BAILEY, JOHN

SERVICE RECORD:

- mustered in April 2, 1862 with the Gist Guard at the Charleston Neck Earthworks

- Jan 15 to Apr 2, 1862;  present:  dues for outfit $25

- May & Jun 1862;  [card missing]

- Jul & Aug 1862;  present

- Sep & Oct 1862;  present

- Nov & Dec 1862;  present

- Jan & Feb 1863;  present

- Mar & Apr 1863;  present

- May & Jun 1863;  absent on furlough (can't read the dates)

- Jul & Aug 1863;  absent under arrest

- Sep & Oct 1863;  present:  absence last muster satisfactorily accounted for

- Nov & Dec 1863;  present

- Jan & Feb 1864;  present;  on duty at Fort Sumter

- Mar & Apr 1864;  present

- May & Jun 1864;  [card missing]

- Jul & Aug 1864;  present

- Sep & Oct 1864;  present

- Nov & Dec 1864;  present

- Jan & Feb 1865;  present

**Pvt. Bailey was illiterate as evidenced by "his  X  mark" on his bounty return.

The records from the Wayside (1st Louisiana) Hospital in Charleston show Pvt William Grissom being admitted on August 27, 1863 for "fever," and sent to Columbia on August 27.