Location:
Columbia Road
Abbeville, Henry County, Alabama
N 31° 34.058 W085° 14.996
Find A Grave Cemetery ID: 2289871
Date of Visit: July 13, 2013
William G Ward
Co E
60 Ala Inf
CSA
John Robert Lewis Grice
Pvt Wootens Co. 15 Bn Ga Cav
Confederate States Army
May 12 1830 Oct 1 1904
Irwin Gissendaner
Co D
39 Ala Inf
CSA
Captain
Moses B Green
Co A
37 Ala Inf
CSA
1821 1891
Col James Lightfoot
James N Lightfoot
Aug 14 1839
Sept 18 1885
James Newell Lightfoot mustered into the service as 2nd Lieutenant of Company A of the 6th Alabama Infantry on May 16, 1861. In August he was promoted to 1st Lieutenant and by December he was Captain of Company A. At Seven Pines in May of 1862 he was promoted to Lieutenant Colonel and wounded during the action. At Antietam on September 17, 1862 he was wounded again. In May of 1863 prior to the second invasion of the north Lightfoot became Colonel of the 6th Alabama. At Gettysburg during the first day of battle he was wounded and had to be removed from the field. Recovery placed him at the head of the regiment during the Wilderness campaign. On May 8, 1864 he was wounded in the left arm and at New Market on May 15 he received a wound to his right thigh. In February of 1865 a Board of Examiners declared Colonel Lightfoot disabled and retired him from the service.
- “Lieutenant Colonel James Newell Lightfoot” Antietam on the Web, accessed July 26, 2022, https://antietam.aotw.org/officers.php?officer_id=911
- 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. https://archives.alabama.gov/referenc/alamilor/mil_org.html
- Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Alabama. Original data from: The National Archives, Entry for James N. Lightfoot, 6th Alabama Infantry, Retrieved from at 3-Fold, July 24, 2022, (http://www.fold3.com).
Elias J.J.
Son of
John J & Melissa
Ward
Born
Jan. 31, 1844
Died
Oct 3 1864
Nobly he fell while
Fighting for liberty.
(Opposite side)
Died on the field of battle
“Twas noble thus to died;
God smiles on valient
Soldiers –
His record is on high
Elias is buried under a marble obelisk in the cemetery.
Elias enlisted on Company G of the 15th Alabama Infantry Regiment on July 3, 1861 in Pike County, Alabama. In December of 1863 he was promoted to 1st Sergeant.
On October 7, 1864 his regiment was involved in a heavy fight on the Darbytown Road in Henrico County, Virginia. Sergeant Ward was wounded in the abdomen and he died the next day at General Hospital No. 9 in Richmond Virginia.
- Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Alabama. Original data from: The National Archives, Entry for Elias J.J. Ward, 15th Alabama Infantry, Retrieved from at 3-Fold, July 24, 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. 42, Part I, 873, Report No. 358Diary of the First Corps, Army of Northern Virginia, of Operations August 1-October 18.
Samuel Seaton
Son of
James & Annie
Lasseter Curry
Born in Sumpter Co GA
May 3 1832
Wounded Saturday
May 31 1862
On Battle of Seven Pines
Died Abbeville, Al
Aug 18, 1862
Curry enlisted on May 11, 1861 in Abbeville. He mustered into the Company A of the 6th Alabama Infantry on May 16, 1861 in Montgomery. In Virginina Company A became Company B. At the Battle of Seven Pines in May of 1862 Curry received gunshot wound causing a compounded comminuted (bone broken in three or more pieces) fracture of this thigh. In this battle Curry was discharged with a certificate of disability in July and died at home in August.
Before the war Shemuel was a practicing lawyer and was married to Matilda Ward.
- Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Alabama. Original data from: The National Archives, Entry for Shemuel S. Curry, 6th Alabama Infantry, Retrieved from at 3-Fold, August 21 2022, (http://www.fold3.com).
- Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/52828813/shemuel-seaton-curry: accessed 21 August 2022), memorial page for Shemuel Seaton Curry (5 Nov 1832–18 Aug 1862), Find a Grave Memorial ID 52828813, citing Old City Cemetery, Abbeville, Henry County, Alabama, USA; Maintained by Don Atwell (contributor 47043939).
