Showing posts with label 55th Ala Inf. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 55th Ala Inf. Show all posts

Sunday, October 17, 2021

Old Ponce de Leon Cemetery

Location:
Florida Highway 81
Ponce de Leon, Holmes County, Florida
N 30° 43.321   W085° 56.192
FAG: 2285389

Date of Visit: June 16, 2016

Thomas J Mickler
Pvt Co C 57 Ala Inf
Confederate States Army
1833    1915

Lewis M Graves
Co D
39 Ala Inf
CSA

J F Dukes
Pvt Co E 12 Ga Inf
Confederate States Army
1840   1904

James S Moore
Pvt  Co H 55 Ala Inf
Confederate States Army
1823     1901

Warren D Jackson
Pvt Co K  5 Ala Inf
Confederate States Army
May 5 1838      Sept 26 1913



Sunday, October 3, 2021

Pleasant Hill Methodist Church Cemetery

Location:
State Highway 273
Cherokee County, Alabama
N34 19.499 W085 38.427

FAG: 25548

Date of Visit: September 13, 2012

Issac N. Tumlin
Pvt Co B Phillips Legion
Confederate State Army
Aug 15 1837     Feb 4 1919

William H Johnson
Co I
35 Ga Inf
CSA

Randolph Partlow
Serg  Co C  40 Ga Inf
Confederate State Army
1832       1889

Anderson Lewis
Pvt Co B  55 Ala Inf
Confederate State Army
May 25 1841       Sep 23 1920

Lansford A Miller
Pvt Co B  27 Ala Inf
Confederate State Army
Jan 12 1829      Nov 8 1920


J W Trigg
Pvt Co B.  55 Ala Vols
Confederate State Army
Apr 12 1830     Apr 25 1888



Ebenezer Leath
Pvt Co G 19 Ala Inf
Confederate State Army
1839       1913

Lieutenant 
Edward H Emerson
Co B
55 Regt
Ala Inf
CSA
Oct 1834
Jan 1906

1st Sgt P.L. McCall
Co B  5th Ala. Inf.
May 17, 1838
Oct 26, 1898


James P Webb
Pvt Co C 7 Ala Inf
Confederate State Army
1840    1865

A Private James P. Webb enlisted in Company C of the 7th Alabama Infantry  in Center, Alabama on March 29, 1861. By 1863 James P. Webb was in Company H of the 19th Alabama and was wounded in the battle at Murfreesboro and also at Chickamauga. His widows pension application states that he was wounded somewhere in Kentucky and at Murfreesboro. She states that he was killed near Atlanta in 1865 and in another document she states that it as was near Atlanta in 1864, which is more likely than 1865. 

  • Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Alabama.  Original data from: The National Archives, Entry for James P. Webb, 7th Alabama Infantry and 19th Alabama Infantry, Retrieved from at 3-Fold, October 3, 2021,  (http://www.fold3.com).
  • Alabama, Texas and Virginia, U.S., Confederate Pensions, 1884-1958 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Entry for James P. Webb, 7th Alabama Infantry and 19th Alabama Infantry, retrieved from Ancestry.com, October 3, 2021,  (http://www.ancestry.com)



Saturday, April 29, 2017

Hebron Cemetery

Location:
Cherokee County Road 124
Cherokee County, Alabama
N 34° 06.475    W085° 33.312

Date of Visit: October 5, 2011



EO Boman
Co E
1 Ga Cav
CSA

Pvt James M Lambert
Co C
26 Bn Ga Inf
CSA
Sep 15 1823
Feb 21 1902

Robert E Dyche
Serg
Co K  55 Ala Inf
Confederate States Army
1838
1903

TN Guice
Private Company E
30 Georgia Infantry
Confederate States Army
1846
1922

Reuben Brannon
Private Company C
Holcombs SC Vols
Confederate States Army
1824   1895

Pvt
George W Jordan
Co I 19 Ala Inf
CSA
1819
1902

Calvin Story
Pvt Co I 19 Ala Inf
Confederate States Army
1831       1912

W.A. Payne
Private Company B
52 Georgia Infantry
Confederate States Army
1828         1906

Pvt
George W Wynn
Co B
34 Ga Regt
CSA
1832
1897

John R Hawkins
Pvt Co H
19 Ala Inf
Confederate States Army
1845    1918

Thomas Rucks
Pvt Co C Con Cav
Confederate States Army
1839    1923

Pvt
G.W.
Rucks
Co G
48 Ala Inf
CSA
1830
1866

Dave E Harris
Pvt  Co H
19 Ga Inf
Confederate States Army
1838
1928


In Memory of Pvt
William P. Lambert
Co G  41 Ga Inf
CSA
1845
1862

Pvt. Lambert enlisted at Camp McDonald at Big Shanty on March 10, 1862. It is noted that he died on April 30, 1862. Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Georgia. Original data from: The National Archives, Retrieved from at 3-Fold April 16, 2017. (http://www.fold3.com)



In Memory Of
Pvt
Seth H Lambert II
Co G
41 Ga Inf
CSA
1841
1864

Private Lambert enlisted at Camp McDonald on March 10, 1862. He was captured at Vicksburg when left at a hospital. However, he was paroled on July 6, 1863.  There are  no other records for Private Lambert. Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Georgia. Original data from: The National Archives, Retrieved from at 3-Fold April 16, 2017. (http://www.fold3.com)



Note: A second marker for Seth H Lambert is also in this cemetery. The marker has the inscription:

In Memory of Pvt
Seth Hampton Lambert
Company B 55 Ala Inf CSA
1841
1863


There are no Lamberts on the role of Company B of the 55th Alabama. However the next three Lamberts in Company B of the 55th Alabama do appear on the rolls of Company B 5th Alabama Battalion.  Seth Lambert does not show up on any 5th Alabama Battalion roll. This company was raised in Calhoun County, Alabama.

They will be recorded with the inscription on the stones in Hebron Cemetery.

In Memory of Pvt
Thompson H Lambert
Co B 55 Ala Inf
CSA
1843
1863

Private Lambert enlisted in Captain Bush’s Calhoun County (Alabama) Sharpshooters on August 19, 1861.  This would become Company B of the 5th Alabama Infantry Battalion.
He appears as missing in action muster rolls after Gettysburg. Union records indicate that he was captured at Gettysburg on July 3, 1863. He is detained at Fort McHenry, Maryland and eventually sent to Fort Delaware.  He died of chronic diarrhea only October 6, 1863. 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 April 23, 2017. (http://www.fold3.com)



In Memory of
Pvt
William E F Lambert
Co B
55 Ala Inf
CSA
1837
1862

William F Lambert appears in Company B of the 5th Alabama Battalion. He enlisted in Captain Bush’s Calhoun Sharpshooters at age 25 in 1862.  In June he was reported sick in a Richmond, Virginia hospital. He died of disease on September 10, 1862 in a hospital in Liberty, Virginian. 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 April 23, 2017. (http://www.fold3.com)


In Memory of
Pvt
Henry J Lambert
Co B
55 Ala Inf
CSA
1839
1862

Henry J Lambert appears in Company B of the 5th Alabama Battalion. He enlisted in Captain Bush’s Calhoun Sharpshooters at age 22 on March 4, 1862. He was killed in action at Mechanicsville on June 26, 1862. This is the first day of the Seven Days Battle. 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 April 23, 2017. (http://www.fold3.com)



Sunday, April 20, 2014

Hopewell Cemetery


Location:
US Highway 411
St Clair County, Alabama
Lat       33.887409
Long    -86.148239

Date of Visit: April 11, 2014


OM Samson
Co D 19th Ala CSA
POW
Rock Island, Ill.

He was captured at Missionary Ridge on November 25, 1863. He was transferred to Louisville, Kentucky and then to Rock Island Barracks in Illinois. Here he took the oath of allegiance to the United States in 1864.  Cemetery records indicate that he died in 1888.

Sources

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 April 14, 2014 (http://www.fold3.com).

Find a Grave Memorial #96974418


Capt
JW Maddox
Co C 55 Ala Inf
CSA
Jul 21 1812
May 28 1876

John W Ford
Co G
1 Ala Cav
CSA

WH Thompson
Pvt Co D 51 Ala Cav
Confederate States Army
Dec 10 1840  Mar 12 1917

John Andrew Thompson
Serg  Co G 22 Ala Inf
Confederate States Army

Washington Green Thompson
Serg Co G 22 Ala Inf
Confederate States Army
Feb 20 1837  Oct 17 1917


Serg
William M Downs
Co K
38 Tenn Inf
CSA

Hillard D Bridges
Co A
47 Ala Inf
CSA
Oct 30 1838
Aug 12 1911

LD Edwards
Co I
17 Regt
Ala Inf
CSA
Aug 8 1827
Dec 24 1880

James P Dill
51 Ala Partisan Rangers CSA
Mar 4 1845   Jul 2 1904


WHH Riddle
Co D
51 Ala
Partisan
Rangers
CSA




Sunday, December 1, 2013

Courtland Cemetery


Location:
Van Buren Street
Courtland, Lawrence County, Alabama
N 34° 40.267              W087° 18.398

Date of Visits: August 3, 2013

Assit Surgeon
Isham W Fennell
Norwoods Co
55 Ala Inf
CSA

Sunday, April 28, 2013

Harris Chapel Cemetery


Location:
Hogjaw Valley Road
Jackson County, Alabama
N 34° 57.487              W085° 39.990

Date of Visit: April 13, 2013

Pvt
Docker Hiram Gibson
Co H  21st Ga Vols
CSA
Apr 30 1845  Sep 13 1898

In Memory of
Pvt John Gibson
Co H
21 Ga Inf
CSA
1840
1862

Gibson, John -- Private - July 2, 1861. Died near Lynchburg, Virginia August 1862. Buried there in Confederate Cemetery. No.5, 3rd Line, Lot 177-either Ford's or Crumpton's. - Company H, 21st Regiment Dade County "Silver Grays"
or "Yance Invincibles",

http://www.ranger95.com/civil_war/georgia/infantry/rosters/21st_inf_regt_rost_h.html

Pvt
Jefferson L Gentry
Co C
49 Ala Inf
CSA
Apr 11 1845
Feb 2 1917

In Memory of Pvt
Ananis A Gentry
Co C
49 Ala Inf
CSA
1864

Pvt
Albert Gallaton Gentry
Co C
49 Ala Inf
CSA
1840
1862

Pvt
Robert Lyle Hembree
Co G
3 Conf Cav
CSA
Dec 18 1825
Apr 26 1892

In memory of Pvt
Andrew J Hembree
Co K
4 Ala Inf
CSA
1843
1863

Corp
W.R. Brown Co E
55 Ala  Inf
CSA
Jul 22 1822   Jul 12 1903

16 Unknown Confederate Soldiers killed in the Battle of Ladd’s Farm February 3-4, 1865.
1 Unknown Confederate solider killed Ringgold Gap, Georgia November 27, 1863. 

Sunday, October 21, 2012

Daniel Cemetery


Location:
Highway 273
Cherokee County, Alabama
N 34° 16.214              W085° 40.508

Date of Visits: September 13, 2012

Wesley J Tucker
Cpl  Co A  31 Regt Ala Inf
Confederate States Army

Benjamin F Wood
Pct Co B  4 Ala Cav
Confederate States Army
Dec 18 1843   May 7  1904

Robert S Dean
Pct Co B  4 Ala Cav
Confederate States Army
Oct 19 1836   Sep 24 1920

John McEntire Daniel
Lieut  Co B  55 Ala Inf
Confederate States Army
Jan 23 1832  Nov 7 1915

James H Daniel
Pvt  Co B  55 Ala Vols
Confederate States Army
Aug 3 1829  Jun 2 1905

Daniel H Wilson
Pvt  Co B  55 Ala Inf
Confederate State Army
Dec 14 1827  Jun 22 1896

Sunday, January 1, 2012

Antioch Old Cemetery


Location:
Big Texas Road
Rocky Mountain PFA, Floyd County, GA

N 34° 22.034    W 85° 18.115

Date of Visit: December 29, 2011

Pvt
Archibald Ellenbury
Co J
55 Ala Inf
CSA
Apr 4 1839
Mar 5 1862

Pvt
William A Hurt
Co H
66 Ga Inf
CSA
1833
1878
POW

Wednesday, February 16, 2011

Oak Hill Cemetery

Location:
Highway 91
Cherokee County, Alabama
N 34° 18.590   W085° 32.274

Date of Visit: December 28, 2010


CH McCullough
Co B
Davenport’s Bn
Pillow’s Div
CSA

James McCullough
Co K
55 Ala Inf
CSA

John G Russell
Born Feb 10 1840
Fell in the Battle of Chickamauga
Sept 20, 1863
Body brought home for burial

Thursday, December 30, 2010

Randle Cemetery

Location:
Cherokee County Road 107
Gaylesville, Cherokee County, Alabama
N 34° 16.179  W085° 34.855

Date of Visit:  December 28, 2010

Pvt
H.A.H Brandon
Co H
19 Ala Inf
CSA
Feb 3 1839
July 29 1862

Pvt
J.F.R. Brandon
Co H
19 Ala nf
CSA
Dec 10 1834
May 26 1862

1 Serg
John E. W. Randle
Co H
19 Ala Inf
CSA
1840
1865

WF Henderson
Lieut
Co K  55 Ala Inf
Confederate States Army

Wednesday, December 29, 2010

Cedar Bluff Cemetery

Location:
Cemetery Drive
Cedar Bluff, Cherokee County, Alabama
N 34° 13.020              W085° 36.764

Date of Visit:  December 28, 2010

Harbart  H Harton
Pvt  Co B  5 Ala Cav
Confederate States Army
Oct 21 1846  Aug 24 1927

W.A. White
Co I
SC Palmetto
Sharpshooters

Corp
David N Williamson
Co E
19 Ala Inf
CSA
1848
1923

Pvt
Elisha B Hardwick
Co I
1 Ark
Mtd Rifles
CSA
1831
1864

Serg
William W Hardwick
Co H
48 Ala Inf
CSA
1841
1862

 Col
Frizell M Hardwick
ROM
19 Ala Inf
CSA
1806
1869

Lieut
Joseph B Hardwick
Co H
48 Ala Inf
CSA
1842
1866

John West
Co B
55 Ala Regt
CSA

Joe M Reed
Co H
48 Ala Inf
CSA



Sunday, August 8, 2010

Fairview United Methodist Church Cemetery



Location:
US Highway 411
Centre, Cherokee County, Alabama
N 34° 10.23 W085° 43.695

Date of Visit: July 23, 2010

A J Lowe
Pvt Co C 7 Ala Inf
Confederate States Army
Feb 4 1844 Dec 14 1888

J Silas Daniel
Pvt Co H 19 Ala Inf
Confederate States Army
1844 1929

William H McElrath
Serg Co K
48 Ala Inf
Confederate States Army
Dec 10 1839 Aug 19 1916

W L Roberts
Pvt Co B 31 Ala Inf
Confederate State Army
Jan 29 1843 Nov 22 1921

J F King
Pvt Co G 40 Ga Inf
Confederate States Army
May 27 1833 Mar 27 1908

Reuben Morrison
Co K
55 Ala Inf
CSA

EW Ewing
Pvt Co B 31 Ala Inf
Confederate States Army
Apr 15 1829 Mar 19 1913




Frank A. Bradley
Pvt Co L 48th Ala Inf
Confederate States Army
Aug 10 1848 Feb 20 1922

Joseph Burnett
Pvt Co H 10 Ala Inf
Confederate State Army
Mar 8 1840 Aug 10 1909




A Note to Visitors