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47th Alabama Infantry
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Company Unknown
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James Washington Jackson - Colonel
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First battle Cedar Mountain 8-9-1862, ranked Lt. Colonel, ranked Colonel after the battle. Led the 47th Alabama at Cedar Mountain, 2nd Manassas, Harper's Ferry, Sharpsburg (regimental Commander), Gettysburg (resigned after the battle), Died July 1, 1865, buried Greenville Ga. City Cemetery
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Contact Name:
Nehemiah Nowlen
Contact Email:
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Date Added: 8/6/2016
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Company Unknown
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William Henry Keller - Other
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Adjutant of 47th Alabama during 1863 through Gettysburg. Brother in law to COL James W, Jackson, 47th commander. W.H. Keller is my great-grandfather (COL.Jackson's sister Olivia Jackson Keller). Buried n KELLER section of Greenville Ga City cemetery
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Contact Name:
Nehemiah Nowlen
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Date Added: 8/8/2016
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Company Unknown
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Sandy Stough - Unknown
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brother to Richard William Stough
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Company A
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George Taylor Adamson - Private
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Company A
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John Wesley Adamson - Private
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Company A
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Giles Flannigan - Private
Contact Name:
Jerry Flannigan
Contact Email:
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Date Added: 6/28/2011
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Company A
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David Alexander Langley - Sergeant
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Volunteered and enlisted at 32 years of age on March 20, 1862 from Tallapoosa Co, Al. Went in training at Loachapoka, Al., in Co. A, Al 47th Inf Regiment with his brother Edmund Belcher Langley. The 47th was ordered to Richmond Va on 6/14/1862 without arms. There it was attached to Tolliver's Brigade, Stonewall Jackson's Division at Green Springs, Va. He was made Orderly Sargent and was initiated into battle at Cedar Creek, Va on 8/9/1862. Served in 21 engagements and was not wounded or captured. Surrendered at Appamattox Courthouse, Va, 4/9/1865.
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Company A
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Edmund Belcher Langley - Unknown
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Volunteered and enlisted in the Confederate Army on March 20, 1862 from Tallapoosa Co, Al. Went in training at Loachapoka, Al., in Co. A, Al 47th Inf Regiment with his brother David Alexander Langley. The 47th was ordered to Richmond Va on 6/14/1862 without arms. There it was attached to Tolliver's Brigade, Stonewall Jackson's Division at Green Springs, Va. He was initiated into battle at Cedar Creek, Va on 8/9/1862. Surrendered at Appamattox Courthouse, Va, 4/9/1865.
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Company B
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Milton Ebenezer Canady - Private
Contact Name:
Sam Mottesheard
Contact Email:
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Date Added: 7/14/2013
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Company B
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Calton Wilburn Flannigan - 4th Sergeant
Contact Name:
Jerry Flannigan
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Date Added: 6/28/2011
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Company B
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Russell J. Flannigan - Private
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Wounded at Cold Harbor. Paroled at Appomattox.
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Contact Name:
Jerry Flannigan
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Date Added: 6/28/2011
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Company B
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SJM Joiner - Private
Contact Name:
Sam Mottesheard
Contact Email:
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Date Added: 7/14/2013
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Company B
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John Riley Umphress - Private
Contact Name:
Brian Gamble
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Date Added: 4/16/2007
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Company D
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Hilery S Bruce - Private
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He is my great great grandfather, looking for all information
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Contact Name:
Kimberly Simpson
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Date Added: 3/1/2008
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Company D
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Wilson Pulaski Bruce - Private
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my 3rd great grandfather : W. Pulaski Bruce was born April 27, 1836 in Greene Co., Ga. W. Pulaski Bruce enlisted as a Private in Company D, 47th Alabama Infantry and was listed as a Gunsmith in a report dated December 4, 1862. The 47th Alabama Infantry Regiment completed its organization at Loachapoka, Alabama, in May, 1862, and moved to Virginia in June. Most of its members were drawn from Chambers, Tallapoosa, Cherokee and Coosa counties. During the war it was assigned to General Taliaferro’s, Law’s and W. F. Perry’s Brigade, Army of Northern Virginia. The 47th fought in many battles of the army from Cedar Mountain to Cold Harbor, except when it was with Longstreet at Suffolk, Chickamauga and Knoxville. It participated in the Petersburg siege north of the James River and the final campaign at Appomattox. Private Bruce died on August 19, 1912 in Troup Co., Ga. and is buried at Hillview Cemetery in LaGrange, Ga.
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Contact Name:
Donald Wilkerson
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Date Added: 3/5/2007
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Company D
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john calvin jones - Private
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John Calvin Jones served with 47th Alabama infantry regiment, company D as a private. He was born at Oak Grove, Geneva, County Alabama on May 13 1843. He died in Geneva County Alabama on March 20 1921. He is buried at Wesley Chapel united Methodist church, Geneva Co Rd 41, Geneva County, Alabama. Documentation found at Ancestry.com at US Civil War Soldiers 1861-1865 file number M374 roll 23.
He is my great great grandfather.
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Company E
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William A Acker - Private
Contact Name:
Russel Dykes
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Date Added: 1/24/2014
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Company E
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richard thomas ray - Private
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Wounded at gettysburg and chickamuga
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Company E
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William Woodard - Private
Contact Name:
Kelly Woodard
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Date Added: 1/27/2009
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Company F
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Josiah Watson Dunnam - Private
Contact Name:
David Hunter
Contact Email:
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Date Added: 1/27/2010
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Company F
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David H Gamble - Private
Contact Name:
Brian Gamble
Contact Email:
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Date Added: 4/18/2007
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Company F
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Micajah W Gamble - Private
Contact Name:
Brian Gamble
Contact Email:
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Date Added: 4/18/2007
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Company G
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James M Arnold - Private
Contact Name:
Joy Coykendall
Contact Email:
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Date Added: 3/26/2009
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Company G
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Sanders Avery - 1st Sergeant
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Company G
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Patrick Joel Hammond - Private
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Patrick Joel enlisted in Co G, 47th Alabama Regiment-Infantry, CSA, 'late in 1861'. Present at: Cedar Run 1862/08/09, Manassas 1862/08/30, Sharpsburg 1862/09/17, Fredericksburg 1862/12/13, Suffolk 1863/05/03 & 11, Gettysburg 1863/07/02-04, Chickamauga 1863/09/19-20, Lookout Valley 1863/10/28, Absent Wounded: Concord S.T. 1863/11/16 through Dandridge 1864/01/17;Present at: Wilderness 1864/05/06, Spotsylvania C.H. 1864/05/08, 10 & 12, Hanover Junction 1864/05/24, Cold Harbor 1864/05/30, Gains Mills, 1864/06/03, Bermuda Hundreds 1864/06/17, Petersburg, Deep Bottom 1864/08/16, Ft. Harrison 1864/09/30, Darbytown Road 1864/10/07 & 13, 1864/12/10. Patrick Joel, in his own words as to his discharge or surrender 'at Appomattox Court House on the 9th day of April 1865 - account General Robt E Lee's Surrender to Gen. Grant'.
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Contact Name:
Robert Oberdorf
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Contact Homepage: roberdorf@misanthropundit.com
Date Added: 1/15/2017
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Company G
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Jordan Thorton Harris - Private
Contact Name:
Jeff Dunaway
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Date Added: 5/22/2009
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Company G
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Joseph Frances Marion Key - Private
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The 47th Alabama Infantry Regiment was mustered into service in May of 1862, at Loachapolka, Alabama, and was first ordered to go to the western theater of operation in Mississippi. Upon reaching Montgomery, the Regiment was redirected to Virginia. They reached Virginia in June, and quartered at Camp Lee near Richmond. He enlisted as a private in Company G, 47th Alabama Infantry regiment, C.S.A., on May 11, 1862 and served until April 1865. He was wounded at Spotsylvania, Virginia during the war. Burial: Shiloh cemetery in William B. Bankhead National Forrest Lawrence county Alabama.
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Company G
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Hazel R Loveless - Private
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Hazed (HR) enlisted in Randolph Co , Al May 14,1862
Paroled Appomattox
Brother to WM.,James,Robert.
G,G,U
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Company G
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William R Loveless - 3rd Corporal
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William enlisted in Randolph Co, Al May 14,1862, he was killed in action at Cedar Run, VA AUGUST 9,1862.
Bruied Unknown. if anyone as info on burials at Cedar Run. Please email.
G,G, Uncle
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Company G
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John Richard Martin - Private
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Please add my ancestor to the roster of the 47th. Alabama Infantry.
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Contact Name:
Hal Cardwell
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Date Added: 8/27/2018
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Company H
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George Mickleberry Sanford Burdett - Private
Contact Name:
Gayle Hennington
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Date Added: 2/17/2004
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Company H
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Leroy S. Daniel - Private
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Daniel, Leroy S., Private
Company H, Alabama 47th Infantry
Resided in Milltown, Alabama and enlisted in Lafayette, Alabama on 25 March 63, at age 18 and listed as a student. He died at home on November 4, 1864.
Born: about 1844
Died: November 4, 1864 in Milltown, AL
Buried: unknown
Married: unknown
Children: unknown
Occupation: unknown
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Contact Name:
Adrian C. Sims
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Date Added: 4/6/2007
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Company H
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Thomas J. Daniel - 3rd Sergeant
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Daniel, Thomas J., 3rd Sgt., 5th Sgt.
Company H, 47th Alabama Infantry
Resided in Milltown, Alabama and enlisted in Cussetta, Alabama on May 5, 1862 at age 30 and was a farmer by occupation. Reduced in rank at his own request on July 1, 1862. Promoted to 5th Sergeant on September 23, 1862. Died in service on January 20, 1863.
Born: about 1832
Died: January 20, 1863 in VA
Buried: unknown
Married: unknown
Children: unknown
Occupation: farmer
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Contact Name:
Adrian C. Sims
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Date Added: 4/6/2007
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Company H
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Lindsey B Gilbert - Corporal
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Lindsey B. Gilbert was born about 1841 in Georgia and was the son of William Gilbert and his wife Sarah. Lindsey enlisted on 12 May 1862 at Loachapoka, AL along with his brothers, Isham, and Williamson. Lindsey and his brothers served in Co. H, 47th Alabama. Lindsey B. Gilbert saw action at Cedar Run, was sick at 2nd Manassas and Sharpsburg, saw action at Fredericksburg and was captured at Gettysburg on 2 July 1863. He was sent to Ft. Delaware in mid-July 1863. While at Ft. Delaware, Lindsey contracted a lung infection and died 9 January 1864. Some of his records, indicating his imprisonment and illness at Ft. Delaware are transcribed as L.B. Gilbert and T.B. Gilbert interchangeably. Lindsey Gilbert was initially buried on Pea Patch Island in January 1864 and later re-interred at Finn's Point National Cemetery, Salem, NJ. His burial location is Sec. CM, Site 794. His name is listed as T.B. Gilbert in the Finn's Point Cemetery records.
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Contact Name:
Catherine Fields
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Date Added: 1/23/2011
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Company H
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James Thomas Ragsdale - 3rd Sergeant
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My GGG-Grandfather. Present at Appomattox
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Contact Name:
Richard Downing
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Date Added: 3/26/2010
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Company H
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Andrew J. Slay - Private
Contact Name:
Gayle Hennington
Contact Email:
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Date Added: 2/17/2004
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Company H
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James L Slay - Private
Contact Name:
Gayle Hennington
Contact Email:
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Date Added: 2/17/2004
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Company I
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David Hugh Boyd Abernathy - Sergeant
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Wounded at Antietam and Wilderness - lost left arm
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Contact Name:
Bob Conner
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Contact Homepage: http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/24485855/family
Date Added: 3/27/2014
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Company I
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James William Thomas Abernathy - Sergeant
Contact Name:
Bob Conner
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Contact Homepage: http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/24485855/family
Date Added: 3/27/2014
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Company I
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Samuel Joseph Stuart Abernathy - Sergeant
Contact Name:
Bob Conner
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Contact Homepage: http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/24485855/family
Date Added: 3/27/2014
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Company I
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William Dorsey Baldwin - Private
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William was about 35 years old when he joined Co. I 47th Alabama Infantry. He was a farmer with three children. His unit was moved to Virginia where they were assigned to Major General Thomas J. 'Stonewall' Jackson's Corps. He saw action thru out the war and was one of about 90 men remaining in his unit when it surrendered.
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Contact Name:
phillip Thomas
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Date Added: 2/19/2016
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Company I
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John A Frazer - Private
Contact Name:
Bob Conner
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Date Added: 3/28/2014
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Company I
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Henry Washington Garlington - Sergeant
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Company I
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Richard C Haralson - Private
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Richard was born 3 Feb 1845 and was abt 16 years old when he joined the fight. He was seriously wounded at Chickamauga. He survived the war and drew a pension as a resident of Schley, County Georgia.
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Contact Name:
Phillip Thomas
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Date Added: 7/20/2014
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Company I
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William Henry Jordan - Private
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POW- Battle of Wilderness,
POW- Spotsylvania Captured May 6, 1864
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Contact Name:
Bryan Gilmore
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Date Added: 2/2/2011
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Company K
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Singleton Fannin - 3rd Corporal
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Enlisted 4/29/1862 age 20 at Loachapolka AL
2nd Manassas8/30/1862, Sharpsburg 09/17/1862,Suggolk 05/03/1963
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Contact Name:
Dolan Fannin Jr.
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Date Added: 3/25/2009
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Company K
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Date Added: 11/25/2023
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Company K
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D. H. Garrison - Captain
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Company K
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William S. Goodwyn - 1st Lieutenant
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Company K
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William Himes - 2nd Lieutenant
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Company K
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D. S. Patterson - Doctor
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Company K
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William H. C. Price - Captain
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Company K
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E. H. Rowell - Captain
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Company K
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Elam E. Sanders - Private
Contact Name:
Paul Bartley
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Date Added: 10/11/2011
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Company K
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J. Thomas Scott - 1st Lieutenant
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Company K
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William A. Scott - 2nd Lieutenant
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Company K
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Richard William Stough - Private
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He was wounded twice, once being burns that scarred him for life. He was sent to a hospital in Richmond, V.A.
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Company K
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William H Wilkins - Private
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He was captured near Knoxville Tenn. On Dec. 18, 1863.
On Jan 1, 1864 he was sent to Camp Chase in Cleveland,Ohio
Died 1905
Burried Bethsalem Baptist church Chilton Co. AL
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Company Field & Staff
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John Y Johnston - Major
Contact Name:
Don Holleman
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Date Added: 3/18/2012
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