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About Bryant Jefferson Eiland:

1870 United States Federal Census
Home in 1870: Saline, Drew, Arkansas
Bryant Iraland 30, Al
Lafina Iraland 27 , Al
Carinia Iraland 3, Ar
Segars Iraland 27 , Ms, Blind (brother)
Wilson Iraland 4/12 , Ar
Jane Tucker 21 , Ar

1880 United States Federal Census
Home in 1880: Precinct 3, Montague, Texas
Bryant Eiland 41 , Al
Artie Eiland 36 , Al
Corrina Eiland 13 , Ar
Mary Eiland 8 , Ar
Bell Eiland 7 , Ar
Amanda Eiland 5 , Tx
Jane Eiland 4 , Tx
Zoa Eiland 2 , Tx
Segers Eiland 36, Ms , Blind, Brother

Home in 1910: Justice Precinct 7, Polk, Texas
B Leffeson Eiland 71 , Al, Al, Va
Artichcce Eiland 66 , 11 children, 6 living, Al, Ga, Ga
Jessie Price 20 , grandson, Tx, Tx, Ar

Called "Babe". He wore a beard with mustache. He was partially bald "on top". He stood around 5'10 OR 5'11, but he lost a lot of his height as he grew older.

Bryant served as a private in the Confederacy - Company C of the 9th Arkansas Infantry.
Enlisted at Pine Bluff, Arkansas, July 25, 1861; slightly wounded at Corinth, Mississippi, October 3, 1862; captured at Vicksburg, Mississippi, July 4, 1863; paroled, July 9, 1863; absent without leave in Arkansas, December 31, 1863; took oath of allegiance at Pine Buff, Arkansas, May 7, 1864. Rank In Private. Rank Out Private.

9th Infantry Regiment was organized at Pine Bluff, Arkansas, in July 1861, and was known as the "Parson's Regiment" because it contained forty-two ministers. Its companies were recruited in Jefferson, Union, Drew, Bradley, and Ashley counties. The 9th fought at Belmont, moved east of the Mississippi River, then took an active part in the conflicts at Shiloh, Corinth, and Coffeeville. It served under Generals Rust, Buford, and Beall in the Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana, and saw action at Champion's Hill, Jackson, and Port Hudson where it was captured on July 9, 1863. After being exchanged and assigned to General D. H. Reynold's Brigade, the unit participated in the campaigns of the Army of Tennessee from Kennesaw Mountain to Bentonville. It reported 17 killed and 115 wounded at Shiloh and 16 casualties at Coffeeville. Many were disabled at Nashville and Bentonville, and on April 26, 1865, the regiment surrendered.