Rufus A. Moorehead
Transcribed and Submitted by
William
Franklin (Billy) Moorehead
Age: 25
Rank Entering the Service: Private
Rank Leaving the Service: Private
Military Unit: 8th Infantry Regiment
Alternate Name for the Military Unit: Mulberrt Rifleman
Company: H
Enlistment Date: 18 MAY 1861
Place of Enlistment: Camp Harris, Tennessee
Abstract of Information available in the Service Records:
Caqrd numbers: 49863987 & 4111 & 4577
Enrolled by whom, Gen D. R. Smyth.
For a period of one year.
Remarks: died at Vaiden,Mississippi,May 22,1862.
Last paid: by Maj. Brown. To what time, Feb.25,1862.
One page list his last name as Moorehead and the next as Moorhead
Personal Information about the Veteran (Not contained in the CMSR):
Rufus was born 21 Oct 1833
Names of Parents: JOHN MOOREHEAD and MARY ELIZABETH GOUDELOCK
He was never married.
His brother was James L. Moorhead.
He is buried in the Vaiden Cemetery at Vaiden,MS.
He was my great great Uncle and James L.was my great great grandfather. I have
a double line in the Mooreheads.
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