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Physician, Soldier, Statesman: The Story of Erasmus Burt
Colonel Erasmus R. Burt, the commanding officer of the 18th Regiment of Mississippi volunteers, was mortally wounded at the Battle of Leesburg on October 21, 1861. He was the first field officer from Mississippi to fall in battle during the War Between the States.
From Pennsylvania to Buena Vista to Savage’s Station to Greenwood: The Griffith Family Story
Richard Griffith is one of those men who seems to stand just offstage in Mississippi history.
He was never as famous as his contemporaries Jefferson Davis or Governor/Congressman John Quitman, but he moved in their world. He was a Mexican War veteran, the Democratic state treasurer, the Southern District U.S. Marshal, and finally a Confederate brigadier general who died in battle in 1862. And if that were the whole story, he would still be worth remembering.