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3rd Alabama Infantry

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Company Unknown

Corporal

CPL. Benjamin Franklin McQuees servrd in three different Companys, H, K and C
Contributor Ken BernerDate added 5/27/2005

Company Unknown

Corporal

CPL. Benjamin Franklin McQueen served in three different Companys, H, K and C
Contributor Ken BernerDate added 5/27/2005

Company Unknown

Private

Enlisted 1862
Contributor Mandi GammillDate added 9/4/2016

Company A

Private

James only has two cards in his file. He is 22 years old and from Coosa Co. He is paroled at Talladega , Ala. on 20 May 1865. There is a Jordan T. McCain in Co I of this Regiment
Contributor Phillip ThomasDate added 7/3/2014

Company A

Private

No family notes have been added.
Contributor Gayle HenningtonDate added 2/17/2004

Company B

Captain

hi we know my grandad deserted in 1865 then the next day he came back as a captain and took the oath of legance, we have proof of this, he was british and went back to uk and is buried in croydon
Contributor susan hoarDate added 6/17/2012

Company B

Private

No family notes have been added.
Contributor Chadd M. VailDate added 11/6/2003

Company C

4th Corporal

James enlisted on April 27th, 1861 in Tuskegee. He received a medical discharge due to injury on June 21st 1862. He died at the age of 80 in Gadsden, Alabama.
Contributor Barbara EikeDate added 4/23/2014

Company C

Captain

William had been working in his father's store when he enlistd on April 27th 1861 in Tuskgeege. He became camp commander in 1862. His unit was involved in the battles of Seven Pines and Antietam, where William was captured and briefly held before being exchanged. He was killed in the battle of Spotsylvania on May12, 1864.
Contributor Barbara EikeDate added 4/23/2014

Company C

Private

No family notes have been added.
Contributor Stephen WoodardDate added 8/11/2023

Company C

Private

The Archives list the following on his card. 11th Battn: Alabama Cavalry, Howards Battn: and 13th Confederate Cavalry. The 3rd Regt. completed its organization 20 August 1862 with ten companies A thry K. [* some of the men had prior service in the 2nd [Smith's] Reg. Tenn. Cav. He re enlisted on 14 Dec. 1862 at Nolinville, Tenn. His name appearson a Roll of POW's. dated 9 April, 1863 he was captured at Liberty on 7 April 1863 and paroled on 9 April 1863. This card is endorced with the following. These prisoners escaped while being transported to Nashville, the train being attacked by Gurrillas. His unit was surrendered at Hillsboro, NC 3 May, 1865 with the surrender of Joseph E Johnson.
Contributor Phillip Thomas Date added 1/20/2014

Company D

Private

Enlisted as a Private in March 1862 at the age of 25. Killed on 4 June 1864 at Cold Harbor, VA.
Contributor Eric StoneDate added 7/15/2010

Company D

Private

No family notes have been added.
Contributor Charlotte BustelosDate added 1/22/2012

Company E

2nd Lieutenant

Enlsitment during the winter of 1862 at Mosely Church VA. Transferred to Company E, 43rd Ala Infantry June 1862
Contributor Buck ShulerDate added 11/6/2008

Company E

Private

George was 19 Years old living in Mobile Ala. He enlisted there for 1 year on 20 Sept 1861. He reenlisted and served the entire war. He was captured at Petersburg, Va on 2 April 1865 and released on 10 June 1865 after 'Swallowing the Yellow Dog' The Regimental History of the 3rd Regiment is very remarkable in the scope and endurance of this heroic unit. George was my 5rh cousin several times removed.
Contributor Phillip ThomasDate added 1/8/2019

Company F

Private

James was born in 1815 in South Carolina. He has 22 cards in his archival file. He was 46 years old when he was enlisted 27 June 1861 by Capt. F.W. Hunter. He was mustered 31 Aug 1861 by Lt. Col. Lomax. He was sick in the hospital three times. Served with Rhode's Brigade, D.H. Hills Division. The 3rd Alabama was the 1st Ala. Regiment sent to Virginia. Battles Seven Pines, Malvern Hill, Boonsboro, Sharpsburg, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, Wilderness, Spotsylvania, Cold Harbor, & the Petersburg siege. He died July 1880 in Blue Sprins, Attala Co. Ala. and is buried at Maple Grove Cem. Nicholasville, Jessamine County, Kentucky. Husband of my 2nd cousin 5 x removed.
Contributor Phillip ThomasDate added 11/14/2023

Company F

Private

No family notes have been added.
Contributor Scotty BrandDate added 1/21/2011

Company F

Private

No family notes have been added.
Contributor James JordanDate added 7/3/2012

Company F

Private

No family notes have been added.
Contributor Gayle HenningtonDate added 2/17/2004

Company G

Private

Killed at Chancellorsville, Va. May 3, 1863.
Contributor Tom ThompsonDate added 8/16/2007

Company H

Private

Thomas was born 1830 in South Carolina. He was married to Teresa Montgomery. He had four children: William, Ellen, J.T. and Teresa. He died February 1863 in Virginia. He was a brother-in-law to William E. Montgomery also of the 3rd Alabama, Co. H. and Marcus Montgomery of 45th AL, Co. I. All three died in the war.
Contributor Ruth MontgomeryHomepage ruth58.montgomery@gmail.comDate added 5/6/2008

Company H

Private

John was born 17 Oct 1843 in Coosa Co. Ala. He has 4 cards in his archival file. Enlisted 15 April 1861 at about age 18 at Loundsboro, Ala for 1 year by Capt. Bertrand. He is in Virginia when his last CMR states, discharged by special order 317 on June 30 no year given. However, After the war he moved to Caldwell Co. Texas and applied for a pension which was initially disapproved but upon reapplication was approved on 31 Aug 1909 Pension # 17230. His son applied for a burial warrant, and it was also approved. His pension records are in the Texas archives, and he is listed under the name J.M. Meadores. To confuse things even more these records are comingled with one of his relatives J.W. Meadows who also served in Alabama and filed from the same county. He died 28 April 1920 in Fentress, Caldwell Co. Texas and is buried beside his wife Maretha Henrietta Carter in Highsmith Cem. Guadalupe Co. Texas. This unit fielded 1,651 men. 260 were KIA, 119 died of disease, 650 were discharged or transferred. 40 laid down their arms at Gettysburg.
Contributor Phillip ThomasDate added 7/6/2022

Company H

Private

William E. was the son of William C. Montgomery and Sarah Jane Crawford. He was born 1830 in Lowndes Co., AL. He was married to Elizabeth Jane Graham. He had two children, H.S.J. 'Jack' and a daughter Mollie. He died 22 July 1863, in Virginia, from sunstroke. William was a brother to Marcus Montgomery of 45th AL, Co. I and brother-in-law to Thomas J. Broadway of 3rd AL, Co. H. All three died in the war.
Contributor Ruth MontgomeryDate added 5/6/2008

Company H

Private

Enlisted Dec 16 1861.{3rd reserves} Russelville Alabama. parolled June 15 1865. B: Feb 18 1836 Chambers Ala. D: Dec 20 1914 Lee Alabama.
Contributor T.stricklandDate added 12/6/2012

Company I

Private

No family notes have been added.
Contributor Ken HarrisDate added 5/10/2015

Company I

Private

KIA 2d day Chancellorsville
Contributor Ebb McDuffieDate added 1/15/2011

Company K

Private

Born 11Mar1833 Died Feb18,1923 Burried in Pleasant Ridge Methodist Church Cem near Rocky Head, Dale Co. AL.
Contributor PerryDate added 2/3/2009

Company K

Private

He was in at the very start of this regiment but then shows up in the 32nd Alabama Regiment Company B as a 2nd Lieutenant
Contributor Joy Renee SmithDate added 8/23/2013

Company L

4th Corporal

No family notes have been added.
Contributor William P. Rodgers, Jr.Date added 8/4/2007

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