Isaac Marion Whitney served as a Captain until the Battle of Bentonville when he was breveted to Major for leading the battle due to his commanders being injured. He resided most of his life in Walker and Fayette Counties in Alabama and had both a half brother, a brother-in-law and a brother who also served …
Category Archives: Alabama
Tilman Howell Wheat
Tilman Howell Wheat born 6 March 1839 in Tuscaloosa County, Alabama. Later in life Tilman married Nancy Hendricks and lived in the Moore’s Bridge area of Tuscaloosa. Tilman was a farmer by trade and Nancy was a housewife. He also played the organ at Bethabara Church where he attended, it was also said that he …
Richard Caswell Hallmark
Richard Caswell Hallmark was born on 29 March 1831 to Mynatt Hallmark and Polly Mary Calvert Hallmark. He married Mary E. Armstrong on 9 January 1854 in Blount County, Alabama. He is shown on the rolls of Company K, 19th Alabama Infantry Regiment, but it is unknown when he enlisted as he is not shown …
Benajamin Hudson Russell
2nd Lt. Benjamin Hudson Russell was born in 1827 in Russellville, Alabama to George Daniel Russell and Leah Jackson Hudson Russell. He enlisted on 16 August 1861 in Tuscumbia, Alabama. He was killed at the Battle of Murfreesboro, Tennessee on 31 December 1862. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/42278098/benjamin-hudson-russell
John Marion DeShazo
Enlisted March 1st 1862 in Montevallo, AL. He was captured when Vicksburg, Mississippi fell in July 1863. After being paroled he continued to serve until he was wounded during the Atlanta Campaign. An inspection Report dated September 17th, 1864 shows him as being wounded and taken to the field surgeon on August 31st, 1864. Based …
Willis Alfred Tillman
Born in 1845 to John and Elishaba Tillman. He enlisted in the 21st AL Infantry Co. I on October 13, 1861 at Halls Mill in Mobile, AL. He was captured on August 7, 1864 at Fort Morgan and was imprisoned at Elmira. He was paroled April 2, 1865. He developed heart problems as a result …
Thomas Hill Macon
Son of Thomas Woodward Macon. Born in Pickens County in 1842. Married Cecelia Ursula Rose Galle in 1865. Served in the CSA, losing left arm at Gettysburg July 3, 1863. Died of tuberculosis. He was the father of 13 children with his wife Cecelia. They were engaged when he was 19 and she 14. He …
Louis Edward Rafield
Louis Edward Rafield was born to William W. Rafield and Louisa Webb on June 1, 1849. He entered the War at the young age of 11 as a Drummer. At the Battle of Shiloh, he earned the distinction of “The Drummer Boy of Shiloh” after he lost his drum and searched until he found a …
Lysander Perry ‘Sandy’ Bamberg
Company A 8th Alabama Infantry. Lost his left arm in an accident when a fellow soldier’s gun discharged. He was a member of Camp Jones, U. C. V., in Selma, AL and was on the staff of Gen. John K. Kennedy, of Tuscaloosa, commanding the 2nd Alabama Brigade, U. C. V. Born 09/16/1839 Died 06/07/1934 …
Henry Jackson Taylor
Pvt. Henry Jackson Taylor Born 11/15/1840 To Parents Robert Taylor And Elizabeth Coleman. Died 06/13/1919 He Was 1 Of 3 Brothers All Serving In Co. B 34th Ala. Inf. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/23488384