Documented Historical Facts about the three McCarty brothers*

 

Orange McCarty, Jr. served in Company E of the 37^th Regiment of the Mississippi Infantry.  He was promoted in rank from Private to Sergeant and lost a leg in, but survived, the Battle of Peachtree Creek. 

After the War, he returned home to Mississippi to his wife, Catherine Frances Walker, and his daughter, Sarah Rosetta McCarty who was born prior to the War on August 2, 1860.  In 1865, Orange took his wife and daughter across the Mississippi on barges to settle in Burke, Texas, where they kept cattle and hogs along the Neches River.  He fathered a son, William Madison McCarty, who was born on November 26, 1867.  Both children married and raised families in Burke and Lufkin, Texas, where many of their descendants still live.

Kenneth McCarty served in Company F of the 8^th Regiment of the Mississippi Infantry.  He was promoted in rank from Private to 2^nd Lieutenant and died in the War (battle unknown).  Michael McCarty served in one of these two regiments, but died as a Private at age 18 (battle unknown).  

 

* This information is compiled from A History of Edward McCarty and His Descendants by Bettie Louise McCarty, published in 1985 and from the website entitled “The Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System” (http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/index.html) published and maintained by the National Park Service.

 

Activities of the Mississippi Infantry Regiments in which the brothers served**

 

The 37th Infantry Regiment was organized during the spring of 1862 with men recruited in the counties of Clarke, Lowndes, Greene, De Soto, Jasper, and Claiborne.

After participating in numerous battles in Mississippi the unit was assigned to General Hebert's Brigade in the Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana. It was captured when Vicksburg fell and during the siege it lost 17 killed, 56 wounded, and 7 missing.

Exchanged, the regiment contained 26 officers and 442 men in December, 1863. It then served under Generals Mackall, Cantey, and Featherston in the Army of Tennessee. The 37th fought in the Atlanta Campaign, endured Hood's winter operations in Tennessee, and ended the war in North Carolina. It reported 5 killed and 27 wounded of the 453 engaged at Luka, had 19 killed and 62 wounded at Corinth, and sustained 81 casualties at Hatchie’s Bridge. 

Many were disabled in Tennessee, and early in 1865 its ten companies were reduced to three and the unit was redesignated the 37th Battalion, surrendering in April 1865.

The field officers were Colonels Orlando S. Holland and Robert McLain; Lieutenant Colonels William S. Patton, Samuel H. Terral, and William W. Wier; and Major John McGee.

The 8th Infantry Regiment was organized at Enterprize, Mississippi, during the spring of 1861. Many of its members were from Jones, Wilkinson, and Clarke counties.

The unit served in Florida and Mississippi, then was assigned to General J.K. Jackson's, Gist's, and Lowry's Brigade, Army of Tennessee. It participated in the campaigns of the army from Murfreesboro to Atlanta, was with Hood in Tennessee, and saw action in North Carolina.

This regiment lost forty-seven percent of the 282 at Murfreesboro and twenty-three percent of the 375 at Chickamauga.  In December 1863, it totaled 287 men and 169 arms. Its casualties at the Battle of Atlanta were 13 killed, 71 wounded, and 3 missing, and few surrendered on April 26, 1865.

The field officers were Colonels G.C. Chandler, Guilford G. Flynt, and John C. Wilkinson; Lieutenant Colonels James T. Gates, Aden McNeill, and John F. Smith; and Majors Andrew E. Moody, George F. Peek, and William Watkins.

 

**  This information is copied directly from http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/regiments.htm and http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/regiments.htm found on the website entitled “The Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System” published and maintained by the National Park Service.