Our Confederate Soldier Ancestors ~ Detailed Service Information
John Leonard Barker
John Leonard Barker was born 10 Sept 1827 in Jewett’s City, New London, CT to William and Clarissa Cutler Barker. The family moved to
Nathaniel Mastin Bayzer
(1837-1918) Nathaniel Bayzer was born at Robinson Crossroad, Montgomery County, Alabama. His father was W. B, Bayzer, born in Jones County Georgia and his mother was Mary Ann Edwards, born in Montgomery County, Alabama. Nathaniel had five brothers and two sisters. His father also raised two families of orphaned children.
Henry J. W. Berryhill
Henry J.W. Berryhill enlisted on 17 Jan 1861 at Eufaula, Alabama.
Died in Service
He was assigned to Company F, 1st Regiment Alabama Infantry, The Perote Guards. According to Compiled Service Record National Archives Microfilm 311 Roll 84, 14/16 Jan 1862 enlistment extended two years or the war, on furlough to his residence. On 7 April 1862, he was captured at Island 10. On 13 May 1862, he is listed on the Roll of Prisoners of War, Camp Randall, Madison, WI. On 1 August 1862, he is listed on the Roll of Prisoners of War, Camp Douglas, IL. It is estimated that from 1862–1865, more than 6,000 Confederate prisoners died from disease, starvation, and the bitter cold winters at Camp Douglas.
On 6 September 1862, at Camp Douglas, IL he was sent to Vicksburg to be exchanged.
From 31 Dec 1862 to 28 Feb 1863 he was present on company muster rolls and bounty due. On 6 July 1863 he was killed at Port Hudson, Louisiana (just like his brother, Thomas, in March). The siege at Port Hudson lasted from May 21-July 9, 1863 with estimated casualties of 12,208 total (US 5,000; CS 7,208).
24 Aug 1863, Claims of Deceased Soldiers filed by his mother Sarah Berryhill. His burial location is unknown.
Death information states Louisiana, Port Hudson, Killed By A Musket Shot Through The Head.
At the time of his death he had no effects, was last paid to include 1863/12/31 and he was entitled to $57.20 pay and $60.00 as commutation for clothing.
Statement of Richard Williams, Capt., Clayton, Ala., 1863/08/13. Approved by J.K. Elliott, Ast.Agt. Sarah Berryhill, mother, care Williams & Wood, Clayton, Ala. No disc. list-Omits "No father." (father died before 1857)- Wrote to Williams & Woods, 1864/08/12. Verified 1865/02/11. Claim filed 1863/08/24, exam. 1864/03/17.
John Berryhill
Company H. 26th Regiment, Alabama Infantry
Records are incomplete and possibly did not survive the War.
Levine C. Berryhill
Levine C. Berryhill enlisted on 10 Mar 1862 at Clayton, Barbour County, Alabama. He was assigned to Company H, 22nd Regiment Alabama Infantry. According to the Compiled Service Record National Archives Microfilm 311 Roll 291 he was paroled 1 May 1865 at Greensboro, North Carolina. Levine died in 1906 in Colbran, Dekalb County, Alabama. He was married to Eveline Ann Farrow.
Thomas J. Berryhill
Thomas J. Berryhill enlisted on 10 Feb 1862 in Clayton, Barbour County, Alabama as a musician. He was 16 years old. He was assigned to the same unit as his brother Henry, Company F, 1st Regiment Alabama Infantry, The Perote Guards. According to Compiled Service Record National Archives Microfilm 311 Roll 84 he was captured 7 April 1862 at Island 10 along with Henry. His records read identical to Henry’s for the following capture, POW and trade. 20 April 1862 Roll of Prisoners of War, Camp Randall, Madison, WI. On 1 August 1862 Roll of Prisoners of War, Camp Douglas, IL. On 6 September 1862 at Camp Douglas, IL and sent to Vicksburg to be exchanged. He was present 31 Dec 1862 to 28 Feb 1863 on company muster roll with bounty due. Thomas was killed 27 May 1863 at Port Hudson, Louisiana. His brother Henry would be killed at the end of the Port Hudson siege in July. Both brothers were listed as killed by a musket shot through the head.
24 Aug 1863 Claims of Deceased Soldiers filed by his mother Sarah Berryhill. His burial location is unknown.
Enlistment Information: Musician
Died in Service ~ Date of Death: 05 May 1863 (different on CSR)
Death Information states Louisiana, Port Hudson, Killed By A Musket Shot Through The Head
At the time of his death he had no effects. Was last paid to include 1863/12/31 and at the time of his death he was entitled to $63.61 pay and $60.00 as commutation for clothing. There is also due him $50.00 bounty
Statement of Richard Williams, Capt., Clayton, Ala., 1863/08/13 Approved by J. K. Elliott
Sarah Berryhill, mother, care Williams & Wood, Clayton, Ala. No dis. list-Omits "No father" (father died before 1857) -Wrote to Williams & Wood, 1864/08/12.-Verified 1865/02/11. Claim filed 1863/08/24, exam. 1864/03/17
William H. Blankenship
William H. Blankenship enlisted on December 8, 1862 at Coosa County, Alabama. He served as a Private in Company B, 34th Alabama Battalion. After being captured near Chickamauga on September 20, 1863 he was held in Louisville, Kentucky. He later died at Camp Douglas, Chicago, Illinois on September 8, 1864 at the age of 40 as a result of acute dysentery. He left a wife and seven children. Marilyn Blankenship Tucker, his great great grandaughter.
Henry Decatur Bohannon
Henry Decatur Bohannon, proven 30 November 99, original application UDC, Company G, 8th Regiment, GA Infantry CSA. Birth Date 25 March 1828, Death Date 7 May 1902. He is buried at Hazlehurst City Cemetery, Hazlehurst, Georgia.
James Franklin Bohannon
James Franklin Bohannon, proven 30 June 2002, supplemental application UDC, Corporal, Company G, 8th Regiment, Georgia. Birth Date about 1838 Death Date 20 May 1876, Dodge County, GA.
John W. Bohannon
John W. Bohannon, proven 30 June 2002, supplemental application UDC, Private, Company G, 8th regiment, Georgia. Birth Date 31 August 1839 Death Date 22 February 1906. He is buried at Woodlawn Cemetery, Eastman, GA.
Joseph D. Bohannon
Joseph D. Bohannon, proven 30 June 2002, supplemental application UDC, Private, Company G, 8th Regiment, Georgia. Birth Date about 1832 Death Date about 1900 Dodge County, GA.
Carter Brooks
Carter Brooks enlisted 21 Jun 1862, Camp Elsey, South Carolina for a period of three years or the war. He was 17 years old. He was a private assigned to Company D, Phillips' Legion Georgia, The Polk Rifles along with the Brooks brothers listed on this site.
Carter died in service on 21 Dec 1862 Richmond, Virginia.
According to the Compiled Service Record National Archives Microfilm 266 Roll 592 he was present May and June, 1862 Muster Roll. During September and October, 1862 he was sick in the hospital at Richmond, Virginia. During November, 1862 he was at home on sick furlough. During December, 1862 he was back in the Richmond, Virginia hospital sick. On 21 Dec 1862 he died of Pneumonia at General Hospital No. 26, Richmond, Virginia. Carter is buried at Oakwood Confederate Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia (he is not found on the surname list indicating he has no marker).
Carter is the son of Micajah Brooks Revolutionary War Soldier (died 1862) and Macajah’s second wife Margaret T. Carter.
Despite his age, Carter was the uncle to the Brooks brothers listed on this site. Carter and their father, Elijah Brooks were step brothers.
Francis Marion Brooks
Francis Marion Brooks enlisted on 21 Jun 1862 at Camp Elsey, South Carolina.
Died in Service
He was assigned to Company D, Phillips' Legion Georgia, The Polk Rifles.
Francis Marion died in service on 12 Feb 1863, at Richmond, Virginia.
According to the Compiled Service Record National Archives Microfilm 266 Roll 592 he was present at Muster Roll May & June, 1862, also present September & October, 1862 on Muster Roll.
On 30 Sept 1862 he was admitted to General Hospital Camp Winder, Richmond, Virginia. He returned to duty on 24 Oct 1862.
During December - January 1, 1863 he was present at Muster Roll.
January - February, 1863 he was absent sent to hospital sick.
On 12 Feb 1863, he died at General Hospital No. 19 Richmond, Virginia. He is Buried at Oakwood Confederate Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia as F. M. Brinks, along with his uncle, Carter Brooks.
William B. Brooks
William B. Brooks enlisted 28 Nov 1862, at Richland, Georgia for a period of three years or the war. He was a private assigned to Company D, Phillips' Legion Georgia, The Polk Rifles. According to the Compiled Service Record National Archives Microfilm 266 Roll 592 William was present Jan - Feb, 1863 at Muster Roll.
On 31 Aug 1863 he was at Receiving and Wayside Hospital or General Hospital No. 9, Richmond, Virginia. On 1 Sept 1863 he was admitted to General Hospital Camp Winder, Richmond, Virginia. On 1 Sept 1863 he was absent, sick in hospital in Richmond, Virginia. He was allowed on 20 Nov 1863 to return to duty. However, Mar - April, 1864 he was absent, at home sick. During Muster Rolls dated May - Aug, 1864 he was absent, at home sick. He was discharged on 6 Sept 1865 per Pension Application filed 4 Aug 1899 in Dekalb County, Alabama. It states his testicle(s) were so badly bruised they "rotted out" in 1864. His final war date is unknown. Per the widow's application his death is listed as 23 Mar 1903. He is buried at Unity Missionary Baptist, DeKalb County, Alabama. William married Margeret H. Wilson about 1854 in Georgia and is the father of eight children.
William Coon Clay
William Coon Clay was born March 1843 to John William and Sarah Marie McRee Clay of Fayetteville Tennessee. He enlisted May 28,1861, in Company A 2nd Consolidated Regiment Tennessee Volunteers at the age of 17. William went through the ranks to 1st Sergeant. He was detailed to drive General Clarks Wagon June 1, 1862, and Brig. Wagon Master by order of Brig. General Vaughn Dec. 31, 1863. I am not sure how long he did this. At one time William was a prisoner Of War. He was paroled May 2, 1865, in Greensboro North Carolina.
After the War, William married Essie Jane Greer from Lowndes County, MS. June 1, 1865. The 1900 Census shows he was living in Waco, McLennan, TX, as a Veterinary Surgeon.
William and Essie had (5) five children. One son, Roger J. Clay that started a Boot and Saddle Shop in the 1920's in Waco, TX. Roger had a son, Robert Clay that worked in the Oil fields in the early 1900's and even had his own Death Driving Thrill shows in the mid 1900's. He got tired of that and moved to Yucca Valley, CA and started a Chili Mix company that is still in business today "Bob Clay's Chili."
William Coon Clay died July 7, 1909, in Waco, Texas he was about 64 years old. William was my Great Uncle. Diane Corkery
Bethel Durant Crocker
Bethel Durant Crocker enlisted on 1 Mar 1862 at Brundidge, Pike County, Alabama. He was assigned to Company F, 15th Regiment Infantry.
He died in service on 1 July 1862, Lynchburg, Virginia.
Compiled Service Record National Archives requested with no records found. A search found one card at the Alabama Department of Archives and History listing his death. Copies of the actual Muster Roll for Company F, 15th Alabama Infantry Regiment were made listing Bethel and his brother Jackson John W. Crocker.
Copies of book from the ADAH entitled Muster Roll Fifteenth Alabama Infantry Regiment, CSA by Rex Miller listed Bethel in this regiment.
On 15 April 1887, an Application for Relief filed by wife, Margaret Crocker of Pike County stating on 1 March 1862 Bethel enlisted at Brundidge, Pike County, Alabama. From 12 April - 1 May, 1862 he was in Chimborazo #5 hospital with Pneumonia.
1 July 1862 he died of disease in General Hospital #1 in Lynchburg, Virginia
25 February 1863, claim filed by Bird Fitzpatrick, Attorney from Troy, Pike County, Alabama
Jackson John W. Crocker
Jackson John W. Crocker enlisted on 1 Mar 1862 Brundidge, Pike County, Alabama with his brother Bethel. They were assigned to Company F, 15th Regiment Alabama Infantry.
He died in service on 15 May 1862, at Standsville, Virginia.
Compiled Service Record National Archives requested with no record found. A search found one card at the Alabama Department of Archives and History listing his death. Copies of the Muster Roll for Company F, 15th Alabama Infantry Regiment were made listing John and his brother Bethel.
Copies of book from the ADAH entitled Muster Roll Fifteenth Alabama Infantry Regiment, CSA by Rex Miller listed him in this regiment.
Per the documents he died 15 May 1862, at Standsville, Virginia with burial location unknown probably Standsville, Virginia.
25 February 1863, Widow Claim filed by wife Frances Crocker, Troy, Pike County.
He married Frances S. Butts 15 Jul 1858, in Barbour County, Alabama.
* It is believed John W. and Jackson W. Crocker are the same person. It is unknown if his name is John Jackson W. Crocker or if there is a mistake on some of the paperwork listing his name. Jackson W. enlisted on the same day and from the same county as Bethel.
Wiley Edward Crocker
Company A, 6th Regiment Alabama Infantry
Compiled Service Record National Archives requested with no record found.
A search was conducted of the Muster Roll file at the Alabama Department of Archives and History. No records listing the soldiers names was found in the folder for the 6th Alabama Company A.
Alabama Pension #28139
Widow's Pension #2983 (Polly)
Per this document Wiley Edward enlisted 31 December 1862, at Nute Station, Alabama. He was wounded at the battle of Burnt Creek, Mills, Mississippi, in the head and right thigh. On 15 May 1865, he was honorably discharged from service.
He died 14 Oct 1930, at Andalusia, Covington County, Alabama and his burial location is unknown. A search of graves in Covington County, Alabama has been conducted. It is believed he is in an unmarked grave.
William W. Crocker
William W. Crocker enlisted 12 Feb 1863, in Greenville, Butler County, Alabama.
He was assigned to Company A, 57th Regiment Infantry, Clanton's Rifles.
According to the Compiled Service Record National Archives Microfilm 311 Roll 460 he was paroled 26 Apr 1865.
Pension #5511 was issued to him 18 Jul 1889, at the age of 72.
William died 28 Jan 1906, in Coffee County, Alabama and is buried at Zion’s Chapel Church Cemetery, Coffee County, Alabama. There is a shared headstone for he and Catherine but difficult to read. He married Catherine M. Berryhill on 01 Oct 1846 in Barbour County, Alabama. Catherine had brothers who served the Southland.
William is the father of 13 children.
Catherine was issued a Widow's Pension #28147 that lists his date of death 17 Mar 1906.
Phillip Thomas Dicks, Jr.
Phillip Thomas Dicks, Jr., enlisted on 02 Apr 1862, at Choctaw County, Alabama. He was the second brother to enlist and was assigned to his brother, Robert’s unit Company D, 40th Regiment, Alabama Infantry The Fielder Rifles.
Compiled Service Records National Archives Microfilm Copy 311, Roll No. 382
States June & July, 1863 he was on detail.
August, 1863 he had been missing since the Battle at Lookout Mountain, Tennessee.
On 25 Nov 1863, he was captured at Chattanooga, Tennessee.
On 2 Dec 1863, arrived at the Military Prison, Louisville, Kentucky.
On 3 Dec 1863, he was forwarded from Louisville, Kentucky to Rock Island Military Prison, Illinois.
On 5 Dec 1863, he arrived Rock Island Military Prison, Illinois.
Unknown parole date from Rock Island, Illinois,
Phillip had lost one brother to a drowning accident, Cornelius Columbus Dicks in 1853, and lost two brothers in military prisons in December, 1863. He had been captured with brothers William and Robert, transferred with them however he was the only Dicks brother to make it out of the War alive.
He died 19 Jun 1898, in Choctaw County, Alabama and is buried at Hopewell Cemetery, Sunshine Community, Choctaw County, Alabama.
He married Sarah Ann Tate Brasher, about 1855 in Choctaw County, Alabama and is the father of nine children.
Robert R. Dicks
Robert R. Dicks was the first brother to enlist on 23 Dec 1861, at Fort Gaines, Washington County, Alabama. He served as a private in Company D, 40th Regiment, Alabama Infantry The Fielder Rifles.
Died in Service
Compiled Service Records National Archives Microfilm Copy 311, Roll No. 382
Listed twice: Microfilm 311, Roll 285, Company C, 21st Alabama Infantry
He may have served in two units having either transferred or period of time ended and he reenlisted.
On 22 Oct 1863, he was captured at Chattanooga, Tennessee.
On 24 Nov 1863, he was listed as missing in Moore's Brigade at Lookout Mountain, Tennessee.
He arrived on 2 Dec 1863, at Military Prison, Louisville, Kentucky with his two brothers.
On 3 Dec 1863, he was forwarded to Military Prison, Rock Island, Illinois.
On 5 Dec 1863, he arrived at Rock Island, Illinois with brother Phillip.
On 17 Dec 1863, Robert died of pneumonia in Military Prison, Rock Island, Illinois just 10 days after his brother William died back at Louisville.
Robert is buried at Rock Island Confederate Cemetery grave #16.
William P. C. Dicks
William P. C. Dicks enlisted on 16 Apr 1862, at Butler County, Alabama.
He served as a private in Company D, 40th Regiment Alabama Infantry The Fielder Rifles.
Died in Service
Compiled Service Record National Archive Microfilm Copy 311, Roll No. 382
July - September, 1863 listed on Lauderdale Springs, Mississippi Hospital Muster Roll as a nurse.
24 Nov 1863, listed William as missing in Moore's Brigade at Lookout Mountain, Tennessee.
On 24 Nov 1863, he was captured at Chattanooga, Tennessee.
On 2 Dec 1863, he arrived at the Military Prison Louisville, Kentucky.
On 7 Dec 1863, William died at the Military Prison Hospital in Louisville, Kentucky.
He is buried at Cove Hill, Kentucky in an unknown grave.
The Louisville Military Prison was Kentucky's primary facility for the confinement of prisoners of war. It served as a major shipping point for prisoners bound for the prison camps of Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois. William died four days after Robert and Phillip were transferred to Rock Island. He must have been too ill to make the journey with his brothers or was left behind for some other reason. They had been captured together in Tennessee and arrived at Louisville together but that is where William's story ends.
Alexander Alphen Dorman
Alexander Alphen Dorman enlisted on 18 Sept 1863, in Montgomery, Montgomery County, Alabama. He served in Company I Jeff Davis Legion as a 4th Sergeant.
Compiled Service Records National Archives Microfilm 311 Roll 18 state on 11 July 1864, Company B, 4th Alabama Battalion was transferred to Jeff Davis Legion, Mississippi Cavalry.
1 May 1865, he was paroled at Greensboro, North Carolina.
Listed on the 1907 Confederate Soldier Census Clayton, Barbour County, Alabama (listed twice).
The 1921 Confederate Soldier Census is listed by unit not county. If Company 1 Jeff Davis Legion of Mississippi is listed in the Misc. Infantry & Calvary it is too faint to read.
Burial: Clayton City Cemetery, Barbour County, AL with CSA marker
The Fourth Alabama Cavalry Battalion (Love's) was made up of three companies, "A", "B", and "C", organized from Alabama between August and September 1863, which went to Virginia in 1864. They were consolidated with the Phillips' Legion of Georgia, Wade Hampton's Cavalry Battalion (May to 11 July 1864). Then they merged into the Jeff Davis Cavalry Legion of Mississippi. They were involved in some hard fighting at The Wilderness, Spotsylvania Court House, North Anna, 2nd Cold Harbor, Trevilian Station, and the Petersburg Siege. From Pike County, Company "A" (Capt. Andrew P. Love) became Compant "H" in the Jeff Davis Legion; from Barbour County, Company "B" (Capt. Bethune B. McKenzie) became Company "I"; and also from Barbour County, Company "C" (Capt. G. A. Roberts) became Company "K".
Officers: As above, Capts. Andrew P. Love (captured, Dinwiddie); Bethune B. McKenzie; and G. A. Roberts.
Jeb Stuart noticed the Legion in reporting the engagement at Frying Pan Church (Fall, 1863): "The Jeff Davis Legion was here conspicuous for its gallantry, advancing dismounted across the field on the enemy's position."
Of the battle of Nance's shop, June 24, 1864, General Hampton reported: "As soon as the enemy gave way I brought up the Philips and the Jeff Davis Legions (mounted) and ordered them to charge. This they did most gallantly, driving the enemy for three miles in confusion."
James E. Dorman
James E. Dorman enlisted on 9 Sept 1861, in Clayton, Barbour County, Alabama.
He served as a private in Company E, 7th Regiment Alabama Infantry.
Compiled Service Records National Archives requested with no records found. A copy of card listing present for Muster Roll from the Alabama Department of Archives and History Micro F, 326, M2, C58 Roll #17
Copies of Muster Roll of Company E, 7th Alabama Infantry Regiment listing James E. joined 9 Sept 1861 in his brother, Thomas' unit.
He is believed to have died in service.
No additional information is available and he is not buried with other family members.
John Zachariah Dorman
John Zachariah Dorman enlisted on April, 1861 in Clayton, Barbour County, Alabama.
His final rank was Sergeant with Company B, 1st Battalion Sharp Shooters.
Compiled Service Records National Archives Microfilm 311 Roll 416 state he was originally in Company A, 45th Alabama Infantry.
1861 he was detailed as a sharpshooter and remained in this service until the end of the War.
During the Battle of Chickamauga, Tennessee, his right arm, above the elbow, was shot off.
He was paroled at Greensboro, North Carolina.
Last documented date of service "end of war" so obviously he served time in a military hospital or prison after being injured.
Confederate's Pension Approval #18758
John is listed on the 1907 Montgomery County, Alabama Census of Confederate Soldiers at Grady, AL.
He died after the 1910 census was taken because he was living with his son John Zachariah Dorman, Jr., in Centerpoint, Pisgah, Montgomery County, Alabama at that time.
He would be buried in either Montgomery Country in the Pisgah Community or in Barbour County, Alabama with family but has not been found. It is assumed he is in an unknown cemetery and an unmarked grave.
John married Mary Mollie F. Worthington on 20 May 1860, in Barbour County, Alabama.
Mollie had brothers that served for the Southland.
John is the father of three children.
Stephen Dorman
Stephen Dorman’s enlistment date is unknown in Barbour County, Alabama.
Died in service
He served as a private in Company B, 25th Regiment Alabama Infantry Sergeant, Pike Guards.
Compiled Service Records National Archives Microfilm 311 Roll 309
States on 20 Mar 1862, he was admitted to the hospital in Jackson, Mississippi.
On 9 Apr 1862, he died of Pneumonia.
Stephen’s burial location would have been in Cornith, Mississippi, in an unknown grave.
Thomas Mason Dorman
Thomas Mason Dorman served in Company B, 17th Battalion Sharp Shooters 1st Sergeant.
Compiled Service Records National Archives Microfilm 311 Roll 262
He enlisted on 8 Apr 1861, at Montgomery County, Alabama in Company E, 7th Alabama Infantry for one year.
He was present at Company Muster-in roll July-August, 1861 and during another time frame that is difficult to read.
He enlisted again on 8 Mar 1862, at Louisville, Barbour County, Alabama in Company H, 39th Alabama regiment for three years.
On 28 July 1862, he was transferred to Company B, 17th Battalion Alabama Sharp Shooters (his brother John Z. was also a sharp shooter).
On 3 Oct 1862, he was appointed to 1st Sergeant.
On 31 Oct 1863, he was absent with leave for 15 days by authority of General Bragg.
Discharged date unknown.
Thomas Mason Dorman died in 1891 in Panola, Texas and his burial MAY be Elm Grove Cemetery, Van Zandt County, Texas.
The 17th Alabama Infantry Battalion, Sharpshooters, was originally organized with two companies by the assignment of detachments from the 19th and 39th Infantry Regiments in June 1862. The unit disappeared from the records in August 1864, with the members possibly returned to their original commands. The unit was involved in the battles at Murfreesboro, Chickamauga, Chattanooga, in the Atlanta Campaign, and New Hope Church, and in the siege operations at Chattanooga and Atlanta.
Field officers: Lt. Col. Benjamin Cunningham Yancey; and [Acting] Adj. James H. Foster.
William G. Dorman
William G. Dorman enlisted on 10 Mar 1862, in Clayton, Barbour County, Alabama.
He served as a private in Company A, 45th Regiment Alabama Infantry.
Died in Service
Compiled Service Records the National Archives Microfilm 311 Roll 416
Copies of the Muster Roll were made at the Alabama Department of Archives and History of the 45th Regiment Company A.
Muster Roll dated 10 Mar 1862, shows William G. and brother, John Z. Dorman enlisted together at Barbour County, AL.
Confederate Military Record shows widow, Sarah A. Dorman, filed claim 27 Apr 1863.
Died while in service
Death date is not listed
Burial location is unknown.
James S. Falkner
James S. Falkner (Faulkner) enlisted in the Confederate War September 27, 1861 in Montgomery, Alabama by Capt. Wagner for the period of three years of the war as a private in Company K, 23rd Regiment Alabama Infantry.
Muster roll September 27, 1861 to January 1, 1862 states him present.
Muster roll May 1, 1862 to July 1, 1862 states him absent.
Muster roll August 31, 1862 to October 31, 1862 states absent without leave since March 4, 1862.
Muster roll December 31, 1862 to February 28, 1863 states present then absent without leave from May 16, 1862 to February 28, 1863. Com since March 27, 1862.
Muster roll February 28, 1863 to April 30, 1863 states present and entitled to bounty.
James was born in South Carolina and after coming to Alabama married Winifred "Winney" Talley Lewis and of this union two daughters were born. His occupation listed on censuses as planter and farmer. He is buried in an unmarked grave at Moseley, Tankersley, Luckie, Supple Cemetery at Hope Hull, Alabama.
James W. Ford
Private in Company C & E, 3rd Alabama Regiment.
Per Fort Delaware POW records, muster rolls, and pension application - James was enlisted Sept. 15, 1862 in Marengo County Alabama. Confederate hospital records in Virginia gave his enlistment as Camp Watts, AL in Oct. 1862 which would have made him fall under the Confederate Conscription Act. All white males between the age of 18 to 35 years of age had to enlist.
Between Nov. 22, 1862 to Jan. 26, 1863 he was issued clothes at Camp Winder hospital Richmond, Virginia. Also a patient there until spring of 1863. There are additional muster rolls for clothing issued for Mar. 24, Apr. 21, and Jun. 10, 1863. At this time he was listed under Company E.
After Jun. 10, 1863 James marched to Pennsylvania for the Gettysburg Campaign and his muster roll dated Mar. 31, 1864 states he is absent without leave which made it seem as if he was a prisoner of war.
Jul. 14, 1863 James fell out of rank during the retreat from Gettysburg, sick, and was rounded up by Federal patrol scouring for Confederate soldiers.
Jul. 28, 1863 James appears on the first Federal POW records at Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.
Jul. 29, 1863 James was forwarded by rail from Harrisburg to Philadelphia and was delivered aboard a Delaware River steamer to Fort Delaware on Pea Patch Island on Jul. 30, 1863.
James remained a prisoner at Ft. Delaware and was confined to the hospital on Feb. 6, 1864 and Feb. 19, 1865.
Jun. 6, 1865 the General Orders No. 109 issued from the Federal War Department directing prisoners from captains down to privates be released with no criminal charges and required to take the Oath of Allegiance. James was in the first group to leave on Jun. 14, 1865 with transportation purposes which stated as Marengo County, Alabama as his home.
Jun. 14, 1865 James' description was light complexion, mixed colored hair, blue eyes and standing at 5 feet 9 inches tall.
Jun 4, 1900 James' wife Sarah Elizabeth McIntosh Ford "Sallie" filed a Confederate pension application stating James died May 17, 1886.
James and Sarah were married Jan. 29, 1856 in Marengo County, Alabama and raised eight children. They both died in Rembert Hill, Marengo County, Alabama.
Elijah Fortune
Elijah Fortune enlisted on 29 Apr 1861, in Pike County, Alabama. He served as a private in Company K, 37th Regiment Alabama Infantry.
According to the CSA Compiled Service Record Microfilm 311 Roll 369 on 4 July 1863, he was captured at Vicksburg, Mississippi. He obviously escaped or was traded because on 22 July 1864, he was captured near Atlanta, Georgia. On 30 July 1864, he was received at the Military Prison at Louisville, Kentucky. On 30 July 1864, he was transferred to Camp Chase, Ohio. He was received 1 August 1864, at Camp Chase, Ohio.
On 2 March 1865, he was transferred to City Point, Virginia. Elijah Fortune appears June, 1865 on the Register of Paroled Confederate Soldiers.
Soldier's Pension approval #17717
Elijah married Mary Ann M. Boutwell on 25 Jan 1861, in Pike County, Alabama.
He is the father of two children.
He died 22 Feb 1920, in Pike County, Alabama and is buried at Center Ridge Cemetery, Pike County, Alabama.
James M. Fortune
James M. Fortune enlisted on 29 Apr 1861, in Troy, Pike County, Alabama. He was a private in Company K, 37th Regiment Alabama Infantry.
Died in Service
According to the CSA Compiled Service Record Microfilm 311 Roll 369
James was taken prisoner at Rienzi, Mississippi in 1862.
On 14 November 1862, he died of Chronic Dysentery.
His burial location is unknown Mississippi. It is a goal to have a marker placed with his parent’s graves.
John Jefferson Fortune
John Jefferson Fortune enlisted on 17 Apr 1863, at Troy, Pike County, Alabama.
Died in Service
He served as a private in Company H 57th Alabama Infantry.
Compiled Military Service Records Microfilm 311 Roll 461
John. J. Fortune would have mustered at Troy Mar 13, 1863. Company H was a Barbour County company, but there were a number of soldiers in it from Pike County. In early 1865, the 57th was consolidated with the 27th, 35th, 49th and 55th Alabama Infantry Regiments and became the 27th Ala Infantry Regiment. John was not with the Regiment at the surrender in North Carolina in May 1865. Due to his age, it is assumed he would have served earlier with another Regiment, but no proof of that has been found.
Source: Homer Jones
July & August, 1863, John is present company muster roll.
September & October, 1863, present company muster roll.
John is not found in census records after the War, per the family he died in the war with his brother James M., however no family Bible records have been located.
There is no record of marriage for John and he is not buried with his other family members in Pike County, Alabama. It is a goal to have a marker placed with his parent’s graves.
William Ely Freeman
William Ely Freeman enlisted 20 Feb 1863, in Troy, Pike County, Alabama and was assigned to Clanton’s Battery Artillery Alabama. Clanton’s battery, Captain N. H. Clanton, was organized at Pine Level in Montgomery County, Alabama, in June, 1863, and was attached to General Clanton’s brigade. The unit was for a time at Pollard and Mobile, then was ordered to Gadsden, and served in northern and central Alabama and Georgia. Part of it was engaged near Rome, GA. The unit was in the neighborhood of Columbus, GA at the close of the War.
Muster Roll for N. H. Clanton’s Battery Alabama Artillery from the National Archives in Washington, D. C. Microfilm 311 Roll 70 states Freeman, William E. Private, age 36, 5’8” tall, hair black, eyes hazel, complexion dark. He was present at Muster Roll February – December, 1863. On 8 Mar 1864, he was at the 1st Mississippi CSA Hospital Jackson, Mississippi and April 4-10, 1864, at General Hospital Soldier’s Home, Shelby Springs, Alabama. On 12 April 1864, he reportedly returned to duty. He was paroled 23 May 1865, at Montgomery, Alabama. William Ely Freeman died 18 Jul 1891, and his burial is unknown (possibly in Tuscaloosa, Alabama).
He married Sarah Mariah Holmes 18 Jan 1846, in Montgomery County, Alabama. He is the father of nine children to include Sarah Ellen Freeman that married William David Missildine who also served the Southland.
Charles A. Henderson
Charles A. Henderson, proven 15 May 2000, supplemental application UDC, Company F, 31st Regiment, GA Infantry, CSA. Birth Date unknown in NC Death Date 11 January 1863, He is buried at Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, VA.
Hugh Henderson
Hugh Henderson was a private in Company C, 57th Regiment, Alabama Infantry.
Compiled Service Record National Archives requested with no records found.
One card found at the Alabama Department of Archives and History listing his pension application.
A search of the Muster Roll file at the ADAH turned up one piece of paper for the unit but no listing of soldiers was available for Company C, 57th Alabama Infantry Regiment.
Confederate Soldier Pension Class C #3551
His Pension stated he was wounded at the Battle of Marietta, Georgia, on left side and the end of his finger was shot off. It also states he was imprisoned at Macon, Georgia for two weeks.
Widow's Pension Application for his wife, Jemima Catherine Johns.
Hugh died 10 May 1918, and is buried at Fort Crawford Cemetery, East Brewton, Escambia, County, Alabama.
James C. Henderson
James C. Henderson was a private in Abercrombie's Co. 6th Regiment Cavalry.
Compiled Service Record National Archives requested with no records found.
One card found at the Alabama Department of Archives and History listing his pension application.
A search of the Muster Roll file at the ADAH turned up no soldier lists for the 6th Alabama Cavalry Regiment.
James is listed in a book found at the ADAH entitled Alabama Confederate Soldiers by Janet B. Hewett & Joyce Lawrence, page 280.
He is also listed on the Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System Search available at www.civilwar.nps.gov
Soldiers Pension #300
James lost the sight in one eye from an explosion during the War.
There is little information available for Clanton's Regiment at the ADAH. Several sources site Company H however there is no documentation associating Company H with Abercrombie. There were folders with Abercrombie's name but they were made up of other units that cited, "Company formerly known as" or "Company became new company" listing different names and company numbers.
James died 03 Apr 1897, and is buried unknown in Barbour County, Alabama. It is a goal to place a marker with his parent’s graves.
John D. Henderson
John D. Henderson served in Company D, 6th Regiment Alabama Infantry.
Died in Service
Compiled Service Record National Archives with no records found.
One card found at the Alabama Department of Archives and History lists his death.
A search of the Muster Roll file at the ADAH turned up no soldier lists for Company D, 6th Alabama Infantry Regiment.
John is listed in a book found at the ADAH entitled Alabama Confederate Soldiers by Janet B. Hewett & Joyce Lawrence on page 974.
He is also listed on the Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System Search available at www.civilwar.nps.gov
Again, John is listed on the 6th Alabama Company D Roster available on line at www.rootsweb.com
On 30 July 1863, a claim was filed by his father, Willis Henderson, by Bird Fitspatrick, Attorney of Troy, Pike County, Alabama.
John’s death date is unknown and his burial information is unknown. It is a goal to have a monument placed with his parents.
There is a monument at Oakwood Cemetery dedicated to the fallen by the surviving members of unit.
Robert Huey Henderson
Robert Huey Henderson enlisted on 21 Feb 1863, in Troy, Pike County, Alabama.
He served as a private in Company C, 57th Regiment Alabama Infantry.
According to the Compiled Service Record National Archives Microfilm 311 Roll 461 he was paroled after April, 1865. Almost no records from his unit survived the War so very little information is known about his service.
He filed a Confederate Pension Application and was approved # 17806.
He married Sarah Frances Redmon, on 03 Nov 1864, in Pike County, Alabama. Her brother Clement Redmon served for the Southland.
Robert Huey Henderson is the father of six children.
He died 08 Jun 1921, in Pike County, Alabama and is buried at Belser Cemetery, Pike County, Alabama.
Henry Thomas Herren
Private Henry Thomas Herren, from Newbern, Alabama, joined Company K, 62, Alabama Infantry.
William Sampson Johnson
William Sampson Johnson was born February 20, 1842, in Decatur Georgia to William “Bill” Johnson and Martha Ann Welch from South Carolina. After the death of his father, Bill, his mother married John S. Haven in Thomas County, Georgia on December 31, 1843.
William Sampson married Susan Samantha Donaldson August 9th, 1866.
Ten children were born to this union. His daughter, Harriet Melissa became my paternal grandmother. His military service as a private in the Georgia 59th Infantry, led him to be wounded and captured at Gettysburg. This injury was to plaque him the rest of his life and limited his ability to farm in later years according to his pension application. His daughter, Artie, tells us in her memoirs, many details of his life and struggles to provide for his family in the post civil war South. He died June 7, 1922. His bride of 55 years, Susan Samantha lived just a little short of 100 years surviving him by 22 years. Their final resting place is the Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery in Altha, Florida.
May 3rd 1862, at the age of 20 he enlisted for the duration of the war into the 59th Georgia Infantry in Bainbridge, Georgia. While it is difficult to know exactly in which battle he fought we can follow the history of his unit in the terrible years to come. History tells us he enlisted with his stepfather, John Shephard Haven; stepbrother, John Henry Haven; and uncle, Bryant R. Welch. Bryant ( Briant) R. Welch was wounded in the battle at Cold Harbor on June 1st, 1864 and died of his wounds on July 30, 1864 at home in Hamilton County Florida.
Their unit went on to fight in the following battles:
Drewry’s Bluff 12-12-1862
Battle of Gettysburg July 1st, 2nd 3rd, 1863
(Wounded and Captured at Devil’s Den at Gettysburg July 2nd )
Imprisoned then paroled Jan 1, 1864.
Funkstown, Md. 07-10-1863
Chattanooga Siege, 09-1863 to 11-1863
Chickamauga, Ga. 09-19 & 20- 1863
Knoxville, Tn. 11-29-1863
Wilderness, Va. 05-05 & 06-1864
North Anna Va. 05-23 to 26-1864
Spotsylvania Court House, Va. 05-8 to 21- 1864
Cold Harbor, Va. 06-01,02,03-1864
Petersburg Siege, Va. 06-01-1864 to?
Deep Bottom, Va. 08-14-1864
Reams Station, Va. 08-25-1864
(William Sampson Johnson in September 1864 Detailed to Provost Richmond Va. To guard President Jefferson Davis to end of War)
Fort Harrison, Va. 09-29 & 30-1864
Williamsburg Road, Va. 10-27-1864
Gen. Lee Surrenders 04-09-1865 at Appomotax
John William Jones
John William Jones, proven 31 March 2001, supplemental application UDC, Company F, 2nd Regiment, GA Infantry, CSA. Birth Date 15 August 1836 Death Date 8 December 1915. He is buried at Jones Taylor Cemetery, near Eastman, GA on the Eastman Soperton Hwy, Dodge County, GA.
Joseph Kirkland
Joseph Kirkland, proven 31 May 2000, supplemental application UDC, Company I, 46th Regiment, AL Infantry, CSA. Birth Date 27 September 1837 Death Date 12 April 1898. He is buried at Old Pleasant Plains Cemetery, Henry CO & Houston CO, Lower Rd from Headland to Columbia, Alabama.
Sidney Kirkland
Sidney Kirkland, proven 15 April 2002, supplemental application UDC, Private, Company I, 46th Regiment, AL Infantry, USA. Birth Date 16 August 1842 Death Date 9 January 1889. He is buried at Old Pleasant Plains Cemetery, Lower Rd from Headland to Columbia, Henry County, AL.
Lynch Adams Leftwich, Sr.
Private Lynch Adams Leftwich, Sr., from Bedford, Virginia, joined Company B, 14th Regiment, Virginia Infantry, (Tempers' Brigade, "Rifle Grays")
Richard Ervin McWilliams
Richard Ervin McWilliams served as a private in "Wilcox True Blues," Company B, First Alabama Infantry.
According to local tradition, this flag was made from the blue silk dress of Miss Adele Robbins of Canton Bend and was painted by Samuel Tepper. It was presented to the company prior to their departure for Pensacola, Florida in February 1861. The regiment was captured at Island No. 10, in April 1862 and the flag was taken from a private home in Tiptonville, Tennessee near there. The flag was discovered in Lansing, Michigan in 1917 by Miss Maude McWilliams who was visiting her sister. At that time, the flag was being displayed at the capitol. Miss McWilliams then notified her father, Mr. Richard Ervin McWilliams of Camden, who had served with the True Blues. Through the efforts of Mr. McWilliams, the flag was returned to him by permission of the Board of Governors of the State of Michigan and the Michigan Grand Army of the Republic. The letter granting permission is dated September 16, 1920. Dr. Owen, Director of the Alabama Department of Archives and History, had previously requested the return of the flag without success. McWilliams' daughter presented the flag to the Department on May 7, 1921. The flag received conservation treatment and was prepared for display by Textile Preservation Associates, Inc. of Keedysville, Maryland in 2007.
John K. Missildine
John K. Missildine enlisted on 30 Aug 1862, in Montgomery County, Alabama with his brother William David. They were assigned to Company K, 22nd Regiment Alabama Infantry with their brothers Robert and Joseph. According to John's Compiled Service Records National Archives Microfilm 311 Roll 293 he was on the List of Payments on Descriptive Lists from 1 Mar to 30 April, 1863 and paid on 9 May 1863, the amount of $22.00
He was "slightly" wounded the morning of 31 Dec 1862, at Dea's Brigade Murfreesboro, Tennessee in the "First Woods" part of the field. He was later captured at Missionare Ridge, TN on 25 Nov 1863. The loss of Chattanooga was a severe blow to the dying Confederate cause. A vital line of lateral communications was lost, and the stage was set for Sherman's move to split the Confederacy further by his Atlanta campaign and march to the sea. It is unclear where John K. was held from November 25, 1863 until his discharge date of 20 Jun 1865. He received an Alabama Pension #11355, filed in Crenshaw County. His widow also received an Alabama Widows Pension. John K. was married to Harriett Ann on 24 Oct 1870, in Dale County, Alabama. He is the father of nine children. He died 21 Jan 1928, in Crenshaw County and is buried in Spring Hill Cemetery, Crenshaw County, Alabama.
Joseph J. Missildine
Joseph J. Missildine enlisted in the Confederate States of America Army five months after his brother Robert Francis Missildine, Jr., on 1 Mar 1862, in Montgomery, Montgomery County, Alabama. He was assigned to Company K, 22nd Regiment Alabama Infantry.
According to the Compiled Service Records National Archives Microfilm 311 Roll 293 he was paid for service from 1 Mar 1862 to 31 July 1862 in the amount of $55.00
He was wounded during an engagement between July 22-29, 1864. Little is known about him after this date. He must have been home on furlough or sick leave because he married Nancy Pace on 06 Deb 1864 in Montgomery County, Alabama. He died before the 1900 census and is buried in Bowie, Texas in an unknown cemetery (possibly Old Union). No records of a Widow’s Pension was filed in Bowie, Texas however, his wife was living next door to his brother Jesse Missildine in 1900.
Robert Francis Missildine, Jr.
Robert Francis Missildine, Jr., was the first of the Missildine brothers to enlist on 6 Oct 1861, at Dublin, Montgomery County, Alabama. He was assigned to Company K, 22nd Regiment, Alabama Infantry. According to the Compiled Service Record from the National Archives Microfilm 311 Roll 293 on 29 Oct 1861, he received a certificate of disability for discharge due to epilepsy. On 16 Jan 1862, he received an honorable discharge. On 3 Aug 1864, he was captured near Atlanta, Georgia, obviously having returned to service. On 11 Aug 1864, he is listed on the Roll of Prisoners of War in Nashville, Tennessee. On 12 Aug 1864, he was received at the Military Prison in Louisville, Kentucky and on 13 Aug 1864, transferred to Champ Chase, Ohio. He was received on 14 Aug 1864, at Camp Chase. On 18 Mar 1865, he was transferred to Point Lookout, Maryland. Point Lookout overflowed with inmates, surpassing its intended capacity of 10,000 to a population numbering between 12,500 and 20,000. G. W. Jones, a private of Company H, 24th Virginia Cavalry, described his ominous entrance into the prison amidst "a pile of coffins for dead rebels," hearing the lid close shut on his own soon thereafter when he learned that the system of prisoner exchanges had been suspended for the duration of the War. Jones described the camp as laid out into a series of streets and trenches, intended to aid in drainage, and surrounded by a fourteen foot parapet wall. Prisoners, who lived sixteen or more to a tent, were subjected to habitually short rations and limited fire wood in winter, and when the coffee ration was suspended for federal prisoners at Andersonville, the Point Lookout prisoners lost theirs as well. The worst the prisoners suffered, however, may have been inflicted by the physical conditions. The flat topography, sandy soil, and an elevation barely above high tide led to poor drainage, and the area was subjected to every imaginable extreme of weather, from blazing heat to bone-chilling cold. Polluted water exacerbated the problems of inadequate food, clothing, fuel, housing, and medical care, and as a result, approximately 4,000 prisoners died there over 22 months. Robert, Jr. was released in 1865, after the War but the exact date is not known. He received an Alabama Pension #2216 filed in Dale County, Alabama. He is buried in Evergreen Freewill Baptist Church Cemetery, Dale County, Alabama, possibly in an unmarked grave since a marker has not been located.
William David Missildine
William David Missildine, Confederate Soldier, enlisted in the Confederate States of America with his brother, John K., on 30 Aug 1862, in Montgomery, Alabama. They were placed in Company K of the 22nd Alabama Infantry Regiment with brothers Robert and Joseph. William would have been in the 22nd to fight the following battles: The Battle of Perryville, Kentucky, 8 Oct 1862; the Battle of Murfreesboro, Tennessee, 31 Dec 1862; his brother John K. was wounded there. There were many battles in between. The Battle of Chattanooga, Tennessee, August-September, 1863; the Battle of Chickamauga, Georgia 18-20 Sept 1863; the Battle of Missionary Ridge (in the Chattanooga area), 25 Nov 1863; his brother John K. was captured there. Then the Confederate Army was pushed by General Sherman's army down to Dalton, Georgia where they wintered 1863-1864. Next came Sherman's Army and the Battle of Dalton, Georgia 13 May 1864. The Confederate Army was pushed further south to the small town of Resaca, Georgia. According to the Compiled Military Service Records William David Missildine was captured by the Union Army by forces under Major General George Thomas in Resaca on 16 May 1864. He is listed on the Roll of Prisoners of War Roll No. 267 at Nashville, Tennessee. He arrived at Louisville, KY Military Prison, 20 May 1864. He was transferred from Louisville, KY to Alton, IL 23 May 1864. William David was lucky to have survived Alton, the maximum capacity of the institution was estimated at 800 but throughout most of the war, it held between 1,000 and 1,500 prisoners and often more. By the last year of the war, while William David was being held, the prison was said to have held 1,900 prisoners. One account from a Confederate Officer from Callaway County, Kentucky confined to the Alton Military Prison in 1863 said, "I was captured on the 13th of July, heavily ironed with log chain and ball, transported to this prison, thrown into a cell 6x3 feet with my iron fetters on, kicked, cuffed, taunted, jeered and maltreated in every conceivable form …. Oh! The horrors of this place, the cruelty of my persecutors, tongue cannot tell, neither hath it entered into the hearts of man to conceive. I have seen hundreds of my companions in arms consigned to a premature and untimely grave here by the cruelty and injustice of my enemies, murdered in cold blood in this house of disease and death."
Alton’s reputation was a dark one and the events that would take place there during the war years would leave a horrible, lingering reputation behind. It was where tragedy, despair and disease became commonplace. It was at this place where death came calling for hundreds of men during the war – and it is a place where, even today, it is said that the dead do not rest in peace.
William David Missildine was released from Alton Military Prison at war's end in 1865, the exact date is unknown.
Wife (1) Annie Jane Soles married 03 Sept 1851, father of 11 children.
Wife (2) Sarah Ellen Freeman married 26 Jul 1871, father of 12 children.
Total 23 children
William David died 24 Feb 1893, in Montgomery County, Alabama and is buried at Pisgah Cemetery, Montgomery County, Alabama along with his parents and many of his children, grandchildren, and great grandchildren. His grave is marked with a CSA marker.
Isaac Napoleon Newman
Isaac Napoleon Newman's Compiled Service Records at the National Archives was requested with no record found. Two service cards with no microfilm or roll number were available and copied at the Alabama Department of Archives and History. The Muster Roll at the ADAH Company I, 15th Alabama Quitman Guards was also copied.
Records state he enlisted 15 May 1863, at Troy, Pike County, Alabama. On 14 Aug 1864, he was "absent due to sickness Deep Bottom inclusive thru Williamsburg Road" 29 Oct 1864. He was discharged April, 1865. He was awarded a Confederate Pension Approval Number 20920.
He is listed 8 July 1907, in the Minutes of 7th Annual Reunion of the Quitman Guards in Troy, Alabama.
Isaac Napoleon Newman died 14 Dec 1907, in Pike County, Alabama and is buried in the Antioch Cemetery, Pike County, Alabama.
His wife was awarded a Widow's Pension.
Isaac married Tabitha Redmon on 15 Feb 1869 in Pike County, Alabama and is the father of four children.
Clement Redmon
Clement Redmon was a private in Company K, 22nd Regiment Alabama Infantry.
Died in service
Compiled Service Record National Archives Microfilm No. 311 Roll 294
Confederate Register of Claims of Deceased Officers and Soldiers from Alabama.
24 June 1863, filed by his mother Mary Redmon.
Place of death: Knoxville, Tennessee, buried unknown.
Parents: Joseph and Mary Redmon
Born about 1843 in Georgia.
Clement was unmarried. He had seven siblings including a sister, Sarah Frances Redmon, who married Robert Huey Henderson who also served for the Southland.
John Shirley
During the first week in May 1862, Joseph C. Clayton reassembled veterans of the
Louisville Blues who wished to preserve their old company organization. Twelve former members of that command formed
the nucleus of the new unit. Company H
of the 39th Alabama Infantry Regiment was organized under command of
Captain Whitefield Clayton, at Louisville,
Barbour County on
The
Regiment participated in the march into
The
last entry we have for John is Regimental Return for the month of June, 1863
which shows Absent enlisted men accounted for:
nurse at Quitman. Sent 10 June.
His
Application for the Relief of Confederate Soldiers and Sailors dated
John Franklin Stewart
John Franklin Stewart enlisted on 17 Mar 1862 at Spring Hill, Mobile, Alabama.
He served as a private in Company K, 37th Regiment Alabama Infantry.
Compiled Service Record National Archives Microfilm 311 Roll 372 states he was paid for service 1 July 1862, to 31 October 1862, in the amount of $44.00. Records also state he was present July 1 to Dec 31, 1863 on Hospital Muster Roll at French’s Division Hospital in Shelby Springs, Alabama.
12 May 1864, he was awarded a Certificate of Disability for Discharge: Enlarged Liver due to Chronic Hepatitis.
John Franklin must have died between 1880-1900 according to the census records.
His wife was living with family in 1900 and he is not found. He is buried in an unmarked grave in Good Hope Baptist Church, Pike county, Alabama according to Gathel Newman Russell, real granddaughter still living.
John married Elizabeth Fortune on 16 Jan 1851, in Pike County, Alabama. Elizabeth has brothers that served the Southland.
John is the father of 10 children.
Nathan Fenn Stoddard
Nathan Fenn Stoddard enlisted in the Confederate War December 1864 in Newton, Dale County, Alabama as a private in the reserves which was called out just before the end of the Civil War. He was discharged in April 1865 at Newton, Dale County, Alabama per 1907 and 1920 Census of Confederate Soldiers residing in Alabama.
Nathan was the son of Nathan Fenn, Sr. and Martha Christian Booth Stoddard. He was born and raised in Rocky Head, Dale County, Alabama. He married Joan Tucker and they had nine children. They lived in the Ramer, Montgomery County, Alabama area where he was post master, grocer, farmer, and large land owner.
Nathan Fenn Stoddard died April 5, 1926 at Ramer and was buried April 7, 1926 at Ebenezer Cemetery, Ramer, Alabama. This cemetery is on the Alabama Historical Register.
William Walter Supple
William Walter Supple enlisted in the Confederate War September 22, 1862 in Tupelo, Mississippi with Company F, 5th Mississippi State Troops as a private.
Muster roll for August 25 to October 1, 1862 states he is absent due to sick furlow.
Muster roll of January 24, 1863 states W. W. Supple died October 5, 1863 (probably should be 1862). He most likely died in Louisville, Winston County, Mississippi as his wife was stated a widow of intestate in this location where she died.
Per Montgomery County Probate Court Final Settlement Records A, page 271, W. W. Supple's estate was finalized on March 24, 1873 stating his five children as heirs.
William Walter Supple was born in Ireland. His occupation after coming to Alabama was school teacher, farmer, and large land owner from his wife's previous marriage.
Thomas Hill Watts
Thomas Hill Watts, Col., 17th Alabama Infantry, Field & Staff Attorney General of the Confederacy 7 months resigned due to election as Governor Governor, State of AL, 1 Dec 1863 to the end of the War.
James Henry Urquhart
James was born about 1841 in Randolph/Jasper Co Georgia. He moved to Montgomery Co, AL Pike City on or around 1850. He signed up for the military in 1861 at close to 18 years of age, and was placed in the 15th AL Infantry.
The 15th Alabama Volunteer Infantry Regiment was moved from
Josiah Wilson
Josiah was born in or around Montgomery Co., AL, in 1830 . He married Nancy (Nannie) Urquhart on
On 6 Oct 1861 Josiah joined Company E, 33rd Regiment Al Infantry Confederate States of America in Notasulga AL. He entered as a 1st leu and soon made Captain. One of the larger battles he participated in was Chickamauga (river of death), Gettysburg and Lookout Valley, battle of Shiloh, Missionary Ridge, Ringgold Gap, Battle for Atlanta and Franklin.
Captain Wilson was a true Confederate soldier, there was no danger he would not share with his men, whose welfare he was ever solicitous and he came out of the war with a reputation of being one of the best of Captains. He had been a teacher and later ran the store and tin ware business with his Father-in-Law. Judge Henry Urquhart. Also served several terms as city Marshall and of him it was said, he always performed his duties well and faithfully. Brave, cool and possessed of good judgment, without prejudice, he did his duty without fear or favor.
Captain Wilson was a man who did no one a harm quietly pursuing the even tenor of his way, he had the kindly wishes of all those who knew him. He was not a church member, but his faith in the Supreme Ruler of the universe was ever strong. Captain Wilson leaves behind four married daughters, three unmarried and two sons Josiah, Jr of the Troy Rifles and Amos of the Messenger Force AND THAT IS MY GREAT-GRANDDAD.
Charles Mallory Worthington
Charles Mallory Worthington enlisted on 3 July 1861, on Muster Roll in Eufaula, Barbour County, Alabama.
Compiled Service Records National Archives Microfilm 311 Roll 250
On 8 June 1862, he is listed as wounded at Cross Keys, Virginia.
On 29 March 1863, he was admitted to hospital with gunshot wound.
Also, on 29 March 1863, he was transferred from General Hospital No. 9, Richmond, Virginia to Chimborazo Hospital No. 4, Richmond, Virginia.
Records state on 5 Apr 1863, he returned to duty.
During May - December, 1863 he was absent on Muster Roll at hospital.
January - February, 1864 absent on detached service.
May - June, 1864 absent at hospital.
July - October, 1864 on detached service.
Per Pension records, after being shot in right leg below the knee he was disabled for a while then served on a detached service. He made Captain P.S.M. of 8th Congressional of Alabama which position he retained until the close of the War.
Final date of service is unknown.
Widow's Pension Roll #11545
Charles Mallory Worthington married Anna unknown.
He died 01 Mar 1915, in Mobile, Alabama and his burial is unknown in Mobile, Alabama.
He is the father of three children.
George W. Worthington
George W. Worthington enlisted on 30 April 1862, at Eufaula, Barbour County, Alabama for a period of three years. He was assigned to Kolb's Battery, Light Artillery Alabama.
National Archives Microfilm No. 311, Roll 79 shows him present for Company Muster Rolls April, 1862 - February, 1863.
Records states 9 February 1863, he died at home.
George is listed 25 February 1863, Register of claims of deceased Officers and Soldiers from Alabama, wife, Lucinda E. Worthington.
His burial location is unknown with searches of Barbour and Dale Counties, Alabama.
Moses Worthington
He was a Captain of Company D, 15th Alabama Regiment, "Fort Browder Rough's."
His residence was Fort. Browder, Alabama.
He enlisted on 03 Jul 1861, at Fort Browder, Barbour County, Alabama, at age 28.
Requested Compiled Service Records from the National Archives with no records found.
He is listed at the Alabama Department of Archives and History Cards of Military Service (3) F326, M2, C58 Roll #67.
A copy of the 3 July 1861, Muster Roll, lists Moses Worthington, Captain, Physician.
He is also listed in Law's Alabama Brigade By J. Gary Laine & Morris M. Penny, page 364 and BackTracking in Barbour County by Anne Kendrick Walker pages 213, 217, 218.
The Heritage of Barbour County, Alabama, 15th Alabama Reunion states Worthington was Captain.
7 Mar 1861, Captain, Physician
July, 1861 Present for Company Muster Rolls
21 Oct 1861, Resigned at Centerville, Virginia, Disabled
25 May 1862, Present at Winchester
8 June 1862, Present at Cross Keys
27 June 1862, Wounded at Cold Harbor, Virginia
Death: 1862 of disease probably in Virginia
His burial location is unknown (probably in VA).
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