"He served four years in the Confederate Army. He was what might be termed a 'real rebel', being a member of the Mobile Rifles which on January 2, 1861, assisted in taking Mount Vernon Arsenal. Receiving a commission from Governor A. B. Moore as a Lieutenant, he served one year in Captain Stephen P Winston's Company B, First Alabama Artillery Battalion at Fort Morgan. He then resigned because of a desire to go to the front, and in 1863, he united in raising a company for the Thirty-sixth Alabama Infantry regiment. He served for a while as a private in Company K, but was soon promoted to a lieutenancy inCompany D. He served with his regiment from 1862 to 1864, through all the campaigns of the Western army and was captured on July 22, 1864, in command of his company, in the battle near Atlanta. He was carried to Johnson's Island prison where he remained until the close of the war."
(From his obituary, attached,
Birmingham Post-Herald
Birmingham, Alabama •
Wed, Nov 6, 1912
Page 3)
(From his obituary, attached,
Birmingham Post-Herald
Birmingham, Alabama •
Wed, Nov 6, 1912
Page 3)
"He served four years in the Confederate Army. He was what might be termed a 'real rebel', being a member of the Mobile Rifles which on January 2, 1861, assisted in taking Mount Vernon Arsenal. Receiving a commission from Governor A. B. Moore as a Lieutenant, he served one year in Captain Stephen P Winston's Company B, First Alabama Artillery Battalion at Fort Morgan. He then resigned because of a desire to go to the front, and in 1863, he united in raising a company for the Thirty-sixth Alabama Infantry regiment. He served for a while as a private in Company K, but was soon promoted to a lieutenancy inCompany D. He served with his regiment from 1862 to 1864, through all the campaigns of the Western army and was captured on July 22, 1864, in command of his company, in the battle near Atlanta. He was carried to Johnson's Island prison where he remained until the close of the war."
(From his obituary, attached,
Birmingham Post-Herald
Birmingham, Alabama •
Wed, Nov 6, 1912
Page 3)
(From his obituary, attached,
Birmingham Post-Herald
Birmingham, Alabama •
Wed, Nov 6, 1912
Page 3)
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