The Maj. Gen. William T. Martin Camp 590 in Natchez, would like to extend an invitation to all to a memorial service remembering and honoring the men from Natchez and Adams County that organized for service in the Confederate army in the year 1861. We hope to do this each year until the end of the sesquicentennial. The event will be at 1 p.m. Saturday on the grounds of the Adams County Courthouse. It is on this spot that the companies organized and signed up the men. We will be beside the U.D.C. monument. Period clothing is encouraged but not required. The event should not last any longer than an hour and a half. The companies being recognized are:

(1) Co. G, 12th MS Reg., Natchez Fencibles, April 5, 1861

(2) Co. D, 16th MS Reg. Adams Light Guard #2, May 1861

(3) Co. I, 16th MS Reg., Adams Light Guard #1, May 1, 1861

(4) Co. A, Jeff Davis Legion, Adams Troop, June 16, 1861

(5) Co. E, 4th LA Batt., Natchez Rifles, August 3, 1861

(6) Co. A, 1st Reg. MS Vols., Natchez Light Infantry, November 1861

(7) Co. L, 44th MS Reg., Tom Weldon Rebels, November 1861

(8) Quitman Light Artillery, April 9, 1861

Many of these men played prominent roles in the history of Natchez and Adams County. Men such as Mayor William G. Benbrook, the longest serving mayor in Natchez history; Paul Botto and James W. Lambert, founders of The Natchez Democrat in 1865; Joseph N. Carpenter, financial contributor to the building of Carpenter 1 & 2 schools; and Capt. S. E. Rumble and Theodore V. Wensel, cotton merchants and owners of Rumble and Wensel Company (which now houses Bowie’s Tavern). We honor these men, our ancestors, for their service to their home and State during the War for Southern Independence 1861-1865.

 

Allen Terrell, commander

Maj. Gen. William T. Martin Camp No. 590