Lewis Lafayette Magee was born June 13, 1843 in Franklin Co., MS. After enlisting in Co. D of Franklin Co., in April of 1862, he was elected 2nd Corporal. On December 1, 1864 he was promoted to 4th Sergeant and was with his command until the end of the war at Greensboro, NC. Following the war, on September 7, 1865, he married Mary Cynthia Byrd (July 28, 1849 - August 14, 1916). She was the sister of Duncan Byrd, another member of Co. D of the 33rd MS Infantry. They had eleven children. Lewis Lafayette Magee died February 10, 1910 in Franklin Co., MS, and is buried at Ramah Baptist Church. His gravestone bears the "Southern Cross of Honor".

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