Location:
County Road 35
Panola, Sumter County, Alabama
N 32° 56.136 W088° 14.970
Find A Grave Cemetery ID: 2207265
Date of Visit: July 12, 2019
Updated: September 21, 2022
Capt
Wade Ritter
Co A 5 Batt
Ala Inf
June 3, 1838
Nov 23 1871
Captain Wade Ritter was in command of 125 men of the 5th Alabama Battalion at the surrender at Appomattox.
- “5th Alabama Battalion” The Civil War in the East. https://civilwarintheeast.com/confederate-regiments/alabama/5th-alabama-battalion/, accessed May 14, 2022.
Pvt
William L. Knight
Co A
5 Batt
Ala Inf
CSA
Feb 11 1836
Jan 18 1878
Pvt
Joseph Barnes
Co A
5 Batt
Ala Inf
CSA
Pvt
J Thomas Barnes
Co A
5 Batt
Ala Inf
CSA
May 10 1844
Oct 8 1868
The following are not traditional Confederate headstones. They appear to be carvers in the same style.
In Memory
of
Henry G. Stanton
Who remains still lie in
some unknown spot at
Lafayette, Ga.
Where he was killed in battle
June 21st, 1864
In the 19th year of his age.
Henry G. Stanton enlisted in Armstead’s Regiment of Mississippi Calvary on December 4, 1863 in Gainesville, Alabama. This unit became known as the 12th Mississippi Calvary. In June of 1864 the 12th Mississippi was brigaded with the 8th Alabama Calvary when General Pillow attacked Federals at LaFayette, Georgia on June 24. The 12th Mississippi dismounted and advanced on the Federals in the town. This is likely when Henry was killed.
- 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. 38, Part III, 998, Report of Col. Charles G. Armistead, June 30, 1864.
- Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Alabama. Original data from: The National Archives, Entry for Henry G. Stanton, Armstead’s Calvary, Retrieved from at 3-Fold, May 14, 2022, (http://www.fold3.com).
Sacred
To
The memory of
E.S. Little
Co A 36th Ala. Reg.
Born Aug.12the 1837,
Wounded at Chickamauga,
Sep. 19th,
And died at Atlanta, Oct.8th
1863
The following obituary was published on page one of the October 24, 1863 edition of the Gainesville Independent.
