Showing posts with label 40th Ala Inf. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 40th Ala Inf. Show all posts

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.






Saturday, March 8, 2014

Fern Springs Missionary Baptist Church


Location:
Fern Springs Road
Walker County, Alabama
N 33° 58.129   W087° 37.859

Date of Visit: January 19, 2014

Pvt
Reason A Colburn
Co D
40 Ala Inf
Sep 4 1836
Sept 6 1908

Sunday, May 9, 2010

Brewersville Cemetery

I visited this cemetery back in the early 1980’s when I was trying to locate the graves of CSA soldiers in back roads of west Alabama. I would naturally record the standard CSA markers and those tombstones that identified the man as a Confederate soldier. I would also record the name and vitals of the men born between 1810 and 1848. I would then search for these men in company rosters, regimental accounts, and other sources.

I have chosen to preserve the original formatting that I used in the 1980’s. Unfortunately, I did not record complete dates of birth and death, so the vital information is somewhat lacking. In the case of unit designations determined by research I have included footnotes of the sources.

The cemetery locations are as I originally described them. I will also use coordinates from the GNIS database when I feel comfortable that it applies. I do not have pictures as this was also the pre-digital age.

Cemetery Location:
T18N R1W Sec 21
Near Christian Valley Church
Highway 28
Sumter County, Alabama
N 32° 31.058 W088° 05.735

Pvt. Joseph Graham 1840-1919 Co. K 40th Ala Inf
Col. Ezekial Slocum Gully 1831-1896 40th Ala Inf
Lt. John Robert Larkin 1841-1926 Co. I 38th Ala Inf
W. Dick Torry 1826-1893 Co. D Jeff Davis Legion
J. W. Blakeney 1847-1910 2nd Ala Cav
1st Lt. Abram Larkin Co. K 40th Ala Inf
Dr. B.B. Seale 1839-1909 Co. F 40th Ala Inf
21st Ala Inf

Dr. Jno. McK. Henson 1830-1894 Hospital Dept., AT[1]
Issac W. Horn 1825-1913 State Reserve[2]


[1] Roster of 1889 Reunion of Confederate Soldiers of Sumter County, Alabama
[2] Roster of 1889 Reunion of Confederate Soldiers of Sumter County, Alabama

A Note to Visitors