Location:
Alabama Highway 9
Coosa County, Alabama
N 32° 58.900 W086° 04.081
FAG: 26361
Date of Visit: February 22, 2021
John D Shelton
Pvt Co B 34 Regt Ala Inf
Confederate States Army
Oct 31 1828 Nov 19 1905
W.W. Selman
Capt Co H 14 Regt Ala Inf
Confederate States Army
Nov 13 1816. Jun 6 1875
Albert Thomas
Pvt Co C 53 Ala Cav
Confederate States Army
Jan 7 1822 Jun 12 1906
George F Hester
Co D
17 Ala Inf
CSA
Abram Hester
Serg Co D 17 Ala Inf
Confederate States Army
Feb 4 1811 May 8 1884
Thomas Smith
Pvt Co E 12 Ala Inf
Confederate States Army
Aug 1 1813 Dec 13 1885
Howell Rose Robbin
Co D 17 Regt Ala Inf
Confederate States Army
Aug 1 1845 Apr 30 1923
Thomas H Mitchell
Pvt Co B 12 Regt Ala Inf
Confederate States Army
Jan 8 1840 Feb 28 1924
Lucius A Hawes
Pvt Co F 1 Batt Ala Arty
Confederate States Army
Aug 19 1837 Nov 6 1864
Enlisted in in Company F of the artillery battalion Wetumpka, Alabama in 1861. Throughout the war he served in Company F and A. In April of 1864 the 1st Battalion of Artillery was stationed at Fort Morgan. On August 23, 1864 he was captured at Fort Morgan. He was sent to New Orleans where he spent time in hospital with dysentery before being and then to Elmira, New York as a prisoner of war. He died of pneumonia on November 10, 1864 and was buried in Grave 811. The marker at Socopatoy is a cenotaph. He is still buried in New York.
• Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Alabama. Original data from: The National Archives, Entry for L.A. Hawes, 1st Battalion of Alabama Artillery. Retrieved from at 3-Fold May 9, 20231 (http://www.fold3.com).
• Joyce M. Tice, “Civil War Prison Camp, Elmira, Chemung County, New York,” Tri-Counties Genealogy & History, accessed May 9, 2021, https://www.joycetice.com/cemc/prisoneh.htm
