Company "C" 25th Alabama Infantry - "Shelby Confederates"
Company "C" 25th Alabama Infantry - "Shelby Confederates"
Contributed by: Stephen Barber, spbarber429@mindspring.com
This company was organized September 1, 1861 at Columbiana, Alabama. It was accepted in
Confederate service on September 9, 1861. It later became Company "C" of Loomis's 1st
Alabama Infantry Battalion. On January 8, 1862, the 1st Alabama Infantry Battalion and
McClellan's 6th Alabama Infantry Battalion combined to form the 25th Alabama Infantry
Regiment. On April 10, 1865, Company "C" merged with companies "A", "B", "D" and "E" to
become Company "C" of the consolidated 22nd Alabama Infantry Regiment. This command
surrendered at Greensboro, North Carolina on May 1, 1865.
OFFICERS
POPE, WILIE HILL - Captain - Elected Captain, September 7, 1861. Resigned due to age and
bad health, November 1, 1863, effective January 1, 1863. Elected Captain of Company B 3rd
Alabama Reserves, April 15, 1864. Paroled at Selma, Alabama, June 6, 1865. Born in
Oglethorpe County, Georgia, July 25, 1816. Married Caroline H. (Bowden) McHenry (widow of
Dr. Thomas McHenry) in Shelby County, Alabama, November 28, 1844. Died November 28,
1874. Buried in Columbiana Cemetery.
MARDIS, NAPOLEON BONEPARTE - 1st Lieutenant - Elected 1st Lieutenant, September 1,
1861. Served as acting Adjutant from September 19, 1861. Appointed Captain and A.Q.M.
(Assistant Quartermaster) of 25th Regiment, January 28, 1862 to rank from January 18, 1862.
Detached on duty as Brigade Quartermaster, June 1862 roll. Elected Judge of Probate, Shelby
County, Alabama, and resigned June 12, 1863. Born in Shelby County, Alabama. Died in
Columbiana, Alabama, October 13, 1892.
GARDNER, WILLIAM H. - 2nd Lieutenant - Elected 2nd Lieutenant, September 1, 1861.
Absent sick, December 1861/ January 1862 rolls. Promoted 2nd Lieutenant to rank from
February 25, 1862. Appointed A.A.Q.M. (acting Assistant Acting Quartermaster) {May 31,
1862, acting as brigade A.A.I.G. (acting Inspector General) from August 26, 1862. Appointed
O.O. (Ordinance Officer) {January 11,} 1863, serving until {June 6,} 1863. Wounded in the
knee at Chickamauga, Georgia, September 20, 1863. Absent sick, August 19, 1864. Paroled at
Meridian, Miss. June 11, 1865.
PLEDGER, WILLIS MIDDLETON - Jr. 2nd Lieutenant - Elected Jr. 2nd Lieutenant, September
1, 1861. Promoted to 1st Lieutenant. Commanded company in the absence of Captain Pope for
much of 1862. Appointed Acting Assistant Quartermaster of the 25th regiment, May 1863 and
served in this capacity for the rest of the year. Commanding company, January - February 1864.
Reported absent sick since July 28, 1864 at Lovejoy Station, Georgia, September 18, 1864. No
later record. Born in Shelby County, Alabama, August 7, 1828. Married Sarah Elizabeth Bishop
in Talladega County, Alabama, December 6, 1875. Died in Sylacauga, Alabama, January 31,
1897. Buried in Hill Cemetery, Sylacauga, Alabama.
NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS
TRICE, HENRY H. - Appointed 1st Sergeant, September 7, 1861. Promoted Jr. 2nd Lieutenant
to rank from February 25, 1862. Absent sick, October 1862 roll; left at Tyner's Station,
Tennessee, August 18, 1862. Resigned, citing ill health, November 6, 1862. Paroled at
Montgomery, Alabama, June 15, 1865. Description: dark complexion, dark eyes, black hair, five
feet seven inches tall.
SCOFIELD, HENRY B. - Appointed 2nd Sergeant, September 7, 1861. Promoted 1st Sergeant
{June} 1862. Wounded at Shiloh, Tennessee, April 6, 1862. Absent on October/November rolls;
sent to Columbiana, Alabama to collect clothing, October 28, 1862. Promoted Jr. 2nd Lieutenant
{December 3,} 1862 to rank from November 6, 1862. Killed at Murfreesboro, Tennessee,
December 31, 1862.
ELLISON, JOHN - Appointed 3rd Sergeant, September 7, 1861. Absent with leave, February
1862 roll. Reduced to the ranks {June} 1862. Absent sick, July-November 1862 rolls; sick at
Tyner's Station, Tennesee. No later record. Born December 25, 1820. Died March 2, 1898.
Buried in Ellison Cemetery, Chilton County, Aalabama.
OZLEY, CLARK - Appointed 4th Sergeant, September 7, 1861. Reduced to the ranks {June
1862.} Dropped from the roll October 25, 1863 for continued absences without leave. No later
record. Born February 15, 1839. Died March 31, 1865. Buried in Harless Cemetery, Shelby
County, Alabama.
FOSTER, HUGH - Appointed 5th Sergeant, September 7, 1861. Promoted 4th Sergeant {June}
1862. Appointed Ensign and 1st Lieutenant, April 18, 1864 to rank from April 9, 1864. No later
record.
HAWKINS, JOHN T. - Appointed 1st Corporal, September 7, 1861. Absent on sick furlough
from December 28, 1861 for 15 days. Promoted 2nd Sergeant {June} 1862. Absent sick,
July/August 1862 rolls. Promoted 1st Sergeant {December} 1862. Wounded at Murfreesboro,
Tennessee, December 31, 1862. Captured at Nashville, Tennessee, December 15, 1864.
Released from Camp Douglas, Ill. June 19, 1865. Residence: Talladega, Alabama.
MOORE, BARNET L. - Appointed 2nd Corporal, September 7, 1861. Promoted {1st Corporal,
June 1862; 3rd Sergeant, December 1862}; 2nd Sergeant {January 1864}. Present, October 1863
roll. Promoted 2nd Sergeant {January 1864}. Surrendered at Greensboro, North Carolona, May
1, 1865. Married Sarah McClinton, December 12, 1865.
HAND, LAWSON JEFFERSON - Appointed 3rd Corporal, September 7, 1861. Discharged with
disability, November 18, 1861. Reported at Talladega, Alabama, November 8, 1862. {Reenlisted
at Dalton, Georgia, April 1864}. Reported to Federal authorities as a deserter at Atlanta,
Georgia, September 20, 1864; released at Loiusville, Kentucky, October 14, 1864. Description:
light complexion, gray eyes, dark hair, six feet tall. Born November 27, 1842. Married Nancy C.
McClendon Ozley in Shelby County, Alabama, January 31, 1867. Died January 15, 1893. Buried
in Pine Hill Cemetery, Chilton County, Alabama.
COMER, CHRISTOPHER C. - Appointed 4th Corporal, September 7, 1861. Absent sick,
December 1861/ January 1862 rolls; fifteen-day furlough from December 19, 1861. Absent sick,
March 1862 roll. Reduced to the ranks {June} 1862. Discharged with disability, at Tupelo,
Mississippi, July 2, 1862. Reported at Talladega, Alabama, September 9, 1862. Reenlisted at
Shelbyville, Tenn. March 24, 1863. Present, October 1863 roll. Surrendered at Greensboro,
North Carolina, May 1, 1865. Married Martha Duren in Shelby County, Alabama, June 30, 1859.
ENLISTED MEN
BARRETT, BENJAMIN G. - Absent sick, June 1862 roll. Absent sick, October/November rolls;
left at Glasgow, Kentucky, September 12, 1862. Paroled at Selma, Alabama, June 1865. Married
Martha Bellims in Shelby County, Alabama, February 13, 1865.
BAXLEY, JAMES M. - Enlisted at Columbiana, Alabama, January 13, 1863. Reported to
Federal authorities at Chattanooga, Tennessee, as a deserter, Octboer 26, 1864. Released at
Louisville, Ky. November 10, 1864. Description - light complexion, blue eyes, dark hair, five
feet eight and one half inches tall. Residence: Shelby County, Alabama.
BAXLEY, JOHN - Wounded and captured at Nashville, Tennessee, December 16, 1864. Died
after amputation of left thigh, January 28, 1865. Buried in Nashville City Cemetery, grave
11695. Age eighteen. Residence - Shelby County, Alabama.
BAXLEY, WILLIAM D. - Detailed as a carpenter, January - February 1862 rolls. Absent sick at
Tyner's Station, Tennessee, October/November 1862 rolls. Wounded and captured at
Murfreesboro, Tennessee, December 30, 1862. Died there January 23, 1863. Claim filed by his
widow Leticia Baxley. Description: fair complexion, gray eyes, dark hair, five feet six inches
tall, age twenty-one. Married Letty Comer in Shelby County, Alabama, March 15, 1859. She
applied for a pension in Shelby County, Alabama, February 20, 1893.
BRADY, M. H. - Absent on sick furlough from December 26, 1861. Discharged with disability
at Hall's Mill, Alabama, January 30, 1862..
BURNS, ROBERT - Died at Medical College Hospital, Atlanta, Georgia, December 16, 1863.
BUSBY, GEORGE - Enlisted at Fort Gaines, Alabama, September 7, 1861. Detailed as a
teamster, February/March 1862 rolls. Captured at Corinth, Mississippi, May 28, 1862. Sent from
Alton, Illinois for exchange at Vicksburg, Mississippi, September 23, 1862. Returned to duty
from sick absence, October 26, 1863. Paroled at Meridian, Mississippi, May 9, 1865. Married K.
Jane Bennett in Chilton County, Alabama, February 6, 1876.
CHERRY, JOHN W. - Died of rubeola at Academy Hospital, Chattanooga, Tennessee, April 24,
1863.
CRAWFORD, HENRY C. - Enlisted at Fort Gaines, Alabama, September 7, 1861. Detailed as a
carpenter, January/February 1862 rolls. Returned to duty from sick absence, October 19, 1863.
Treated for chronic diarrhea, debility, and emaciation at Floyd House and Ocmulgee hospitals,
Macon, Georgia, September 1864. No later record. Residence: Columbiana, Alabama. Married
Louise Comer in Shelby County, Alabama, July 28, 1859.
CROMWELL, WILEY B. - Enlisted in Hamilton County, Tennessee, October 28, 1862.
Captured at Missionary Ridge, Tennessee, November 25, 1863. Transferred from Rock Island,
Illinois, for exchange at New Orleans, Louisiana, May 3, 1865. Paroled there May 23, 1865.
Born February 2, 1841. Applied for a pension in Shelby County, Alabama, July 6, 1910.
Residence: Columbiana, Alabama.
CUNNINGHAM, B. - Enlisted at Fort Gaines, Alabama, September 7, 1861. Discharged with
disability, November 18, 1861. Born February 19, 1843. Died February 19, 1932. Buried in
Harless Cemetery, Shelby County, Alabama.
DAY, CHARLES N. - Enlisted at Talladega, Alabama, January 7, 1863. Present, October 1863
roll. No later record.
DOYLE, JOHN A. - Enlisted at Fort Gaines, Alabama, October 11, 1861. Appointed principal
musician and drum major. Present, October 1863 roll. Paroled at Talladega, Alabama, June 24,
1865. Married Mary S. Moore in Shelby County, Alabama, March 25, 1858.
DYKES, JAMES - Died of disease at Hall's Mills, Alabama, February 27, 1862. Claim filed by
his widow Sinthia Dykes. Description: light complexion, blue eyes, light hair, five feet nine
inches tall, age twenty- five. Born in Jones County, Georgia.
DYKES, JOHN E. - Enlisted at Fort Gaines, Alabama, September 7, 1861. Absent sick,
March/April 1862 rolls. Absent sick, October/November 1862 rolls. Captured near Glasgow,
Kentucky. Exchanged January 11, 1863. Detailed as a teamster, July 16, 1863. No later record.
Born at Liberty Hill, Georgia. Married Martha Ann Barfield in Shelby County, Alabama, August
24, 1865. Died July 1, 1912. Martha Dykes applied for a pension in Shelby County, Alabama,
October 19, 1912.
ELLISON, JOSIAH H. - Enlisted at Fort Gaines, Alabama, September 7, 1861. Detailed as a
teamster, November 1861 roll. Killed at Shiloh, Tennessee, April 6, 1862. Claim filed by his
father Samuel Ellison. Description: dark complexion, dark eyes, black hair, five feet eight inches
tall, age nineteen. Born in Shelby County, Alabama.
ELLISON, SAMUEL - Enlisted at Fort Gaines, Alabama, September 7, 1861. Wounded at
Murfreesboro, Tennessee, December 31, 1862. Named to the roll of honor for his actions at
Murfreesboro. Discharged with disability at Atlanta, Georgia,. September 17, 1863. Description:
fair complexion, blue eyes, light hair, five feet eight inches tall, age eighteen. Born in Shelby
County, Alabama, May 15, 1843. Died June 25, 1919. Buried in Ellison Cemetery, Chilton
County, Alabama.
EVANS, CHARLES ALEXANDER - Enlisted at Fort Gaines, Alabama, September 7, 1861.
Wounded at Shiloh, Tennessee, April 6, 1862. Absent sick at Tyner's Station, Tennessee,
October 1862 roll. Sent to hospital at Rome, Georgia, October 20, 1863. Captured at Atlanta,
Georgia, September 3, 1864. Released from Camp Douglas, Illinois, May 18, 1865. Married
Julia Ann Stone in Shelby County, Alabama, September 10, 1865. Died October 20, 1908. Julia
Stone applied for a pension in Shelby County, Alabama.
EVANS, NORPHELOUS - Enlisted at Fort Gaines, Alabama, September 7, 1861. Absent sick
since November 3 at Cleveland, Tennessee, November 1862 roll. Captured at Nashville,
Tennessee November 15, 1864. Released from Camp Douglas, Illinois, June 19, 1865. Born
February 17, 1839. Married Mollie (Allen) Evans in Shelby County, Alabama, September 2,
1894. Died in Shelby County, Alabama, April 25 1912. Buried in Old Chapel Methodist Church
cemetery, Shelby County, Alabama.
FALKNER, HENRY - Paroled at Selma, Alabama, June 1865. Residence: Memphis, Tennessee.
FOUNTAIN, JAMES R. - Enlisted at Fort Gaines, Alabama, September 7, 1861. Detailed as a
nurse, October/November 1861 rolls. Discharged with disability at Barlow's Mill, Ala.
December 18, 1861. Paroled at Montgomery, Alabama, May 20, 1865. Description: dark
complexion, dark eyes, dark hair, five feet ten inches tall. Applied for a pension July 3, 1903
giving address as Oakmulgee, Alabama.
FOUNTAIN, WILLIAM ANDREW - Enlisted at Barlow's Mill, Alabama, December 18, 1861.
Captured at Atlanta, Georgia, July 23, 1864. Paroled at Camp Chase, Ohio, March 4, 1865 and
transferred for exchange at City Point, Virginia. No later record. Born November 12, 1845.
Married A. E. Huckabee in Shelby County, Alabama, June 18, 1866. Died October 30, 1909.
Buried in Mount Olive Cemetery, Bibb County, Alabama.
GARDNER, JAMES M. - Enlisted at Columbiana, Alabama, September 22, 1862. Died of
disease at Cherokee Springs, Georgia, August 14, 1863. Claim filed by his widow Hannah C.
Gardner. Description: fair complexion, gray eyes, dark hair, five feet nine inches tall, age
thirty-one. Born in Kershaw District, South Carolina. Residence: Shelby County, Alabama.
GARDNER, J. B. - Discharged with disability at Tupelo, Mississippi, July 2, 1862.
GARDNER,THOMAS T. - Enlisted at Columbiana, Alabama, March 1, 1862. Absent sick,
October 1863 roll. Wounded in the shoulder and neck and captured at Nashville, December 15,
1864. Treated there at Cumberland Hospital from December 16, 1864 to February 8, 1865. Died
at Rock Island, Illinois, April 10, 1865. Buried there in grave 1938. Age twenty-seven. Married
Ella Seal in Shelby County, Alabama, November 11, 1860.
GARNER, JAMES M. - Enlisted at Columbiana, Alabama, May 15, 1862. Wounded in the left
leg and captured at Murfreesboro, Tennessee, December 31, 1862 and later exchanged. On sick
furlough May 15, 1863 - August 13, 1863. Paroled at Talladega, Alabama, May 27, 1865. Born
June 24, 1844. Died April 21, 1909. Buried in William Garner Cemetery, Chilton County,
Alabama. Widow Kate Garner applied for a pension in Jefferson County, Alabama, October 16,
1911.
GRAGG, WILEY - Enlisted at Fort Gaines, Alabama, September 7, 1861. Absent sick at
Pikeville, Tennessee, October/November 1862 rolls. Present, October 1863 roll. Admitted to
Way Hospital, Meridian, Mississippi, March 24, 1865. Paroled at Talladega, Alabama, June 16,
1865.
GRIFFIN, L.J. - Enlisted at Fort Gaines, Alabama, September 7, 1861. Admitted to 1st
Mississippi Hospital, Jackson, March 20, 1862. Discharged with disability at Tupelo,
Mississippi, July 2, 1862.
HALL, WILLIAM C. - Enlisted in Shelby County, Alabama, March 6, 1862. Absent sick in
Mississippi, June/July/August 1862 rolls. Absent sick, and supposed dead, at Corinth,
Mississippi, October/November 1862 rolls. No later record.
HARLESS, HENRY D. T. - Enlisted at Fort Gaines, Alabama, September 7, 1861. Absent sick at
Tyner's Station, Tennessee, July - November 1862 rolls. Discharged, chronic rheumatism, at
Cleveland, Tennessee, September 29, 1862. Description: dark complexion, blue eyes, dark hair,
five feet eleven inches tall, age forty-six. Born in Madison County, Alabama. Married Malinda
M. Foust in Shelby County, Alabama, October 10, 1841.
HARRIS, GRIFFITH D. - Enlisted at Fort Gaines, Alabama, October 11, 1861. Appointed 5th
Sergeant {June} 1862. Detached on guard duty at Atlanta, Georgia, January 27, 1863. Reduced
to the ranks {June} 1863. Present, October 1863 roll. Paid at Griffin, Georgia, September 10,
1864. Surrendered at Greensboro, North Carolina, May 1, 1865.
HARRISON, JOHN H. - Enlisted at Talladega, Alabama, March 17, 1863. Returned to duty
September 28, 1863. Present, October 1863 roll. No later record.
HAWKINS, THOMAS P.- Enlisted at Columbiana, Alabama, September 15, 1862. Detailed as a
teamster for the regiment, July - October 1863 rolls. No later record.
HENDRICKS, JAMES - Enlisted in Randolph County, Alabama, February 5, 1863. Captured at
Nashville, Tennessee, December 15, 1864. Released from Camp Douglas, Illinois, June 19,
1865. Applied for a pension in Randolph County, Alabama, May 2, 1899.
HORTON, LEWIS MARION - Enlisted at Fort Gaines, Alabama, September 7, 1861. Admitted
to Pettigrew General Hospital No. 13, Raleigh, North Carolina, March 20, 1865. Treated for
wound to left leg. Transferred to Charlotte, April 1, 1865. No later record. Born in Lancaster
County, South Carolina, April 28, 1844. Died in Shelby County, Alabama, February 12, 1931.
Buried in Williams Cemetery, Shelby County, Alabama.
HORTON, WILLIAM H. - Enlisted at Fort Gaines, Alabama, September 7, 1861. Appointed 1st
Corporal {December 1862}. Appointed 5th Sergeant {June 1863}. Wounded at Chickamauga,
Georgia, September 20, 1863. Died there September 24, 1863. Claim filed by his mother Nannie
C. Horton. Description: fair complexion, blue eyes, auburn hair, six feet one inch tall, age
twenty-one. Born in Shelby County, Alabama.
JACKSON, JOHN A. B. - Paroled at Talladega, Alabama, May 24, 1865. Married Rozeline
Burgess in Shelby County, Alabama, November 16, 1858.
JACKSON, SAMUEL - Reported at Talladega, Alabama, January 17, 1863. Died July 24, 1863.
Death claim filed by his widow Frances Jackson. Married Frances "Fanny" Merrell in Shelby
County, Alabama, October 20, 1853.
JOHNSON, JOHN M. - Discharged with disability at Saltillo, Mississippi, July 28, 1862.
Reported at Talladega, Alabama, January 6, 1863; assigned to the regiment the next day. Absent,
October 1863 roll; sent to a hospital March 8, 1863. Paroled at Talladega, Alabama, May 24,
1865.
JOHNSON, WILLIAM V. - Reported at Talladega, Alabama, January 3, 1863. Died of disease at
Rome, Georgia, March 26, 1863.
JOHNSTON, WILEY W. - Admitted to Ocmulgee Hospital, Macon, Georgia, September 4,
1864. Transferred to Eufaula, Alabama, September 11, 1864. Residence: Terrell County,
Georgia. No later record.
JOINER, JOHN W. - Enlisted at Fort Gaines, Alabama, September 7, 1861. Died of disease at
Meridian, Mississippi, July 20, 1862. Death claim filed by his widow Narcissa D. Joiner.
Description: fair complexion, blue eyes, dark hair, six feet tall, age twenty-nine. Born in Pike
County, Georgia.
JONES, ELBERT - Enlisted at Fort Gaines, Alabama, September 7, 1861. Detailed as a cook,
October/November 1862 rolls. Appointed 3rd Corporal {April} 1863. Present, October 1863
roll. On extra duty as a laborer, January 1864. Died of wounds July 21, 1864.
JONES, GEORGE N. - Enlisted at Fort Gaines, Alabama, September 7, 1861. Absent sick,
March 1862 roll; sent to 1st Mississippi Hospital, Corinth, Mississippi, March 20, 1862. Absent
sick. November 1862 roll; left at Glasgow, Kentucky, September 12, 1862. Captured there Octo
ber 20, 1862; exchanged at Vicksburg, Mississippi, November 15, 1862. Died of disease in
Dekalb County, Mississippi, January 4, 1863. Death claim filed by Larkin Jones. Description:
fair complexion, blue eyes, dark hair, six feet tall, age twenty. Born in Shelby County, Alabama.
JONES, JOHN C. - Reported at Talladega, Alabama, January 17, 1863. Died of disease at
Chattanooga, Tennessee, May 15, 1863. Married Martha C. Jones in Shelby County, Alabama,
December 5, 1852.
JONES, WALTON C. - Enlisted at Barlow's Mill, Alabama, January 6, 1862. Absent on duty
with the commissary, February - April 1862 rolls. Died of disease at Corinth, Mississippi, April
30, 1862.
KELLEY, PATRICK B. - Absent sick since December 26, 1861. Died of pneumonia at his
residence in Shelby County, Alabama, February 23, 1862.
KENT, JOSEPH D. - Enlisted at Barlow's Mill, Alabama, January 7, 1862. Died of disease at
Aberdeen, Mississippi, May 16, 1862. Death claim filed by his father James L. Kent, Butler
County, Alabama, May 1, 1863. Description: fair complexion, gray eyes, auburn hair, six feet
tall, age nineteen. Born in Barbour County, Alabama.
KENT, ZADOCK T. - Enlisted at Hal's Mills, Alabama, February 9, 1862. Absent sick at
Glasgow, Kentucky, October/November 1862 rolls. Paid on November 29, 1862. No later record.
KUGLER, JACOB L. - Absent on fifteen day sick furlough since December 26, 1861. Detailed
as a hospital attendant, January 1862 roll. Died in Washington County, Alabama, March 4, 1862.
Killed by falling from railroad cars.
LITTLETON, ISAAC - Enlisted at Fort Gaines, Alabama, September 7, 1861. Absent on fifteen
day sick furlough since December 26, 1861. Reported on June 1862 roll as deserting on April 4,
1862 with residence given as Lower Yellow Leaf, Shelby County, Alabama. Paroled at
Montgomery, Alabama, June 5, 1865. Description: fair complexion, gray eyes, red hair, five feet
six inches tall. Born in Shelby County, Alabama, December 25, 1837. Married Rina Welden,
February 21, 1867. Died May 27, 1912. Buried in Cane Creek Baptist Cemetery, Chilton County,
Alabama.
LITTLETON, JOHN - Detailed as a teamster, December 1861/January 1862 rolls. Died of
congestive chills at Hall's Mills, Alabama, February 11, 1862.
MARCUS, JAMES M. - Enlisted at Smithfield, North Carolina, April 10, 1865. Surrendered at
Greensboro, North Carolina, May 1, 1865.
MARCUS, RICHARD - Enlisted at Fort Gaines, Alabama, September 7, 1861. Absent sick,
October/November 1862 rolls; left at Glasgow, Kentucky, September 12, 1862. Furloughed
thirty days, December 11, 1863. Captured at Columbia, South Carolina, February 18, 1865.
Released from Hart's Island, New York, June 15, 1865. Description: light complexion, blue eyes,
light hair, five feet eight and a half inches tall. Residence: Shelby County, Alabama.
MARTIN, ANDREW - Enlisted in Lauderdale County, Alabama, December 1, 1862. Captured at
Missionary Ridge, Tennessee, November 25, 1865. Released from Rock Island, Illinois, June
20, 1865. Description: light complexion, gray eyes, auburn hair, five feet six and a half inches
tall, age twenty-three. Residence: Florence, Alabama.
MATHIS, WILLIAM R. - Enlisted at Fort Gaines, Ala. October 11, 1861. Wounded at
Murfreesboro, Tennessee, December 31, 1862. Treated for a wound to the right shoulder at
Floyd House and Ocmulgee Hospital, Macon, Georgia, October 1864. Treated for wounds at
Way Hospital, Meridian, Mississippi, January 1865. Paroled at Talladega, Alabama, June 5,
1865.
McADAMS, Henry C. - Wounded at Chickamauga, Georgia, September 20, 1863. No later
record.
McCLENDON, THOMAS - Enlisted at Fort Gaines, Alabama, September 7, 1861. Appointed
3rdCorporal [June} 1862. Died of disease at Chattanooga, Tennessee, April 6, 1863. Buried
there in
Confederate Cemetery. Death claim filed by his widow Margaret McClendon. Description: fair
complexion, blue eyes, light hair, five feet eight inches tall, age twenty-three. Born in Shelby
County, Alabama. Married Margaret Ozley in Shelby County, Alabama, October 27, 1859.
McGIBONEY, JOHN ALEXANDER - Enlisted at Columbiana, Alabama, January 10, 1864.
Wounded in the hand at Powder Springs, Georgia, June 1864. Surrendered at Greensboro, North
Carolina, May 1, 1865. Born at Lime Kilns, Alabama, June 10, 1845. Married Sarah Elizabeth
Lawley in Shelby County, Alabama, June 12, 1872. Died April 7, 1927.
McGIBONEY, ROBERT A. - Enlisted at Bardstown, Kentucky, September 20, 1862. Absent
sick at Murfreesboro, Tennessee, November 1862 roll. Captured at Murfreesboro, Tennessee,
January 5, 1863 and sent to Camp Butler, Illinois. Paroled at Fort Monroe, Virginia, April 14,
1863. Surrendered at Greensboro, North Carolina, May 1, 1865. Born September 21, 1835. Died
June 23, 1889. Buried in Williams Cemetery, Shelby County, Alabama.
McGIBONEY, WILLIAM D. - Enlisted at Fort Gaines, Alabama, September 7, 1861. Detailed as
a teamster, February/March 1862 rolls. Absent sick at Tyner's Station, Tennessee,
October/November 1862 rolls. Wounded at Murfreesboro, Tennessee, December 31, 1862.
Present, October 1863 roll. Appointed Corporal {January 1864}. Wounded at Atlanta, Georgia,
July 28, 1864. Surrendered at Greensboro, North Carolina, May 1, 1865. Applied for a pension,
April 18, 1914.
McCLANAHAN, JOSEPH L.- Enlisted at Fort Gaines, Alabama, September 7, 1861. On duty
with the quartermaster, November 1861 roll. On duty with the commissary, June 1862 roll.
Surrendered at Greensboro, North Carolina, May 1, 1865.
MILSTEAD, WILLIAM F. - Enlisted at Fort Gaines, Alabama, September 7, 1861. Died of
disease at Fort Gaines, Alabama, November 16, 1861. Death claim filed by his father William
Milstead. Description: dark complexion, black eyes, dark hair, five feet ten inches tall, age
twenty-one Born in St. Clair County, Alabama.
MIMS, J. H. - Wounded at Shiloh, Tennessee, April 6, 1862. No later record.
MINOR, JAMES J. - Enlisted at Fort Gaines, Alabama, September 7, 1861. Absent sick on
fifteen day furlough since December 31, 1861. Absent sick, January - March 1862 rolls.
Detailed as company cook, October/November 1862 rolls. Absent sick on forty-five day furlough
since May 14, 1863. Appointed Corporal {January 1864}. Reported to Federal authorities as a
deserter at Chattanooga, Tennessee, October 26, 1864. Released at Louisville, Kentucky,
November 15, 1864. Description: dark complexion, hazel eyes, light hair, five feet seven inches
tall. Born at Liberty Hill, South Carolina. Residence: Shelby County, Alabama. Married Sarah
Davis in Shelby County, Alabama, May 6, 1869. Pension application rejected due to desertion.
MINOR, LEWIS - Enlisted at Fort Gaines, Alabama, October 11, 1861. Absent sick, June 1862
roll. Absent sick, October/November 1862 rolls. Captured at Missionary Ridge, Tennessee,
November 25, 1863. Arrived at Rock Island, Illinois, January 1, 1864. No later record. Married
Lucilla Evans in Shelby County, Alabama, January 3, 1858.
MINOR, WILLIAM - Enlisted at Fort Gaines, Alabama, October 11, 1861. Died of pneumonia at
Hall's Mills, Alabama, January 25, 1862. Death claim filed by his father Jeremiah Minor.
Description: light complexion, black eyes, light hair, five feet eight inches tall, age twenty-two.
Born in Edgefield District, South Carolina.
MOORE, AARON M. - Enlisted at Columbiana, Alabama, March 1, 1862. Detailed as a
teamster from August 12, 1862, serving through March 1863. Killed at Chickamauga, Georgia,
September 20, 1863.
MOORE, JASPER N. - Enlisted at Fort Gaines, Alabama, September 7, 1861. Detailed as a
teamster, December 1861 - November 1862 rolls. Detailed on conscription duty, January 27,
1863. Detailed as a forage master, June/July 1863 rolls. Surrendered at Greensboro, North
Carolina, May 1, 1865.
MORGAN, WILLIAM - Died in Shelby County, Alabama, July 17, 1863.
MULLINS, THOMAS - Paroled at Montgomery, Alabama, May 24, 1865. Description: fair
complexion, blue eyes, black hair, five feet six inches tall.
NABORS, ANDREW H. - Paroled as A.H. Wabars at Selma, Alabama, June 1865. Residence:
Shelby County, Alabama. Born November 5, 1846. Married Sallie Muse in Shelby County,
Alabama, September 9, 1865. Died February 21, 1899. Buried in Ozley-McLane-Nabors
Cemetery, Shelby County, Alabama.
NABORS, THOMAS B. - Enlisted at Fort Gaines, Alabama, September 7, 1861. Absent sick at
Aberdeen, Mississippi, July/August 1862 rolls. Detailed as company cook, October/November
1862 rolls. Present, October 1863 roll. No later record.
NELSON, ALLEN J. - Enlisted at Fort Gaines, Alabama, September 7, 1861. Detailed as a nurse,
April 1862 roll. Absent sick, June 1862 roll. Wounded at Chickamauga, Georgia, September 20,
1863. Died at Ringgold, Georgia, October 17, 1863. Death claim filed by his widow Elizabeth
Nelson. Description: fair complexion, gray eyes, light hair, five feet five inches tall, age
twenty-one. Born in Tallapoosa County, Alabama.
NELSON, JOHN T. - Enlisted at Fort Gaines, Ala. September 7, 1861. Detailed as a nurse in a
hospital in Corinth, Mississippi, March/April 1862 rolls. Absent sick, June 1862 roll. Absent
sick, November 1862 roll; left at Glasgow, Kentucky, September 12, 1862. Captured in
Kentucky {October 20, 1862; exchanged at Vicksburg, Mississippi, November 15, 1862} and
declared exchanged, January 11, 1863. Wounded at Chickamauga, Georgia, September 20, 1863.
Admitted to Ocmulgee Hospital, Macon, Georgia, wounded in the face, August 11, 1864.
Transferred to B. School Hospital, August 15, 1864. No later record. Married Kiziah Jones in
Shelby County, Alabama, July 17, 1850.
NIVENS, JOHN H. - Enlisted at Fort Gaines, Alabama, September 7, 1861. Absent, detailed on
extra duty, July/August 1862 rolls. Absent sick, October/November 1862 rolls; left at Knoxville,
Tennessee, October 28, 1862. Captured at Missionary Ridge, Tennessee, November 25, 1863.
Released from Rock Island, Illinois, June 20, 1865. Description: fresh complexion, blue eyes,
brown hair, six feet three inches tall, age 38. Residence: Columbiana, Alabama. Born October
1827. Died in Montague County, Texas, January 12, 1908. Buried in Starkey Cemetery.
NOLEN, SEABORN - Reported at Talladega, Alabama, September 18, 1862. Died at Academy
Hospital, Chattanooga, Tennessee, May 3, 1863. Buried in Confederate Cemetery. Name appears
on cemetery records as Noland.
NOLEN, WILLIAM - Enlisted in Randolph County, Alabama, February 5, 1863. On furlough,
September 9, 1863; returned to duty October 23, 1863. Present, October 1863 roll. Admitted to
Pettigrew Hospital, Raleigh, North Carolina, March 21, 1865. In the hospital and taken prisoner
on April 13, 1865 when Raleigh was captured. No later record. Residence: Randolph County,
Alabama.
OZLEY, PLEASANT - Enlisted in Shelby County, Alabama, October 7, 1862. Present, October
1863 roll. Surrendered at Greensboro, North Carolina, May 1, 1865.
OZLEY, SEABORN - Enlisted at Fort Gaines, Alabama, September 7, 1861. Discharged with
disability at Barlow's Mill, Alabama, December 18, 1861. No later record. Born June 3, 1837.
Died January 2, 1867. Buried in Harless Cemetery, Shelby County, Alabama.
PARKER, WILLIAM W. - Enlisted at Columbiana, Alabama, January 7, 1863. Wounded at
Chickamauga, Georgia, September 20, 1863. Captured at Missionary Ridge, Tennessee,
November 25, 1863. Died of typhoid fever at Rock Island, Illinois, June 26, 1865. Buried there
in grave 1270.
PAYNE, CALVIN - Enlisted at Talladega, Alabama, January 8, 1863. Died of disease at
Fairground Hospital, Atlanta, Georgia, November 27, 1863. Death claim filed by his widow
Martha J. Payne. Description: fair complexion, gray eyes, dark hair, five feet nine inches tall, age
twenty-three. Born in Franklin County, Georgia. Married Martha Norton in Shelby County,
Alabama, November 18, 1851.
POPE, WILLIAM W. - Enlisted at Columbiana, Alabama, April 21, 1862. Captured at
Missionary Ridge, Tennessee, November 25, 1863. Arrived at Rock Island, Illinois, January 1,
1864. No later record.
RAINEY, SIMPSON MONROE - Enlisted at Dalton, Georgia, January 10, 1864. Received
clothing at Lumpkin Hospital, Cuthbert, Georgia, September 25, 1864. Admitted to 1st
Mississippi CSA Hospital, November 4, 1864. Returned to duty, November 8, 1864. Surrendered
at Greensboro, North Carolina, May 1, 1865. Born in Saginaw, Alabama, January 31, 1845.
RANDALL, HENRY C. - Enlisted at Barlow's Mill, Alabama, December 4, 1861. Absent sick at
Corinth, Mississippi, March 1862 roll. Wounded in the left thigh at Chickamauga, Georgia,
September 20, 1863. Furloughed from Montgomery, Alabama, October 2, 1863. In General
Hospital, Shelby Springs, Alabama, January 8, 1864. Medical certificate at Shelby Springs states
"unable to perform duty. Wounded in left thigh at Chicakamauga." Paroled at Talladega,
Alabama, May 24, 1865.
RAY, DALLAS M. - Enlisted at Fort Gaines, Alabama, September 7, 1861. Returned to duty
from sick absence, October 1, 1863. Present, October 1863 roll. Surrendered at Greensboro,
North Carolina, May 1, 1865.
RAY, DAVID M. - Enlisted at Fort Gaines, Alabama, October 11, 1861. Discharged with
disability at Tupelo, Mississippi July 2, 1862. Reported at Talladega, Alabama, April 22, 1863.
Discharged May 14, 1863. Paroled at Selma, Alabama, June 1865. Married M. A. M. Nelson
December 1, 1864 in Shelby County, Alabama. Died May 10, 1911.
RAY, GEORGE W. - Enlisted at Fort Gaines, Alabama, September 7, 1861. Appointed 4th
Corporal {June} 1862. Wounded at Chickamauga, Georgia, September 20, 1863. Died there
September 21, 1863. Death claim filed by his mother Caroline Cost. Description: fair
complexion, blue eyes, light hair, five feet nine inches tall, age twenty. Born in St. Clair County,
Alabama.
RAY, JOHN WILSON - Enlisted at Columbiana, Alabama, April 14, 1862. Absent sick, June
1862 roll. Absent sick, October/November 1862 rolls. Sent to General Hospital, February 10,
1863.
Absent sick, October 1863 roll. Discharged due to failing health at Atlanta, Georgia, April 1864.
Applied for a pension May 28, 1897 in Perry County, Alabama.
REAVIS, JAMES M. - Enlisted in Randolph County, Alabama, February 5, 1863. Returned to
duty from sick absence, October 30, 1863. Captured at Missionary Ridge, Tennesse, November
25, 1863. Died of disease at Rock Island, Illinois, March 23, 1864. Buried there in grave 899.
REINHARDT, COLUMBUS W. "VICTOR" - Musician. Enlisted at Fort Gaines, Alabama,
September 7, 1861. Wounded at Shiloh, Tennessee, April 6, 1862. Present October 1863 roll.
Surrendered at Greensboro, North Carolina, May 1, 1865. Born in Columbiana, Alabama, March
1, 1845. Died in Terrell, Texas, November 6, 1920. Buried in Oakland Cemetery.
REINHARDT, MICHAEL R. - Died of disease at Corinth, Mississippi, April 5, 1862. Death
claim filed by his father Ephraim A. Reinhardt. Description: light complexion, blue eyes, light
hair, five feet three inches tall, age twenty-two. Born in Shelby County, Alabama.
ROACH, JAMES M. - Captured at Atlanta, Georgia, September 3, 1864. Released from Camp
Douglas, Illinois, June 12, 1865. Description: dark complexion, gray eyes, black hair, six feet
one inch tall. Residence: Lime Kilns, Shelby County, Alabama. Married Mary Ann Horton in
Shelby County, Alabama, January 23, 1856.
ROBERTSON, ANDREW JACKSON - Enlisted at Fort Gaines, Alabama, September 7, 1861.
Present, October 1863 roll. No later record.
ROBERTSON, JAMES M. - Enlisted at Fort Gaines, Alabama, September 7, 1861. Detailed as a
teamster, November 1862 roll. Present, October 1863 roll. Admitted to Ocmulgee hospital,
Macon, Georgia, July 22, 1864. Treated for wound " minie ball left side of neck and left side of
clavicle out opposite 2nd cervicle vertibrae." Furloughed July 31, 1864. No later record.
Residence: Shelby County, Alabama.
ROBERTSON, WILLIAM ROBERT - Discharged with disability at Hall's Mill, Alabama,
January 22, 1862. Reported at Talladega, Alabama, January 6, 1863. Sent to a Rome, Georgia
hospital, May 15, 1863; serving there with the provost guard, August 19, 1863. Captured at
Missionary Ridge, Tennessee, November 25, 1863. Sent to Rock Island, Illinois, December
1863. No later record.
ROBINSON, BENJAMIN F. - Captured at Atlanta, Georgia, July 22, 1864. Transferred from
Camp Chase, Ohio for exchange at City Point, Virginia, March 4, 1865. No later record.
RUTLEDGE, JOHN - Enlisted at Hall's Mills, Alabama, February 15, 1862. Detailed as
company cook, October/ November 1862 rolls. Detailed as an ambulance driver, January 27,
1863. Detailed as a teamster at Dalton Georgia, January - March 1864. Surrendered at
Greensboro, North Carolina, May 1, 1865. Married Elizabeth Baldwin in Shelby County,
Alabama, January 1, 1864.
RUTLEDGE, PAUL - Appointed Jr. 2nd Lieutenant July 13, 1863, to rank from July 7, 1863. ;
formerly a member of Company "G", 4th Alabama Infantry Regiment, discharged August 10,
1863. Reported as "faithful in discharge of duty", September 2, 1863. Wounded near Atlanta,
Georgia, July 1864; absent on September 18, 1864. Wounded at Franklin, Tennessee, November
30, 1864; captured there December 17, 1864. Treated at Nashville General Hospital 1, January
20 - February 5, 1865. Died of pneumonia at Camp Chase, Ohio, March 30, 1865. Buried there
in grave 1784. Description: age nineteen. Residence: Marion, Alabama.
SCOFIELD, JAMES D. - Enlisted at Fort Gaines, Alabama, September 7, 1861. Detailed as a
carpenter, January 1862 roll. Absent sick, June 1862 roll. Died of disease at Gainesville,
Alabama, July 20, 1862. Death claim filed by his father John Scofield. Description: dark
complexion, dark eyes, dark hair, five feet ten inches tall, age twenty-three. Residence: Shelby
County, Alabama. Born in Monroe County Georgia.
SCOFIELD, JOHN M. - Enlisted at Fort Gaines, Alabama, September 7, 1861. Wounded at
Shiloh, Tennessee, April 6, 1862. Absent sick at Tyner's Station, Tennessee, October/November
1862 roll. No later record.
SCOFIELD, WILLIAM J. - Enlisted at Columbiana, Alabama, May 5, 1862. Absent sick at
Aberdeen, Mississippi, July/August 1862 rolls. No later record.
SIMPSON, ASA J. - Enlisted at Columbiana, Alabama, May 5, 1862. Absent,
October/November rolls; on leave since October 28, 1862. Returned to duty from sick absence,
September 15, 1863. Captured at Missionary Ridge, Tennessee, November 25, 1863. Died of
chronic diarrhea at Rock Island, Illinois, May 27, 1864. Buried there in grave 1171. Married
Mary R. Schofield in Shelby County, Alabama, December 18, 1855.
SIMPSON, JEPTHA W. - Enlisted at Fort Gaines, Alabama, September 7, 1861. Absent sick,
January 1862 roll; furloughed fifteen days December 19, 1861. Absent sick, November 1862
roll; left at Glasgow, Kentucky, September 12, 1862. Captured there October 20, 1862;
exchanged at Vicksburg, Mississippi, November 15, 1862. Absent on furlough, May 2, 1863 -
June 17, 1863. Wounded at Chickamauga, Georgia, September 20, 1863; on furlough September
30 - December 2, 1863. Admitted to 1st Mississippi Hospital with a wound, March 27, 1865;
furloughed thirty days, April 24, 1865. Paroled at Talladega, Alabama, May 31, 1865. Married
Mary A. R. Scofield in Shelby County, Alabama, November 6, 1855.
SIMPSON, JOHN E. - Enlisted at Columbiana, Alabama, March 1, 1862. Absent sick at
Columbus, Mississippi, June-August 1862 rolls. Appointed 2nd Corporal{June} 1863. Present,
October 1863 roll. Reduced to the ranks {January 1864}. Surrendered at Greensboro, North
Carolina, May 1, 1865. Married Mary J. Sykes in Shelby County, Alabama, November 18, 1860.
SMITH, JAMES J. - Enlisted in Shelby County, March 6, 1862. Absent sick at Corinth,
Mississippi, March 1862 roll. Absent sick, June 1862 roll. Died of pneumonia at Munfordsville,
Kentucky, October 4, 1862. Death claim filed by his widow Missouri Smith.
SUGGS, ELIJAH - Died at Kingston, Georgia, February 14, 1864. Death claim filed by his
widow Martha Suggs.
THOMAS, D. H. / P. H. - Enlisted in Shelby County, March 6, 1862. Discharged with disability
at Tupelo, Mississippi, June 20, 1862. Enlisted near Knoxville, Tennessee, October 27, 1862. No
later record.
THOMAS, LEWIS M. - Wounded at Shiloh, Tennessee, April 6, 1862. Discharged with
disability at Tupelo, Mississippi, July 1, 1862.
THOMAS, WILLIAM H. - Enlisted at Fort Gaines, Alabama, September 7, 1861. Wounded at
Murfreesboro, Tennessee, December 31, 1862 and captured there, January 5, 1863. Paroled at
Fort McHenry, Maryland, June 3, 1863 for exchange at Fort Monroe, Virginia. Furloughed from
a Confederate hospital in Petersburg, Virginia. June 19, 1863. Paroled at Montgomery, Alabama,
May 24, 1865. Description: dark complexion, hazel eyes, dark hair, five feet nine inches tall.
TRICE, ELVIN - Captured at Nashville, Tennessee, December 15, 1864. Died of fever at Camp
Douglas, Illinois, January 30, 1865. Buried in Chicago City Cemetery, grave 615, block 2.
WATERSON, HENRY C. - Enlisted at Fort Gaines, Alabama, September 7, 1861. Discharged
with disability at Mobile, Alabama, December 10, 1861. Description: light complexion, gray
eyes, light hair, five feet five inches tall. Born in Talladega, Alabama.
WEST, CHARLES B. - Enlisted at Columbiana, Alabama, May 15, 1862. Wounded at
Murfreesboro, Tennessee, December 31, 1862. Appointed 3rd Sergeant {January 1864}.
Captured at Nashville, Tennessee, December 15, 1864. Released from Point Lookout, Maryland,
June 21, 1865. Description: dark complexion, hazel eyes, black hair, five feet ten inches tall.
Residence: Shelby County, Alabama. Born April 9, 1834. Married Minerva G. Moore in
Jefferson County, Alabama, November 15, 1855. Died January 23, 1900. Buried in West
Cemetery, Shelby County,
Alabama.
WEST, ELBERT A. - Enlisted at Columbiana, Alabama, April 14, 1862. On detached service,
July/August 1862 rolls. Surrendered at Greensboro, North Carolina, May 1, 1865. Died May 11,
1907. Buried in West Cemetery, Shelby County, Alabama.
WEST, HUGH R. - Enlisted at Fort Gaines, Alabama, September 7, 1861. Absent sick, January
1862 roll. Appointed 3rd Sergeant {June 1862}; 2nd Sergeant {December 1862}. Wounded and
captured at Missionary Ridge, Tennessee, November 25, 1863. Died at Chattanooga, Tennessee,
December 12, 1863. Born in Shelby County, February 16, 1838. Married Matilda C. Galloway
in Shelby County, Alabama, October 30, 1853.
WEST, JEFFERSON G. - Enlisted at Fort Gaines, Alabama, September 7, 1861. Died of
pneumonia at Barlow's Mill, Alabama, January 3, 1862. Death claim filed by his father
Jefferson West. Description: fair complexion, gray eyes, dark hair, six feet tall, age twenty. Born
April 6, 1841. Buried in West Cemetery, Shelby County, Alabama.
WEST, PLEASANT H. - Enlisted at Fort Gaines, Alabama, September 7, 1861. Detailed as a
nurse, October/November 1861 rolls. Wounded at Murfreesboro, Tennessee, December 31,
1862. Surrendered at Greensboro, North Carolina, May 1, 1865. Born October 9, 1835. Died
January 13, 1874. Buried in West Cemetery, Shelby County, Alabama.
WILSON,JAMES h. - Detailed as a hospital attendant, January-April 1862 rolls. Discharged
with disability at Corinth, Mississippi, May 8, 1862.
WRIGHT, JAMES MADISON - Enlisted at Talladega, Alabama, January 8, 1863. Sent to
General Hospital April 29, 1863. Discharged with disability, May 18, 1863. Born in Putnam
County, Georgia, March 1, 1823.
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Alabama Department of Archives and History. 1907 Census of Confederate Soldiers.
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