Bailey Cook LOVIN1,2,3,4,4

about 18451,2 - UNKNOWN

Appointed Postmaster3

Life History

about 1845	Born in Holmes County, Mississippi.1,2
1852	Occupation Appointed Postmaster in Dulci, Holmes, Mississippi.3
1860	Resident in Eulogy Beat, Holmes, Mississippi.1
4th May 1865	Military: Gillam's Regiment, in which he and his brothers served, surrendered at end of the Civil War in Citronelle, Mobile, Alabama, USA.4
May 1865	Resident Residence on war surrender documents reported as Yazoo County in Yazoo County, Mississippi.4
18th May 1865	Military: Paroled to return home; end of hostiilities was declared 10 May 1865 in Grenada, Grenada, Mississippi, USA.4
UNKNOWN	Died

Notes

Bailey's name and his father's are sometimes spelled Baily in public records. Family sources consistently spell the name Bailey. There were earlier Baileys in this lineage, one participating in the Revolutionary War. We find both spellings from that early time.

1860 Federal Census, Holmes County, Mississippi, 22 October, Eulogy Beat, Pages 143, Hse/Family #1019
B C Lovin 41 M Farmer $5000 Real Estate $7600 Personal born Mississippi [b abt 1819]
Martha Lovin 28 F born Mississippi [b abt 1832]
Baily C Lovin 14 M born Mississippi [b abt 1846]

Bailey and his two brothers Benjamin Franklin and Nathan Morris fought in the Mississippi Confederate forces. Bailey was captured by the Union twice. His regiment surrendered and was paroled at Vicksburg in July 1863.

Civil War Prisoner of War Records, 1861-1865
Baily Lovin
Pvt 1st Miss LIght Artillery (Confederate), Co D
Paroled by Lt Col W P Davis, 23rd Indiana Regimant, July 7, 1863
Roll of Prisoners of War, List of Confederates Captured at Vicksburg, Mississippi, July 4, 1863

After his first parole, he violated parole and joined the fight again. In 1865, he and his two brothers were captured together when their regiment surrendered at Citronelle, Alabama. Their residence at that time was reported as Yazoo County, Mississippi.

Civil War Prisoner of War Records, 1861-1865
Lovin, B F; Lovin, N M; Lovin B C
Private, Co F, Gillam's Mounted Rifles, Surrendered 4 May 1865, Citronelle, Alabama (end of the war 19 May 1865), Paroled 18 May 1865 in Grenada MS; residence Yazoo Co MS
Sources Index to Compiled Confederate Military Service Records; Civil War Prisoner of War Records

This was part of the general surrender of Confederate tropps at the end of the Civil War.

May 10, 1865 Confederate President Jefferson Davis is captured near Irwinville, Georgia
May 10, 1865 Union President Johnson declares armed resistance at an end
May 12, 1865- May 13, 1865 The last significant fighting of the Civil War takes place at the Palmito Ranch, Texas, along the Rio Grande, between Col. Theodore Barrett and John S. "RIP" Ford
May 22, 1865 Jefferson Davis imprisoned at Fort Monroe
May 23, 1865 Grand Review of the Army of the Potomac
May 24, 1865 Grand Review of Sherman's Army
-- Georgia's Blue and Gray Trail, http://blueandgraytrail.com/year/186505

Sources

1. Ancestry Trees
- Guess Family, http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/12305141/person/12586249754
2. 1860 Federal Census, Holmes County, Mississippi
- 22 October, Eulogy Beat, Page 143, Hse/Family #1019
3. U.S., Appointments of U. S. Postmasters, 1832-1971
4. Civil War Prisoner of War Records, 1861-1865