Mount Olive Missionary Baptist Church Cemetery

Location:

State Highway 172

Marion County, Alabama

N 34° 18.350   W087° 54.599

Find A Grave Cemetery ID: 24700

Date of Visit: November 5, 2022

Henry Caldwell

Pvt Co L   2 SC Rifles

Confederate States Army

1816    1911

Lindsey Cemetery

Location:

County Road 53

Marion County, Alabama

N 34° 18.127   W087° 51.904

Find A Grave Cemetery ID: 24024

Date of Visit: November 5, 2022

Winston Dilmus Stidham II

Co B.  5 Ala Cav

Confederate States Army

Jul 2 1838     Apr 8 1912

Blue Springs Cemetery

Blue Springs Cemetery

Location:

Main Street

Mosheim, Greene County, Tennessee

36.18995, -82.95802

Find A Grave Cemetery ID: 822618

Date of Completion of Survey: December 4, 2022

This is a survey of Blue Springs Cemetery in Mosheim, Tennessee using the Find A Grave memorial page for the cemetery. The cemetery page contains 435 memorials and 92 % has been photographed. 

It is also known as Blue Springs Lutheran Church Cemetery and it was established in 1811. Fifteen Union veterans are also buried in this cemetery. Protocol used for conducting a Find A Grave Survey:

• There must be evidence of Confederate service in a picture on the memorial page (VA tombstone, inscription on a non-military tombstone, Confederate flag, Southern Cross of Honor).
• Confederate soldiers are automatically recorded if they are marked with a VA tombstone.\
• Service of those marked with a Confederate flag or Southern Cross of Honor is are recorded if their service records can be established. 
• Soldiers whose service is described in their Find a Grave memorial are recorded if the information given can be corroborated. 

Captain J.D. Bushong

Born

Dec 17, 1840

Died From Gun Shot

April 4, 1865

At Rest

Capt. Jackson Decatur Bushong

Co I 29th Tennessee Infantry CSA

Ambushed and Killed By Bush Wackers

Five Days Before the End of the Civil War

April 4th 1865 in Lost Mountain

John Hunt Morgan Camp 205

Captain Jack Dick Bushong enlisted as a private in Company I at Henderson’s on August 21, 1861. He would serve as Captain served as Captain of Company I in the 29th Tennessee Infantry. He was severely wounded at Stone River and again twice during the 1864 battles around Atlanta. He was killed in 1865 in Greene County at Lost Mountain. See the Phelps/Fup/Volp Family History website for the story of Captain Bushong’s death in 1865. 

• Phelps/Fup/Volp Family History https://www.phelpsfulpancestry.com/documents/Bushwhacked.pdf
• Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Tennessee.  Original data from: The National Archives, Entry for J.D. Bushong,  29th Tennessee, Retrieved from at 3-Fold, December 2, 2022,  (http://www.fold3.com).

F.W. Cobble

Oct. 24, 1826

Dec.19, 1908

Fredrick Washington Cobble was marked by a Confederate flag. Cobble enlisted in Captain J.W. Jackson’s Greene company on October 4, 1862. This company eventually became Company C of the 61st Tennessee Mounted Infantry. In March of 1863 he was appointed 2nd Sergeant. On May 17, 1863 he was captured at Big Black Swamp during the Vicksburg Siege. He was sent to Fort Delaware where he would be paroled and exchanged. 

• Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Tennessee.  Original data from: The National Archives, Entry for F.W. Cobble,  61st Tennessee, Retrieved from at 3-Fold, December 2, 2022,  (http://www.fold3.com).

George A. Trobaugh

July 30, 1836 – July 19, 1902

His Wife

Hannah E. Trobaugh

George enlisted in Company C of the 61st Tennessee Mounted Infantry. In May of 1863 he was captured at Big Black Swamp and apparently sent north as a POW. In the summer he enlisted in Company A of the Union 8th Tennessee Cavalry in Indianapolis for three years. He served in several hospitals as a cook until the end of the war.   

• Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Tennessee.  Original data from: The National Archives, Entry for G.A. Trobaughe,  61st Tennessee, Retrieved from at 3-Fold, December 2, 2022,  (http://www.fold3.com).

Mount Hermon Presbyterian Church

Location:

Commerce Street

Ila, Madison County, Georgia

N 34° 10.434   W083° 17.791

Find A Grave Cemetery ID: 2267521

Date of Visit: October 24, 2017

William Lloyd 

Smith 

Born 

Nov. 24, 1836

Died

Mar. 15, 1910

Marked with a Southern Cross of Honor. 

He served in company A of 16th Georgia Infantry. He was captured twice and ended the war in Ohio. 

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/129640382/william-loyd-smith: accessed 17 November 2022), memorial page for William Loyd Smith (24 Nov 1836–15 Mar 1910), Find a Grave Memorial ID 129640382, citing Mount Hermon Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Ila, Madison County, Georgia, USA; Maintained by Marc Haynes (contributor 47766702) .

Wiley 

Yarbrough

Born

Dec 25 1840

Died

Jan 30, 1901

Marked with a Southern Cross of Honor.

He served in Company G of the 43rd Georgia Infantry. 

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/15842875/wiley-yarbrough: accessed 17 November 2022), memorial page for Wiley Yarbrough (25 Dec 1840–30 Jan 1901), Find a Grave Memorial ID 15842875, citing Mount Hermon Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Ila, Madison County, Georgia, USA; Maintained by David Soward (contributor 46865531) .

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

Lauderdale Cemetery

Location:

Kewanee Road

Lauderdale, Lauderdale County, Mississippi

N32 30.748  W088 29.682

Find A Grave Cemetery ID: 60359

Date of Visit: July 12, 2019

John D Walker

Co C

2 Miss Cav

CSA

GB Simmons

Co E

13 Miss Inf

CSA

FM Watson

Co A

17 Ala Inf

CSA

Giles-Nevelle Cemetery

Location:

State Highway 16

Scooba, Kemper County, Mississippi

32.831731 -88.879783

Find A Grave Cemetery ID: 59489

Date of Visit: July 12, 2019

Sgt Major

William A Perrin

Co C

Jeff Davis Legion

CSA

Alpine Community Church

Alpine Community Church

Location:

State Road 337

Menlo, Chattooga County, Georgia

N 34° 27.691   W085° 29.031

Find A Grave Cemetery ID:2213087

Date of Visit: September 23, 2022

In memory of Adam Miller Rice

April 17, 1821 – Jun 10, 1864

In Confederate Service

Killed near Alpine, Georgia

Erected 1979 by his Grandchildren

Margaret Rice in 1896 stated that her deceased husband Adam M. Rice was a private in Captain Millsap’s Company of Alabama Cavalry. This company was a part of Davenport’s Battalion. 

• Ancestry.com. Alabama, U.S., Civil War Soldiers, 1860-1865 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015. Original data: Civil War Soldiers. Alabama Department of Archives and History, Montgomery, Alabama.

In Memory of

John W Cline

Pvt Co F 10 Tenne Inf

Civil War

1842

John W. Cline of Sullivan’s Branch, Cheatham County, Tennessee was a member of the Union 10th Tennessee. 

There are 23 cenotaphs located in the new section of this cemetery. These VA Confederate headstones were put up for those soldiers buried in the Alpine Cemetery that did not have a military marker. 

Pvt

William G. Agnew

Co B

9 Ga Inf

CSA

Sept 18, 1837

May 12 1863

William enlisted in Summerville June 12, 1861 as a member of the Chattooga Volunteers company. He served as an ordinance teamster in early 1863. He died of disease in Petersburg, Virginia on May 12, 1863. 

• Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Georgia.  Original data from: The National Archives, Entry for W.G. Agnew, 9th Georgia Infantry, Retrieved from at 3-Fold, October 5, 2022,  (http://www.fold3.com).

Leroy Davis Agnew

Co E

6 Ga Cav

CSA

Jul 14 1846  Sep 4, 1917

AL Barry

Co E

6 Ga Ca

CSA

Sep 8 1833    Apr 25, 1889

2nd Serg

Alfred L Alexander

Co K  Ga Inf

CSA

Apr 28, 1842   Sept 17, 1906

Pvt William Beavers

Co E

6 Ga Cav

CSA

Mar 28 1845     Jan 11 1877

Serg

CC Boyle

Co G

6 Ga State Guards

CSA

Aug 9 1824

May 27 1890

Amariah Hassell

Co E

6 Ga Cav

Aug 22 1810

Jul 13 1895

2nd Lieut

James D King

CSA

Co H

39 Ga Inf

Jul 28 1830

Jan 10 1915

Lieutenant King entered the service as a private in May of 1862. He served until March of 1864 when he resigned as he had been elected the Chattooga County Receiver of Taxes in January. 

• Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Georgia.  Original data from: The National Archives, Entry for J.M.D. King, 39th Georgia Infantry, Retrieved from at 3-Fold, October 18, 2022,  (http://www.fold3.com).

Pvt

Christopher C Knox

Co B

9 Ga Inf

CSA

Apr 9 1822   Jun 17, 1897

Serg

Basil Lamar Knox

Co B

9 Ga Inf

CSA

Jan 7 1842

Feb 29 1908

Pvt

LM Herndon

Co C

60 Ga Inf

CSA

Sept 15 1826

Aug 26 1909

John Montgomery

Co H

39 Ga Inf

CSA

Mar 24 1842

Apr 29 1862

John Montgomery enlisted in the service on March 4, 1862. He was killed or wounded on April 29, 1862 at Bridgeport. There is a record of  John Montgomery dying at the Newson Hospital in Chattanooga, Tennessee on May 2 1862 and of his father claiming his effects. In Bridgeport there a marker for John Montgomery II whose was killed April 29, 1862 in Battle of Bridgeport. 

• Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Georgia.  Original data from: The National Archives, Entry for John M. Montgomery, 39th Georgia Infantry, Retrieved from at 3-Fold, October 5, 2022,  (http://www.fold3.com).
• “Bridgeport” The Historical Marker Database, https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=83788
• Henderson, Lilian, Roster of the Confederate Soldiers of Georgia 1861-1865, Volume 4, Longino & Porteer, Hapeville, 1960, page 323

John H Hutchins

Co E

Ga Cav

CSA

Jan 29 1832   Jun 19 1880

J.H. Hutchins was a private in Company E of the 6th Georgia Calvary. 

• Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Georgia.  Original data from: The National Archives, Entry for J.H. Hutchins, 6th Georgia Calvary, Retrieved from at 3-Fold, October 19, 2022,  (http://www.fold3.com).

Pvt

J Loyd Neal

Co B 9 Ga Inf

CSA

Mar 30 1842    Nov 13 1912

Pvt

Isaac S Smith

Co E 6 Ga Inf

CSA

June 26 1820    Sept 20 1897

There was an Isaac Smith in Company E of the 6th Georgia Calvary. He enlisted in Summerville. There is not a record of Isaac Smith in the 6th Georgia Infantry. 

• Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Georgia.  Original data from: The National Archives, Entry for Isaac Smith, 6th Georgia Calvary, Retrieved from at 3-Fold, October 19, 2022,  (http://www.fold3.com).

Pvt

Isaac Gilbert

Co D 34 Ga Inf

CSA

Oct 8 1824

Jun 15 1905

1st Lieut

Thomas J Knox

Co B

9 Ga Inf

CSA

Feb 21 1831

Aug 8 1882

2D Lieut

Joseph M Wyatt

Co E

6 Ga Cav

CSA

Feb 21 1831

Aug 8 1882

James R. Wyatt

Co E 

6 Ga Cav

CSA

Jul 8 1839    

Sep 24 1902

Pvt

Virgil F Wyatt

Co E  

6 Ga Cav

CSA

Jul 25 1845

Jun 8 1900

Pvt

James A Neal

Co B

9 Ga Inf

CSA

1837

1881

James Aldophus Neal was a private in Company B of the 9th Georgia Infantry. On October 18, 1861 he was admitted to Chimborazo Hospital #2 in Richmond, Virginia with Typhoid Fever. James died on the 5th of November. 

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/41733603/james-adophus-neal: accessed 30 October 2022), memorial page for Dr James Adophus Neal (1837–5 Nov 1861), Find a Grave Memorial ID 41733603, citing Alpine Community Church Cemetery, Menlo, Chattooga County, Georgia, USA; Maintained by Patti Lee (contributor 46799858) .
• Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Georgia.  Original data from: The National Archives, Entry for J.A. Neal, 9th  Georgia Infantry, Retrieved from at 3-Fold, October 30, 2022,  (http://www.fold3.com).

Pvt

William M Smith

Co K 21 Ga Inf

CSA

1846

1911

Pvt

WJ Jennings

Co C

54 Ga Inf

CSA

1842

1921

Berryton Cemetery

Location:

Back Berryton Road

Chattooga County, Georgia

N 34° 27.427   W085° 23.090

Find A Grave Cemetery ID: 32741

Date of Visit: September 23, 2022

James G Watkins

Co I

25 Ala Inf

CSA

Alexander Cemetery

Location:

West Spring Creek Road

Trion, Chattooga County, Georgia

N 32° 17.931   W085° 09.967

Find A Grave Cemetery ID: 2376643

Date of Visit: September 23, 2022

Henry Nelson Alexander

Pvt Co C  60 Ga Infantry

Confederate States army

May 3 1845   Mar 30 1915

James H. Tyler

1848-1926

Marked with a Confederate Flag. His Find A Grave Memorial states that he served in Captain Shumate’s Company, Major Hargrove’s Battalion, Wofford’s, Brigade.  

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/61470606/james-h-tyler: accessed 01 October 2022), memorial page for James H Tyler (31 Jan 1848–12 Jul 1926), Find a Grave Memorial ID 61470606, citing Alexander Cemetery, Trion, Chattooga County, Georgia, USA; Maintained by Lynn Turner (contributor 47129961) .

Berea Church Cemetery

Location:

County Road 99

Cherokee County, Alabama

N 34° 24.740   W085° 30.764

Find A Grave Cemetery ID: 21493

Date of Visit: September 23, 2022

Matthew G. O’Brian

Co F

2 SC Regt

CSA

Nov 18 1830

Apr 8 1918