Location:
County Road 47
Bullock County, Alabama
N32.10479. W085.51526
FAG:
Date of Visit: July 25, 2015
John A. McLeod
Co B
33 Ala Inf
CSA
Samuel J Feagin
Alabama
Pvt Co B. 15 Reg Ala Inf
Confederate States Army
Ledger Stone
Samuel Jefferson Feagin
Born Bullock Co Ala
1841
Mortally Wounded at Cold Harbor
July 3, 1862
Died in Field Hospital
July 19 1862
His last words was
Tell mother I did my duty and died for my country
Samuel’s mother was Almira Cole Feagin, wife of James Madison Feagin. Samuel enlisted July 3, 1861 in Captain Isaac B. Feagin’s company. This was his uncle Isaac Bell Feagin’s company. At Cold Harbor the regiment lost 34 out of 412 men. However, this battle occurred on June 3rd when Grant attacked Confederates west of the Old Cold Harbor crossroads. Samuel's records show the July 3 wounding and July15th death.
- Brewer, Willis. Brief Historical Sketches of Military Organizations Raised in Alabama during the Civil War: Reproduced from Willis Brewers Alabama: Her History, Resources, War Record, and Public Men, from 1540 to 1872. University, Al.: Alabama Civil War Centennial Commission, 1962. (Online at Alabama State Department of Archives and History), https://archives.alabama.gov/referenc/alamilor/mil_org.html
- Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Alabama. Original data from: The National Archives, Entry for Samuel J. Bryan, 15th Alaba Infantry Infantry, Retrieved from at 3-Fold, August 27, 2021, (http://www.fold3.com).
