st Lt, Company A, 37th Regiment, Mississippi Infantry, CSA
Son of John McInnis. Married (1) Mary Elizabeth Linton, daughter of Elizabeth Pierce and Miles Linton, on January 19, 1853, in Lauderdale County, Mississippi; (2) Mrs. Mary Smith, on October 28, 1858, in Lauderdale Co, MS; (3) Gertrude Ross on March 25, 1885, in Lauderdale Co, MS.
His oldest son, Norman Martin McInnis, 3, died on October 3, 1857, and first wife Mary Elizabeth Linton, died soon after, on October 20, 1857.
Lafayette J. McInnis enlisted February 8, 1862, at Marion, for the period of the war. That day, he was elected 2nd Lieutenant. He signed the company muster rolls as commanding the company. Several times during the war, he entered special requisitions for clothing for the men in his company. He was badly wounded at the siege of Vicksburg, Mississippi, and captured on July 4, 1863, and was a POW in the hospital there. He was exchanged, and returned to his company. He was paroled at Greensboro, North Carolina, on May 2, 1865.
Biography compiled by Sheron Smith-Savage.
Son of John McInnis. Married (1) Mary Elizabeth Linton, daughter of Elizabeth Pierce and Miles Linton, on January 19, 1853, in Lauderdale County, Mississippi; (2) Mrs. Mary Smith, on October 28, 1858, in Lauderdale Co, MS; (3) Gertrude Ross on March 25, 1885, in Lauderdale Co, MS.
His oldest son, Norman Martin McInnis, 3, died on October 3, 1857, and first wife Mary Elizabeth Linton, died soon after, on October 20, 1857.
Lafayette J. McInnis enlisted February 8, 1862, at Marion, for the period of the war. That day, he was elected 2nd Lieutenant. He signed the company muster rolls as commanding the company. Several times during the war, he entered special requisitions for clothing for the men in his company. He was badly wounded at the siege of Vicksburg, Mississippi, and captured on July 4, 1863, and was a POW in the hospital there. He was exchanged, and returned to his company. He was paroled at Greensboro, North Carolina, on May 2, 1865.
Biography compiled by Sheron Smith-Savage.
1st Lt, Company A, 37th Regiment, Mississippi Infantry, CSA
Son of John McInnis. Married (1) Mary Elizabeth Linton, daughter of Elizabeth Pierce and Miles Linton, on January 19, 1853, in Lauderdale County, Mississippi; (2) Mrs. Mary Smith, on October 28, 1858, in Lauderdale Co, MS; (3) Gertrude Ross on March 25, 1885, in Lauderdale Co, MS.
His oldest son, Norman Martin McInnis, 3, died on October 3, 1857, and first wife Mary Elizabeth Linton, died soon after, on October 20, 1857.
Lafayette J. McInnis enlisted February 8, 1862, at Marion, for the period of the war. That day, he was elected 2nd Lieutenant. He signed the company muster rolls as commanding the company. Several times during the war, he entered special requisitions for clothing for the men in his company. He was badly wounded at the siege of Vicksburg, Mississippi, and captured on July 4, 1863, and was a POW in the hospital there. He was exchanged, and returned to his company. He was paroled at Greensboro, North Carolina, on May 2, 1865.
Biography compiled by Sheron Smith-Savage.
Son of John McInnis. Married (1) Mary Elizabeth Linton, daughter of Elizabeth Pierce and Miles Linton, on January 19, 1853, in Lauderdale County, Mississippi; (2) Mrs. Mary Smith, on October 28, 1858, in Lauderdale Co, MS; (3) Gertrude Ross on March 25, 1885, in Lauderdale Co, MS.
His oldest son, Norman Martin McInnis, 3, died on October 3, 1857, and first wife Mary Elizabeth Linton, died soon after, on October 20, 1857.
Lafayette J. McInnis enlisted February 8, 1862, at Marion, for the period of the war. That day, he was elected 2nd Lieutenant. He signed the company muster rolls as commanding the company. Several times during the war, he entered special requisitions for clothing for the men in his company. He was badly wounded at the siege of Vicksburg, Mississippi, and captured on July 4, 1863, and was a POW in the hospital there. He was exchanged, and returned to his company. He was paroled at Greensboro, North Carolina, on May 2, 1865.
Biography compiled by Sheron Smith-Savage.
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