34th Mississippi Infantry Company E

"Cold Water Rebels"

  Regimental Battle Flag, Walthall's Brigade

This flag was captured from Walthall's Mississippi Brigade at the Battle of Lookout Mountain by Peter Kappesser of the 149th New York Infantry. My gr. gr. uncle, Allen Franklin Vick, was also captured with many other of his compatriots, on 24 November 1863. On 29 November he arrived at the Federal prison in Louisville, Ky., he stayed there until he was moved on 1 December 1863 to the Federal Military Prison at Rock Island, Ill. He was released for exchange on 20 March 1865.  

Engagements of the 34th Mississippi Infantry

  Operations against the advance on and siege of Cornith, Miss.
Engagement, Farmington, Miss.
Action, Russell's House near Cornith, Miss
Retreat to Booneville, Miss.
Battle, Perryville, KY.
Retreat from Perryville, KY to London, KY
Campaign in Middle Tenn. (Tullahoma Campaign)
Occupation of Middle Tenn., Passage of the Cumberland Mountains, and Chickamauga, Ga. Campaign
Action, Reed's Bridge, Ga
Action, Alexander's Bridge, Ga
Skirmish, Pea Vine Ridge, Ga
Battle, Chickamauga, Ga
Siege, Chattanooga, Tenn
Campaign, Chattanooga, Tenn., and Ringold, Ga
Assault and capture, Lookout Mountain, Tenn.
Demonstration on Dalton, Ga.
Actions, Tunnel Hill, Buzzard's Roost Gap, and Rocky Faced Ridge, Ga
Atlanta Campaign
Demonstration on Dalton, Ga.
Combat, Sugar Valley near Resaca, Ga.
Battle, Resaca, Ga.
Operations on the line of Pumpkin Vine Creek and Battles about Dallas, New Hope Church, And Allatoona Hills, Ga
Combat, New Hope Church, Ga.
Action, Picketts Mill's, Ga.
Operations about Marietta and against Kenesaw Mountain, Ga.
Combats about Pine Hill, Ga.
Combats about Lost Mountain, Ga.
Combat, Kolb's Farm, Ga.
Assault, Kennesaw Mountain, Ga.
Operations on the line of Nickajack Creek, Ga.
Operations on the line of the Chattahoochee River, Ga
Battle, Peach Tree Creek, Ga.
Siege, Atlanta, Ga.
Battle, Ezra Chapel, Ga.
Battle, Jonesborough, Ga.
Engagement, Lovejoy Station, Ga.
Hood's Operations in Northern Ga. and Northern Ala.
Skirmish, Snake Creek Gap, Ga.
Skirmishes on the line of Shoal Creek, Ala.
Battle of Franklin, Tenn.
Battle of Nashville, Tenn.
Campaign of the Carolinas
Battle, Averysborough (Taylors Hole Creek), NC
Battle, Bentonville, NC
Surrender, Bennett's House Durham Station, NC
 

34th Mississippi Infantry Muster Roll

John Henderson Freeman's Diary, 34 Miss. Infantry Co. I

  During the closing days of the war the Thirty- Fourth Mississippi Infantry was consolidated with the Twentieth, Twenty-Seventh, Twenty-Ninth, and Thirtieth Mississippi Infantry Regiments. The unit formed by this consolidation was designated the Twenty-Fourth Mississippi Consolidated Infantry. Under this designation the members of the the Thirty-Fourth Mississippi Infantry surrendered.