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57th Alabama Infantry      
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George Washington Bragg - Unknown   
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Contact Name:  Andrew Spicer
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Date Added:  12/3/2010
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Andrew Jackson Mills - Private   
My great-great grandfather who died 3 Jan 1863 at 2nd Battle of Murphreesboro, TN
Contact Name:  Patricia Collins
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Date Added:  11/2/2009
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Benjamin Richard Newton - Private   
Captured at Adairsville, Ga., 18 May 1864
Contact Name:  Paula
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Date Added:  11/3/2008
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Vandy V. Snell - Unknown   
Dale Co. AL
Contact Name:  Walt
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Date Added:  1/25/2009
Company A
Greene Darity Brown - Private   
Enlisted 26 Sep 1864 at Perryville, AL, from Troy Alabama.
Contact Name:  John M. Hagler
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Date Added:  1/15/2011
Company A
Malcom James Carroll - Private   
Born 6-20-1821 in Johnston County, NC. Enlisted in Troy, AL on 9-1-1863; POW, captured Nashville 12-16-1864, died 1-5-1865, buried 1/3 mile south of Camp Chase (Row 20, grave 1, marker 704 reads 'M.J. Carroll').
Contact Name:  Vicky Carroll
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Date Added:  10/1/2005
Company A
Paschal Harris Perry - Private   
Paschal Harris Perry joined in Pike County Alabama on September 17 1863. He is my Great Great Grandfather.
Contact Name:  Paul D. Perry
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Date Added:  2/25/2011
Company A
A J Shaw - Private   
He joined in Greenville, Alabama in 1863, fought through the end of the war, moved to Missouri, got Married to Mary Ann Bledsoe and finally moved to Texas where he died after having 8 children.
Contact Name:  Chester Norman
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Date Added:  11/10/2009
Company A
W B Wren - Private   
CSA headstone in Aurora Cemetery, Aurora Rhome, Wise County, Texas.
Contact Name:  R Bryan
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Date Added:  1/1/2012
Company B
John Wesley Dennis - Private   
Enlisted 16 December 1863 as a Private in Montgomery, AL. Wounded at Drury's Bluff, VA. Discharged 10 May 1865.
Contact Name:  David M. Dennis
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Date Added:  8/15/2005
Company B
Harrell Flowers - Private   
My second cousin six times removed. Born 1826 in Georgia. Enlisted in February 1863. Later transferred to Company D. Died February 2, 1905 in Barbour County Alabama.
His widow, Sarah E. Flowers, received a Confederate widow's pension. This pension application is dated December 2, 1920; Houston County, Alabama.
Contact Name:  Darron Williams
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Date Added:  9/29/2008
Company B
Levin M Flowers - Private   
My second cousin six times removed. Born about 1824 in Georgia. Enlisted in February 1863.
Contact Name:  Darron Williams
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Date Added:  9/29/2008
Company B
William J Martin - Unknown   
Was on a troop train carring wounded CSA solders. Train wrecked neat Fort Vally, GA. Sep23,1864.
Contact Name:  walt
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Date Added:  1/30/2009
Company B
Benjamin E Stricklin - Private   
Benjamin was 35 years old when he enlisted at Greenville Ala., on 2 Feb 1862 in Co B 54th later renumbered as 57th Regiment Alabama Infantry. He has three cards in his archival file. He survived the war and died in 1903. He married a widowed lady named Zilpha Elizabeth Tillman. He is buried at Hills Chapel cemetery, Grady, Montgomery, Alabama under a fine CSA stone. He is my 2nd cousin 4 x removed.
Contact Name:  Phillip Thomas
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Date Added:  7/22/2016
Company B
Allen Tew - Private   
Allen Tew was born abt. 1818 in N. Car and died Jun 23,1893. Even though he was 45 yrs old in 1863 he shouldered a musket and fought fot the South. He and his son,Peter Francis Tew, who joined up at the age of 15 yrs., were both mustered into Co.B, 57th Ala. Vol. Infantry, Shelly's Brigade. Allen Tew was a member of the Primative Baptist Church in Brundridge, AL. His wife was Sara Benson Tew. In a 1891 Troy Messenger newspaper article about old people in Pike Co. Said in 1836 he had fought desperatley the Indians in and around Pike Co.AL. He had 10 children and 58 grandchildren. He could still chop a acre of cotton or walk 25 miles in a day. 'He is remarkable for his preserverance,industry and honesty. His parents were John Tew from Sampson Co. N.Car. and and Sara'Sallie' Benton Tew Born 1823 in Dalles Co. AL. Sara Benton Tew was the dau of Samual Benton born about 1785 died in 1834 in Barbour Co AL and Sara Benton. This Sara is in listed in Samuel's will as his wife. we have not discocvered who her parents are.
Contact Name:  Walter P. Nichols
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Date Added:  1/13/2009
Company B
Peter Francis Tew - Private   
Peter Francis Tew(PFT) was born about 1845. Son of Allen and Sarah Benton Tew. PFT and his father enlisted inCo.B 57th ALA.Shelly's Brigade,(PFT). Was wounded during war. Paroled with Gen. Joseph E. Johnston Army,Greensboro,N.Car May 2,1865at end of war. PeterF.Tew was married to Caroline(Callie)Sedonia Long in BlueSprings,Barbour Co. AL. Feb 11,1880. He was a member of the Confederate Veterans Camp in Enterprise,AL. He was wounded at the'Dothan Riot'in 1885.We do not know the details of this. Hard working farmer till health failed him late in life. Then he got a soda water route and delivered the soda to rural areas. Died in 1910. House was across the road from his daughter and sonin law William Joseph Perry Wilson about 10 miles from Enterprise, AL.
Contact Name:  Walter P. Nichols
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Date Added:  1/14/2009
Company B
Ezekiel S. Warr - Unknown   
Clayton, Barbour Co. AL
Contact Name:  Walt
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Date Added:  1/25/2009
Company B
John Manley Westbrook - Private   
Shows as a member of the 27th, Co. G and E, at the end of the War due to the great loses.
Contact Name:  Joseph Westbrook
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Date Added:  7/14/2010
Company C
James Asa Lauderdale - 4th Sergeant   
James Was born in 1843 in Coosa, Coosa County Alabama. He has four cards in his archival file. He was about 17 when He enlisted. He was a 4th Sgt in Co C 57th Alabama Infantry. Buford's Brigade. He was the father in law of Sarah Rebecca Davis, my 4th Cousin 2 x removed.
Contact Name:  Phillip Thomas
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Date Added:  10/3/2016
Company C
Jonathan Colbert McDonald - Sergeant   
J. C. McDonald served in Company C, 57th Alabama Infantry; He was inducted as a Sergeant, but was a private when he was wounded and died as a result of complications.

McDONALD, Jonathan C Sgt/Pvt Pike 2-12-63 (enlistment date)
Contact Name:  Rusty Macon Weber
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Date Added:  1/27/2009
Company C
Augustus Crockett McWaters - Private   
He was my 2nd Great Grandfather
Contact Name:  Cash Kaschai
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Date Added:  4/21/2012
Company C
Terry Tarpley Shanks - Private   
Terry Shanks is listed in the records of PERRY Shanks. I have a account which he wrote of his Civil War experiences with the 57th and a list of the members with whom he served.
Contact Name:  Jeanne Shanks Sellers
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Date Added:  6/26/2010
Company C
John Mallory Wilks - 2nd Corporal   
John was 36 years old when he enlisted 12 Feb 1863 from Pike County Ala. He was promoted to 2nd Corporal 1 May 1863. He fought in the Dalton - Atlanta Campaign taking severe losses at battle of Peach Tree Creek. Engaged in battles of Franklin, Nashville and sent to North Carolina where his last fight was as Bentonville. He suffered a severe gunshot wound on 1 April 1865 and was sent on a 60 day medical furlough from hospital at Opelika, Ala. He was paroled 19 June 1865. He did his best against the invaders..God bless his soul.
Contact Name:  phillip thomas
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Date Added:  8/7/2019
Company C
Richard D. Windham - Unknown   
Stepson of Sgt. Jonathan C. McDonald
Contact Name:  Rusty Macon Weber
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Date Added:  1/27/2009
Company C
William T. Windham - Unknown   
Stepson of Sgt. Jonathan C. McDonald. Died of his wounds shortly after returning home.
Contact Name:  Rusty Macon Weber
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Date Added:  1/27/2009
Company D
John T. McGlaun - Private   
enlisted 9/1/1863 at Pollard, age 44, b. Nov 22, 1819 Lincoln Co. GA-Description/Eyes: gray, Hair: dark, Complexion: dark, Feet: 5, Inches: 8 - reported by newspaper among those killed at Kingston and Bentonville NC - probably died March 19, 1865
Contact Name:  Sarah
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Date Added:  5/21/2009
Company D
Amos Parker - Private   
Amos Parker was the oldest of Lemuel Parker's, Ozark,AL sons he and the youngest son,Joseph Parker both served in Co.D 57th Ala Vol.Inf.....
Contact Name:  Walter P. Nichols
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Date Added:  1/15/2009
Company D
Joseph Parker - Private   
Served in D. Co with his brother Amos. Wounded at Peachtree Creek,Atlanta sent to hospital in Columbus, GA. Wounded in Battle of Franklin,TN. Served as a Sharpshooter at Days Gap to cover CSA movement. Loved to attend Confederate Vet. Reunions. He had 2 lifetime railroad passes that he used to attend the reunions. Owned a cotton gin and farmed after the war. Lots of people from Ozark would come out to his farm on Sundays to hear 'Ole Uncle Joe' talk about the war. ...
Contact Name:  Walter P. Nichols
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Date Added:  1/14/2009
Company D
James C Rhodes - Sergeant   
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Date Added:  11/28/2011
Company D
Ellis White Snell - Private   
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Contact Name:  Wes Snell
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Date Added:  6/23/2007
Company D
Jeramiah W. Snell - Unknown   
From Skipperville, Dale Co. AL
Contact Name:  Walt
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Date Added:  1/25/2009
Company D
Thomas Jefferson Windham - Private   
My second cousin five times removed. Born November 3 1838. Enlisted in February 1863. Also served in the 27th Alabama Infantry Co. F when the 57th became part of the 27th on April 9 1865. Died July 22 1916 in Texas.
Contact Name:  Darron Williams
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Date Added:  9/29/2008
Company D
Wright Pleasant Windham - 1st Sergeant   
My second cousin five times removed. Born May 4 1846. Enlisted as a Private in February 1863. The 57th Alabama Company D became Company F of the Consolidated 27th Alabama on April 9 1865. Wright P. Windham surrendered with the Army of Tennessee on April 26 1865, as an Orderly Sergeant. He was paroled at Greensboro NC on May 1st 1865. Died November 21 1921.
Contact Name:  Darron Williams
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Date Added:  9/29/2008
Company E
Hezekial E. Key - Unknown   
Buried CloptonMethodist Cem. Clopton,Dale Co. AL.
Contact Name:  Perry
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Date Added:  2/4/2009
Company E
Willis Smith - Private   
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Contact Name:  Diane Plauche
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Date Added:  5/17/2013
Company E
Elija Washington Thomas - Private   
Born 04/29/1836 Died 06/14/1908
Buried in County Line Cemetery San Jacinto County, Texas
Contact Name:  Tom Ray
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Date Added:  5/28/2016
Company E
Elija Washington Thomas - Private   
Moved to Texas in April 29,1874. Died June 19,1908 in San Jacinto Co. Buried in County Line Cemetary in San Jacinto County, Texas. Widow applied for pension in Texas.
Contact Name:  Tom Ray
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Date Added:  3/8/2012
Company F
Wiley E. Anderson - Private   
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Contact Name:  Deborah L. Clayton
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Date Added:  9/27/2010
Company F
Henry C. Duke - Private   
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Contact Name:  Amanda Hill
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Date Added:  10/13/2014
Company G
Benjamin G. Byrd - Lieutenant   
Buried in Pleasant Hill Cem west of Ozark,AL. This cemetery was one of several that were moved from the Ft.Rucker Army Reservation during WWII. Born Mar4,1839 Died Aug.29,1864. Son of Curtis and Elizabeth Byrd.
Contact Name:  Walt
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Date Added:  2/3/2009
Company G
james monroe fulford - Private   
James Monroe Fulford served with the 57th Alabama Infantry, Company G. He was born July 26 1843. He died October 6 1909. Documentation of his service appears under
US Civil War Soldiers 1861-1865 at Ancestry.com
file number M374 roll 15
He is my great grandfather.
My contact information
Jim Martin jimfrankmartin@gmail.com
jim martin
111 westward av scott louisiana 70583
He is buried at Wesley Chapel united methodist church, Geneva Co Rd 41, Geneva County, Alabama 36344
Contact Name:  jim martin
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Date Added:  9/6/2012
Company G
Benjamin Knight - Private   
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Contact Name:  Charles Patrick
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Date Added:  1/14/2009
Company G
Churchwell Patrick - Private   
Captured near Nashville, Tennessee, December 16, 1864. Died while a POW at Camp Douglas, Chicago, Illinois, Jan 11, 1865.
Contact Name:  Charles Patrick
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Date Added:  10/26/2006
Company H
Willis Bundy - Private   
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Contact Name:  Pamela Boliew Mitcham
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Date Added:  11/24/2005
Company H
James Henderson Jernigan - Private   
James H. is listed in Confederate Pension records. Wounded at Peachtree Creek, participated (Scott's Brigade) at battle of Franklin. Discharged in Bentonville, NC in 1864, walked home to Dale Co., AL
Contact Name:  James J. Jernigan
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Date Added:  4/23/2008
Company H
Andrew Jackson Martin - Private   
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Contact Name:  Russell Davis
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Date Added:  9/20/2007
Company H
Thomas Marion Murphree - 2nd Lieutenant   
Tom Murphree was originally enlisted as a private in Company E, 6th Alabama Infantry & eventually promoted to an officers rank afterwhich he was transferred to the 57th. His jacket is on display in the Alabama Historical Society in Montgomery. At Sharpsburg, he folded it & cradled Col. (later General) John Gordon's head after an injury. He went on to survive the battle of Peachtree Creek in Atlanta as well as the battle of Franklin (Tn.) & Nashville.
Contact Name:  Steve Murphree
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Date Added:  4/30/2008
Company I
Uriah Bracewell - Private   
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Contact Name:  Bobby White
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Date Added:  6/29/2010
Company I
Elijah Andrew Buttram - Private   
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Contact Name:  Leslee Green
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Date Added:  6/22/2007
Company I
John Jonus Dunn - Private   
Joined March 21, 1863, in Dale County. He was discharged from the hospital in Greenville Al on April 26, 1864, due to a bad tumor on his upper leg & ruled not fit for further service.
Contact Name:  John Dunn
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Date Added:  6/25/2018
Company K
James Bailey - Private   
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Contact Name:  Harvey Hill
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Date Added:  9/22/2009
Company K
John William Grimes - Private   
John W. Grimes was born in 1820 in Duplin Co., NC, and died in 1886 in Coffee County, Alabama. He enlisted from Coffee County, Alabama. John W. Grimes was my wife's gg grandfather, through his son, James Shorter Grimes; his daughter, Fannie Malissa Grimes (Wilson), and her son, James Lawrence Wilson, who was my wife's father.
Contact Name:  James E. Gilmer
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Date Added:  7/31/2008
Company K
Eleazar Larkins - Private   
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Contact Name:  James Jordan
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Date Added:  7/3/2012
Company K
Samuel W.W. Smith - Private   
Any info I can get on him it would be greatly appreciated.
Contact Name:  Joyce M. Smith
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Date Added:  8/1/2006
Company K
Andrew Jackson Wise Sr. - Private   
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Contact Name:  Lisa Tetzlaff
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Date Added:  10/6/2012
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