Brewersville Cemetery

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.

Colonel Gulley’s Kepi at Auction in 2012

Panola United Methodist Church

Location:

County Road 35

Panola, Sumter County, Alabama

N 32° 56.136   W088° 14.970

Find A Grave Cemetery ID: 2207265

Date of Visit: July 12, 2019

Updated: September 21, 2022

Capt

Wade Ritter

Co A 5 Batt

Ala Inf

June 3, 1838

Nov 23 1871

Captain Wade Ritter was in command of 125 men of the 5th Alabama Battalion at the surrender at Appomattox. 

• “5th Alabama Battalion” The Civil War in the East. https://civilwarintheeast.com/confederate-regiments/alabama/5th-alabama-battalion/, accessed May 14, 2022. 

Pvt

William L. Knight

Co A

5 Batt

Ala Inf

CSA

Feb 11 1836

Jan 18 1878

Pvt

Joseph Barnes

Co A

5 Batt

Ala Inf

CSA

Pvt

J Thomas Barnes

Co A

5 Batt

Ala Inf

CSA

May 10 1844

Oct 8 1868

The following are not traditional Confederate headstones. They appear to be carvers in the same style. 

In Memory

of

Henry G. Stanton

Who remains still lie in 

some unknown spot at

Lafayette, Ga.

Where he was killed in battle

June 21st, 1864

In the 19th year of his age.

Henry G. Stanton enlisted in Armstead’s Regiment of Mississippi Calvary on December 4, 1863 in Gainesville, Alabama. This unit became known as the 12th Mississippi Calvary. In June of 1864 the 12th Mississippi was brigaded with the 8th Alabama Calvary when General Pillow attacked Federals at LaFayette, Georgia on June 24. The 12th Mississippi dismounted and advanced on the Federals in the town. This is likely when Henry was killed. 

• 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. 38, Part III, 998, Report of Col. Charles G. Armistead, June 30, 1864.  

• Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Alabama.  Original data from: The National Archives, Entry for Henry G. Stanton, Armstead’s Calvary, Retrieved from at 3-Fold, May 14, 2022,  (http://www.fold3.com).

Sacred 

To 

The memory of

E.S. Little

Co A 36th Ala. Reg.

Born Aug.12the 1837,

Wounded at Chickamauga,

Sep. 19th,

And died at Atlanta, Oct.8th

1863

The following obituary was published on page one of the October 24, 1863 edition of the Gainesville Independent.

Brewersville Cemetery

I visited this cemetery back in the early 1980’s when I was trying to locate the graves of CSA soldiers in back roads of west Alabama. I would naturally record the standard CSA markers and those tombstones that identified the man as a Confederate soldier. I would also record the name and vitals of the men born between 1810 and 1848. I would then search for these men in company rosters, regimental accounts, and other sources.

I have chosen to preserve the original formatting that I used in the 1980’s. Unfortunately, I did not record complete dates of birth and death, so the vital information is somewhat lacking. In the case of unit designations determined by research I have included footnotes of the sources.

The cemetery locations are as I originally described them. I will also use coordinates from the GNIS database when I feel comfortable that it applies. I do not have pictures as this was also the pre-digital age.

Cemetery Location:
T18N R1W Sec 21
Near Christian Valley Church
Highway 28
Sumter County, Alabama
N 32° 31.058 W088° 05.735

Pvt. Joseph Graham 1840-1919 Co. K 40th Ala Inf
Col. Ezekial Slocum Gully 1831-1896 40th Ala Inf
Lt. John Robert Larkin 1841-1926 Co. I 38th Ala Inf
W. Dick Torry 1826-1893 Co. D Jeff Davis Legion
J. W. Blakeney 1847-1910 2nd Ala Cav
1st Lt. Abram Larkin Co. K 40th Ala Inf
Dr. B.B. Seale 1839-1909 Co. F 40th Ala Inf
21st Ala Inf

Dr. Jno. McK. Henson 1830-1894 Hospital Dept., AT[1]
Issac W. Horn 1825-1913 State Reserve[2]


[1] Roster of 1889 Reunion of Confederate Soldiers of Sumter County, Alabama
[2] Roster of 1889 Reunion of Confederate Soldiers of Sumter County, Alabama

Sumterville Cemetery

I visited this cemetery back in the early 1980’s when I was trying to locate the graves of CSA soldiers in back roads of west Alabama. I would naturally record the standard CSA markers and those tombstones that identified the man as a Confederate soldier. I would also record the name and vitals of the men born between 1810 and 1848. I would then search for these men in company rosters, regimental accounts, and other sources.

I have chosen to preserve the original formatting that I used in the 1980’s. Unfortunately, I did not record complete dates of birth and death, so the vital information is somewhat lacking. In the case of unit designations determined by research I have included footnotes of the sources.

The cemetery locations are as I originally described them. I will also use coordinates from the GNIS database when I feel comfortable that it applies. I do not have pictures as this was also the pre-digital age.

Cemetery Location:
Near Sumterville Baptist Church, T20N R3W Sec 13
Garfield Road
Sumter County, Alabama
N 32° 42.567 W088° 14.500

William Henry Brown 1839 - 1913 Co. D Jeff Davis Legion
George W. McDaniel 1837 - 1865 Co. D Jeff Davis Legion
Dr. J.M. Godfrey 1832 – 1890 Co. D Jeff Davis Legion

Lt. J. T. Jackson Co. D Jeff Davis Legion[1]

Lt. J. T. Jackson Tombstone Inscription: Son of Jacinth and Prudence Jackson. Born in Barber Co., Ala. Feb. 9, 1839, was wounded at Resaca, Ga on the 15th May 1864 while bravely discharging his duty as a soldier and died at Atlanta, Ga. June 1st same year.

[1] List Names of CSA Solider from Sumter County, Alabama Inscribed Monument on Grounds of Sumter County Courthouse, Livingston, Alabama.