June 1817, Enlisted in Motley’s Artillery 2/14/62 in Danville., Released for over age on 8/25/62. He then joined the Home Guards and may have been in the Battle of Staunton River Bridge.
Monthly Archives: October 2021
Thomas Jefferson Hines Jr.
Private 6/25/61 Richmond. Pres. in action until wounded at Seven pines 5/31/62; admitted Danville Hosp.6/4/62 returned to duty 7/9/62; discharged 9/5/62 expiration of service. reenlisted 10/14/64 Danville. present until paroled 4/9/65 Appomattox.
Charles Wesley Pritchett
Born 11/26, 9/29/64 Danville; ores. til POW White Oak Road 4/1/65; City Point to point lookout 4/5/65; released there 6/16/65. Resident Pittsylvania County, farmer. Died 10/30/06 Buried in Family Cemetery near Whitmell.
James Butler
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 …
Walter Vitalious Foster
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 Keeton
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 Alexander
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 Rice
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 Cotten
♥ 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 Sheffield
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 …