He was a son of Foster and Maria Pemberton Burnam.
He first joined the Missouri State Guard's Co. "D", 2nd Infantry Regiment in 1861. This unit was in the 3rd Division, under Brig. General John Bullock Clark, Sr.. He was a private soldier and was first engaged in battle at Silver Creek, Missouri(Jan., 1862), near Roanoke, Missouri, and later at Elkhorn Tavern, Arkansas.
He joined the regular Confederate army, in the spring of 1862 and served in Co. "H", 6th Missouri Infantry Regiment.
Detailed as a regimental teamster on 6/20/1862 he was regularly serving in this capacity until the siege of Vicksburg. After most of the horses, etc. died or where eaten he was sent to the Missouri Brigade positions in the defense networks around the city. Here he was killed, doing his duty, serving in the Confederate lines at Vicksburg, Mississippi on July 1, 1863. He died under the mine explosion of the fort and was buried alive. His body was never recovered and is probably still there.
He first joined the Missouri State Guard's Co. "D", 2nd Infantry Regiment in 1861. This unit was in the 3rd Division, under Brig. General John Bullock Clark, Sr.. He was a private soldier and was first engaged in battle at Silver Creek, Missouri(Jan., 1862), near Roanoke, Missouri, and later at Elkhorn Tavern, Arkansas.
He joined the regular Confederate army, in the spring of 1862 and served in Co. "H", 6th Missouri Infantry Regiment.
Detailed as a regimental teamster on 6/20/1862 he was regularly serving in this capacity until the siege of Vicksburg. After most of the horses, etc. died or where eaten he was sent to the Missouri Brigade positions in the defense networks around the city. Here he was killed, doing his duty, serving in the Confederate lines at Vicksburg, Mississippi on July 1, 1863. He died under the mine explosion of the fort and was buried alive. His body was never recovered and is probably still there.
He was a son of Foster and Maria Pemberton Burnam.
He first joined the Missouri State Guard's Co. "D", 2nd Infantry Regiment in 1861. This unit was in the 3rd Division, under Brig. General John Bullock Clark, Sr.. He was a private soldier and was first engaged in battle at Silver Creek, Missouri(Jan., 1862), near Roanoke, Missouri, and later at Elkhorn Tavern, Arkansas.
He joined the regular Confederate army, in the spring of 1862 and served in Co. "H", 6th Missouri Infantry Regiment.
Detailed as a regimental teamster on 6/20/1862 he was regularly serving in this capacity until the siege of Vicksburg. After most of the horses, etc. died or where eaten he was sent to the Missouri Brigade positions in the defense networks around the city. Here he was killed, doing his duty, serving in the Confederate lines at Vicksburg, Mississippi on July 1, 1863. He died under the mine explosion of the fort and was buried alive. His body was never recovered and is probably still there.
He first joined the Missouri State Guard's Co. "D", 2nd Infantry Regiment in 1861. This unit was in the 3rd Division, under Brig. General John Bullock Clark, Sr.. He was a private soldier and was first engaged in battle at Silver Creek, Missouri(Jan., 1862), near Roanoke, Missouri, and later at Elkhorn Tavern, Arkansas.
He joined the regular Confederate army, in the spring of 1862 and served in Co. "H", 6th Missouri Infantry Regiment.
Detailed as a regimental teamster on 6/20/1862 he was regularly serving in this capacity until the siege of Vicksburg. After most of the horses, etc. died or where eaten he was sent to the Missouri Brigade positions in the defense networks around the city. Here he was killed, doing his duty, serving in the Confederate lines at Vicksburg, Mississippi on July 1, 1863. He died under the mine explosion of the fort and was buried alive. His body was never recovered and is probably still there.
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