James Butler was born on September 11, 1828, in Gaines, Hall Co., Georgia, the son of Whitaker Henry Butler and his wife Miriam “Myra” Walker. By 1850 he had moved with his family to Randolph Co., Alabama, where he met and married Susanna Lovvorn. On January 3, 1863, in Talledega, Alabama, James Butler enlisted in […]
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Walter Vitalious FosterWalter Vitalious Foster
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Walter Vitalious Foster was born on 15 December 1914, in North Carolina, the son of William Thomas Foster and his wife Lucy Stribling. On mARCH 6, 1841, in Carroll Co., Georgia Walter married Elizabeth Traylor. They later moved to Randolph Co., Alabama, where Walter enlisted as a private in Co. D, 3rd Alabama Reserves. His […]
Archibald KeetonArchibald Keeton
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Archibald Keeton was born on 20 November 1827, in Walker Co., Alabama, the son of Reuben Keeton and his wife Mary K. Townley. In 1850 in Walker Co., Alabama, Archibald Keeton married Martha Jane Staggs. On September 6, 1862, in Jasper, Alabama, Archibald enlisted as a private in Co. C, 13th Battalion Alabama Cavalry Partisan […]
David AlexanderDavid Alexander
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David Alexander was born on February 1, 1840, in Athens, Clarke Co., Georgia, the son of Smith Alexander and his wife Nancy Stephens. He married Mary Jane Henderson of Cobb Co., Georgia, in 1856, and by 1860 they were living in Fulton Co., Georgia. Enlisted in the Confederate Army as a Private in Co. B, […]
George Anderson RiceGeorge Anderson Rice
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George Anderson Rice was born on October 26, 1831, in Newnan, Coweta Co., Georgia, the son of John L. Rice and his first wife Elizabeth Catherine Wright. Later moved with his family to Randolph Co., Alabama, where he was living at the time he enlisted in the Confederate Army. Married Mary Ann Mote in 1856. […]
Thomas Samuel CottenThomas Samuel Cotten
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♥ M/1st – 16 May 1863, Amite Co, MS to Mary Frances Cain. They were the parents of: ღ Cora Ella Cotten (b 14 Aug 1865) ღ William J. Cotten (b 31 Feb 1867) ღ Lula Frances Cotten ღ Rebecca A Cotten ღ Kenner Cotten (b 21 Feb 1873) ღ Infant Son Cotten ♥ M/2nd […]
Amos Austin SheffieldAmos Austin Sheffield
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Amos Sheffield was born in Dale, Alabama in 1846. His family moved to Florida around 1860. He ran away from home and crossed the state line, bac into Alabama, in order to join the Confederate Army as he was only 15 years old. He joined the 42nd Alabama Infantry, Co. E as a private. He […]
Harvey MayHarvey May
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Was nearly starved to death as a prisoner of war. Had one son, Z. (Zachery) Taylor May, who, with his wife Nettie, is buried next to Harvey May. Taylor and Nettie had three daughters, Ida, Thelma Odessa, and Othelia. Thelma married Les Midkiff and died in childbirth along with her children. Othelia married J (John) […]
Crispin DickensonCrispin Dickenson
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In March 1862 Crispin Dickenson was elected First Lieutenant of the Ringgold Battery, a Confederate artillery unit formed from men from Danville, Virginia, and the surrounding area. Captain Timothy Stamps commanded the unit, initially outfitted with two smoothbore iron 6-pounder cannons, a 3-inch rifled gun, and one brass 12-pounder Napoleon cannon. Following Stamps’ June 1863 […]
John Thomas NewtonJohn Thomas Newton
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Private John Thomas Newton mustered with the 1st SC Rifles at Sandy Springs, SC in 1861. He participated in all unit engagements until the retreat from Gettysburg (Battle of Williamsport – Falling Waters) when he was captured. He spent the remainder of the war at Elmira and Point Lookout prisons in the North. He survived […]