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
