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Evan Boyd McCoy, son of Drayton Bennett McCoy, grandson of John McCoy, served in the 35th Mississippi Infantry Company E. He enlisted March 6, 1862 and served until the end of the war in 1865. The 35th was organized at West Point, Mississippi in March 1862 and was assigned to Gen. J. C. Moore's Arkansas and Texas Brigade of Maury's Division. Later this group was part of General Price's Army of the West in Northern Mississippi. The 35th participated on the attack at Corinth, MS....and later the siege of Vicksburg, MS. For some 47 days the men were confined to the trenches night and day under a fire of musketry and artillery. They were then involved in numerous battles of significance. The regiment reported to Gen. Maury at Mobile, AL, where they surrendered at Citronelle, on May 4, 1865...and the end of the war.
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