James Monroe Manning
The son of James Clark Manning, James M. Manning enlisted as a private in Company E, 12th Louisiana
Infantry Regiment on 1 December 1861 at Columbus, Kentucky. He was present with his unit through
April 1863. On 4 April 1863, he was appointed a sergeant. In May 1863, his regiment participated in
the action between Vicksburg and Jackson, Mississippi, as Yankee General Grant began forming his
noose around Vicksburg. At the critical Battle of Baker's Creek on 16 May 1863 (also known as the
Battle of Champion's Hill), James M. Manning was killed in action.