Albion M. Swittenberg was the third child of William and Harriet Elizabeth Summer Swittenberg. After the death of Harriet Elizabeth, William married Emiline Jane Swindler, and in the early 1850s the family migrated to Smith County, Mississippi.
According to his Civil War records, Albion mustered into service in Raleigh (Smith County), Mississippi, on April 27, 1861, joining Captain Hardy's Company. This company was in state service until June 1, 1861, at which time in Corinth, Mississippi, it became Company H, 16th Regiment Mississippi Infantry of the CSA. On March 15, 1862, Albion was promoted from Private to Color Corporal. He was wounded, gunshot, in the Battle of Chancellorsville and hospitalized May 9, 1863, in the Mississippi Soldiers' Hospital, Richmond. Listed as a deserter the following June 16, he was present at Gettysburg the next month. He was still single when killed in the Battle of Spotsylvania Court House.
The following information is from BigFrench, contributor of the tombstone picture:
Company H "Smith Defenders" of Smith County, 16th Mississippi Infantry, Harris' Brigade, Anderson's Division, 3rd Corps, Army of Northern Virginia, C.S.A
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The 16th Infantry Regiment was organized at Corinth, Mississippi, in June, 1861, and about 950 officers and men were mustered into Confederate service. They were recruited in the counties of Pike, Wilkinson, Holmes, Copiah, Adams, and Jasper.
He was Killed In Action in the Battle of Spotsylvania Court House, VA. when he, Ordnance Sergeant J.B. Summer and others followed Color Sergeant Alexander Mixon in counterattacking the Union position before them. Seeing the battleflags jammed in the retaken works, C.S.A. General Rhodes said "It was the bravest deed I have ever seen performed!"
He was initially buried by Federal burial parties very near the McCoull house and later moved to the Mississippi State Section.
According to his Civil War records, Albion mustered into service in Raleigh (Smith County), Mississippi, on April 27, 1861, joining Captain Hardy's Company. This company was in state service until June 1, 1861, at which time in Corinth, Mississippi, it became Company H, 16th Regiment Mississippi Infantry of the CSA. On March 15, 1862, Albion was promoted from Private to Color Corporal. He was wounded, gunshot, in the Battle of Chancellorsville and hospitalized May 9, 1863, in the Mississippi Soldiers' Hospital, Richmond. Listed as a deserter the following June 16, he was present at Gettysburg the next month. He was still single when killed in the Battle of Spotsylvania Court House.
The following information is from BigFrench, contributor of the tombstone picture:
Company H "Smith Defenders" of Smith County, 16th Mississippi Infantry, Harris' Brigade, Anderson's Division, 3rd Corps, Army of Northern Virginia, C.S.A
...
The 16th Infantry Regiment was organized at Corinth, Mississippi, in June, 1861, and about 950 officers and men were mustered into Confederate service. They were recruited in the counties of Pike, Wilkinson, Holmes, Copiah, Adams, and Jasper.
He was Killed In Action in the Battle of Spotsylvania Court House, VA. when he, Ordnance Sergeant J.B. Summer and others followed Color Sergeant Alexander Mixon in counterattacking the Union position before them. Seeing the battleflags jammed in the retaken works, C.S.A. General Rhodes said "It was the bravest deed I have ever seen performed!"
He was initially buried by Federal burial parties very near the McCoull house and later moved to the Mississippi State Section.
Albion M. Swittenberg was the third child of William and Harriet Elizabeth Summer Swittenberg. After the death of Harriet Elizabeth, William married Emiline Jane Swindler, and in the early 1850s the family migrated to Smith County, Mississippi.
According to his Civil War records, Albion mustered into service in Raleigh (Smith County), Mississippi, on April 27, 1861, joining Captain Hardy's Company. This company was in state service until June 1, 1861, at which time in Corinth, Mississippi, it became Company H, 16th Regiment Mississippi Infantry of the CSA. On March 15, 1862, Albion was promoted from Private to Color Corporal. He was wounded, gunshot, in the Battle of Chancellorsville and hospitalized May 9, 1863, in the Mississippi Soldiers' Hospital, Richmond. Listed as a deserter the following June 16, he was present at Gettysburg the next month. He was still single when killed in the Battle of Spotsylvania Court House.
The following information is from BigFrench, contributor of the tombstone picture:
Company H "Smith Defenders" of Smith County, 16th Mississippi Infantry, Harris' Brigade, Anderson's Division, 3rd Corps, Army of Northern Virginia, C.S.A
...
The 16th Infantry Regiment was organized at Corinth, Mississippi, in June, 1861, and about 950 officers and men were mustered into Confederate service. They were recruited in the counties of Pike, Wilkinson, Holmes, Copiah, Adams, and Jasper.
He was Killed In Action in the Battle of Spotsylvania Court House, VA. when he, Ordnance Sergeant J.B. Summer and others followed Color Sergeant Alexander Mixon in counterattacking the Union position before them. Seeing the battleflags jammed in the retaken works, C.S.A. General Rhodes said "It was the bravest deed I have ever seen performed!"
He was initially buried by Federal burial parties very near the McCoull house and later moved to the Mississippi State Section.
According to his Civil War records, Albion mustered into service in Raleigh (Smith County), Mississippi, on April 27, 1861, joining Captain Hardy's Company. This company was in state service until June 1, 1861, at which time in Corinth, Mississippi, it became Company H, 16th Regiment Mississippi Infantry of the CSA. On March 15, 1862, Albion was promoted from Private to Color Corporal. He was wounded, gunshot, in the Battle of Chancellorsville and hospitalized May 9, 1863, in the Mississippi Soldiers' Hospital, Richmond. Listed as a deserter the following June 16, he was present at Gettysburg the next month. He was still single when killed in the Battle of Spotsylvania Court House.
The following information is from BigFrench, contributor of the tombstone picture:
Company H "Smith Defenders" of Smith County, 16th Mississippi Infantry, Harris' Brigade, Anderson's Division, 3rd Corps, Army of Northern Virginia, C.S.A
...
The 16th Infantry Regiment was organized at Corinth, Mississippi, in June, 1861, and about 950 officers and men were mustered into Confederate service. They were recruited in the counties of Pike, Wilkinson, Holmes, Copiah, Adams, and Jasper.
He was Killed In Action in the Battle of Spotsylvania Court House, VA. when he, Ordnance Sergeant J.B. Summer and others followed Color Sergeant Alexander Mixon in counterattacking the Union position before them. Seeing the battleflags jammed in the retaken works, C.S.A. General Rhodes said "It was the bravest deed I have ever seen performed!"
He was initially buried by Federal burial parties very near the McCoull house and later moved to the Mississippi State Section.
