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Camp Guard/Pvt. Franklin*** Decatur Wylie [found as "Francis D. Wylie," "F.D. Wylie," and "F.D. Wiley" in the military records] (b. Lawrence County, MS, 1832-d. Lincoln County, MS, 1905), Pvt. & Camp Guard, Camp of Instruction for Conscripts [i.e., draftees]. Enlisted on Jan. 1, 1863, at Brookhaven, Lawrence [now Lincoln] County, MS, at age 30. Present on Feb. 1863 company muster roll[dated March 1, 1863]. Enlisted a second time, this time into "Capt. Edwin A. Miller's Company of Unattached Cavalry [raised in Clarke & Wayne Counties, MS)]," which was "on special duty in support of [the] Conscript Bureau" in MS. Enlisted Sept. 1, 1863, at Enterprise, Clarke County, MS, at age 31. Present on Aug. 1864 company muster roll. On Oct. 18, 1864, Miller's Company of Unattached Cavalry became(Old) Co. E/(New) Co. A (still "Capt. Edwin Miller's Company"), 24th (Moorman's) Battalion MS Cavalry. Present on Oct. 22, 1864, company muster roll. Absent on Oct. 31, 1864, company muster roll, with notation" absent with leave until 1st Nov. [1864], by [order of] Capt. [Edwin A.] Miller, while [on] detached [duty]." Served till war's end. Surrendered at the general surrender of Confederate forces in the Central South at Citronelle, AL, on May 4, 1865, and physically paroled with famed Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest's cavalry forces at Gainesville, Sumter County, AL, on May 12, 1865. Parole gives residence as Lawrence County, MS. Southern Patriot! Buried in the Little Bahala Baptist Church Cemetery (aka "Little Bahala Cemetery"),31.688826 -90.296946, located on the E side of the intersection of Faith Lane NE and Bahalia (sic) Road NE, Lincoln County, MS, with a private marker. [Note : His tombstone is inscribed "Franklin D. Wylie" and family researchers universally use that name for his, but family researchers also agree with me instating that he is the same man as Pvt. Francis D. Wylie.] per email by Jim Huffman, Wednesday, October 27, 202

Birth	5 Mar 1832	Lawrence County, MS
Death	3 Feb 1905	Cleveland, Bolivar County, MS
Marriage		Caroline "Carrie" BARNES
Burial		Little Bahala Baptist Church Cemetery, Brookhaven, Lincoln County, MS

Spouse	Caroline "Carrie" BARNES (1835 - 1907)
Child	Susanna J. "Anna" WYLIE (1859 - 1912)
Child	Louella WYLIE (1866 - 1940)