Civil War Soldier’s Service Records

 


 

Austin, D. W. (Davis Washington)

submitted by Wilda Murphy

 

Pvt, Co G, 17th Ala

 

Regimental Return June 1862:  sick in hospital.

 

Muster Roll July-Aug 1862:  enlisted 28 Feb 1862 at O’Bannonville by Capt Strawbridge, for the war.

 

Muster Roll Nov-Dec 1862 says he enlisted at Pensacola;  paid by Capt McVoy to 31 Aug and 31 Oct 1862.

 

Paid bounty of $50 on 24 Dec 1862 by Pete S Wa- - tis??.

 

Register, Payments on Descriptive Lists:

                Period of service:  1 Sep - 31 Dec 1863.  Paid Aug 1864 (sic) by B F Reed $169.13.  Rmks:  clothing.

                Paid 3 Oct 1863 for 1 July - 31 Aug 1863, $22 by Alex McVoy.

                Paid 23 July 1863 for 1 Jan - 30 June 1863, $66.

                Paid bounty 23 Dec 1863 by A. McVoy.

(note:  not found in indexes to Florida census 1850-1860-1870.  O’Bannonville not found on GNIS.)

 


 

Black, Lytle S.
submitted by
Mildred Stinson Brown

Private, Co. D. 33rd Alabama Inf.
b. 1833, SC
m. Mary Ann Sims,
d. 27 March 1910, Ebenezer West Cemetery, Butler Co., AL

 


 

Cheatham, Peter H.

submitted by Wilda Murphy

 

Pvt, Co C, 33rd Al Inf:  enlisted 1 Mar 1862 in Greenville by Capt Dunklin.

 

Muster Roll for bounty of $50.00, 1 Mar 1862. 

 

Muster Roll for Mar-Apr, May-June, July-Aug, Nov-Dec 1863.

 

Roll of POWs captured by Brig. Gen. Lucas, 3rd Brigade Cav., Mil. Div. West Miss. and paroled at Greenville, Al.  Roll dated Montgomery, Al  6 May 1865.  Captured 21? April 1865

 

Register of St Mary’s Hospital, West Point, Miss, 10 Jan 1865.  Disease:  VS   Rmks:  admitted.

 


 

Cheatham, James G.

submitted by Wilda Murphy

 

Pvt, Sgt Dobson’s Co., 33rd Al Inf.

 

Register of Claims of Deceased Officers and Soldiers… Claim presented by Hon. T H Watts, 3 Apr 186- . Also as James S Cheatham (in same envelope), Pvt, Co C, 33rd Al:

 

Muster Roll for bounty of $50.00, 1 Mar 1862, Greenville; enlisted 1 Mar 186-.

 

Muster Roll for Mar-Apr 1863   Rmks:  dead at Chattanooga April 8.

 

Register of Claims of Deceased Officers and Soldiers… Claim presented by widow Susan H Cheatham,    20 Apr 1864.

 


 

Cheatham, W. H.

submitted by Wilda Murphy

 

Pvt, Co C, 33rd Al Inf:  enlisted 15 May 1862 at Montgomery.

 

Muster Rolls Mar through Aug 1863:  absent;  Rmks:  sent to hospital 15 July 1863 by surgeon. 

 

Muster Roll Nov-Dec 1863:  present.

 

List of men furloughed from General Hospital, Cleveland, Tenn  Dec 1862 for 32 days.

 


 

Hitson, John Wesley
submitted by Mildred Stinson Brown

Private, Co. B. 18th Alabama Inf.
b. January 1839, Randolph County, Georgia
m. Kittie C. Lucas
d. 26 May 1923, Brushey Creek Cemetery

Confederate military records indicate that he enlisted into the Confederate Army on July 9, 1861, in Andalusia, AL. He was listed as private in Company B, 18th Regiment of the Alabama Infantry.

While engaged in the Battle of Chickamauga, he was captured near Nashville, Tennessee, by the Union Army on December 16, 1864. He was moved to Louisville, Kentucky where he was placed in a military prisoner of war camp. From that P.O.W. camp, he was taken to another one located at Camp Chase, Ohio. He was released from Camp Chase on June 12, 1865, but only after swearing allegiance to the United States.

 


 

Morrow, Abraham Sidney
submitted by Mildred Stinson Brown

Private, Co. B, 17th Ala Inf.

 


 

Mullins, J. H.

submitted by Wilda Murphy

 

Pvt, Co F, 18th Al. Inf     (note:  This might be Josiah’s son JH  on the 1860 census.)

 

Muster Roll for Aug 12 - Nov 30, 1861:  enlisted Aug 2, Butler Springs by Capt H Clay Armstrong for the war.  Never paid.

 

Present on Muster Roll Nov - Dec 1861

 

Present on Muster Roll Dec 31, 1861 - Aug 31, 1862; paid to Dec 31, 1861

 

Present on Muster Roll Sep-Oct 1862; paid to Aug 31 by Capt McVoy

 

Present on Muster Roll Nov-Dec 1862; paid to Aug 31 by Capt McVoy

 

Regimental Return June 1862:  Sick Okalona

 

As Jno H Mullins:  receipt for clothing, 2nd Qtr 1864

 

Register of Paroled Confederate Soldiers for Jun 1865:  June 13 Paroled Jun 14, 1865, Montgomery, Al:  5’ 10”, light hair, blue eyes, fair? complexion


 

Mullins, J. M.

submitted by Wilda Murphy

 

Pvt, Co ?, 18th Al Inf:  enlisted Aug 2 1861, Butler Springs, Alabama by Capt H Clay Armstrong. Same Muster Roll entries as for J H Mullins through Nov-Dec 1862.

 

Present on Hospital Muster Roll for Aug 24, 1861 – Aug 1, 1862.  Attached to hospital Nov 1, 1861 as urseRmks:  Discharged from hospital Jan 2.  Enlisted July 20, 1861, Butler, Ala by Armstrong.

 

 


 

Murphy, Wilson Jr.

submitted by Wilda Murphy

 

2nd Lt, Co D, Capt. McKee’s Co, 33rd Al Inf, age 21.  Company muster roll dated 7 Apr 1862.  Enlisted 10 Mar 1862 at Greenville by D McKee for period of 3 years or the war.

 

Present on Muster Roll for Mch-Apr 1863:  last paid to 20 Jul 1862 by Major GaylerRmks:  Dropped from the role on June 21/62 by order of Gen. Hardee;  reinstated Mch 19/63 by Adjutant and Inspector General Office, Special, Oct 1867.

 

Appears on register containing Rosters of Commissioned Officers, Provisional Army, Confederate States.  Appointed 15 Mar 1862.  Rmks:  Dropped from Roll (Roster).  Restored by order A & IGO no. 69, Mar 19, 1863.

 

Record of 19 Mar 1863 referring to Special Order Nbr 67/21 Adjutant & Inspector General’s Office, Confederate States - - no details.

 

Order from Quartermaster General’s Office June 22? (sic, incl. question mark) 1863 will pay the account of 2nd Lt Wilson Murphy, Jr for the time his name was dropped from the Roll to his reinstatement under Special Order No. 67, Adj. Insp. Gen’l Office, 19 Mar 1863.

 

Present on Muster Roll for May and June 1863:  last paid to 20 Jul 1862 by Major GaylorRmks:  Detached to O.A. 33rd Ala Regt since May 9/63 by order of Col Adams.

 

Present on Muster Roll for July and Aug 1863:  last paid to 30 Jun 1863 by Capt Milner.  Rmks:  On detached service with O.A. 33 Al Regt since May 8/63 by order of Col Adams.

 

Muster Roll for Sep & Oct  1863 (still 2nd Lt) says enlisted 10 Mar 1862 at Georgianna;  last paid to 31 Jul 1863 by Capt Milner.  Still on detached service.

 

Muster roll for Nov & Dec 1863:  Capt Wilson Murphey, paid to 31 Dec 1863.

Receipt for clothing 15 Dec 1863 for 4th quarter.

Front and back of a 3-column paper - - illegible.

 

Front and back of a 4-column Requisition for Stationery, 1 Oct - 31 Dec 1863 with Wilson Murphy’s name barely legible at bottom.

 

Requisition for a tin cup, camp kettle and mess pan signed by Capt Wilson Murphy, Co D, 33rd Al Regt, received at Tunnel Hill, Ga 31 Dec 186-.

 

Requisition for 19 jackets, 17 pairs pants, 10 cotton shirts, 6 blankets, 13 pairs shoes, 11 pairs drawers at Tunnel Hill, Ga 31 Dec 1863.

 

Several illegible documents and requisitions through 5 Mar 1864.

Jan (or Jun, blurred) 1864:  record referring to ‘leave for Capt W Murphey - - no details.

 

Inspection Report Sep 14, 1864 near Jonesboro, Ga (Lowrey’s Brigade, Cleburne’s Div, Hardee’s Corps, Army of Tennessee), absent commissioned officers accounted for:  in arrest, sent to wagon train.  Date June 29, 1864.  Same type of inspection report for Aug 25, 1864 at Atlanta.

 


 

Saucer, Benjamin F.

submitted by Wilda Murphy

 

Cpl/Sgt, Co D, 33rd Al Inf:  Special requisition of Sgt B F Saucer for 1 pair pants $12.00 certified by Capt. W. Murphy 17 Mar 1864.

 

Muster rolls:  Mar through Dec 1863.  Enlisted 14 May 1863, Montgomery by D M McKee.  Paid by Capt. Milner through 31 Oct.  Listed as first corporal on muster roll for Mar-Apr.

 

Admitted 26 Dec 1864 USA General Hospital, Nashville, gunshot fract. of R shoulder and scapula by can. ball.  Wounded at Franklin 30 Nov 1864.  Transferred to Provost Marshall 23 Jan 1865.

 

Roll of POWs at Nashville, TN, captured by forces under Maj. Gen. Thomas….23 Jan 1865.  Captured at Franklin 17 Dec 1864 (as Sgt).  Forwarded to Louisville, KY, on 23 Jan 1865.

 

Roll of POWs at Military Prison, Louisville, KY, received 24 Jan 1865.  Discharged 25 Jan, sent to Camp Chase, Ohio, to Pt. Lookout, Md 26 Mar 1865 for exchange.  Received at Pt. Lookout, Md, 31 Mar 1865

 

On undated roll of sick POWs at Pt Lookout, Md, released 5 June 1865 on taking oath of allegiance to US. 

 


 

Seal, James

submitted by Wilda Murphy

 

Pvt, Co E, 62nd Alabama Infantry.

 

Muster Roll 30 June 1864 – 31 Aug 1864.  Enlisted 18 Jun 18- - at Talladega by L? Cary.  Never paid.

 

Request for clothing for James Seales, Pvt, Co E, Lockhart’s Battalion.

 


 

Seal, James H.

submitted by Wilda Murphy

 

Bulger’s Co., 47th Reg’t, Al Inf (no rank given)

 

Register of Claims of Deceased Officers and Soldiers from Alabama which were filed for settlement in the office of Confederate States Auditor for the War Dept:  presented by Wm. Griffin, 25 Apr 1863

 


 

Seal, John R.

submitted by Wilda Murphy

 

Pvt, Co E, 29th  Al. Inf.

 

Muster Rolls Mar 1 – Jun 30, 1862 & Jul 1 – Oct 30, 1862:  enlisted 7 Oct 1861 at Wilsonville, Shelby Co, Al by Capt Abernethy for the war.

 

Muster Roll  - to Dec 20, 1862 for Bounty, Camp Lee, Al.

 

Muster Rolls June – August 1863.

 

Register of Officers and Soldiers Killed or Died of Wounds or Disease:  died 18 Aug 1864 at Pine? Hospital, Georgia

 

Register of Claims of Deceased Officers and Soldiers from Alabama which were filed for settlement in the office of Confederate States Auditor for the War Dept:  presented by Julia A Seal, widow, 16 Sep 1864.

 


 

Seale, Cornelius H.

submitted by Wilda Murphy

 

Pvt , Co C, 17th Ala Inf

 

Muster Roll Sept-Oct 1862 through Jul-Aug 1863:  enlisted Sept 7, 1862 at Camp Forney by Lt Col Holcomb (note: reportedly, one Camp Forney was at Mobile).

 

Appears on Receipt Roll (as C H Seale, Pvt) for pay:  occupation:  overseer

                Dec 1863,  27 days @ rate of pay $2.40, signed C H Seale            RmksMobile, Al

                Feb 1864,  29 days @ rate of pay $3.00                                         RmksMobile, Al

                Mar 1864, 31? days @ rate of pay $3.00, signed his x mark          RmksMobile, Al

 

On Register of POWs at Louisville, Ky sent to Camp Douglas:  discharged to Camp Douglas 20 Dec 1864.

 

On Roll of POWs at Camp Douglas, Ill (no date) discharged on 30 June 1865Sgt. Cornelius H Seale, captured near Nashville 15 Dec 1864RmksButler County, Ala

 


 

Seale, E. A.

submitted by Wilda Murphy

 

Pvt, Co C, 17th Ala Inf

 

Muster Rolls Sept-Oct and Nov-Dec 1862:  enlisted 22 May 1862 at Greenville, Al by S J Bolling.  Paid to 31 Oct 1862 by Capt Alex McVoy.

 

Muster Roll for Jul-Aug 1863:  paid to 30 June 1863 by Capt Reid.  Absent sick in Greenville hospital.

 

Appears on a Receipt Roll for “Commutation of Rations” from Oct 26 to Nov 14.  Rmks:  paid Nov 18, 1863.

 

Appears on Roll of POWs captured by Brig. Gen. Lucas, Comdg. 3rd Brig. Cav., Military Division West Miss. and paroled at Greenville, Al, dated 6 May 1865.  Captured at Greenville, Al 21 Apr 1865.

 


 

Seale, F. J.

submitted by Wilda Murphy

 

Pvt, Co C & G, Lockhart’s Battalion, Alabama Volunteers: (also as Seals)

 

Muster Roll for May-June 1864.  Enlisted 12 Jan 1864 at Coosa Bridge by Capt. J. W. Pitts.

 

Muster Roll July-Aug 1864 says he enlisted 25 Dec 1862?  Private, Co C, 1st Alabama Reserves.  Never paid.  Absent in arrest at Mobile since 17 Aug 1864.

 

Roll of POWs of Nurses and Patients of Moore Hospital of the CSA, commanded by Surg. W. C. Cavanaugh, surrendered at Citronelle, Alabama…. to Maj. Gen. ERS Canby, USA, 4 May 1865 and paroled at Meridian, MS 16 May 1865.  Residence:  Shelby County, Alabama.

 

 


 

Seale, George H.

submitted by Wilda Murphy

 

Pvt, Co H, 33rd Al Inf:  age 18, muster-in roll Apr 16-Mar 17, 1862

 

Enlisted 22 Mar 1862, Greenville, Al for 3 years or the war by Capt. Thomas G. Pou.

 

Muster Rolls for Jan-Feb through Nov-Dec 1863.  Paid by Maj. Walt to 31 Dec 1862 and 28 Feb 1863.  Paid by Capt Milner through 30 June, 31 Aug and 31 Oct 1863.  

 

On Sep-Oct muster roll, rmks:  E. D. Provost Guard.  On Nov-Dec muster roll, rmks:  E.D. Provost Guard, Order of Gen’l Wood.

 


 

Seale, Henry O.

submitted by Wilda Murphy

 

1st Cpl , Co C, 17th Ala Inf

 

Present on Muster Rolls July-Aug, Sept-Oct, Nov-Dec 1862:  enlisted 14 Sep 1861 at Montgomery, Al by Capt Copeland;  paid to 31 Aug 1862 by Capt Alex McVoy.

 

Present on Muster Roll July-Aug 1863; paid to 30 June 1863 by Capt Reid.  Rmks:  on detached duty sentry guard by order Lt Col Holcomb.

 

Pay Receipt (as Pvt) Jan (or Jun? very blurred) 1864 Mobile, Al:  30 days @$3.00 p.d., signature H Seal

 

Sgt. Henry O Seal on Roll of POWs at Nashville, Tn captured by forces under Maj Gen W T Sherman…  Roll dated 27 July 1864.  Captured near Atlanta on 20 July 1864.

 

On Roll of POWs at Military Prison, Louisville, Ky, received 28 Jul 1864;  discharged 30 July to Camp Douglas.

 

On Roll of POWs forwarded from Military Prison, Louisville, Ky to Camp Douglas, Chicago, Ill on 30 July 1864.

 

On Roll of POWs at Camp Douglas, Chicago, Ill discharged on 17 June 1865 in accordance with general orders…  Rmks:  Butler Co., Al

 

Signature to Oath of Allegiance (no date).  Residence:  Butler Co., Al;  fair complexion, light hair, blue eyes, 5’ 9”;  RmksGreenville, Al

 

 


 

Seale, H. T.

submitted by Wilda Murphy

 

Pvt, Co C (& G?), 62nd Alabama Infantry:

 

Muster Roll 7 Dec 1863, Private in Capt. Pitt’s Company, Alabama Volunteers.  Age 17.  Residence:  Shelby County.  Enlisted 7 Dec 1863.

 

Muster Roll May-June 1864:  Pvt, Co C, Lockhart’s Battalion, Alabama Volunteers.  Says enlisted 21 Dec 1863 at Coosa Bridge by Capt. Pitts for the war.  Paid to 30 Apr.

 

Muster Roll July-Aug 1864, Pvt, Co C, 1st Reg’t Al. Reserves.  Says “never paid”.  Age 17.

 

Register of Ross Hospital, Mobile, Alabama.  Complaint:  febris remittens.  Admitted 1 Nov 1864.  Furloughed 10 Nov 1864Rmks:  20 days.

 

Register of Ross Hospital, Mobile, Alabamaadmitted 27 Mar 1865 for febris intermittens tert.  Returned to duty 23 Apr 1865.

 

Roll of POWs received at Ship Island, MS, 15 Apr 1865.  Captured at Blakely, Al, 9 Apr 1865.

 


 

Seale, James K.

submitted by Wilda Murphy

 

Pvt, Co K, 17th Al, Musician

 

Muster Roll, Montgomery Al, Sep 9-Sept? 1861:  enlisted Sept 9, 1861, Montgomery, Al by Capt Thos J Burnett, for period of the war.

 

Muster Rolls for July-Aug, Sept-Oct, Nov-Dec 1862 and July-Aug 1863:  enlisted by Capt Wagner (same date as above).  Detailed as musician in Regimental Band July 6, 1862 by order of Lt Col Holcomb.

 


 

Seales, Allen B.

submitted by Wilda Murphy

 

Pvt, Co C, 44th Al Inf

Muster Roll 29 Mar-30 June 1862:  enlisted 26 Apr 1862 at Monterey by Capt Purifoy for 3 years.

 

Muster Roll 30 June- 31 Oct 1862:  absent, sick in hospital at Winchester, Va since 28 Sept 1862;  returned 14 Nov.

 

Muster Roll Nov-Dec 1862:  present.

Admitted to Confederate Hospital at Culpepper, Va 3: Nov 1862;  complaintparotitis  (peritonitis?)

 


 

Seales, Francis M.

submitted by Wilda Murphy

 

Pvt, Co C, 44th Al Inf  (almost illegible documents)

 

Muster Roll 29 Mar - 30 June 1862:  enlisted 28 Apr 1862 at Monterey by Capt Purifoy for 3 years;  absent, on sick furlough since 6? June 1862.

 

Muster Roll 30 June - 31 Oct and Nov-Dec 1862:  absent, sick in hospital at Winchester, Va since 28 Sept 1862.

 

Pay receipt:  for 28 Apr 186231 Oct 1862  $67.10 at Staunton on 5 Nov 1862.

 

On Report of Sick and Wounded in Receiving and Wayside Hospital of General Hospital No. 9, Richmond, Va for Nov 1862:  died Nov -, 1862 of consumption.

 

Register of Receiving and Wayside Hospital of General Hospital No. 9, Richmond, Va:  under head of Deaths:  8 Nov 1862, consumption.  Rmks:  effects:  pocket book containing in notes $69.30.

 

Register of Claims of Deceased Soldiers… presented by Mary Seals, widow, 28 Oct 1863.  Died at Richmond.

 

On Register containing a Record of the Property of Deceased Confederate Soldiers:  Date of Death 8 Nov 1862

Rmks:  paid Col W H Fowler, agent, Mch 15/65.

 

 


 

Seales, H. T.

submitted by Wilda Murphy

 

Pvt, Co C (& G?), 62nd Alabama Infantry:

 

Muster Roll 7 Dec 1863, Private in Capt. Pitt’s Company, Alabama Volunteers.  Age 17.  Residence:  Shelby County.  Enlisted 7 Dec 1863.

 

Muster Roll May-June 1864:  Pvt, Co C, Lockhart’s Battalion, Alabama Volunteers.  Says enlisted 21 Dec 1863 at Coosa Bridge by Capt. Pitts for the war.  Paid to 30 Apr.

 

Muster Roll July-Aug 1864, Pvt, Co C, 1st Reg’t Al. Reserves.  Says “never paid”.  Age 17.

 

Register of Ross Hospital, Mobile, Alabama.  Complaint:  febris remittens.  Admitted 1 Nov 1864.  Furloughed 10 Nov 1864Rmks:  20 days.

 

Register of Ross Hospital, Mobile, Alabamaadmitted 27 Mar 1865 for febris intermittens tert.  Returned to duty 23 Apr 1865.

 

Roll of POWs received at Ship Island, MS, 15 Apr 1865.  Captured at Blakely, Al, 9 Apr 1865.

 


 

Seales, John W.

submitted by Wilda Murphy

 

Pvt, Co C, 44th Al Inf

 

Muster Roll 29 Mar - 30 June 1862:  enlisted 26 Apr 1862 at Monterey by Capt Purifoy for 3 years:   absent, on sick furlough since 8 June 1862.

 

Present on Muster Roll 30 June 1862 - 31 Oct 1862.  Paid to 30 Aug 1862.

 

Muster Roll Nov-Dec 1862:  absent, sent to hospital in Richmond 7 Dec 1862.

 

Regimental Return for July 1862:  Absent Enlisted Men Accounted for:  on sick furlough 6? June Wilcox Co., Al.

 

Regimental Return for Dec? 1862:  sent to hospital < illegible > Dec ?

 

Appears on Register of Chimborazo Hospital No. 4, Richmond, Va.  Disease:  Debilita- -?;  admitted Mar? 19? 1863?  Returned to duty Mar 26? 1863?

 


 

Smyth/Smith, John P. E.
submitted by Mildred Stinson Brown

Private, 33rd Alabama Inf.
b. Aug 5, 1820, SC
m. Martha Malinda Rhodes
m. Elizabeth Ann Frances Thomas, 1848
d. 1860-1862, Civil War, killed, location unknown

 


 

Smyth, Robert
submitted by Mildred Stinson Brown

b. 26 May 1792, Virginia
m. Edney Thornton
d. 12 April 1860, Civil War

Robert Smyth served with the Confederate Army during the Civil War. He and three of his four sons were killed or died as a result of battle injuries during the war.

 


 

Smyth/Smith, Robert M.
submitted by Mildred Stinson Brown

Private, 33rd Alabama Inf.
b. Feb 18, 1839, SC
m. Martha Mason
d. 1860-1862, Civil War, killed, location unknown

 


 

Smith, William Jason
submitted by Mildred Stinson Brown


b. 24 July 1845, Butler County, Alabama
m. 8 May 1867, Mary Frances Anna Gibbons
d. 28 August 1902, Providence Cemetery

At the age of 20, Willie Jason enlisted at Greenville as a private in Pou's Company, Alabama Volunteers on March 16, 1862 to fight in the Civil War. In April 1862, Smith was listed as a 4th Sergeant with Company A, 33rd Alabama Volunteers. From July through December 1862, he was listed as a sergeant. For most of 1862, he was shown as a 4th SGT. Records indicate that he recieved $102 for six months pay from July 1 through December 1, 1862, a rate of $19 per month.

After being injured in the train wreck near Cleveland, TN on Nov. 4, 1862, he was hospitalized at General Hospital, Cleveland, Tennessee. Records indicate that he was hospitalized during the month of December 1862.

Willie Jason was discharged from military duty on March 31, 1864 as a private. On the day of discharge, he was issued one pair of pants valued at $12. This document was issued from the Quartermaster Department of the Confederate States of America to PVT. W. J. Smith of Company C, 33rd Alabama Regiment. It indicates his name as William J. Smith in one place; however, his signature is just W. J. Smith. Quartermaster at the time of discharge was Capt. E. C. Milner, also of Butler County.

 


 

Smyth, William M.
submitted by Mildred Stinson Brown

Private, Co. H, 33rd Ala. Inf.
b. 3 Aug 1828
m. Julia Ann Rhodes
d. 4 Nov 1862, Civil War

William M. served in Co. H, 33rd Ala. Inf. as a private, enlisting on May 11, 1862 in Greenville AL. Military records state that he was "killed in railroad accident near Cleveland TN 11/4/1862. Decease claim filed Butler CO AL by Julia A. Smyth, widow. Witnesses to claim: Samuel Adams and Alexander McKellar."

His burial site was discovered in 1999 when information was located on the Cleveland, TN train accident. Smyth was among 17 soldiers who were killed in the accident. They were buried in a mass grave at the scene. In November, 1989, a monument was erected in the Ft. Hill Cemetery, Bradley County, Tn. in memory of Smyth and his fellow soldiers.

 


 

Stinson, John Andrew Cooper
submitted by Mildred Stinson Brown

Private, Co. A, 1st Battalion, Alabama Inf.
b. October 19, 1856, Butler County, Alabama
m. May 13, 1867, Annie Elizabeth Smith
d. August 9, 1910, Butler County, Alabama

Cooper is listed as a private in Company A, 1st Battalion, Alabama Infantry, CSA. Enlistment records indicate that he joined the war in the fall of 1863 at Fort Morgan, AL. He was captured there, along with his father, Leander, by the Union Army. Transferred to Elmira, N.Y., he was released from military service on June 11, 1865.

On May 28, 1894, Cooper filed for a pension based on his military service to the Confederacy. The application states that he was 48 years old, farming land valued at less than $400 with less than $400 annual income, this being that he had contracted a disease during the war. It doesn?t indicate the name of the disease. Another application was filed on March 17, 1896, showed he was farming 85 acres of land with one mule. A third application was filed on May 7, 1897 showing 80 acres of poor land which was mortagaged. A fourth attempt to receive a pension was filed April 13, 1898, stating that he had no assets.

 


 

Stinson, Leander
submitted by Mildred Stinson Brown

Private, Co. A, 1st Alabama Artillery
b. ca. 1824, South Carolina
m. ca. 1845, Nancy Burkett
d. February 11, 1865, Union Prison, Elmira, New York

Leander served the Confederacy in Company A, 1st Alabama Artillery. He was captured by Union troops at Fort Morgan, AL. His CSA records data card indicates that he was on the roll of prisoners of war at Fort Columbus, N.Y.H. (New York Harbor) before being transferred to the Union prison camp at Elmira, N. Y. He was received at Elmira on December 4, 1864. He died at the camp on February 11, 1865, suffering from chronic diarrhea. Leander's body was never returned to Alabama. He is buried in Elmira's Woodlawn Cemetery beneath a simple white cross inscribed, "2058 Stinson, L.-Private-"A"-1st Infantry-AL."

 


 

Stuart, James H
submitted by Charles Stuart

Private, Co. E, 56th Alabama Partisan Rangers
Born: 11 February 1844
Married: Margaret J.
Died: 10 October 1911

James H. Stuart enlisted as a private in Co. E, 56th Alabama Partisan Rangers in May 1862.  He was wounded in the battle of Decatur, Georgia.  He was honorably discharged from service in May 1865.

He filed for a Confederate pension in 1903. He stated that he owned 80 acres of land in Butler County.

 


 

Stuart, Lewis Carnes
submitted by Charles Stuart

Private, Co. B, 17th Alabama Infantry Regiment
Born: 18 August 1837
Married: Sarah Ann Parker
Died: 6 February 1887

Lewis Carnes Stuart enlisted as a private in Company B, 17th Alabama Infantry Regiment, on 14 September 1861 in Montgomery, Alabama.  He enlisted with his brother, William David Stuart, on the same day and they served together for the duration of the war.  He was mustered in by Major Calhoun.

Private Stuart's service cards show that he was absent on sick furlough in September, 1862, at home in Butler County.  Records show private Stuart being paroled from detention in Montgomery as a Prisoner of war on 30 May 1865.  It lists him as being 5' 2", dark hair, blue eyes, and a dark complexion.

 


 

Stuart, Wayman Ader
submitted by Charles Stuart

Co. E, 56th Alabama Partisan Rangers
Born: 8 September 1831
Married: Ann Louisa Skinner
Died:

Wayman Ader Stuart enlisted with the 56th Alabama Partisan Rangers in April 1862. He was wounded during the battle of Salsbery, Georgia.

He filed for a Confederate pension on 10 July 1901 and it was granted on 14 August 1901. It stated that he lived near Pine Flat, Alabama in the Forest Home-Butler Springs area of Butler County.

 


 

Stuart, William David
submitted by Charles Stuart

Private, Co. B, 17th Alabama Infantry Regiment
Born: 24 April 1836
Married: Martha Ellen Watts
Died: 24 June 1924

William David Stuart enlisted as a private in Company B, 17th Alabama Infantry Regiment, on 14 September 1861 in Montgomery, Alabama.  He enlisted with his brother, Lewis Carnes Stuart, on the same day and they served together for the duration of the war.  He was mustered in by Major Calhoun.

Private Stuart's service cards shows he was present for service in July through December 1862.  It later shows private Stuart being paroled from detention in Montgomery as a prisoner of war on 30 May 1865.  It shows him as being 5' 6", sandy hair, blue eyes, and a fair complexion.

In his Confederate pension file dated 23 July 1898, William D. Stuart was a resident of Brookwood, Tuscaloosa County, Alabama.  He states that in the battle of Peachtree Creek, near Atlanta, he was wounded in his foot, leg, and arms.

Private William David Stuart was awarded the Southern Cross of Honor by the United Daughters of the Confederacy in June 1903 by the New Orleans Chapter.  This is documented in the Southern Cross of Honor Recipient Ledger Book number 3, page 289.

 


 

Watts, William J.

submitted by Wilda Murphy

 

 

Pvt Co F, 18th Al, of Monroe County, Confederate Pension Application 10 June 1899:  enlisted 1st? July 1861 at Butler Springs; cannot make a living on account of old age and disease; age 71, P.O. Awin, Al.  Property:  76 acres in Monroe Co., (Sect 24 TWP 10 R11) value $100 and 1 house, value $25; no personal property listed.  Service attested to by W E Coleman and J G Booker on 31 May 1899.  He signed his x mark.

 

His age was 71 on 10 June 1899, but on 10 June 1880 census, he was 51.

 

His widow Sallie filed application 20 Apr 1903;  he died 24 Oct 1899.  J G Booker and W E Coleman attested to her state as widow.  She owned no property real or personal.

 


 

 

 

Wilson, David Russell
submitted by Mildred Stinson Brown

Private, Co. A, Alabama Regiment
b. 9 May 1825, Eagleville, Rutherford Co., Tennessee
m. 31 March 1847, Matilda Ann Teat, Lowndes County, AL
d. 22 May 1910, Old Shiloh Cemetery, Butler Co., AL

Wilson enlisted with the C.S.A. in January 17, 1862 in Mobile. He is listed as having been a private in Company A, Alabama Regiment. As a result of injuries, he was held at Ross Hospital in Mobile. Records list him as Pvt. D. R. Wilson with Company G, 9th Alabama Regiment.

He was dicharged on June 6, 1865 after swearing allegiance to the United States at the 16th Army Headquarters in Montgomery, Alabama. In 1901, David Russell Wilson applied for a pension based on his service with the C.S.A. His address at that time was Redoc (Reddoch) Springs.

 

 



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