John M. Babb (bef. 1845 - 1863)

Died 22 Dec 1863 after age 18 in Alton, Madison, Illinois, United States

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Biography

Pvt John Babb served in the United States Civil War.
Enlisted: 1863
Mustered out: Died while POW
Side: CSA
Regiment(s): 32th Regiment, Mississippi Infantry

John was born before 1845. He joined the Mississippi Infantry in 1862. He had a long period of illness and was absent and marked down as a deserter^[1] but he returned to his unit. He was captured at Corinth, Mississippi on October 5 1863. He was taken to the Alton Military Prison and died there on 22 December. His name is on the monument at the Alton Confederate Cemetery.

Sources

1. ↑ http://sites.rootsweb.com/~mscivilw/32ndMS.htm

• "Mississippi, Civil War Service Records of Confederate Soldiers, 1861-1865," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XFLR-8GB : 4 December 2014), John M Babb, 1863; from "Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Mississippi," database, Fold3.com (http://www.fold3.com : n.d.); citing military unit Thirty-second Infantry, A-D, NARA microfilm publication M269 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1960), roll 347.
• "United States Civil War Soldiers Index, 1861-1865," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F9F1-QP8 : 4 December 2014), John M. Babb, Private, Company G, 32nd Regiment, Mississippi Infantry, Confederate; citing NARA microfilm publication M232 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 2; FHL microfilm 821,839.
• Selected records of the War Department relating to Confederate prisoners of war, 1861-1865 [microform]. U.S. War Department. Published 1965. NARA publication M598 Roll 13, page 216
• "United States Register of Confederates and Civilians Who Died in the North,1861-1865," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV1W-Y6VM : 16 March 2018), Jno M Babb, 22 Dec 1863; citing Death, Alton, Madison, Illinois, United States, p. 2, NARA microfilm publication M918 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 1; FHL microfilm 1,024,456.
• Find-A-Grave https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/9926573/john-m.-babb

Research Notes

[This source] has him as being from Tippah County. There are no John Babbs in that county in the 1850 or 60 Census. But he was in company A, which was mustered in Tishomingo County. There is a John Babb there: "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6GK-LXW : 14 December 2017), John W Babb, 1860. with a wife Sarah Babb, no children.