Jones County Rosin Heel Camp # 227
Camp 227 is located in Laurel, Mississippi and take there name from the "Rosin Heels" (Co. B of the 27th Mississippi Infantry).
Commander Billy R. Langley
1st Lt. Commander Ed Alegretti
2nd Lt. Commander Coco Roberts
Adjutant Shelton "Cotton" Norris
Historian Don Green
Chaplain Cary Kimbrell
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We would like to welcome you to join us at our next meeting!
Meetings: 7:00pm on the last Thursday of the month at the Western Sizzlin on Hwy15 in Laurel, Mississippi
History
Amos McLemore was given a commission of Captain and raised a company in the Confederate States of America Army designated as Company B of the 27th Mississippi Infantry in December of 1861. Nicknamed the “Rosin Heels,” they were men primarily from Jones County and were initially assigned to protect Pensacola; Fort McRee and the Navy Yard in particular. After the Pensacola Campaign, they fought in battles ranging from Perryville to Nashville. In 1863, Captain McLemore was promoted to the rank of Major and assigned the duty of rounding up deserters from Jones & the surrounding counties in Mississippi. While visiting with Amos Deason at his home in Ellisville, Major McLemore was shot in the back on October 5, 1863 by Newton Knight, one of the head deserters of Jones County. It is for the CSA Unit Major Amos McLemore formed, Company B of the 27th Mississippi Infantry, that The Sons of Confederate Veterans Camp #227, The Jones County Rosin Heels, was named (Bynum).
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