Known CSA Veterans at Cedar Hill
Vicksburg, Mississippi
 

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Sgt.
James Hazelett
Co. F
10 Miss Inf
 

His signature from his August 1923
Mississippi pension application.

Sgt. James Hazelett [here called the younger] of the 10th Miss Inf enlisted 8 Jun 1861 near Pensacola, Fla. He signed up for twelve months. On 21 Dec 1861, he was promoted from 4th Corpl to 2nd Sgt.

The 10th was organized in Mar 1861 and in Mar 1862, some of the 12-mo. men were discharged. Others re-enlisted and the companies were reconsolidated with new letter designations.

See this man's compiled service record at fold3.com/image/20/73861993/

On his 1923 application for pension, he gives his name as James W. Hazelett, his residence as Warren Co., Miss., and his post office as Vicksburg. He gives his date and place of enlistment as 8 Jun 1861 in Pensacola, Florida, and adds he was in Co. F, 10th Mississippi Vol. He states he was discharged because of "sickness."
(mdah.state.ms.us/arrec/digital_archives/pensions/show/36383)

On 23 Apr 1934, the Vicksburg Evening Post published a short article with the heading, "A Visit from a Veteran," in which James W. Hazelett, who was described as the "only surviving Confederate veteran in Vicksburg," paid a visit to his newspaper friends to congratulate them on the 40th anniversary of that newspaper. The article states that Mr. Hazelett was born in Vicksburg 29 Dec 1841 and was at that time 92 years old. While the above service record indicates one year service, this article states that he served two years and "was released from service when it was feared he had contracted tuberculosis."

On the compiled service record for James W. Hazelett, 28th Regt Miss. Vols. (Cav), Co. F, Co. S, and Co. E, it states he enlisted 15 May 1862, Jackson. He was detailed to the Commissary Department and seems to have worked mostly in Vicksburg and Jackson. On documents seen in fold3, he signed his name followed by A.C.S., Assistant (or Acting) Commissary of Subsistence. (The Regimental A.C.S. was abolished by an Act of Confederate Congress on 1 May 1863, General Order published 29 May 1863.) He was discharged by surgeon at Vicksburg 1 Jul 1863; relieved from duty by Act of Congress 31 Jul 1863.

He is buried at Cedar Hill with his father James Hazelett [here called the elder] of 28th Miss. Cavalry, Companies F, S, & E, and with his mother Caroline L. Hazelett. (Salassi's unpublished Cedar Hill Cemetery)

There are no dates visible on this government marker.

This James Hazelett was living 31 Aug 1923, when he applied as James W. Hazelett for pension on his service in the 10th Miss Inf.

No grave markers appear for his father James Hazelett or mother Caroline L. Hazelett, interred in the lot with him.

James Hazelett the elder was murdered 23 Jan 1879 in Vicksburg.

In contemporary news articles, the elder Hazelett is referred to as Capt. Hazelett, Maj. Hazelett, Mr. Hazelett, and James Hazelett, Sr. After his death, his business was advertised as having been taken over by his three sons, James W. Hazelett, Joseph T. Hazelett, and Robert D. Hazelett (Daily Commercial, Vicksburg, 24 Sep 1879, pg 4). His business is described as "cotton factorage and commission business."

Above is the 1860 federal census for Vicksburg, Miss., from fold3.com/image/58351147. It shows James Hazelett the elder's family, including his son James the younger, 18. Sons Joseph, 8, and Robert D., 3, are too young to have gone to war.

This application for headstone for James Hazelett the younger was made by Miss Lillie Bigelow of Vicksburg in Dec 1937. According to this, James Hazelett died 3 Mar 1937.

In an enlargement of the Name box of the application for headstone above, his typed name has been marked through, but a close examination shows a middle initial of W.

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