|
a.
|
RecordIdNumber: MH:N31
Note: NotesEnlisted Mar 19, 1862 in East Perry (County) Rangers, On Apr 8, 1862, Captain Charles R.; Harris informed "The Commonwealth" that his company had been formed on the Eastern side of the Cahaba River. They Enlisted for 3 years"
Organized at Shelby Springs, Alabama on Mar 29, 1862.
Ranks numbered 1,100 men
First served under Col John Wesly Frazier
Training and Instructins at Shelby Srpings, AL until mid Apr 1862
Received Orders: Report to Corinth, MS
Left Shelby Springs by RR on Apr 14, 1862
Arrived at Corinth, MS Apr 21, 1862
Assigned to Jackson Brigade for only a few days
After a few days was made a part of Trapier's Brigade, Wither Division
New Brigade consisted of
28th Alabama
44th Mississippi (Blythe's Regiment)
24th Alabama
Late May 1852, 17,000 sick Confederates from the Army of Mississippi were sent from Corinth to the rear of the formation.
Family bible gives death date as May 14, 1862, but Civil War Records say it was Jun 1862. Civil war papers do not give exact date of death and there are variouso dates. One record shows he died in General Hospital in Oklona, MS
He was transferred to Company K, 28th Alabama.
|
