Thursday, November 17, 2022

Mount Hermon Presbyterian Church

Location:
Commerce Street
Ila, Madison County, Georgia
N 34° 10.434   W083° 17.791
Find A Grave Cemetery ID: 2267521

Date of Visit: October 24, 2017


William Lloyd 
Smith 
Born 
Nov. 24, 1836
Died
Mar. 15, 1910
Marked with a Southern Cross of Honor. 

He served in company A of 16th Georgia Infantry. He was captured twice and ended the war in Ohio. 

  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/129640382/william-loyd-smith: accessed 17 November 2022), memorial page for William Loyd Smith (24 Nov 1836–15 Mar 1910), Find a Grave Memorial ID 129640382, citing Mount Hermon Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Ila, Madison County, Georgia, USA; Maintained by Marc Haynes (contributor 47766702) .


Wiley 
Yarbrough
Born
Dec 25 1840
Died
Jan 30, 1901
Marked with a Southern Cross of Honor.

He served in Company G of the 43rd Georgia Infantry. 

  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/15842875/wiley-yarbrough: accessed 17 November 2022), memorial page for Wiley Yarbrough (25 Dec 1840–30 Jan 1901), Find a Grave Memorial ID 15842875, citing Mount Hermon Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Ila, Madison County, Georgia, USA; Maintained by David Soward (contributor 46865531) .

Tuesday, November 1, 2022

Brewersville Cemetery

Location:
Christian Valley Church
State Highway 28
Brewersville, Sumter County, Alabama
N 32° 31.110   W088° 05.727
Find A Grave Cemetery ID: 21785

Date of Visit: July 13, 2019


Joseph Graham
Alabama
Pvt Co K  40 Regt Ala Inf
Civil War
Nov 25 1840    Feb 16 1919

William Larkin
Corp Co B
Ala Corps of Cadets
Confederate States army
Aug 22 1845  Sep 8, 1920

John Robert Larkin
Alabama
1st Lt Co I 38 Regt Ala In
Confederate States army
June 4 1841   May 20, 1926

John R.Lee
Born
Jan 14 1831
Died
Dec 6 1861


In April of 1861 John R. Lee enlisted in the service of the Confederate Army. He was 1st Lieutenant in Blount’s Company F “Sumter Rifle Guards” of the 5th Alabama Infantry regiment. In May the regiment moved to Pensacola and then on to near Manassas Junction in Virginia. In September Captain Blount resigned and Lee was promoted to Captain. At the time of the October muster Lieutenant Lee was sick in the hospital in Richmond. He died of typhoid fever at Union Mills on December 5, 1861 
  • Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Alabama.  Original data from: The National Archives, Entry for John R. Lee, 5th Alabama Infantry , Retrieved from at 3-Fold, October 31, 2022.  (http://www.fold3.com).
  • Brewer, Willis. 1962. Brief Historical Sketches of Military Organizations Raised In Alabama During the Civil War : reproduced from Willis Brewer's Alabama: her history, resources, war record, and public men, from 1540 to 1872 (1872) Montgomery, Alabama: Alabama Civil War Centennial Commission. Kindle


Colonel Ezekiel Slocum Gulley



Tombstone Inscription: 

Our Father
Ezekiel Slocum
Gulley
Col. Of 40th Ala
Reg. C.S.A.
Born in
Wayne County, NC
Sep. 26, 1831
Died In
Sumter Co. Ala.
Sept 17, 1896


At 30 years of age Gulley mustered in to the Confederate service on March 4 1862. He was elected Captain of Company A of the 40th Alabama Infantry Regiment. Eventually he was promoted to Major. Major Gulley spent ten days in the 1st Mississippi Hospital in Jackson, Mississippi with anasarca. Anasarca is an abnormal accumulation of fluid in tissues and cavities of the body, resulting in swelling, related to renal or cardiopulmonary issues. In May of 1864 Colonel Thomas Stone died of pneumonia and Gulley was promoted to Lieutenant Colonel of the 40th Alabama. After the Battle of Bentonville in 1865 the 40th was consolidated into the 19th Alabama under Colonel M.L. Wood in Pettus’ Brigade of Carter Stevenson’s Division At some point Gulley commanded this regiment.  Carolina Campaign of 1865 he commanded the 19th Alabama. 

  • Brewer, Willis. 1962. Brief Historical Sketches of Military Organizations Raised In Alabama During the Civil War : reproduced from Willis Brewer's Alabama: her history, resources, war record, and public men, from 1540 to 1872 (1872) Montgomery, Alabama: Alabama Civil War Centennial Commission. Kindle
  • Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Alabama.  Original data from: The National Archives, Entry for E.S. Gulley, 40th Alabama Infantry , Retrieved from at 3-Fold, October 31, 2022.  (http://www.fold3.com).
  • The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies (128 vol., Washington: Printing Office, 1880-1901), Ser.1 Vol. 47, Part I, 1065, Organization of the Confederate Forces, commanded by General Joseph E. Johnston.
  • Willett, Elbert Decatur, 1828-1890, and Joseph Jackson Willett. History of Company B (originally Pickens Planters) 40th Alabama Regiment: Confederate States Army, 1862 to 1865. [n.p.]: Colonial Press, 1963.






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