Phelans Company,Alabama Light Artillery

John H. Pendergrass, 5th Alabama Infantry. Detached to Heth's Division as Division Blacksmith. Later detached to A. P. Hill's Division as Division Blacksmith. Captured at 3rd Battle of Petersburg, detained at Point Lookout, Md. Signed Oath of Allegiance 16 JUN 1865.

Matthew was born 22 Oct 1842 in Clayton, Barbour Co. Ala. He enlisted at Clayton on 15 May 1861 in the Old Co K 5th Ala. Infantry which became New CO A of 5th infantry. His cover card states some of his records are under M.M.C. Fenn of which there are 43 cards. He suffered several medical episodes of disease and exhaustion, Measels, chronic diarrhea and reoccurring fever. In Aug 1862 he is sent home on sick furlough for 30 days. His Regiment saw action at Yorktown, Seven Pines, Cold Harbor, Malvern Hill, Fredericksburg, Boonsboro, Sharpsburg, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, Wilderness and was captured in the trenches of Petersburg on 2 April 1865. He was sent to Point Lookout Md where he was released on 12 June 1865 after swallowing the yellow dog. He was the father-in-law of my 4th cousin 4 times removed. He died 4 Sept 1898 and is buried at the Mount Zion Cem. in Louisville, Barbour County, Alabama. I pray his soul rests in peace.

Enlisted in the 5th Alabama from Barbour County,Alabama.
Captured on July 5,1863.Held at Ft Delaware.Died from the measles on September 9.1863.
Brother of John Duncan Jay.

My Gr Gr Grandfather .Enlisted in the 5th Alabama from Barbour County ,Alabama.
Wounded on July 1,1863 at Gettysburg. Captured along with brother David Jay on July 5,1863. Transferred to Point Lookout October of 1863.Remained a prisoner until exchanged on Sept. 30,1864.
Died July 14,1921 in Geneva County, Alabama.

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Wounded in the right shoulder during the battle of 'The Wilderness'.

James E. Shell enlisted on 24 Feb 1863. The Civil War Service Database at the Alabama Department of Archives and History has some information online but not much. This archive says he enlisted when he was 17, was a farmer, single at the time, and from Calhoun County. Lists Georgia as his state of birth. His Widow 'N.K. SHELL' or Nancy Kizar Ramsey allplie for pension in St. Clair County, AL on 24 July 1900. Engagements: Present at Chancellorsville 3 May 1863.

Enlisted 1 Sep 1861@ Bethel Church, Butler County, Al. Josiah fought the iYankee War Profiteers from then until he was KIA 6 May 1864 at the Battle of the Wilderness.

Born Virginia 1824, came to Sumter County, Alabama 1853. Married Sarah Ann Eskridge, dau. of Samuel Eskridge and Jane Harkness Petigrew near Livingston, AL. He was killed in action 30 October 1864. Burial place unknown. The 5th Alabama was in Petersburg, VA vicinity at that time.

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Enlisted mar.16th 1862 Bells Ldg.by Capt.Tom Riley.Prisoner May 5th,1864 Battle of the Wilderness.He was only 17 when he enlisted.He was my Great G Grandfather.

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My Great Great Great Uncle

James E. Webb enlisted in Greensboro, Alabama, on April 18, 1861. How long he served with the unit is unknown, as he later became a staff officer, serving under Gen. J.E.B. Stuart, among others, until the end of the war. Any further information appreciated.

Capt. Williams served in the Greensboro Guard. He wrote articles about his time with the unit, that was published in the local newspaper in the early 1900. Capt. Williams was born in 1840 to Charles Williams & Jackie Whitehead Wiggins. He married Carolyn Avery in 1864 and had 9 children; Edwin (m. Nancy Ann Susan Blakeney) , Carlos/Carl (m. Blanche Murphree), Lemuel (m. E. Page Harris), Hope (married Patton), Mae (m. Dave Bell), Lucy (married John Magruder Jefferson), Ora (married Douthit), Nettie (m. Ira Barnes) & Carrie.
Capt. Williams managed the Greensboro poor house and died in 1908.

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Co H, 18th Alabama Infantry Regt., CSA and Co D, 5th Alabama Infantry Regt., CSA
b 3 June 1835 in Edgefield District, South Carolina; d 27 June 1902 in Pike County, Alabama
'At the outbreak of the war he joined the Co. 'H' 18th Alabama, the company being commanded by Capt. Hamner. He was elected Lieutenant and served for some time, but later resigned and joined in Nov. '62 Co. 'D' of the 5th Alabama in the army of Northern Virginia, this company being commanded by Capt. Jonathan W. Williams, now of Greensboro, Ala. Capt. Williams declared the deceased, after long comradeship with him, the best and purest man that he had ever seen, and said that as a right-hand bower to the Chaplain he was a power in Moralizing the regiment.' (Troy Messenger)
Grandfather of Mary Youngblood Gibson
bur Oakwood Cemetery, Troy, Pike County, Alabama

I have listed this relative (G grandfather) on another unit, 54th Alabama Infantry, Co. B. Both are legitimate, and documented. Jim Golden

He served also for three years before he was captured on July 2nd 1863 at Gettysburg while making the assult towards Little Round Top he died in prison Camp At Ft. Deleware Deleware

Jeremiah Bozier Vail served with the 5th Alabama Infantry He was of Company E, he served the first year of the war, he was killed in action in 1862 at the battle of Jackson Virginia he was one of 4 brothers to die in the war.

Served first 3 years was Captured July 2nd 1863 at Gettysburg on assult on Little Round Top he died in prison camp Point Lookout

Martin Luther brother of Jeremiah died of wounds recieved at Chancellorsville Virginia in 1863

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Aaron served 4 years & parolled at Appomatox.

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Surrender with General Rob. LEE APPOMATTOX COURTHOUSE APRIL,COMPANY G 5TH ALABAMA INFANTRY,THANK YOU........

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Captured at Gettysburg 1 Jul 1863 sent to Ft.Delaware and vanished.

Enlisted 2 Aug 1861 at Grove Hill (Clarke County), Alabama. Discharged on 22 May 1862. He was listed as a butcher. According to my grandfather, he reentered the Army and was killed in 1864 in a battle in Georgia. Would love to locate more information on this.

Milo was from Grove Hill, Clark Co. Ala. At age 23 he enlisted in the 'Grove Hill Guards' until 1 Jan 1862 when it became Co I 5th Regt. Ala. Inf. He was wounded in the battle of Boonesboro, Maryland in 14 Sept and sent on wounded furlough. He rejoined his unit and appears on a POW listing dated 10 June 1865. He was the husband of my 6th cousin 3 x removed.

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Edmond enlisted 16 Mar 1862 at Grove Hill, Clark Co.Ala. The unit was undergoing reorganization and he was in [New] Co I. 5th Regt. Ala. Infantry. He was 30 Years old. He fought at Yorktown, Seven Pines,Cold Harbor, Malvern Hill, Boonsboro, Sharpsburg, Fredricksburg, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, and died 2 May 1864 at Locust Grove at the battle of the Wilderness. His wife moved to Texas and filed for a pension in 1899. He was the Father in Law of my 2nd cousin 4 x removed Mary Sue Howle.

WEST, John Hamilton
(4th Corporal, New Company “I” 5th Alabama Infantry Regiment) John Hamilton West, Jr. born September 1831 in St Clair County, Alabama and died April 30, 1903 in Lower Peach Tree, Wilcox County, Alabama and buried Independence Cemetery, Wilcox County, Alabama the son of Elizabeth M. Horton, (b. in North Carolina) and John H. West, Sr. J. H. West Jr. married December 25, 1857 in Clarke County, Alabama to Julia Mae Champion...John Jr & Julia were my great great grandparents.

This was my great grandfather. In 1861 he and his brothers William Woodard and Francis Marion Woodard enlisted in Company A 5th Alabama but about 1863 were in the new Company I.

Enlisted May 15, 1861, Clayton, Alabama (Barbour County). As there was another Thomas M. Bryant (Corporal) in the 5th Alabama at the same time, he changed his official name on military records to 'M. C. Bryant'. The unit traveled to Pensacola, Florida, for equipping and training, then to join Lee's Army of Northern Virginia. While the 5th was en route to the Battle of First Manassas, he was mildly wounded at a skirmish at Farr's Cross Roads, VA. While recuperating, he developed pneumonia and was medically discharged on Jan. 11, 1862. He was paid a discharge and travel voucher of $63.66. He later traveled to Navarro County, Texas, where he and his wife, Harriett, owned a ranch until her death, after which, he lived out his life with his daughter, Maggie Allen Bryant Sterling, her husband, and their children in Wortham Texas (Freestone County). He is thought to have died between the 1900 census (on which he is listed) and 1910 census.

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Civil War Record...

Rank - Private...Unit - Co K , 5th Alabama Infantry Regiment...
Enlisted on 09-10-1862 for the duration of the war.
Enlisted at Butler Co., Al by Mr. Freeman.