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.
