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- 1860 United States Federal Census
Name: C H Steelman
Age: 23
Birth Year: abt 1837
Gender: Male
Birth Place: Mississippi
Home in 1860: Jones, Mississippi
Post Office: Ellisville
Dwelling Number: 388
Family Number: 388
Occupation: Farmer
Personal Estate Value: 250
Cannot Read, Write: Y
C H Steelman 23
Nancy C Steelman 24
Allen B Steelman 2
Martha J Steelman 1
Mary B Steelman 1
1870 United States Federal Census
Name: Nancy Steelmon
[Nancy Steelman]
[Leithean Blackman]
Age in 1870: 33
Birth Year: abt 1837
Birthplace: Mississippi
Dwelling Number: 571
Home in 1870: District 3, Clarke, Mississippi
Race: White
Gender: Female
Nancy Steelmon 33
Allin Steelmon 12
Martha Steelmon 11
Nannie Steelmon 8
Cathren Steelmon 6
Pvt Charles H Steelman
BIRTH 1836
DEATH 25 Jun 1864 (aged 27-28)
BURIAL
Jake Alone Cemetery
Dixie, Forrest County, Mississippi, USA
MEMORIAL ID 92889530
CO F 37 MISS INF CSA
Pvt. Charles H. Steelman [found as "C.H. Steelman," "C.H. Stillman," and "C.H. Stillmen" in the military records] (b. prob. Clarke County, MS, 1836-d. in service, Atlanta, GA, 1864), Co. F ("DeSoto Rifles," aka "Capt. Cicero Columbus Ferrill's Company," raised in Clarke County, MS), 37th MS Infantry.
Enlisted April 25, 1862, at DeSoto, Clarke County, MS, at appr. age 25/26. Present on April 30, 1862, company muster roll. Absent on June 1862 company muster roll, with notation "absent since May the 26th [1862]; at home sick."
Present on Aug. 1862 company muster roll. Present on Oct. 1862 company muster roll. Dec. 1862 company muster roll states "deserted Dec. 31, 1862." Present on Feb. 1863 company muster roll, but with notation "in arrest." A note appended to the Dec. 1862 company muster roll and dated April 14, 1863, Haynes' Bluff, Vicksburg, MS, states "has been tried and acquitted by the proper authority and is now serving on duty with his company." A note appended to the Feb. 1863 company muster roll, dated May 9, 1863, Haynes' Bluff, Vicksburg, MS, states "has been tried and acquitted and is now on duty with the company."
Surrendered and paroled at the end of the horrific 47-day Siege of Vicksburg, MS, on July 4, 1863. Present on Oct. 31, 1863, company muster roll. Present on Dec. 1863 company muster roll, with notation "[was] absent without leave from 15 Dec. to 29 Dec. 1863." Feb. 1864 company muster roll states "deserted [on] Jan. 10, 1864." No further information in his military file with this command.
Buried in the Jake Alone Cemetery, 31.18336 -89.28660, located at the end of a dirt road that branches off to the E from Elks Lake Road at a point on Elks Lake Road that lies appr. 1200 ft. S of the junction of Elks Lake Road and Ollie Williams Road, Dixie, Forrest County, MS, with a Confederate marker.
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