Sunday, September 18, 2022

Seale United Methodist Church

Location:
Courthouse Street
Seale, Russell County, Alabama
N 32° 17.931   W085° 09.967
Find A Grave Cemetery ID: 2268877

Date of Visit: July 13, 2013

NOTE: The Confederate soldiers in the graveyard at Seale United Methodist Church were marked by the local James Canty Chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy.  Most of these marks are engraved in the following fashion: 

Name (initials and last name)
Erected BY
Jas. Cantey Chapter
No 548 U.D.C.

J.H. Bickerstaff

James Henry Bickerstaff was a Lieutenant in Company I, 34th Alabama Infantry. His father William, Jefferson Bickerstaff, commanded Company I until killed at the Battle of Stone River. In 1864 in Atlanta Lieutenant Bickerstaff received a severe arm wound that resulted in amputation of the arm. In December he was retired from the army. 

Robert Humber Bickerstaff was a brother of James who died of measles in Virginia in 1861. 

  • Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Alabama.  Original data from: The National Archives, Entry for J.H. Bickerstaff, 34th Alabama Infantry, Retrieved from at 3-Fold, August 24, 2022,  (http://www.fold3.com).
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/54000948/james-henry-bickerstaff: accessed 24 August 2022), memorial page for James Henry Bickerstaff (17 May 1844–18 Mar 1906), Find a Grave Memorial ID 54000948, citing Seale United Methodist Church Cemetery, Seale, Russell County, Alabama, USA; Maintained by J Lowery (contributor 47089151).
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/98775117/william-jefferson-bickerstaff: accessed 24 August 2022), memorial page for Capt William Jefferson Bickerstaff (1819–Dec 1862), Find a Grave Memorial ID 98775117, ; Maintained by BHC (contributor 46852820)Burial Details Unknown, who reports a Burial place unknown.
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/232667147/robert-humber-bickerstaff: accessed 24 August 2022), memorial page for Pvt Robert Humber Bickerstaff (1841–30 Jun 1861), Find a Grave Memorial ID 232667147, ; Maintained by Dig Up (contributor 47525629)Lost at War.



J.M. Brannon

John Manson Brannon enlisted in Company E of the 39th Alabama Infrantry in Opelika in May of 1862. In November he was home sic. In 1863 he was still at home sick and he resigned in April of 1863. 

  • Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Alabama.  Original data from: The National Archives, Entry J.H. Brannon, 39thAlabama Infantry, Retrieved from at 3-Fold, August 24, 2022,  (http://www.fold3.com).
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/54041145/john-manson-brannon: accessed 24 August 2022), memorial page for COL John Manson Brannon (1 Feb 1833–20 Apr 1904), Find a Grave Memorial ID 54041145, citing Seale United Methodist Church Cemetery, Seale, Russell County, Alabama, USA; Maintained by Lloyd Paul Brannon, II (contributor 47672485).


J.W. Boykin

James William Boykin was a member of Company I, 34th Alabama Infantry.  He was captured at Nashville in 1864 and sent to Camp Douglass, Illinois.
  • Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Alabama.  Original data from: The National Archives, Entry for James W. Boykin, 34th Alabama Infantry, Retrieved from at 3-Fold, August 24, 2022,  (http://www.fold3.com).


W.A. Bellamy

William Alexander Bellamy enlisted in as a private in Captain Waddell’s Company of Light Artillery in February of 1862. This unit was eventually designated as the 20th Battalion Alabama Light Artillery. At Vicksburg he was paroled with the sick and wounded at General Hospital No. 2 He was appointed 5th Sergeant in 1863 and was still serving in August of 1864 when he received clothing.   
  • Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Alabama.  Original data from: The National Archives, Entry for W.A. Bellamy, 20th Battalion Alabama Light Artillery, Retrieved from at 3-Fold, August 24, 2022,  (http://www.fold3.com).
Capt S.S. Brinson

S.S. Brinson was a corporal and sergeant in Company G of the 7th Alabama Cavalry. Captain could be a local militia rank or an honorary title. 
  • Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Alabama.  Original data from: The National Archives, Entry for S.S. Brinson, 7th Alabama Calvary, Retrieved from at 3-Fold, August 25, 2022,  (http://www.fold3.com).

J.S. Burch

John Samuel Burch joined Captain Bickerstaff’s Company of Volunteers as a 2nd Lieutenant on April 21, 1862. This company became Company I of the 34th Alabama Infantry. In February of 1863 Burch took command of the company after Captain Bickerstaff was killed at Stone River. During the Atlanta Campaign of 1864 Captain Burch was wounded in battle. This would plague him for the remainder of his life and lead him to apply for and receive a disability pension. 
  • Ancestry.com. Alabama, U.S., Census of Confederate Soldiers, 1907, 1921 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Entry for John S. Burch, 34th Alabama Infantry. 
  • Brewer, Willis. 1872. Alabama: Her History, Resources War Record, and Public Men From 1540 to 1872. Montgomery, Alabama: Barrett & Brown. https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=QogshH4pd50C&pg=GBS.PP4
  • Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Alabama.  Original data from: The National Archives, Entry for J.S. Burch, 34th Alabama Infantry, Retrieved from at 3-Fold, August 30, 2022,  (http://www.fold3.com).
E.H. Glenn

Eugene Herndon Glenn joined Company C ‘Carter’s Guards” of the 45th Alabama Infantry in June of 1862 at Auburn, Alabama.. He served as sergeant major and regimental adjutant at surrender in North Carolina. 
  • Ancestry.com. Alabama, U.S., Census of Confederate Soldiers, 1907, 1921 [database on-line]. 
  • Brewer, Willis. 1872. Alabama: Her History, Resources War Record, and Public Men From 1540 to 1872. Montgomery, Alabama: Barrett & Brown. https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=QogshH4pd50C&pg=GBS.PP4

P.A. Green

Peter Alexander Greene was a member of Co G, 31st Georgia Infantry. He was wounded several times during the war and was also a prisoner of war. 
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/57892629/peter-alexander-greene: accessed 24 August 2022), memorial page for Peter Alexander Greene (8 Aug 1838–23 Nov 1902), Find a Grave Memorial ID 57892629, citing Seale United Methodist Church Cemetery, Seale, Russell County, Alabama, USA; Maintained by Jim Nelson (contributor 47275092).


W. H. Holland

William H. Holland enlisted in Company E of the 39th Alabama infantry in Opelika, Alabama on April 18, 1862. He was discharged for disability. On February 1, 1863 he enlisted in Virginia in Captain’s Hardaway’s Battery of Light Alabama Artillery. In October he was wounded at Bristow Station. He was paroled at Appomattox Court House in 1865. 
  • Ancestry.com Alabama, Texas and Virginia, U.S., Confederate Pensions, 1884-1958 [database on-line].. Entry for William H. Holland 39th Alabama Infantry, retrieved from Ancestry.com, August 30, 2022 2021,  (http://www.ancestry.com)
  • Ancestry.com. Alabama, U.S., Census of Confederate Soldiers, 1907, 1921 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Entry for W.H. Holland
  • Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Alabama.  Original data from: The National Archives, Entry for William H. Holland, 39th Alabama Infantry, Retrieved from at 3-Fold, August 24, 2022,  (http://www.fold3.com).


H.B. Perry

Hartwell Bass Perry enlisted in Emory’s Battery of Waddell’s Battalion in Columbus, Georgia in 1864. He surrendered in Columbus in 1865. 
  • Ancestry.com Alabama, Texas and Virginia, U.S., Confederate Pensions, 1884-1958 [database on-line]. Entry for Hartwell B. Perry, Emory’s Battery, retrieved from Ancestry.com, September 18, 2021,  (http://www.ancestry.com)

T.W. Perry

Thomas Watkins Perry elicited in Company E of the 39th Alabama infantry in 1862. IN December of 1863 he was appointed 2nd Lieutenant of the company.  He was wounded in battle near Lovejoy Station on June 22, 1864. Near the end of the war he was captured on the Flint River bridge. 
  • Ancestry.com Alabama, Texas and Virginia, U.S., Confederate Pensions, 1884-1958 [database on-line]. Entry for Thomas W. Perry, 39th Alabama Infantry, retrieved from Ancestry.com, September 18, 2022,  (http://www.ancestry.com).
  • Ancestry.com. Alabama, U.S., Census of Confederate Soldiers, 1907, 1921 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Entry for Thomas W. Perry, 39th Alabama Infantry.
  • Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Alabama.  Original data from: The National Archives, Entry for Thomas W. Perry, 39th Alabama Infantry, Retrieved from at 3-Fold, September 18, 2022,  (http://www.fold3.com).


S.H. Pitts

Samuel Hardy Pitts mustered into service in 1862 in Company I of the 34th Alabama Infantry. He was captured during the fall of 1862 and was exchanged in Chattanooga in January of 1863. He was admitted to the Floyd House-Ocmulgee Hospital in Macon on November 28, 1863. His wife stated that he was wounded in the head and thigh in July of 1864 during the Battle of Atlanta. 

  • Ancestry.com Alabama, Texas and Virginia, U.S., Confederate Pensions, 1884-1958 [database on-line]. Entry for Samuel Pitts, 34th Alabama Infantry, retrieved from Ancestry.com, September 18, 2022,  (http://www.ancestry.com).
  • Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Alabama.  Original data from: The National Archives, Entry for Samuel Pitts, 34th Alabama Infantry, Retrieved from at 3-Fold, September 18, 2022,  (http://www.fold3.com).


W.B. Prather

In 1864 William Butler Prather enlisted as a private in Scott’s Company, Reserve Corps in Bastrop, Louisiana. He was paroled in Monroe, Louisiana on May 26, 1865 and returned home to Alabama. 
  • Ancestry.com. Alabama, U.S., Census of Confederate Soldiers, 1907, 1921 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Entry for W.B. Prather, Scott’s Company, Reserve Corps. 
W.D. Tadlock

William David Tadlock enlisted in the Company G of the 62nd Alabama Infantry in 1862. He states that he was discharged by parole. 
  • Ancestry.com. Alabama, U.S., Census of Confederate Soldiers, 1907, 1921 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Entry for William David Tadlock, 62nd Alabama
J.J. Ware

Judson J. Ware was a member of Co I of the 34th Alabama Infantry. 
  • Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Alabama.  Original data from: The National Archives, Entry for Judson Ware, 34th Alabama Infantry, Retrieved from at 3-Fold, August 24, 2022,  (http://www.fold3.com).




The following men are buried the stone provided by the James Canty Chapter of the UDC, however military records could not be found. 

W.T. Anderson
G. W. Fuller
W.J. Henry
C. McDewitt
J.W.W. Smith
J.W. Smith
R.A. Strong
T. Tucker





Sunday, August 21, 2022

Abbeville Pioneer Cemetery

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).


Wear Family Cemetery


Location:
Old Springville Road
Jefferson County, Alabama
N 33° 42.578   W086° 35.154
Find A Grave Cemetery ID: 2225727

Date of Visit: August 13, 2022

David H Wear
Mar 30 1848
Oct 9 1918

Omelia C Wear
May 27 1845
Apr 13 1904

David is marked with a new Confederate flag. David and his wife Omelia received a Confederate pension for his service. He enlisted in 1865 and served for six weeks in Company A 7th Alabama Cavalry. 

  • Alabama, Texas and Virginia, U.S., Confederate Pensions, 1884-1958 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Entry for David H Wear, 7th Alabama Cavalry, retrieved from Ancestry.com, August 21, 2022,  (http://www.ancestry.com)

Andrew B. 
Wear
Born
Apr. 19, 1833
Died
Jan. 26, 1916

Andrew is marked with a Confederate flag. I believe that this is Corporal A.B. Ware of Company C, 58th Alabama Infantry. He enlisted in Jefferson County, Alabama in 1861. He was wounded severely in the leg at Chickamauga in 1863. His name appears on a roll of prisoners of war surrendered at Citronelle in 1865. 

  • Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Alabama.  Original data from: The National Archives, Entry for Andrew B. Wear, 58th Alabama Infantry, Retrieved from at 3-Fold, August 21, 2022,  (http://www.fold3.com).




Red Hill Cemetery

Location:
Tapawingo Road
Pinson, Jefferson County, Alabama
N33 42.141  W086 40.291
Find A Grave Cemetery ID: 2134425

Date of Visit: August 13, 2022

2nd Corp
James H. Anderson
Co C
9 Ala Inf
CSA
1838
1883


Sunday, July 24, 2022

Valley Head Cemetery

Location:
State Highway 117
DeKalb County, Alabama
34.57690, -85.62170
Find A Grave Cemetery ID: 1862069

Date of Visit: April 13, 2013

EP Nicholson
Corp Co F 1 Ark Mtd Rifles
Confederate States Army
1839    1909

Aaron Center Dean
Co C  62 Ala Regt
Confederate States Army
1835   1915

Lieut
Hugh David Wilson
Co I
12 Ky Cav
CSA
1844  1917

Zachary T Davenport
Pvt Co A Davenport’s 
Ala Cal
Confederate States Army
1845    1922

Davenport’s obituary is posted on his Find a Grave memorial:

"Z. T. Davenport was born near Valley Head, Ala., November 17, 1845, and died January 6, 1922. Early in 1863 he enlisted in the service of his country and was a member of Company A, 1st Alabama Battalion Cavalry, in which he served faithfully to the end of the struggle. He was in the battle of Selma, Ala., under General Forrest, which was fought after the surrender at Appomattox.
"He was married to Miss Amanda Alman, December 14,, 1871. To this union were born two children, a son and daughter. The daughter, Mrs. Jesse Barnard, is still living.
"In 1883 Comrade Davenport joined the M. E. Church, South. He and the writer because attached to each other when small boys and had been lifelong friends. He was a man of veracity, industry, economy -- true to his family, true to his Church, and true to his country. He was always cheerful and spread sunshine wherever he went. He was a member of Camp Estes No. 1659, U. C. V., was a regular in his attendance, and was always the life of the occasion. For several months prior to his death he was a great sufferer, but he bore it all patiently and died peacefully and triumphantly.
He leaves a daughter, two grandsons, several brothers, and a host of friends to mourn his loss.
"Clothed in his Confederate uniform, he was laid to rest in the Valley Head Cemetery, there to await the resurrection morn."

Obituary by J. M. Price, Adjutant Camp Estes No. 1659, Fort Payne, Ala., published in The Confederate Veteran Magazine, Vol. 30, 1922.

  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/58418111/zachary-taylor-davenport: accessed 24 July 2022), memorial page for Zachary Taylor Davenport (17 Nov 1845–6 Jan 1922), Find a Grave Memorial ID 58418111, citing Valley Head Cemetery, Valley Head, DeKalb County, Alabama, USA; Maintained by sassytazzy (contributor 46808807).

David Dean
Co A
1st Ala Cav
CSA

Dean’s application for government tombstone is labeled in red ink with “Capt Davenport’s 1st Ala Cav Bn”. 

  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/15568771/david-dean: accessed 24 July 2022), memorial page for David Dean (26 Jun 1836–2 Dec 1908), Find a Grave Memorial ID 15568771, citing Valley Head Cemetery, Valley Head, DeKalb County, Alabama, USA; Maintained by Evening Blues (contributor 46587085).


Pvt John G Whited
Co H
21 Ga Inf
CSA
1825
1862

Whited entered service in DeKalb County in Marcy of 1862. He died in June of diseases of disease in Stanardsville, Virginia. 
  • Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Georgia.  Original data from: The National Archives, Entry for John Whited, 21st Georgia Infantry, Retrieved from at 3-Fold, July 24, 2022,  (http://www.fold3.com).
  • Georgia State Division of Confederate Pensions and Records, and Lillian Henderson. Roster of the Confederate Soldiers of Georgia, 1861-1865. Vol. 2(Hapeville, Ga.: Longina & Porter, 1959), 918. Retrieved July 24, 2022 from http://babel.hathitrust.org/.




Head Springs Cemetery

Location:
US Highway 11
DeKalb County, Alabama
34.63360, -85.61330
Find A Grave Cemetery ID: 23331

Date of Visit: April 13, 2013

Moses C. Hengar
Corp Co F  7 Ala Cav
Confederate States Army

CW Patty
Corput’s Co 
Ga Lt Arty


Pvt
Richard Mahaffey
Co F
Malones
Ala Cav
CSA
1836
1863


The following is posted on Mahaffey’s Find a Grave memorial:

July 6, 1863 Richard Mahaffey died of Pycemia of Vaccination. Effects of deceased sodier ($43.50) turned over to Quartermaster, C.S.A. 1963 (Conf. Arch. Chap.10, File No. 21, pg.405). Name appeared on a list of sodiers killed in battle, or who died of wounds or disease, Certificate number 1679, "remarks" Q.M.R. (Conf. Arch., Chap. 10, File No. 2, pg.169). Measles and small pox killed many many soldiers, and the military vaccinated soldiers and civilians in mass in an effort to forstall an epidemic. Richard died from pyacemia, which is blood poisoning or general septicemia, resulting from the absorption of septic matter into the circulation. An ulcer developed from a measles vaccination. Vaccination material, live virus, was obtained from a blister on an individual with an active case of measles. If the amount given was too great, or if the sample taken was septic, the recipient could easily contract measles as well as blood poisoning. Richard developed an ulcer at the point of the vaccination, then measles, and, finally, blood poisoning according to the records. Imagine how he must have suffered for those 8 days in a hot, un-air conditioned hospital in the month of July at Tunnel Hill, Georgia! When I visited the site of the Tunnel Hill hospitals and the Tunnel during the annual reinactment, we saw photographs of the actual hospitals. "There were so many hospitals at the Tunnel Hill location," one observer said that "it looked like a city." "The Tunnel Hill location was an excellent site for the hospitals, because there was abundant fresh water from a spring on the site, the railroad provided easy transport of patients, and the mountain on the North side of the hospital provided protection from the enemy." The following from the Tunnel Hill Historical Foundation, the Daily Citizen. The Tunnel Hill Historical Foundation is a non-profit organization dedicated to the preservation of historic sites in and around Tunnel Hill, GA. 138th Anniversary Reenactment, September 7-8, 2002, beginning on page 34. "... from the battlefields of Chickamauga, Ringold and the cemetery at Tunnel Hill. The following note was made on the lists that were kept as the soldiers remains were disinterred. 'They were buried at Tunnel Hill in the Citizens' Graveyard, about one mile from the village on the Cleveland wagon road. Thirteen of these were in the east part of the Graveyard commencing at the South end. Thirty-five were put in the cars for shipment from Ringgold last Wednesday and we suppose reached their destination before this. Ninety were placed in the cars at Tunnel Friday evening and will go forward Monday next.' The first three removals began in May 1867; the second, October, 1867 and the final removal concluded July 28, 1869. The firm of Scott & Lyle of Dalton was paid $1,427.70 for the removal and shipment of 1126 Confederate remains. They were received at the Confederate Memorial Cemetery in Marietta, GA, for re-burial and still rest there today. As a December 1999, sixty-seven names of soldiers removed from Tunnel Hill have been identified. Their names were gathered from several sources and are listed below" (Beginning with Alabama) Number 9. was - Mahaffey, Richard d: July 6, 1863 Pvt. Co. F 9th Ala Cav This information about the Tunnel Hill location, medical information, and military unit information was given to me by Marvin Sowder, a local historian at Tunnel Hill, Georgia.


Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/15568401/richard-mahaffey: accessed 24 July 2022), memorial page for Richard Mahaffey (1836–1863), Find a Grave Memorial ID 15568401, citing Head Springs Cemetery, Valley Head, DeKalb County, Alabama, USA; Maintained by Evening Blues (contributor 46587085).



Sunday, July 17, 2022

Bankhead Cemetery

Location:
County Road 642
Mentone, DeKalb County, Alabama
34.55970  -85.55580
FAG:21389

Date of Visit: May 29, 2015

Serg
Elijah S Hardwick
Co H
48 Ala Inf
CSA
1831
1897

Friday, July 15, 2022

Scott Cemetery

Location:
Scott Cemetery Road
Saragossa, Walker County, Alabama
33.883595  -87.413467
FAG: 26120

Date of Visit: April 18, 2015


John Francis Thomas
Pvt Co H  20 Ala Inf
Confederate States Army
Dec 12 1825
April 19 1907

Dorsey Creek Missionary Church Cemetery

Location:
State Highway 69
Bremen, Cullman County, Alabama
33.977291  - 86.982079
FAG: 22531

Date of Visit: August 18, 2015


William H H Wise
Co K
3 Ala Cav
CSA
1841
1879

Father
JA Childers
Co D
1 Ala Inf
CSA
1844 - 1905

Manasco Cemetery

Location:
Supreme Road
Townley, Walker  County, Alabama
33.818954.  -87.424713
Find A Grave Cemetery ID: 24184

Date of Visit: April 18, 2015

James K Polk Manasco
2nd Lieut Co G 56 Ala Cav
Civil War
Feb 27 1845   June 7 1923


Jeremiah Manasco
1 Lieut
Co A 27 Regt Ala Inf
Confederate States Army
Jan 16 1832
May 1 1862
MD

 

Jeremiah was a son of John Manasco and Lucinda Luster of Walker County, Alabama. He enlisted in the Confederate Army on September 25, 1861 and was elected 1st Lieutenant by Captain Weeden’s Walker County Company. In the company October it was organized into the 22nd Alabama Infantry regiment. The 22nd Alabama was in the line of battle both days in April of 1862 at Shiloh. According to several sources Jeremiah was wounded in the left arm. The wound was so bad that it was necessary to amputate his arm. He was sent home where he died on May 1, 1862. 

Several sources stated that Jeremiah was serving as a medical aide to General Albert Sydney Johnston at the time of his death. There is no description of Jeremiah’s wounding reports from the 22nd Alabama found in the Official Record of the War of Rebellion and he does not appear in Johnston’s staff. 


  • Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Alabama. Original data from: The National Archives, Retrieved from at October 31, 2019. (http://www.fold3.com)
  • Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 31 October 2019), memorial page for Dr Jeremiah Manasco (16 Jan 1832–1 May 1862), Find A Grave Memorial no. 36762080, citing Manasco Cemetery, Townley, Walker County, Alabama, USA ; Maintained by ~A MS Bama Son~® (contributor 46971531) .
  • Manasco, Karen, Genealogy.com’s Manasco Forum, August 26, 2004, https://www.genealogy.com/forum/surnames/topics/manasco/207/
  • National Park Service, Soldier and Sailor’s Database, 22nd Alabama Infantry, https://www.nps.gov/civilwar/search-battle-units-detail.htm?battleUnitCode=CAL0022RI , accessed October 30, 2019. 





Tuesday, July 5, 2022

Lebanon Baptist Church Cemetery

Location:
County Road 55
Falkville, Morgan County, Alabama
34.370857  -86.969462
Find A Grave Cemetery ID: 2140862

Date of Visit: March 19, 2015

James A Kilpatrick
Pvt Co I 5 Ala Cav
Confederate States Army
Jun 4 1836.  Dec 18 1926

Henry Quattlebaum
Co C
Hardie’s Cav
Ala Vols
CSA
April 15 1847
March 29 1926

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