Mesopotamia Cemetery

Mesopotamia Cemetery

Location:

County Road 14

Eutaw, Greene County, Alabama

32.851139, -87.900141

Find A Grave Cemetery ID: 24407

Date of Visit: July 19, 2019

2Lt

Winfield S. Byrd

Co B

11 Ala Inf

William Byrd

Co B

11 Ala Inf

Capt.William 

Dennis

Sept. 10, 1933

19th Ala. Inf.

A.O.T.   C.S.A.

S.C.V. - M.O.S.B

Priest

James L Coleman

Co F

40 Ala Inf

CSA

Sept 10 1842

Much 3 1912

Carlos H. Reese

Phelan's Co.

Alabama L. Art. (Light Artillery)

CSA

Reese's also served in the 4th Alabama Infantry and the 28th Alabama Infantry.

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/81614598/carlos_h-reese: accessed January 23, 2025), memorial page for CPT Carlos H. Reese Jr. (13 May 1843–Sep 1924), Find a Grave Memorial ID 81614598, citing Mesopotamia Cemetery, Eutaw, Greene County, Alabama, USA; Maintained by Brian Rowland (contributor 48763224).

Willis P. Riddle M.D.

Born

June 24, 1836

Died

April 18, 1865

Dr. Willis enlisted as a private in the 2nd Alabama Calvary in 1862. Soon he was serving as a surgeon at various postings in and around Mobile. He suffered a bout of remittent fever and was retired as an invalid in 1864. 

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/81614626/willis_pope-riddle: accessed January 23, 2025), memorial page for Dr Willis Pope Riddle (24 Jun 1836–18 Apr 1865), Find a Grave Memorial ID 81614626, citing Mesopotamia Cemetery, Eutaw, Greene County, Alabama, USA; Maintained by bioengineer (contributor 47026824).

Henry Clay Clark

Sixth Son of 

James B. and Mary Clark

Born in Cahaba, Ala

December 3rd, 1838

And died of many wounds

On the field of Frasier's Farm

Near Richmond, Va.

June 30, 1862

Henry was a member of Company B. 11th Alabama Infantry Regiment. He was killed at Frazier's Farm. 

It was bloody day for the 11th Alabama:

The 11th Alabama lost 49 killed and 121 wounded in a bayonet charge across open fields, including the commanding officers of the regiment and eight companies. These included Colonel Greene, who was mortally wounded; Major Field, who was wounded; Captains Stephen E. Bell, William M. Bratton, Thomas H. Holcombe, and James H. McMath and Lieutenants A. B. Cohen, T. J. Michie, and A. N. Steele, killed; Captain Walter C. Y. Parker, mortally wounded; Captain John C. C. Sanders wounded, and Captain Abner Newton Steele, died in service.

• Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Alabama.  Original data from: The National Archives, Entry for Henry Clay Clark, 11^th Alabama Infantry Infantry, Retrieved from at 3-Fold, July 19, 2025,  (http://www.fold3.com).
• "11th Alabama Infantry." The Civil War in the East. Assessed July 19, 2025.  https://civilwarintheeast.com/confederate-regiments/alabama/11th-alabama-infantry/

James Davis Clark

Fourth son of

James B. And Mary Clark

Born in Cahaba, Ala.

May 11, 1833

And died in Richmond, Va.

July 3, 1862

From a would received in 

Seven Days Battle. 

James Davis Clark was appointed Lieutenant in Company A in the 13th Alabama Infantry. He was Captain of the company on the Peninsula in 1862. At Mechanicsville on June 27 he was wounded the stomach. He lived a few days and died on July 3. 

James Davis Clark and Henry Clay Clark were the sons of James B. Clark and Mary Erwin. This couple had other children in Confederate service and the summer of 1862 was very hard on this family.

• Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Alabama.  Original data from: The National Archives, Entry for James D. Clark, 13^th Alabama Infantry Infantry, Retrieved from at 3-Fold, July 19, 2025,  (http://www.fold3.com).
• "13th Alabama Infantry." The Civil War in the East. Assessed July 19, 2025. 
• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/39668343/james_davis-clark: accessed July 19, 2025), memorial page for James Davis Clark (11 May 1833–3 Jul 1862), Find a Grave Memorial ID 39668343, citing Mesopotamia Cemetery, Eutaw, Greene County, Alabama, USA; Maintained by AJ (contributor 46933295).
• “List of Killed and Wounded in the Late Battle Before Richmond” Alabama Beacon (Greensboro), July 18,1862,  p. 2, https://www.newspapers.com/image/355657381/

Stephen Fowler Hale

Born in Crittenden Co., Ky

Jan 31, 1815

Died Richmond, Va

July 18, 1862

Statesman, Jurist, Patriot,

Soldier and Christian Gentleman

Hales was appointed Lieutenant Colonel of the 11th Alabama in June of 1861. He was second in command to Colonel Sydenham Moore who was killed in the Battle of Seven Pine. On June 27, 1862 Hales led the regiment against a strong Union position. In a short period of time 27 men were killed and 129 men including Hale were wounded. His wounds were described as dangerous in a brigade report. Back home in the July 18th edition of the Alabama Beacon his condition was reported as hopeless. 

• Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Alabama.  Original data from: The National Archives, Entry for Stephen F. Hale, 11^th Alabama Infantry , Retrieved from at 3-Fold, July 19, 2025,  (http://www.fold3.com).

• "11th Alabama Infantry." The Civil War in the East. Assessed July 19, 2025.                                       https://civilwarintheeast.com/confederate-regiments/alabama/11th-alabama-infantry/

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/6418930/stephen_fowler-hale: accessed July 19, 2025), memorial page for LTC Stephen Fowler Hale (31 Jan 1816–18 Jul 1862), Find a Grave Memorial ID 6418930, citing Mesopotamia Cemetery, Eutaw, Greene County, Alabama, USA; Maintained by The Silent Forgotten (contributor 46537737).

• 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, 1962.

• “List of Killed and Wounded in the Late Battle Before Richmond” Alabama Beacon (Greensboro), July 18,1862,  p. 2, https://www.newspapers.com/image/355657381/

Fairview Church Cemetery

Location:

Tabor Road

Etowah  County, Alabama

34.09110 -85.99420

Find A Grave Cemetery ID: 1670583

Date of Visit: May 9, 2025

Eli Lankford

Corp Co L 48 Ala Inf

Confederate States Army

Mar 3 1842    Mar 19 1921

John W Sauls

2nd Serg Co B  48 Ala Inf

Confederate States Army

Mar 29 1845   Nov 11 1912

Henry M Sauls

Pvt Co G 49 Ala Inf

Confederate States Army

1840  1862

This is a cenotaph placed by his family. Henry M Sauls is buried in an unknown grave at Vicksburg NMP, per the Park records. They have his death but no location of his burial.

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/51368778/henry_m-sauls: accessed May 27, 2025), memorial page for Henry M Sauls (1840–28 Jul 1862), Find a Grave Memorial ID 51368778, citing Fairview Cemetery, Gadsden, Etowah County, Alabama, USA; Maintained by Johnny L. Williams (contributor 47222056).

Pvt Co C   49 Ala Inf

Confederate States Army

Jun 29 1831   Aug 22 1912

Gabriel M Richards

Co A 

62 Ala Inf

CSA

Gabriel Madison Richards

Put Co A 1 Ala Res

Confederate States Army

May 15 1846  May 12 1925

PB Means

Co C

48 All Inf

CSA

Cecil Devine

Co A

31 Ala Inf

CSA

Aug 18 1932   Feb 2 1898

 

Williams Cemetery

Location:

County Road 8

Black Pond, Winston County, Alabama

34.07390, -87.36670

Find A Grave Cemetery ID:27098

Date of Visit: April 19, 2025

Jalah H. Williams

Co. G. 41st Ga. Infrantry

CSA

Civil War  1861-1865

He Walked His Mile

Jalah's service is very well documented in his Find a Grave Memorial:

Private Jalah Henderson Williams

A Native Son - by Richard Jesse (Source: The Campaign for Atlanta, William R. Scaife.

This "Native Son" is the ancestor of Valerie Stacks and her father, Clarence Stacks of Cullman. Jalah Henderson Williams enlisted in the Confederate Army at age 27 on August 1862 in Company G, 41st Georgia Infantry at Bridgeport, Tennessee. On April 11, 1863 Jalah was admitted to a hospitalo, with chronic diarrhea. Epidemics of this common disorder, virtually crippled the army. He was given a medical furlough in May 1863 to recuperate.

During the Atlanta Campaign, at the Battle of New Hope Church, the 41st, in Stovall's Georgia Brigade, was deployed in a defensive line, with other brigades, to delay Sherman's movements, to take Atlanta. Some brigades were able to entrench lightly and erect barricades, but the 41st in Stovall's in Stovall's Brigade was reluctant to entrench their position in the cemetery. At this battle, Jalah was wounded in the left hand and arm. For these wounds, he received a furlough home and was there when the army surrendered.

The 41st was organized in the fall of 1861, recruiting men from Cobb, Troup, Taylor, and Heard counties. This regiment surrendered at Vicksburg on July 4th, 1863. It was consolidated with the 40th and the 43rd Georgia Infantry and designated the 40th Infantry Battalion at Smithfield, North Carolina, on April 19, 1865.

The 41st fought at the following battles: Corinth, Perryville, Vicksburg, Champions Hill, Chattanooga, Atlanta Campaign, Rock Face ridge, Resaca, New Hope Church, Dallas, Kennesaw, Peach Tree Creek, Atlanta, Ezra Church, Atlanta Siege, Jonesboro, Edisto Railroad Bridge, Binnaker's Bridge, Orangeburg, and Bentonville.

Jalah later moved to Winston County, Alabama, where he drew a penion in 1891.

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/36637056/jalah_henderson-williams: accessed April 30, 2025), memorial page for Jalah Henderson Williams (15 Jul 1833–28 Sep 1909), Find a Grave Memorial ID 36637056, citing Williams Cemetery, Winston County, Alabama, USA; Maintained by: Find a Grave.

Blair Methodist Church Cemetery

Location:

County Road 1082

Cullman County, Alabama

34.26860, -87.03920

Find A Grave Cemetery ID:26727

Date of Visit: April 19, 2025

David H Burnham

Corp Co D 9 Ga Inf

Confederate States Army

1830    1910

George T Pigg

Pvt Co H  54 Regt Ga Inf

Confederate States Army

1818   1911

Glenwood Cemetery

Location:

9th Street

Fort Payne, DeKalb County, Alabama

34° 26.0877' N   85° 44.0416

Find A Grave Cemetery ID:23032

Date of Visit: March 23, 2025

Corp

James C Bowers

Co E

39 NC Inf

CSA

Thomas J. Bowers

Co E

39 NC Inf

CSA

Anthony Bowers

Co E

39 NC Inf

CSA

Lucien L. Cochran

Corp    Co E  10 Ga Inf

Confederate Staates Army

A.H. Faulkner

Pvt Co B  49 Ala Inf

1824   1897

Willey C Lyons

Pvt Co B  3 Conf Cav

Confederate States Army

1831   1911

Columbus T Willis

Pvt Co E 12 Ala Inf

Confederate States Army

1835    1903

David H. Duff

Co E  12 Ala Inf

CSA

1833    1862

David enlisted in the DeKalb Invincibles on June 16, 1861. In July David and his company became a part of the 12th Alabama Infantry in Richmond, Virginia. In January of 1862 David was in the Moore Hospital in Danville and transferred to General Hospital in Richmond.  He was diagnosed with catarrh. There is a record of his death on March 4, 1862. 

• Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Alabama.  Original data from: The National Archives, Entry for David H. Duff, 12^th Alabama Infantry, Retrieved from at 3-Fold, April 6, 1862.,  (http://www.fold3.com).

Jno. Cunningham

Feb 6 1838

July 6 1928

3rd Confederacy, CSA

• John Cunningham of DeKalb County served in the 3rd Confederate Calvary.