Pvt. Albert Quincy Porter - Regimental Fifer
Albert Quincy Porter was born July 24, 1825, the son of John and Mary Porter. He enlisted in Co. D of the 33rd Mississippi Infantry Regiment September 10, 1863 at Enterprise, MS. Private A.Q. was appointed Regimental Fifer in late 1863. In his diary for April 11, 1864 he states, "This evening Poindexter applied to Gen. Featherston to have me regularly detailed as Brigade Musician, and Col. Drak(e) refused to let me go into the band as he could not do without me as fifer in the Regt." He joined the Brigade Band August 10, 1864, by order of Gen. W.S. Featherston, and was with the army when it was surrendered at Greensboro, NC in 1865.
In 1849 or 1850 A.Q. Porter married Henrietta Herrington and had three children. After Henrietta's death in 1853, he married Cassander Buckles and had seven more children. He died November 3, 1904 and was buried in back of his old home in Meadville, Franklin Co., MS.
Albert Quincy Porter was born July 24, 1825, the son of John and Mary Porter. He enlisted in Co. D of the 33rd Mississippi Infantry Regiment September 10, 1863 at Enterprise, MS. Private A.Q. was appointed Regimental Fifer in late 1863. In his diary for April 11, 1864 he states, "This evening Poindexter applied to Gen. Featherston to have me regularly detailed as Brigade Musician, and Col. Drak(e) refused to let me go into the band as he could not do without me as fifer in the Regt." He joined the Brigade Band August 10, 1864, by order of Gen. W.S. Featherston, and was with the army when it was surrendered at Greensboro, NC in 1865.
In 1849 or 1850 A.Q. Porter married Henrietta Herrington and had three children. After Henrietta's death in 1853, he married Cassander Buckles and had seven more children. He died November 3, 1904 and was buried in back of his old home in Meadville, Franklin Co., MS.
Pvt. Albert Quincy Porter - Regimental Fifer
Albert Quincy Porter was born July 24, 1825, the son of John and Mary Porter. He enlisted in Co. D of the 33rd Mississippi Infantry Regiment September 10, 1863 at Enterprise, MS. Private A.Q. was appointed Regimental Fifer in late 1863. In his diary for April 11, 1864 he states, "This evening Poindexter applied to Gen. Featherston to have me regularly detailed as Brigade Musician, and Col. Drak(e) refused to let me go into the band as he could not do without me as fifer in the Regt." He joined the Brigade Band August 10, 1864, by order of Gen. W.S. Featherston, and was with the army when it was surrendered at Greensboro, NC in 1865.
In 1849 or 1850 A.Q. Porter married Henrietta Herrington and had three children. After Henrietta's death in 1853, he married Cassander Buckles and had seven more children. He died November 3, 1904 and was buried in back of his old home in Meadville, Franklin Co., MS.
Albert Quincy Porter was born July 24, 1825, the son of John and Mary Porter. He enlisted in Co. D of the 33rd Mississippi Infantry Regiment September 10, 1863 at Enterprise, MS. Private A.Q. was appointed Regimental Fifer in late 1863. In his diary for April 11, 1864 he states, "This evening Poindexter applied to Gen. Featherston to have me regularly detailed as Brigade Musician, and Col. Drak(e) refused to let me go into the band as he could not do without me as fifer in the Regt." He joined the Brigade Band August 10, 1864, by order of Gen. W.S. Featherston, and was with the army when it was surrendered at Greensboro, NC in 1865.
In 1849 or 1850 A.Q. Porter married Henrietta Herrington and had three children. After Henrietta's death in 1853, he married Cassander Buckles and had seven more children. He died November 3, 1904 and was buried in back of his old home in Meadville, Franklin Co., MS.
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