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Known Confederate Soldier Burials in Richland Parish

This list is a compilation of several lists. It is without question an incomplete list. If you know of additional confederate burials in Richland Parish, please email info@richlandroots.com

Updated May 14, 2019

This is a list of known burials of confederate soldiers in Richland Parish.

ALEXANDER, Richard Stanhope – (Alto Presbyterian Church Cemetery)

ARCHIBALD, James B. – Co. A., 41st AL Inf. (Little Creek Methodist)

ARCHIBALD, Josiah Burton – Co. A., 41st AL Inf. (Lynn Cemetery)

BEAL, William T. – Co. A., 4th AL Inf. (Horn Cemetery)

BOIES, Edwin A. – Co. E, 8th LA Inf. (Prewitt Cemetery) – Luke J. Letlow

BOIES, Fayette Camp – Co. B., 27th LA Inf. (Old Southall Place)

BOUGHTON, Roger S. – Co. B., 27th LA Inf. (Prewitt Cemetery) – Mary Boughton Pruitt

BOUGHTON, Samuel S. – Co. C., 4th LA Inf. (Prewitt Cemetery)

BOYKIN, John W. Co. G., 31st LA Inf. (Alto Presbyterian)

BRASHEAR, Charles Hall (New Salem)

BROWN, Isaac Newton – Co., G, 12th LA Inf. (Little Creek Methodist) Obituary

BUIE, Milton J. – Co. G., 31st LA Inf. (Amity Church) Obituary

BURK, Simeon P. – Co. F., 8th AL Cav. (Sacred Heart Catholic)

CALVIT, Samuel Francis – Co. E., 1st MS Light Artillery (Midway Cemetery)

CARPENTER, H.D. – Co. C, 5th MO Cav. (Carpenter Family Cemetery)

CHAPMAN, Daniel T. – Co. B., 27th LA Inf. (Little Creek Methodist)

CLACK, Andrew J. – Co. A., 4th LA Cav. (Shanks)

COBB, John R. – Co. C., Power’s Rgt., MS Cav. (Sacred Heart Catholic)

COOPER, Alfred Benton – Co. B., 27th LA Inf. (Little Creek Methodist)

CRAWFORD, Peter Tobias Co. I., 6th MS Inf. (Lone Cherry Baptist)

CURRY, Jesse M. – 36th AL Inf. (New Salem) – Albert Bentley Curry, Jr.

DONAHUE, Andrew J. – Co. D., 21st MS Inf. (Shanks)

EASON, R. J. – Co. E., 3rd LA Inf. (New Salem)

ETIER, John Baptiste – Co. B., 31st LA Inf. (Hall Cemetery)

GAINES, Robert H. G. – Captain, Co. K., 23rd AL Inf. (Sacred Heart Catholic) Obituary

GWIN, John M. – Co. G., 26th AL Inf. (Old Gwin Cemetery)

HALLEY, Jesse J. – Co. I., 16th MO Inf. (Wynn Cemetery)

HALLEY, John W. – Co. I., 16th MO Inf. (Wynn Cemetery)

HAMER, A. M. – Co. I., 13th TN Inf. (Midway)

HARDESTY, R. S. – Co. B., 27th LA Inf. (Old Alto Baptist)

HARDWICK, JOHN WILLIAMSON BAILEY (Wynn Cemetery)

HATCH, Buckner – Co. B., 27th LA Inf. (Alto Presbyterian)

HATCH, Frank – Co. I., 11th MS Inf. (Union Church)

HATCH, R. W. – Sgt., Co. D., 25th LA Inf. (Alto Presbyterian)

HEMLER, John A. – Sgt., Co. B., 27th LA Inf (Little Creek Methodist)

HILL, Samuel W. – Co. F., 6th LA Cav. (New Salem)

HOLDINESS, McKinley – 4th LA Cav. (New Salem)

HOLDINESS, Thomas – Co. D., 4th MS Inf. (Hall Cemetery)

INSLEY, Sr., William Thomas – Co. H., 3rd LA Inf. (Delhi Masonic)

JOHNSON, Andrew Sandifer (Old Midway)

JONES, W. W. – Co. B., 6th MS Inf. (Lone Cherry Baptist Church)

KER, David Corbin – VA Light Artillery (Gwin Cemetery)

LAGRONE, David A. Co. K., 12th MS Cav. (Little Creek Methodist)

LAGRONE, Henry Clay – Co. D., 20th MS Inf. (Little Creek Graveyard) – Luke J. Letlow

LITTLEBURY, John L. – Co. A., 13th LA Partisan Rangers (Midway)

LANDERS, Edward S. – 2nd Al. Cavalry, Co. B. (Prewitt Cemetery) – Luke J. Letlow

LEGGETT, James A. – Garland’s Btn., Conf Cav. (Midway)

LEWIS, Dr. Irvin E. – Co. E., Power’s Rgt., MS Cav. (Alto Baptist)

LYNN, Jr., Matthew – 2nd LA Light Artillery (Little Creek Methodist)

MANGHAM, Henry G. (Family Plot in Girard)

¹MANGHAM, Wiley P. – 25th AL Inf., Co. D (Oak Ridge Cemetery) – Luke J. Letlow

MARTIN, J.F. – Co. K., 35th MS Inf. (Scott-Wright Fords Cemetery)

MASON, John T. – Co. A., 4th LA Inf. (Delhi Masonic)

MCCASKILL, Alexander – Co. C., Jeff Davis Legion, MS Cav. (Alto Presbyterian)

MCCASKILL, John F. – Co. H., 12th LA Inf. (Alto Presbyterian)

MCDONALD, E. – 1st LA Heavy Artillery (Little Creek Methodist Church)

MCINTOSH, Daniel Rufus – Co. G., 1st LA Heavy Artillery (Alto Presbyterian)

MCINTOSH, L. C. – Co. B., 27th LA Inf. (Alto Presbyterian)

MCINTOSH, Sweyn – 1st Lt., Co. F., 53rd AL Partisan Rangers (Alto Presbyterian)

MONTGOMERY, Judge Edward Calvin – CSA (Delhi Masonic)

MOORE, Ferdinand M. – Bell’s Battery (Hall Cemetery) – Obituary

MULHERN, Peter S. – Co.K., 41st MS Inf. (Alto Baptist Church)

MULLICAN, Thomas L. – Robert’s MS Artillery (Buie Cemetery)

MYRICK, J. O. – Co. B., 1st MS Cav. (Midway)

NEWBERRY, James H. – Co.F., 36th AL Inf. (Gwin Memorial Cemetery)

NORRIS, R. H. – Sgt., Co. H., 14th AL Inf. (Sacred Heart Catholic Church)

NUNNERY, Nathaniel – Co. A., 4th Bn. LA Inf. (Sacred Heart Catholic Church)

PERKINS, Theodore M. – Co. K., 1st MS Light Inf. (Carpenter Family Cemetery)

PRITCHARD, James Coleman (Sacred Heart Church) – Diane Thomason

RHYMES, John Harvey – Co. B., 27th LA Inf. (Hall Cemetery)

RUCKER, Nathaniel A. – Co. B., 4th AL Cav. (Lone Cherry Baptist)

RUSHING, William R. (Horn Cemetery), Obituary

SANDIFER, John A. – Co. B., 16th MS Inf. (Midway)

SCRIBER, Burlin Moore – 3Cpl., Co. B., 27th LA Inf. (Buie Cemetery)

SILK, James – Madison Light LA Artillery (Carpenter Family Cemetery)

SIMMS, Joseph W. (Sacred Heart Church), Obituary

SMART, Rev. Buckner T. – Co. B., 9th MO Infantry (Amity Church)

SMITH, W.H. – Co. B., 27th LA Inf. (Little Creek Methodist)

SMITH, Willie – Co. F., 8th LA Cav. (Little Creek Methodist)

STOKES, James T. – Co. B., 4th LA Inf. (Alto Presbyterian)

SUMMERLIN, John S. – Co. F., 12th LA Inf. (Sacred Heart Church)

SWETT, John W. – 7th Infantry, South Carolina (Etier Cemetery) – James Swett

THARP, E. E. – Wood’s Regt., Conf. Cav. (Midway)

³THOMASON, Addison – Co. B, 27th LA Inf. (Vicksburg City Cemetery)

⁴THOMASON, Jackson J. – Co. B. 27th LA Inf. (Vicksburg City Cemetery) – Diane Thomason

THOMASON, J.D. – Co. B., 27th LA Inf. (Thomason Cemetery)

THOMASON, James Joshua Co. B., 27th LA Inf. (Thomason Cemetery) – Diane Thomason

THOMASON, John – Co. B., 27th LA Inf. (Thomason Cemetery)

THOMASON, William Patton – Co. B., 27th LA Inf. (Little Creek Methodist Church)

TILLMAN, Squire B. – Co. B., 27th LA Inf. (Alto Baptist Church)

TOLER, Patrick H. (Sacred Hearth Church)

VARNER, George H. – Co. B., 27th LA Inf. (Alto Baptist Church)

VICKERS, Henry Felix – 2Sgt., Co. B., 27th LA Inf. (Alto Baptist Church)

WELLS, Hansell Pickney – Capt., Co. B., Harrison’s 3rd LA Cav. (Delhi Masonic)

WELLS, William F. Sgt., Co. D., 6th LA Inf. (New Salem Cemetery)

WESTON, Benjamin Bennett – Co. D., 42nd AL Inf. (Buie Cemetery)

WHATLEY, S. H. – Co. D., 3rd MS Inf. (Sacred Hearth Catholic Church)

WHITR, Rev. H. O. – Chaplain (Union Methodist Church)

WILLIAMS, Erasmus H. – 1Sgt., Co. K., 13th LA Inf. (Little Creek Methodist)

²WOFFORD, R H (Unknown) Obituary

WRIGHT, Andrew J. (New Salem) – Luke J. Letlow

WYNN, Robert A. – 1Sgt., Co. G., 15th LA Inf. (Wynn Cemetery)


¹Wiley P. Mangham spent his adult life in Richland Parish, founded the Richland Beacon News, and the town of Mangham is named for him. He is buried however in Oak Ridge, La., in the Oak Ridge Cemetery.

²R.H. Wofford’s burial location is unknown. His obituary however states that he lived in Crew Lake, and died. His burial in Richland Parish is assumed.

³Addison Thomason was born in Richland Parish, and died in Vicksburg during the war. He is not buried in Richland Parish, but rather in Vicksburg, MS.

⁴Jackson Thomason was born in Richland Parish, and died in Vicksburg during the war. He is not buried in Richland Parish, but rather in Vicksburg, MS.

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  1. No letter A in Peter S. Mulhern name buried in Alto! That A…belongs to the Monroe Mulhearns!

    Thank you!

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