Co. C., 32nd Mississippi Regiment
                    Partial Reconstructed Roster by
                             Tom Stevens
                       Pearl River County, Mississippi
                             November  1996

Corinth Herald (Corinth, Miss.), Vol. VI #12, Fri., Sept. 5, 1884:
p. 2, c. 3 -

        "Soldiers Reunion -- At this gathering at Kossuth, Wednesday,
two or three thousand persons were present.  The survivors of the 2nd,
26th and 32nd Miss.  (Link to 26ms) (32nd Co. "A")



  The 32nd
regiment of Miss. volunteers was formed by M. P. Lowery, a Baptist
minister, who served in the Mexican war.
  He was made Brigadier-General after the battle 
of Chickamauga, Ga., ... Ca

Joel Marion Stephens Co. C, 32 Ms Inf. Joel was from Tishomingo County , enlisted march 8, 1862 age 19 by General M. P. Lowery, then a Capt..at Iuka Ms.

Hardy Richardson Stephens enlisted Company C 26th Ms. Reg Aug. 24, 1861 in Iuka and joined Capt. Davenports Co. signed in by Capt. Reed was captured at Fort Donelson. Hardy was exchanged, wounded captured again and in 1862 Died in Yankee prison at 19 years old. Vet. of 26MS and 32Ms.

Joseph Frank Stephens enlisted from Okolana MS. Co. C 26 . Sept 19th 1864 at 17 years old. Oklona is 30 mi. south of Tupelo MS. and served in 32Ms. Infantry.
Some of Company C's men click here

No Medals Were Given In The Confederate Army, Being There Was Considered Honor Enough.

Confederate Battle Record of Joel (Joseph} Marion Stevens
Enlisted  March 8,1882   Age 19
Mustered in By Col. Lowrey , Printiss Co., Mississippi, Prv't. 32Ms. Vol's.
Note: With all the material available on the Battles of the Civil War,
I was able to follow  the 32Ms. Regiment's battles  under Maj. Gen.
Hardee's Command, using musters,  hospital reports and Prisoner of War
Roles which enabled me place my Grandfather in history.
  "Present" designates when Stevens is present at Company Muster.
                                  Compiled  by Tom Stevens 1993
  
April 6th 7th, 1862 The Battle of Shiloh 

After Shiloh, Colonel Lowrey's the 32nd Mississippi Infantry was attached
to the Third Brigade.
April 29th Corinth: Union Troops advance on Corinth. 
April 30, 1862  Stevens is sent home sick from Corinth.
June 1862 Stevens returns to his regiment. 
July 20 1862 Confederates move main army toward Chattanooga 
Absent July and August and "He is left in Garyville Hospital August 28,1862."
September and October: He returns to unit "Present" 
October 8, 1882 Battle of Perryville Union Gen. Buell  with 3 army corps
battle with 2 army corps Gen. Pope and Gen. Hardee. One of the bloodiest
battles, Confederates 3,145 casualties, Union 3,696 casualties. The
Confederate's drove the enemy from the field.
Stevens is Present  November and December 1882.
December 30,1862 January 2, 1863 Battle of Stones River:
Three corps of Rosecran's Army  and 3 Corps of Confederates, Pope,
Hardee and Breckenrich battled. The battle opened the 31st and the
enemy was taken by surprise. Captured were 4,00 prisoners, 30 cannon
and 200 wagons.  That night was a cold freeze and on the battlefield l
ay thousands of enemy dead and wounded who froze stiff presenting a
ghastly scene by moonlight. Daily Richmond Examiner January 1,1883.
This battle ended in a Confederate defeat and they were forced to
leave 2,000 wounded.
January 20,1863. J. M. Stevens is sent to the hospital.
April 5,1883 Rations are horrid. Cornbread and fat bacon day after day,
diarrhea through out the whole army. Source Columbus Sun
July through Dec. 1883. "Present"   Paid for July 1863 $7.50
 March 1863 [31 days] He's temporally  a nurse at Foard Hospital,
 Ringgold, Georgia
June 20, 1863 Absent from Muster: sent to Hospital, Ringgold Ga. by
Surgeon Cross
July 24,1863 Bragg's Confederate army is massed at Chickamuga.
September 18,1883 Battle of Chickmauga Creek. General Bragg's Army
has 66,000. Bragg telegraphs from Ringgold Georgia on Sunday. He has
captured 2,500 prisoners and 25 pieces of artillery. Colonel Lowrey wrote
he had lost over one forth of his command, five hundred men were killed or
wounded in five minutes .
November 24, 1883 Grant's forces attack Bragg's 40,000 troops at Chattnooga.
Union losses 5,815. Confederate losses 6,667. "Stevens is Present"
Aug. 24,1863 Stevens shows up at Buckner Hospital, Cherokee Springs Georgia
December 3, 1883 Bragg is relieved of command by General Hardee.
March -April 1884 "Stevens is Present at Company  Muster" 
May 7, 1884 Starts the Atlanta Campaign a series of battles ending in fall
of Atlanta.
May 7-15, 1884 Rocky Face Ridge and Resaca. Union 2,997 casualties.
Confederate 2,800 casualties.
May 25-29 1884 New Hope Church, Pickett's Mill and Dallas.
Union losses 4,500. Confederate losses 3,000.
June 22, 1884 Sherman launches a frontal assault on Kennesaw Mountain
and he is stopped in a bloody defeat. Sherman starts his flanking tactics
again.
July 21, 1884 Second Battle of Atlanta: A night march by Hardee through
the city and southeast of Atlanta in a supprse attack captured 2,000
prisoners and inflected heavy casualties, but exposed his left flank
to the enemy.
     Now, a Brig. Gen. Lowrey wrote: 
 That night they marched to Atlanta and next day were skirmishing along
 the Augusta Railroad, losing 48 killed and wounded. July 22, they marched
 with Hardee and made a flank attack called the Battle of Atlanta. The
 32nd had to cross a miry glade and advance through a Brigade that had
 been repulsed, but,  Lowrey wrote: "The Thirty-second Mississippi rushed
 foreword almost to the works, when one third of the command fell at one
 volley and two color bearers were killed in quick succession." Lowrey
 declared he never saw a greater display of gallantry than the charge of
 the Brigade; they failed because a thin line of exhausted men cannot take
 a breastworks held by twice their numbers. The regimental casualties were
 18 killed, 45 wounded and 23 missing.
 
Yankee's reported, some of the Confederates in their eagerness to attack,
overran their positions and were captured. My Father was told by his Father,
"He was busy shooting Yankees and didn't realize his Company wasn't there."

                                   Archives show:
July 22,1864 Joseph Marion Stevens is captured by the forces of  William
Tecumseh Sherman near Atlanta .
July 29, 1864. Prisoner J.M. Stevens is transferred from Nashville Tenn.
to Louisville Ky July 31, 1864. Forwarded from Military Prison Lewisville
to Camp Chase Ohio.
Aug. 2, 1864 Stevens is received at Camp Chase Ohio  .
Released May 16, 1865 Camp Chase, Ohio where he signed Oath of Allegiance to 
the United States May 18,1865. His place of residence is stated as Tishomingo Co.
 
Joel M. Stevens Confederate Army who inlisted from Printiss Co. in 32 Ms.
Vol'ts. or any where else  in Mississippi.. His name is listed as Joel M.
or J. M. Stephens- Stevens and Joseph Marion Stephens the Confederate
Graves Record.  (Mama's Bible show his father as Hardy Stevens)
I finally found him in the 1850 census. His Father Hardy Stephens 48 from
North Carolina, Mother Latha 31, from Tenn., Joel M. 8, ( which makes him
19 years old in 1862) Hardy R. 7, George D., 6, Joseph F. 5, all born in
Ala., Narcissa 3, a female and Thos J. both born in Miss.
(In census all the  counties around Booneville and Wheeler Ms. there are
Stevens From Ala. with wives from Tennessee.)
I found Joseph Marion (Grandfather's) brother, Joseph F. Stevens 54 in the
1900 census married to a Sara M. with 3 children in Printiss County near
Wheeler and in 1910 Census Divorced. By 1900 most of our  Stephens were
spelling their name Stevens.
In later years, Mr. Joseph Marion Stevens was quiet mannered and well
respected those who knew him. He did not smoke or drink and he
never liked Yankees. He died in 1927.
Source: Mississippi Confederate Archives  
       The Civil War Battlefield Guide by Francis H Kennedy       
From Sumpter to Shiloh, articles from Century Magazine which was published
 20 years after civil War  -    
         South Reports the War by Andrews
Compiled by Grandson Tom Stevens Rt. 5, Box 63, Poplarville Ms. 39470
4/1/99 Current 25469 Hwy 21, Varnado Louisiana 70426 ph. 504 735 7882 
more 32nd Mississippi

Some of Company C's men
J. W. Ball
J. C. Bennett                             private
J. Burnes                                  2nd Lt.
J. E. Caffey                              private
J. C. Calvery(might be Calvary) private
J. W. Cooper                            private
W. C. Cotter                            private
William Cotten                         private
W. F. Cox                                private
A. J. Covie                              private
A. J. Covie                              private(there are two different
AJ's)
Martin V. Crow                       private
S. A. Dalton                            private
Solomen Dalton                       3th Sgt.
R. A. Dandridge                      private
W. D. Davis                            private
J. H. Echols                             private
J. M. English                            private
S. G. Fields                              4th Cpl.
S. C. Gardner                          private
G. W. Gentry                               ?
S. E. Gentry                            private
S. G. Gentry                           private
W. A. Gentry                         private
Ellis Grisham                         private
H. W. Grisham                      private
Issac Grisham                        private
W. T. Gullett                         private
J. F. Haston                          private
Thomas Hamilton                  private
A. H. Hargett                       3rd Cpl.
J. M. Himbray                      private   (not sure J. M. is correct)

J. R. Higgenbothem              private
Thomas Holland                     private
Harris Hopgood                     private
F. M. Hughes                        1st Lt.
S. K. Hurst                            private
Some information from and thanks to:
STANLEY HARRIS
2246 CARROLLWOOD LANE
CORDOVA  TENN  38018-8427
901-373-7728
email gaillo@netzero.com
 

Tom,  I found some additional information compiled by my Great-Aunt which might be of interestL
Complete list of officers and members of the Company:

Captain - J. G. Lowery               Fourth Sargent - B. F. French
First Lt. - J. M. Bynum                Fifth Sgt. - J. H. Brown
Second Lt. - F. C. Karr Sr.          First Corp. - E. sheffield
Third Lt. - J. P. Burge                 Second Corp. - D. Satterfield
First Sgt. - J. F. Arnold               Third Corp. - O. C. Millican
Second Sgt. - F. N. Gipson         Fourth Corp. - J. C. W. Patton
Third Sgt. - T. D. Davis

Listed among the 132 Privates are the names of Jno. D. Norman and W. J. Norman.

Company "A" was organized at Rienzi in March 1868 (appears to be error)', and joined the 32nd Mississippi
regiment at Corinth the same month.  the regiment was composed of ten companies, with W. H. H. Tison,
Lieut-Colonel.  Company "A" surrendered at Goldsboro, N. C. in 1865.
My great-grandfather was John David Norman, who traveled back to Baldwyn, MS., with Col. Tison, and later met
and married Sarah Ludie Walker, a niece of Col. Tison's wife..

The above information was compiled by my great aunts Ms. Maggie Laurie Carson and Ms. Margaret Newman of
Tuscaloosa
Ala in 1975-1976.
                               This may be of some interest,               Frank E. Norman Jr.