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Sunday, August 21, 2022

Abbeville Pioneer Cemetery

Location:
Columbia Road
Abbeville, Henry County, Alabama
N 31° 34.058   W085° 14.996
Find A Grave Cemetery ID: 2289871

Date of Visit: July 13, 2013

William G Ward
Co E
60 Ala Inf
CSA

John Robert Lewis Grice
Pvt Wootens Co. 15 Bn Ga Cav
Confederate States Army
May 12 1830    Oct 1 1904

Irwin Gissendaner
Co D
39 Ala Inf
CSA

Captain 
Moses B Green
Co A
37 Ala Inf
CSA
1821     1891


Col James Lightfoot

James N Lightfoot
Aug 14 1839
Sept 18 1885

James Newell Lightfoot mustered into the service as 2nd Lieutenant of Company A of the 6th Alabama Infantry on May 16, 1861. In August he was promoted to 1st Lieutenant and by December he was Captain of Company A. At Seven Pines in May of 1862 he was promoted to Lieutenant Colonel and wounded during the action. At Antietam on September 17, 1862 he was wounded again.  In May of 1863 prior to the second invasion of the north Lightfoot became Colonel of the 6th Alabama. At Gettysburg during the first day of battle he was wounded and had to be removed from the field. Recovery placed him at the head of the regiment during the Wilderness campaign. On May 8, 1864 he was wounded in the left arm and at New Market on May 15 he received a wound to his right thigh. In February of 1865 a Board of Examiners declared Colonel Lightfoot disabled and retired him from the service. 

  • “Lieutenant Colonel James Newell Lightfoot” Antietam on the Web, accessed July 26, 2022, https://antietam.aotw.org/officers.php?officer_id=911
  • 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. 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 James N. Lightfoot, 6th Alabama Infantry, Retrieved from at 3-Fold, July 24, 2022,  (http://www.fold3.com).



Elias J.J. 
Son of 
John J & Melissa 
Ward
Born
Jan. 31, 1844
Died
Oct 3 1864

Nobly he fell while
Fighting for liberty.

(Opposite side) 
Died on the field of battle
“Twas noble thus to died;
God smiles on valient
Soldiers – 
His record is on high

Elias is buried under a marble obelisk in the cemetery. 

Elias enlisted on Company G of the 15th Alabama Infantry Regiment on July 3, 1861 in Pike County, Alabama. In December of 1863 he was promoted to 1st Sergeant. 

On October 7, 1864 his regiment was involved in a heavy fight on the Darbytown Road in Henrico County, Virginia. Sergeant Ward  was wounded in the abdomen and he died the next day at General Hospital No. 9 in Richmond Virginia. 
  • Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Alabama.  Original data from: The National Archives, Entry for Elias J.J. Ward, 15th Alabama Infantry, Retrieved from at 3-Fold, July 24, 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. 42, Part I, 873, Report No. 358Diary of the First Corps, Army of Northern Virginia, of Operations August 1-October 18. 


Samuel Seaton
Son of
James & Annie
Lasseter Curry
Born in Sumpter Co GA
May 3 1832
Wounded Saturday
May 31 1862
On Battle of Seven Pines
Died Abbeville, Al
Aug 18, 1862

Curry enlisted on May 11, 1861 in Abbeville. He mustered into the Company A of the 6th Alabama Infantry  on May 16, 1861 in Montgomery. In Virginina Company A became Company B. At the Battle of Seven Pines in May of 1862 Curry received gunshot wound causing a compounded comminuted (bone broken in three or more pieces) fracture of this thigh. In this battle Curry was discharged with a certificate of disability in July and died at home in August. 

Before the war Shemuel was a practicing lawyer and was married to Matilda Ward. 
  • Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Alabama.  Original data from: The National Archives, Entry for Shemuel S. Curry, 6th Alabama Infantry, Retrieved from at 3-Fold, August 21 2022,  (http://www.fold3.com).
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/52828813/shemuel-seaton-curry: accessed 21 August 2022), memorial page for Shemuel Seaton Curry (5 Nov 1832–18 Aug 1862), Find a Grave Memorial ID 52828813, citing Old City Cemetery, Abbeville, Henry County, Alabama, USA; Maintained by Don Atwell (contributor 47043939).


Wednesday, June 9, 2021

Union Springs Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery

Location:
County Road 6
Brundidge, Pike County, Alabama
N 31° 41.274   W085° 53.252
FAG: 1131011

Date of Visit: February 19, 2021


Thomas Ezra Johnston
Pvt Co A Al Calvary
Confederate States 
Aug 14 1846    Feb 22 1925


David C. Galloway
Co H
46 Ala Inf
CSA
1845
1935

Anderson Mobley
Co F
15 Ala Inf
CSA

John D. Johnston
Pvt Co F 15 Regt Ala Inf
Confederate States Army
Jan 17 1838          May 15, 1862

Private Johnston enlisted in Capotain Malones company on was admitted to Chimborazo Hospital Number 5 on September 12, 1862 with diarrhea and died four days later. One record has the date of death as the 15th of May and another has it as the 16th.  His father, Thomas Johnston of Coffee County appeared in Probate Court of Pike County to make a claim as to Thomas’ arrears of pay. 
  • Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Alabama.  Original data from: The National Archives, Entry for Thomas Johnson, 15th Alabama Infantry. Retrieved from at 3-Fold June 8, 20231 (http://www.fold3.com).



Flowers Brothers: Luke, William, and Silas Flowers were sons of John Calvin Flowers. All three boys were living with their mother Nancy on 1200 acres in 1860. 

  • 1860 U.S. Census, Pike County, Alabama, Population Schedule, Census Place: Eastern Divsion, Post Office: Brundidge, p.58, dwelling 388, family 397, Nancy Flowers: digital images, Ancestry (http://ancestry.com:accessed 9 June 2021),  NARA Roll M653, Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration

Luke Isham Flowers
Pvt Co F 15 Ala Infantry
Confederate States Army
1843  1861

Isham enlisted in July of 1861. He died of pneumonia on November 26, 1861 in Centerville, Virginia. 
  • Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Alabama.  Original data from: The National Archives, Entry for Isham Flowers, 15th Alabama Infantry. Retrieved from at 3-Fold June 8, 20231 (http://www.fold3.com).

William Flowers
Co K 37 Ala Regt
Confederate States Army
Feb 28 1838   Aug 4 1864


William was captured at the surrender of Vicksburg in 1863.  He was paroled July 9 and at some point he rejoined his regiment.  He was in the line in June of 1864 in the defense of Atlanta. It is reported in a report of the Adjutant and Inspector Generals office that he was killed in battle on August 11, 1864. There was not a general engagement on this date. General Alexander P. Stewart reports that the division (the 37th was in Alpheus Brigade of Stewarts Division) was in line from the Marietta Road to west of Lick Skillet Road and nothing major happened except for constant skirmishing. Perhaps William was killed in the daily pot shots or daily probes that occur along a siege line. 

  • Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Alabama.  Original data from: The National Archives, Entry for William W. Flowers, 37th Alabama Infantry. Retrieved from at 3-Fold June 9, 2021 (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. 38, Part 3, 872, Report No. 685, Lt. Gen. Alexander P. Stewart, January 12, 1865. https://babel.hathitrust.org/

Saturday, October 31, 2020

Vienna City Cemetery



Location:
East Woodward Street
Vienna, Dooly County, Georgia
32.098564  -83.796399

Date of Visit: June 25, 2014

Thomas W Mitchell
Pvt Co C 55 Regt Ga Inf
Confederate States Army
Jan 11 1844   Sep 1 1917

Pvt 
JF McClean
Co I
10 KY Cav
CSA
1834  1919

Andrew J Blunt
Co D
15 Ala Inf
CSA

James P Powell
Co G
60 Ga Inf
CSA


Friday, October 9, 2015

Asbury UMC


Location:
County Road 33
Dale County, Alabama
N 31.51273  W085.54460

Date of Visit: July 25, 2015

James B Snell
Pvt Co B  33 Ala Inf
Confederate States Army
1821    1864

Snell was sent to the General Hospital from Missionary Ridge on October 28, 1863. He died in Tunnel Hill, Georgia on January 2, 1864. - Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Alabama. Original data from: The National Archives, Retrieved from at 3-Fold October 9, 2015 (http://www.fold3.com).


George Pope
Pvt 57 Ala Inf
CSA
April 1815   April 2 1895


Thomas Benton Cannon
Pvt Co G  15 Ala Inf
Confederate States Army
Sep 20 1838   Feb 28 1908

Sunday, December 8, 2013

Lamb Cemetery


Location:
Highway 75
Blount County, Alabama

Date of Visit: 7/4/2011

J.W. Hicks
CO L
15 Ala Inf
CSA

Saturday, March 9, 2013

Blue Springs Baptist Church


Location:
Intersection of Blue Springs Road and Highway 67
Morgan County, Alabama
No Coordinates

Date of Visits: June 10, 2013

John A Armstrong
Pvt Co D  30 Ala Inf
Confederate States Army
1841   1920

John H Moore
Co C
20 Ala Inf
CSA
Nov 1 1844
Jul 26 1908

In Memory Of
Pvt
Robert A Langford Jr
Co K
15 Ala Inf
CSA
1835
Aug 25 1862

Layson Mason McCarley
Co D
4 Ala Cav
CSA
Jul 22 1840
Dec 5 1935

Nathan Braswell Weaver
Pvt Co B  12 Ala Cav
Confederate States Army
May 10 1830   Apr 3 1889

Thomas Jefferson Tanner
Pvt Co K  4 Ala Cav
Confederate States Army
Nov 7 1838   Feb 15 1916

W.S. Weaver
Co E
12 Ala Cav
CSA

A Note to Visitors