Page from autograph album of John R. Cason, 1863.

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Page from autograph album of John R. Cason, 1863.

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Page from the autograph album of 2nd Lieutenant John R. Cason of the 17th Mississippi Infantry, Co. I (Pettus Rifles). Includes the signatures of Capt. Talliferro B. Livingston, captain of Company H, 8th Florida Infantry; Thomas F. Mitchell, adjutant of the 10th Confederate Cavalry; and Lt. W.A. Hodges of the 8th Kentucky Infantry, Co. J.

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Livingston, Talliferro B., -1904

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Hodges, W. A. (William A.)

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Confederate States of America. Army. Cavalry Regiment, 10th

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Confederate States of America. Army. Florida Infantry Regiment, 8th. Company H.

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Mitchell, Thomas F., Confederate officer

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Cason, John R.

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John R. Cason was born ca. 1843. He lived in Watson, Marshall County, MS, and enlisted as a private on 1 June 1861 in Company 'I' of the 17th Mississippi Infantry. He was in and out of hospitals throughout his military career, but despite that he was promoted to third Lieutenant on 27 April 1862. He was captured by Union forces in the Battle of Gettysburg on 2 July 1863. He spent the next three years in various Union prisons, and was one of the officers in the "Immortal 600" group o...