- (30th Inf. Regt. (Organized spring 1862, Col. George G. F. Neill; consolidated with 29th Inf. Regt. during Oct. and Nov. 1863; consolidated with 29th and 34th Inf. Regts. between Dec. 1863 and May 1864; consolidated with 29th Inf. Regt. between May 1864 and April 9, 1865; consolidated April 9, 1865 with 24th, 27th, and 34th Inf. Regts. and designated 24th Inf. Regt. Consolidated.)
- Civil War
- Record
- of
- Rufus W. Trotter
Company C, 30th Mississippi Inf.
- Born November 16, 1846 Lodi, Montgomery County, Mississippi
Son of John Duke Trotter MD. and Clarissa H. Thompson
- This is a transcribed copy of the original document that is below the transcribed copy.
Army of the Confederate States of America
-
Certificate
of Disability for Discharge
Private Rufus W. Trotter of Captain W.H. Whitneys Company - "C" of the 30th Miss Regiment of the Confederate States Army Vols.
- was enlisted by Col. G. F. Neil of the 30th Miss regr* at Grenada Miss on the 10th
- day of April 1862 to serve three years. He was born in Choctaw County State of Miss.,
- is 16 years of age fair complexion, blue eyes, light hair, five feet six inches high, and by
- occupation when enlisted a student. During the last (2) two months the said soldier has
- been
unable for duty 60 days.
W.L.Westmoreland Surg in Charge
Med????College Hospital
Atlanta GA August 19th 1863
I certify that we have carefully examined said Private Rufus W. Trotter of
Captain Whitney's Company "C" and find him incapable of performing the duties
of a soldier in any department of the service because of Consumption.
Address,
Lodi Choctaw, County, Miss ?W.L. Westmoreland
Surg PACS
Approved
I. P. Logan
Given at Atlanta GA August 27th 1863
* ( I can't read all the signatures and regr must mean "regulars" or.)
Rufus W. Trotter, a private in Company C, 30 Regiment Mississippi,
Enlisted April 10, 1862 and discharged September 5, 1863
