Location:
US Highway 431
Stroud, Chambers County, Alabama
N 33° 04.023 W085° 20.040
Find A Grave Cemetery: 2228122
Date of Visit: December 30, 2021
Corp
Isaac Stephens
Co E 4 Ala Regt
CSA
Oct 13 1818 Jul 7 1893
Serg
Nicholas A Wheeler
Co K
8 Conf Cav
CSA
Oct 6 1837
Jan 5, 1908
See detailed biography and pictures at Find A Grave.
- Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/33242575/nicholas-aaron-wheeler : accessed 02 January 2022), memorial page for Nicholas Aaron Wheeler (6 Oct 1837–5 Jan 1908), Find a Grave Memorial ID 33242575, citing Mount Pisgah Primitive Baptist Cemetery, Stroud, Chambers County, Alabama, USA ; Maintained by Churchwell (contributor 46607715) .
Capt
John S. McLean
Co F
14 Ala Inf
CSA
Jul 23 1835 Nov 11 1866
John S. McClean was the son of John McLean and Elizabeth Smith. He had a brother, Horace that served in the Hillard’s Legion. At the Battle of the Crater, as a member of the 59th Alabama, Horace would receive a mortal wound from an exploding shell and then die in Richmond on August 2, 1864. He is buried in a common grave in Petersburg. He has a Find a Grave memorial in Mt. Pisgah and there are plans for a military tombstone to be erected for him next to his brother John.
John S. McLean enlisted in 1861 in Company F the Billy Gilmer Gray by Captain Micklebrry P. Ferrell. In August this company and nine others were organized into the 14th Alabama in Auburn. The regiment was sent to Huntsville and then to Virginia where it was brigaded under General Pryor in Longstreet’s division.
During the summer of 1862 the 14th was heavily engaged at Williamsburg, Seven Pines, Mechanicsville, Frazier Farm, and Malvern Hill. During this time John served as Assistant Quartermaster with the regimental staff. He also spent time sick and on furlough. In May Captain Ferrell was promoted to Major and john was elected Captain.
He remained Captain through he remainder of the war. In 1864 there are records of administrative tasks being conducted by John and there is a record of being on leave in 1865. From 1863 to 1865 this regiment fought in all of the major battles of the Army of Northern Virginia. Brewer makes the comment that Captain McLean was wounded several times. He died of yellow fever in 1866.
- 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 Horace McLean, Hillards Legion and 59th Alabama Infantry, Retrieved from at 3-Fold, October 3, 2021, (http://www.fold3.com).
- Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/39828474/horace-mclean : accessed 02 January 2022), memorial page for Horace McLean (1 Jul 1823–3 Aug 1864), Find a Grave Memorial ID 39828474, citing Mount Pisgah Primitive Baptist Cemetery, Stroud, Chambers County, Alabama, USA ; Maintained by Churchwell (contributor 46607715) .
- Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/33242882/john-s-mclean : accessed 02 January 2022), memorial page for Capt John S. McLean (23 Jul 1835–11 Oct 1866), Find a Grave Memorial ID 33242882, citing Mount Pisgah Primitive Baptist Cemetery, Stroud, Chambers County, Alabama, USA ; Maintained by Churchwell (contributor 46607715) .
- Rigdon, John C., 2015, Historical Sketch & Roster The Alabama 14th Infantry Regiment, Eastern Digital Resources, Cartersville, Georgia. Kindle Edition.
