Civil War Service of

The Foster Brother's & Brother-in-laws

(Sons of Thomas & Ginsey [Fowler] Foster - & son-in-laws)

"" We Obligate Ourselves to the Memory of your Sacrifices ""

Pvt. William M. Foster - CSA

Died in the Civil War

Served in:

Civil War Service Records

Company 'G' - 8th Alabama Infantry Regiment - June 1, 1861

Company 'K' - 28th Alabama Infantry Regiment - 29 March 1862
Company formed April 8, 1862 by Charles R. Harris from men on the
 "eastern side of the Cahaba River" East Perry Rangers departed 11 Apr
for Camp Winn, Shelby Springs, AL (Training  Camp)

Flag of the 28th
Co. "K", Perry County: Capt. Charles R. Harris (resigned); Capt. Homer M. Ford
Trained at Camp Winn, Shelby Springs AL. First Battle Corinth MS, Apr 22/25 1862.

Fought at Chattanooga and the KY Campaign of 1862, fought at Munfordville KY, and
capturing a Union Fort. Engaged in Battle at Murfreesboro (Stone River) 31 Dec 1862, the
28th fought at Chickamauga TN, fought at Buzzards Roost, Resaca, Cassville, and Kennesaw
Mountain sustaining many casualties at the battle of Ezra Church west of Atlanta GA.  Followed
Gen Hood into the tragic battles at Franklin and Nashville TN. The 28th fought on the S. Side of
Nashville near Redoubt No. 4. The 28th sustained massive loses in these battles... There were other
battles the 28th engaged. The unit surrendered at at Durham Station, Orange Co North Carolina on
April 26, 1865. The Unit was known for its courage and devotion to unit and their leaders.

Source: Record of Enlistment & Injury

http://www.archives.state.al.us/civilwar/soldier.cfm?id=60801

William Foster Enlistment Record:
"Dated Mar 29, 1862" (Alabama Archives)

Note: I have ordered a copy hoping the birthdate will show.

Last Name:            Foster
Date of Birth:
Birth Information:
Date of Death:
Death Information:
Discharge Date:
Discharge Information:
Branch:                Infantry
Regimental Unit:   28th Alabama Regiment
Company Unit:     K
Co. Unit Name:
Pension Rec:
Authority:            Pay roll at Knoxville, Tennessee 1862/10/31.

First Name:         William MI:
Marital Status:
Occupation:
Enlistment Date:  1862/03/29
Enlistment Info:  Alabama, Perryville, Private.
Engagements:
Engage. con't:
Remarks:           Commutation money due $25.00.
Remarks con't:

William Foster in article:
"Montgomery Weekly Advertiser Jan 1, 1863"

Last Name:         Foster
Date of Birth:
Birth Information:
Date of Death:
Death Information:
Discharge Date:
Discharge Information:
Branch: Infantry
Regimental Unit: 28th Alabama Regiment
Company Unit:   K
Co. Unit Name:
Pension Rec:
Authority:           List of casualties in the Montgomery Weekly Advertiser 1863/01/28.

First Name:         William        MI:
Marital Status:
Occupation:
Enlistment Date:
Enlistment Info:  Private.
Engagements:
Engage. con't:
Remarks:           Hip slightly wounded.
Remarks con't:

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Note from Mike:

About William's Hip Injury:

     From the units Timeline, we can surmise where Wm was possibly injured.
The 28th was in winter Quarters, at Murfreesboro TN by 22 Nov 1862,
however, fighting broke out, at Stone's River, & on the morning of 31 Dec
1862, the 28th fighting with the AL 24th and 34th led the first two charges
at Murfreesboro, the 28th lost 17 killed and 88 wounded while serving here
under Gen Jones Withers' Division. Col Manigault was overwhelmed by
the 28th Infantry Regiments bravery in battle; "the Alabama regiments
partook in all attacks... and I again take this opportunity of bearing test-
imony to the heroic courage and fortitude displayed by them on that
bloody field". 

     I would deduce from this that William Foster's hip injury took place
at the battle of  Murfreesboro TN, or as a result of fighting here, between
22 Nov 1862 and Dec 31, 1862.

     Do not know if the injury disabled Wm from further action, from our
family lore, we know his wife Missouri, said he was killed at home by
a Union Soldier for words exchanged, 1865 was also when the Union
Army's were attacking and capturing major towns throughout Alabama
and some family members have said he was killed at Centerville AL, this
was about 120 miles from Perryville, the Union blew the brigde up there
to prevent 3,000 CSA Veterans from joining the fight at Mobile AL in
support against the Union Army's invasion, in one of the numerous battles
about AL.  Wm had no children during his Civil War service, this tells me
he was probably with the 28th for its entire 3 year obligation. Missouri
remarried and had a child in 1866.  Confirming Wm's death.  

     I have theorized that after the battle of Nashville, when the 28th was
in effect, destroyed in that battle, those left were told to go home or join
units that were headed to North Carolina, the 28th officially surrendered
at Durham Station NC.   I suspect if Wm was still alive, he choose to go
home, only to again join a local unit, possibly the Perry home guards and
continue fighting when the Union Army's began their attacks throughout AL,
but again, he had plenty of reason to exchange words with the Yankee's, as
his younger brothers had been killed... among so many others in the family
line, not to mention friends and neighbors.

Notes: All Males between the ages of 18 and 45
           were required to serve in the Confederate
           military.  In 1860 there was only one Wm
           Foster in Perry Co AL on the Census, age
           36, this was our Wm Foster, 37 yrs old by
           the time of the Civil War broke out. He
           would have been 38 by the time of the en-
           listment record of the Wm Foster of Perry-
           ville Perry Co AL 29 Mar 1862, into Co. K
           of the 28th Alabama Infantry Regiment.

          Family Lore has always been told that Wm
          was shot dead on his porch, after saying
          something to a passing Union Soldier, as told
          by his wife Missouri. 

          This Wm Foster who enlisted in the 28th, was
          also wounded in the Hip, according to the
          Montgomery Weekly Advertiser, 28 Jan 1863.
          the Article listed him in Co K of the 28th.

          Wm's next door neighbor enlisted with Wm on
          the same day same Co. in Perryville Perry Co

          Thus, Wm Foster, may have survived the War,
          only to be shot in 1865 by a Union Soldier.

Civil War Service of

Alabama Confederate Soldier

James A Foster  - CSA

Died in the Civil War - Unknown Battle Field

Civil War Service Records

 Co. K (Confederate Blues) - 18th Alabama Bn. Volunteer Regiment
Also listed on 8th AL Regt., with other relatives

The 18th was attached to the 33rd AL Inf. Regt.

(Son of Thomas & Ginsey [Fowler] Foster)

Captured during Battle of Franklin TN by
Capt JH Brown (Yankee), Co D 12th KY
on Nov. 30, 1864

Flag of the 8th Alabama Infantry Regiment

Captured Battle of Willis' Church (Frayser's Farm)
by Isaac Springer, Co K, 4rh Regt PA Vol. Corps

Notes:

1860 - I cannot find James Foster in the Census, of Perry, Coosa or Bibb, I am not totally convinced
 he was alive in 1860, in 1850 he is living with Wm Foster, I cannot find a Jas, James, J or anything
on James that fits his age...  But, lest he be forgotten, and that fact that other family researchers are
showing him in the CSA, I will mention him here on this page, and continue the search...

I am tentatively and hesitantly, posting this information on James Foster, he was most certainly of |age
to fight, and by law had to.   I do not want to leave out a brother, so deserving of recognition.

It was said Wm Foster served in the same unit, as James, which is possible, as the 28th was formed in
1862, and this unit, 18th AL, in Sept 1861.  I have not seen this Roster for the 18th.   I feel certain that Wm
Foster, enlisted in Perry Co AL, with his next door neighbor, on the same day... (1860 census).  The Co K
roster of this unit in Perryville AL, indicates this, many other neighbors on either side of Wm Foster
were also recorded on this Co K Roster.   In 1860 Wm Foster was the only Wm Foster on this census,
for Perry Co AL.  In Coosa Co AL there was a Wm Foster on their 1860, however, he was not ours and
was 37 about the age of our Wm Foster, in 1860.  I believe some folks have been mistakenly, thinking
the Coosa Wm was ours, may be he is related but definitely not ours.

In any case I need to investigate further.  All of these units fought in many of the same battles and
throughout the war crossed each others path...  

Notes:
Recorded on the Roster of the 8th AL Regiment:

Anderson, J. M.         Co. D         Private
Baggett, John             Co. C         Private
Foster, J. A.               Co. D         Private    
Foster, R. M.             Co. A         Private
Foster, Samuel N.      Co. D         Private
Foster, William M.    Co. G         Private
Gay, Thomas B.        Co. E         Private
Fowler, G. W.            Co. K         Private
Fowler, Lawson         Co. K         Private
Fowler, O. C.            Co. K         Private

     The 8th Alabama Infantry Regiment was the first Alabama command that enlisted "for the war." It was organized by the War Department at Richmond on 10 June 1861, with men recruited from Butler, Coosa, Dallas, Mobile, and Perry counties. The regiment lay at Yorktown, Virginia, for the first eleven months of its service, and a detachment of it was engaged in a skirmish near Wynn's Mill. Placed in Gen'l Roger Pryor's Brigade, the regiment fell back with the army until it was overtaken at Williamsburg and lost about 100 men. At Seven Pines, it was again under fire, losing 32 k, 80 w, and 32 missing. Now in the brigade of Gen'l Cadmus Wilcox, with the 9th, 10th, 11th, and 14th Alabama Regiments, the 8th was under fire at Mechanicsville and took part in the desperate assault of Gen'l James Longstreet's Division on the enemy position at Gaines' Mill. Losses in that assault were high, 47% of the 350 men engaged. Three days later, the regiment was in the line of assault at Frazier's Farm where it met Union Gen'l Thomas Meagher's Irish Brigade. Of the 180 effectives there, only 90 were at regimental muster the next morning. Its ranks soon began to fill and the 8th Alabama marched with the Army of Northern Virginia towards the Potomac River. At the Second Battle of Manassas, it was under a destructive fire and lost about 60 men as it was held in reserve. The regiment took part in the capture of Harper's Ferry, then it crossed the Potomac River and fought obstinately at Sharpsburg, losing 67 k and w. It wintered on the Rappahannock, losing only slightly at Fredericksburg. At Salem Church, Wilcox' Brigade bore the brunt of the Federal assault, driving the enemy back in confusion and capturing 1500 prisoners (with losses of 58 k and w). It was in the exultant army that Gen'l Robert E. Lee led into Maryland for the second time, and at Gettysburg, 260 casualties were lost out of 420 engaged. With the army, the 8th recrossed the Potomac and wintered in the vicinity of Orange Court House. The regiment was again hotly engaged at The Wilderness, losing heavily there and at Spotsylvania. It was under fire nearly every day as the Federal army pressed up to Richmond, and its loss was severe at 2nd Cold Harbor. At Petersburg, the 8th again suffered. It fought the Union cavalry raid against the Weldon Railroad, and it participated in the capture of the "Crater." At Deep Bottom, the regiment participated with some loss, and it lost heavily in the attempt to dislodge the enemy from their position on the Weldon Railroad. The regiment assisted at the repulse of the the enemy on the Plank Road below Petersburg, and they fought as the army retreated up the James River. At Appomattox, the remnant denied the first rumors of surrender and indignantly tore their battle-flag into shreds to retain as mementos. Of 1377 men on its roll, the 8th lost 300 killed or mortally wounded, over 170 died of disease, and 236 were discharged or transferred; 16 officers and 153 men surrendered.

Field and staff officers: Cols. John Anthony Winston (Sumter; resigned, 10 June 1862); Young Lea Royston (Perry; wounded, Frazier's Farm, Salem Church; retired, 2 Nov 1864); Hillary Abner Herbert (Butler); Lt. Cols. John Wesley Frazer (Tennessee; KIA, 20 March 1862); Thomas Evans Irby (Dallas; KIA, Williamsburg, 5 May 1862) Young Lea Royston (promoted); Hillary Abner Herbert (wounded, Sharpsburg, The Wilderness; promoted); John P. Emrich (Mobile; wounded, Petersburg); Majors Thomas Evans Irby (promoted); Young Lea Royston (promoted); Hillary Abner Herbert (wounded, Seven Pines, and captured; promoted); Duke Nall (Perry; mortally wounded, The Wildereness); and Adjutants Thomas Phelan (Perry; transferred to line); Daniel Jones (Dallas; wounded, Fraziers's Farm; transferred and promoted); and Morgan S. Cleveland (Dallas; wounded, Petersburg)

Captains and counties from which the companies came:

• Co. "A", Alabama Rangers (Perry): Young Lea Royston (promoted); Thomas Phelan (KIA, Gaines' Mill); Thomas Heard (wounded, The Wilderness)
   

• Co. "B", Governor's Guards (Coosa): Thomas W. W. Davies (promoted to major, 28th AL Regt, 20 March 62); G. W. Hannon (KIA, Gaines' Mill); M. G. McWilliams (died in service, 10 Jan 64); George T. L. Robison (wounded, Petersburg)
   

• Co. "C", Alex Stephens' Guards (Mobile): Charles Thomas Ketchum (resigned, 8 Nov 61); Leonard F. Summers (KIA, Seven Pines); W. Benjamin Briggs (resigned, 15 Oct 62); H. C. Lea; Henry McHugh (KIA, The Crater)
   

• Co. "D", Independent Blues (Dallas): James Kent (resigned, 1 Nov 61); Robert A. McCrary (KIA, Salem Church); William R. Knox (wounded, Petersburg)
   

• Co. "E", Hamp Smith Rifles (Mobile): William Thomas Smith (resigned, 20 Dec 61); Crawford E. Blackwood (wounded, Frazier's Farm; resigned, 30 Sept 62); A. H. Ravesies (wounded, Sharpsburg; retired, 19 Oct 64)
   

• Co. "F" (Butler): Hillary Abner Herbert (promoted, 5 May 62); Lewis A. Livingston (wounded, Gettysburg, and died as a POW); Ira W. Stott (retired, 19 Oct 64); George Hatch
   

• Co. "G" (Mobile): John P. Emrich (promoted, 16 June 62); Anthony Kohler (wounded, Gettysburg, and captured)
   

• Co. "H", Mobile Independent Scouts (Mobile): William F. Cleveland (resigned, 24 Oct 62); William W. Mordecai (wounded, Petersburg)
   

• Co. "I", Emerald Guards (Mobile): Patrick C. Loughry (KIA, Seven Pines); C. P. B. Branegan (KIA, Gettysburg); John McGrath (wounded, The Wilderness, Spotsylvania; retired, 27 Dec 64)
   

• Co. "K", Southern Guards (Perry): Duke Nall (wounded, Sharpsburg; promoted, 2 Nov 64); William Long Fagan

• 
  

     Also known as the 18th Battalion, Partisan Ranges, formerly Gunter's 1st Partisan Ranger Battalion. The unit was organized during the summer of 1862 in Jackson County. The original composition was of five companies, serving under Gen'l Nathan B. Forrest, and skirmishing along the Tennessee River. In November, the command was dismounted by consent and called Gibson's 18th or 21st Battalion. It was then attached to the 33rd AL Infantry without losing its organization. It was under the command of Majors William T. Guner, John H. Gibson, and S. C. Williams.

• 33rd Alabama Infantry Regiment

  The Thirty-third Alabama Infantry Regiment was organized at Pensacola, FL, on 23 April 1862, with men recruited from Butler, Coffee, Covington, Dale, and Montgomery counties. It proceeded to Corinth just after the Battle of Shiloh. Placed in the brigade commanded by Col. Hawthorn of Arkansas, the regiment remained at Tupelo untill the Kentucky Campaign began. It was part of the brigade of Gen'l Sterling A. M. Wood of Lauderdale, Gen'l Simon Buckner's Division, and was present at the capture of Munfordsville. At Perryville, the Thirty-third entered that conflict about 500 strong, and came out with but 88 rank and file. It came out of Kentucky with the army, and at Murfeesboro the loss of the regiment was comparatively large, for it was in Gen'l Patrick Cleburne's Division. The remainder of the winter was spent in camps near Tullahoma, and the regiment retired behind the Tennessee River during the summer. In the grand forward movement on the enemy's line at Chickamauga, the Thirty-third lost 149 casualties. Gen'l Mark Perrin Lowrey of Mississippi relieved Gen'l Wood after the latter was wounded and assumed command of the brigade [16th, 33rd Mississippi regiments, and J. H. Gibson's (18th AL) and Newman's (TN) battalions] the Thirty-third was effectively engaged at Missionary Ridge without loss. It was part of the wall of fire that checked the exultant federals at Ringgold Gap, where it lost but one man. The regiment passed the winter at Dalton, and was in the incessant battle from there to Atlanta, fighting during the day and entrenching at night, and losing many by the casualties of battle, particularly at New Hope Church, and around Atlanta. Having followed Gen'l John Bell Hood into Tennessee, it moved to the assault of the enemy's works at Franklin, with 285 men, and lost over two-thirds of them, mostly killed. Transferred to North Carolina, the Thirty-third took part in the operations there, and a remnant was there surrendered.

  Field and staff officers: Cols. Samuel Adams (Butler; wounded, Perryville; KIA, Kennesaw Mountain); Robert F. Crittenden (Coffee; captured, Nashville); Lt. Cols. Daniel H. Horn ( Coffee; resigned); Robert F. Crittenden (promoted); James H. Dunklin (Butler); Majors Robert F. Crittenden (promoted); James H. Dunklin (wounded, Chickamauga; promoted); and Adjutants John Crosby Stallworth (Conecuh; died, Tupelo); A. M. Moore (Greene; KIA, Chickamauga); Willis J. Milner (Butler)

MARRIAGE RECORD:

JAMES FOSTER   Lic to marry Caroline Baker May 11, 1851 Coosa Co AL

Note; 1850 there is only one James Foster in Coosa, ours, and one Caroline Baker.

1850 Fed Census Coosa Co AL Coosa District Page 64 

885 - 885
Wm Foster          27 SC farmer 
Missouri              23 SC
Thomas               02 AL
James                 21 AL (Brother of Wm Foster)  SEE BAKER FAMILY BELOW
Jonathan Guthria  13 AL (son of Hariett, sister of Missouri)
Rachel Fowler     55 SC (Mother of Missouri)
Mary Fowler       17 SC (sister of Missouri)
Mahala Fowler    16 SC (sister of Missouri)
Martha Fowler    09 SC (Sister of Missouri)

**The 1850 Census ties Wm Foster to the family of
    Thomas & Ginsey Foster, as a son, as brother James
    is living with Wm.

1850 Fed Census Coosa Co AL Coosa District Page 81B

1127 - 1127
John C? Baker  43 M Wagon Maker 100 GA
Mariam            38  F
Azada              17  F
Caroline          16  F    Married a James Foster May 11, 1851
Newel              14 M
John                12 M
Mary               09  F
Josiah              04 M                              AL
Virginia            01 F                               AL

Civil War Service of

Alabama Confederate Soldier

Pvt. Thomas Foster Jr.  - CSA

Captured in Battle:
Gaines Cross Roads - July 25th, 1863
Sent to Point Lookout Prison Maryland

Civil War Service Records

Died:  In Captivity 29 Mar 1865 - Union Prison - Point Lookout Maryland.

"To Survive, in the worst Union Prison of the north this long was amazing"

"Click here" To Read the Story of this Prison, and see the Monument to these Soldiers

buried: Mass Grave (with between 3,000 & 4,000 CSA Soldiers)
at Point Lookout Cemetery

 Co. H - 13th Alabama Infantry Regiment

(Son of Thomas & Ginsey [Fowler] Foster)

Flag Captured on Sept 17th, 1862 at the
Battle of Sharpsburg (Antietam) by Pvt
John P Murphy (Yankee), of Co K 5th
Ohio Inf. he received the Congressional
Medal of Honor.

Flag Captured July 3, 1863 Battle of Cemetery
Ridge, (Pickett's Charge), 3 flag bearers were
shot down with this flag, a union soldier stabbed
by its spear, finally taken at the Works, on the Ridge

Thomas Foster, Jr., born 1830 in Bibb County, Alabama; died 1865 in Point Lookout, Maryland Prisoner of War Camp; married Martha Baggett December 18, 1851 in Rockford, Coosa County, Alabama; born 1826 in Bibb County, Alabama; died Bet. 1900 - 1905 in Perry County, Alabama.

Sources: 

The State of Alabama Archives and History furnished the information of the Alabama Infantry and the Battles he was in and about getting captured. The information on the POW camp came from:

http://www.members.tripod.com/~PLPOW/POW/POWDead_F-K.htm

Notes for Thomas Foster, Jr.:

Thomas Foster marched off to war, March 5, 1862. He was a private in the Confederate Army with the 13th Alabama Regiment, Co. H. 

He was present at the Siege of Yorktown, Battle of Seven Pines, May 31, 1862, Chancellorsville, May 3, 1863 and the Battle of Gettysburg, July 3, 1863 until the Southern Army admitted defeat and retreated back to Virginia.

He was absent because of illness, he missed fighting at Mechanicsville on June 27, 1862 and at Malvern Hill, September 14th, 1862.

He was A.D. (not sure what this means) at: South Mountain, September 14, 1862, Sharpsburg, September 17, 1862. He was captured at Falling Water, Maryland, July 14, 1863. He escaped and was captured again at Gaines X Roads, July 25, 1863. He was taken to Point Lookout Prisoner of War Camp, Maryland, established after the Battle of Gettysburg. 

He died just days before the war was over from wounds he received when captured or was killed at the POW camp or died from diseased. He is buried in the Point Lookout Cemetery in a huge mass grave of about 3,000 men, which has been moved three different times. He is now in a beautiful resting place. His name is on the list of dead on the Internet Web Page about Point Lookout POW camp. Today, the Confederate Flag is not allowed to fly over the graves in the cemetery.

Source: 

The State of Alabama Archives and History furnished the information of the Alabama Infantry and the Battles he was in and about getting captured. The information on the POW camp came from: http://www.members.tripod.com/~PLPOW/POW/POWDead_F-K.htm 

     The 13th Alabama Infantry Regiment was organized at Montgomery, July 19, 1861, and at once proceeded to Virginia. Ordered to Yorktown, it was there brigaded under General Rains. It lay at that place till the army fell back on Richmond the following spring. At Seven Pines the regiment was engaged warmly, and the casualties were 7 killed and 45 wounded. Held in reserve during the tattles in front of Richmond, it was never-the-less subjected there to a destructive fire, from which it suffered severely. 

     As part of Archer's brigade, under Colquitt of Georgia, the regiment took part in the first Maryland campaign, losing lightly at Boonsboro, but heavily at Sharpsburg. The winter was passed on the Rappahannock, and its monotony was relieved by the frightful repulse of Burnside at Fredericksburg, of which the 13th was a Witness; and where it suffered lightly. 

     Colonel Fry led the brigade in the assault on Hooker at Chancellorsville, and there the 13th lost half of the 460 men with which it went into the battle. It was in the Pennsylvania campaign, and at Gettysburg its colors were planted on the crest of the ridge, where they were torn to shreds, and the regiment was again terribly mutilated. Retiring to Virginia, the 13th passed the winter of 1863-4 mostly in camp. 

     At the Wilderness the regiment actively participated, and the loss was comparatively heavy. It took part in the subsequent operations around Petersburg, being now in the brigade of General Sanders of Greene. - The 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, and 14th Alabama Regiments - subsequently commanded by General W. H. Forney of Calhoun. Under Colonel Aiden the remnant of about 100 men surrendered at Appomattox. 

     Of the 1245 men on its rolls, about 150 were killed in battle, or died of wounds, 275 died of disease, 64 were transferred, and 202 were discharged.

Note:
Story & Research on Thomas provided by:
Marlene Walker
Juanita Bitton

ADAH - AL Dept of Arhcives and History:

http://www.archives.state.al.us/civilwar/soldier.cfm?id=60656
 

Known Facts about Point Lookout MD Civil War Union Prison

Note:  Brother Thomas Foster we know rest at Point Lookout Cemetery, buried with his fellow CSA soldiers.

First Confederate Monument ever erected by
the Federal Government for CSA Soldiers

Point Lookout Cemetery Maryland

UP^     Civil War Service Records     UP^
Pvt Thomas Foster - Co H - 13th Alabama Infantry Regiment

Civil War Service of

Alabama Confederate Soldier

Cpl. Richard Foster - CSA

Died of wounds received at:  Bentonville NC

Civil War Service Records

 Co. A - 46th Alabama Infantry Regiment

(Son of Thomas & Ginsey [Fowler] Foster)

     Richard was in the 46th Alabama Regiment, Company a, from Coosa County with George E. Brewer, Captain; Daniel J. Thompson, 1st Lt.; John M. Collins, 2nd Lt.; Thomas J. King 3rd Lt.. Richard was promoted to corporal for gallantry. The company was formed at Rockford, Coosa County, Alabama, where he lived with his mother Ginsey Jane Foster. His father, Thomas Foster, Sr. had died by the time the War Between the States started. He never knew he had sons and sons-in-law to die in the War.

     ALABAMA ARCHIVES LIST OUR RICHARD AND THE BATTLES FOR WHICH HE WAS PRESENT:

Enlisted:               Feb 24th, 1862  at home town Rockford, Coosa Co AL

Tagewell TN             Aug 4th/1862
Port Gibson MS        May 1st, 1863
Baker's Creek MS     May16th 1863
Vicksburg, MS          from May 17th to July 4th 1863
Lookout Mt.             Nov 24th 1863
Missionary Ridge       Nov 26th, 1863
Rocky Face Mt.         Feb 25th 1864
Rocky Face Mt.         May 8th, 9th, 10th, 1864
Resaca GA                May 14th & 15th, 1864
Calhoun                     May 1864
Cassville                    May 1864
New Hope                 May 26th 1864
Kenesawline               June -- to July 3rd 1864
Merittaline                  July 4th 1863 (?)
Peachtree Creek         July 20th 1864
Atlanta from               July 21st to Aug 28th 1864
Jonesboro                   Aug 31st 1864
Nashville                    Dec 16th 1864
Retreat from Nashville Dec 17th 1864
Kinston NC                March 9th 9th & 10th 1865
Columbia SC              Feb 1865
Seriously wounded Bentonville NC, N.O. , Mar 19th, 20th, 21st 1865


     Richard Foster was in the 46th Alabama Regiment, Company A, from Coosa County with George E. Brewer, Captain; Daniel J. Thompson 1sr Lt.; John M. Collins 2nd St,; Thomas J. King 3rd Lt., T. R. Harden, 1st Sergt.; J. H. Hearn, 1nd Sergt.; J. M. Devaughn, 3rd Sergt.; Francis M. Finch, 4th Sergt.; Francis M. Corley, 5th Sergt.; Uriah A. Darden, 1st Corpl.; D. G. A. Spigener, 2nd Corpl.; Robert Higgins, 3rd Corpl.; Russell Hand, 4th Corpl. There were enlisted 120 privates. There was 1 preacher, 1 teacher, 2 merchants, 2 blacksmiths, 1 saddler, 3 mechanics, and the rest were farmers. The company was mustered in at Montgomery, February 24, 1862, and did duty from then at Pensacola until it was evacuated ifn May, 1862. It united with the 46 Alabama Regiment at Chattanooga the latter part of June, 1862. Captain Brewer was detached from the company in and put in command of the regiment from May, 1863, and the company was commanded by Lieutenant Thompson, an efficient officer. Lieutenant Collins was sometimes detached to command other companies because of his efficience and was for some months the acting adjutant of the regiment, owing to the disabling wound of A. J. Brooks, adjutant. Lieutenant King died July 23, 1862, near Powder Springs, Tennessee. Micajah S. Booth was elected to the vacancy November 13th, 1862. He died at Meridian, Mississippi, January 4, 1865, and Sinclair M. Suttle, who had been transferred from the 13th Alabama, was elected 3rd Lt., January 23rd 1863. J. M. Devaughn, Aaron Vincent, Wm. M. Johnson, James R. Wilkerson and Andrew J. Collins were promoted to sergeants, and J. D. Kelly, John N. Cooper, James I. Hill and Richard A. Foster to corporals for gallantry. The company was formed at Rockford, where Richard lived with his mother, Ginsey Jane Foster. This was a splendid company, and though several others had larger muster rolls, this company usually had the largest number for duty in the regiment. TThere were 18 that were killed or died from wounds, 10 were wounded, 33 died from disease, 13 captured, 9 discharged, 13 deserted, but most of them lost hope near the close of the war. Perryman Maxwell was a fine soldier though only a boy, had been on the staff of the regiment as an orderly for a good while, was killed at Jonesboro.

     The 46th Alabama Regiment was formed at Loachapoka, May, 1862, with M. L. Woods as colonel and Osceola Kyle as the well known gallant Lt. Col. was from Coosa County. He was a very fine officer, and had he not been in prison during most of the fighting period, would doubtless have attained to distinction, for he had military talent of a higher order. The regiment was in Tennessee and Kentucky under Kirby Smith, went through the siege of Vicksburg, and was on Lookout Mountain in "The Battle of the Clouds," Missionary Ridge, the campaign from Dalton, and was surrendered in North Carolina. It did its duty well everywhere. At the Battle of Baker's Creek, May 16th, 1863, all its field officers were captured, and kept in prison until near the close of the war. Riggs, its adjutant, was killed at Baker's Creek. From May, 1863, to the surrender, 1865, it was commanded by Capt. George E. Brewer of Co. A. Coosa County had two companies in it.

     I have a copy of the original Muster Role for A Company of the 46th Alabama Volunteers sent to me by The State of Alabama Department of Archives and History, March 12, 2001. Richard A. Foster was 20 years old on the Muster Roll.

More About Richard Foster:
Census: 1850, Coosa County, Alabama
Military service: Bet. 1862 - 1865, 46th Alabama Regiment, Company A, CSA
Occupation: Farmer

http://www.rootsweb.com/~alhenry/mil/46thal.htm

Forty-Sixth Alabama
Infantry Regiment

     The Forty-sixth was organized at Loachapoka, in the spring of 1862. Shortly after, it was sent to east Tennessee, and had several casualties in the fight at Tazewell. The regiment was in the weary march into Kentucky, in Stevenson's division, but did no fighting. When the army returned to Tennessee, the Forty-sixth was placed in a brigade with the Twentieth, Twenty-third, Thirtieth, and Thirty-first Alabama, under Gen. Tracy. In December, with all of Stevenson's division, the regiment was sent to Mississippi. In the battle of Port Gibson, where its brigadier fell, the regiment suffered severely. A few days later it was engaged at Baker's Creek, where its casualties were numerous, and where half the regiment was captured, including the field officers. The remainder were besieged in Vicksburg, suffering severely, and were captured with the fortress. Re-organized at Demopolis, with Gen. Pettus in command of the brigade, the Forty-sixth rejoined the Army of Tennessee. It lost considerably at Lookout Mountain and Mission Ridge, and made its winter quarters at Dalton. At Crow's Valley it was engaged, with several casualties. In the almost constant fighting from Dalton to Atlanta, the ranks of the Forty-sixth were thinned and at Jonesboro its list of casualties was large. Marching with Hood into Tennessee, it was one of the three regiments that made the brilliant fight at Columbia, where its loss was considerable. The Forty-sixth lost several killed and wounded at Nashville, and quite a number captured. It was the rear guard on the retreat, and the brigade was complimented by Gen. Hood in special orders for its services there. Transferred to North Carolina, the Forty-sixth was engaged at Kinston and Bentonville, with severe loss in the latter. Consolidated with the Twenty-third Alabama, with J. B. Bibb of Montgomery as colonel, (Col. Woods was transferred to the Nineteenth Alabama,) Osceola Kyle as lieutenant colonel, and J. T. Hester of Montgomery as major, the Forty-sixth was surrendered at Salisbury by Capt. Brewer, who had commanded it for two years.

Field and Staff
Colonels -- Mike L. Woods of Montgomery; captured at Baker's Creek.
Lieut. Colonels -- Osceola Kyle of Coosa; captured at Baker's Creek.
Majors -- James M. Handley of Randolph; captured at Baker's Creek.
Adjutants -- William S. Turner of Montgomery; resigned. Thomas Riggs of Dallas; killed at Baker's Creek. Lieut. House of Coosa, (acting,) killed at Vicksburg. A. J. Brooks of Coosa; wounded at Kennesa; Lient. George McFarland, (acting,) killed at Jonesboro.

Captains, and Counties from Which the Companies Came.
Coosa -- George E. Brewer; captured at Vicksburg.
Coosa -- J. R. Cross; captured at Vicksburg.
Macon -- John F. Baggett; resigned. John F. Spinks; killed on Hood's retreat.
Macon -- C. L. Croft; resigned.
Montgomery -- Jas. W. Powell; captured at Baker's Creek.
Pike -- J. C. McGuire; resigned. ... McCaskill; killed at Baker's Creek.
Randolph -- Leonidas Stephens; died in the service. John C. Wright.
Randolph -- C. A. Allen; resigned. Wm. J. Samford.
Henry -- W. C. Wilson; resigned. L. L. Croft.

ADAH - AL Dept of Arhcives and History:

http://www.archives.state.al.us/civilwar/soldier.cfm?id=60656

Last Name:                 Foster      First Name:    Richard     MI: A       Marital Status: Married
Date of Birth:
Birth Information:        USA, Alabama.
Date of Death:            
Death Information:      Died Of Wounds Received At Bentonville.
Discharge Date:
Discharge Information:
Branch:                      Infantry
Regimental Unit:         46th Alabama Regiment Company
Unit:                          A Co.
Unit Name:
Pension Rec:
Authority:                  Record roll compiled by George E. Brewer 1865/09/07.

Enlistment Date:        1862/02/24
Enlistment Info:        Age 22,    Alabama, Rockford,    2nd Corporal.
Engagements:
Present at:                Tagewell, Tennessee 1862/08/04, Port Gibson, Mississippi 1863/05/01,
                               Baker's Creek 1863/05/16, Vicksburg 1863/05/17 to 1863/07/04, Lookout
                               Mountain 1863/11/24, Missionary Ridge, Rocky Face Mountain, Resaca,
                               Calhoun, Crossville, New Hope,

Engage. con't:          Kenesawline, Peachtree Creek, Atlanta, Jonesboro, Columiba, Nashville,
                               retreat from Nashville, Kinston;
Seriously                 Wounded:Bentonville, North Carolina 1865/03/ 19-21;
Present:                   Columbia, South Carolina
Remarks:                 Residence Rockford, Alabama. Promoted to 2nd Corporal from ranks for gallantry --/64.
Remarks con't:

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Marriage Record in Coosa Co AL for a:

 Richard A Foster:

  Nancy Ann Taff

Married:  30 Oct 1861 in Coosa Co AL

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1860 Census Coosa Co AL

Nancy Taff:

Nancy Taff - is Richard's next door neighbor age 22.
making her abt 3 or 4 years older that Richard, age 18.

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Note:  Also serving in the 46th Infantry Regiment is Richard
             Foster's brother-in-law, Elias C Baggett, who married
             Richard's sister, Elizabeth A Foster.   Elias survived the
             the War and farmed in Perry Co AL until his death in 1884.
             Elias is listed in Co A and E of the 46th.

UP^     Civil War Service Records     UP^
Cpl Richard A Foster - Co A - 46th Alabama Infantry Regiment

Civil War Service of

Alabama Confederate Soldier

John Baggett - CSA
(Son of John Anderson & Elizabeth [Robinson] Baggett)

Civil War Service Records

Captured in Battle of  Gettysburg July 3, 1863
Died in captivity from wounds received at Petersburg
death came 1 Jan 1865 Plank Road (ADAH) Records

 Listed on 8th AL Regt., with other relatives,
Also served Co F, 13th Alabama Infantry Regt.

Flag Captured on Sept 17th, 1862 at the
Battle of Sharpsburg (Antietam) by Pvt
John P Murphy (Yankee), of Co K 5th
Ohio Inf. he received the Congressional
Medal of Honor.

Flag Captured July 3, 1863 Battle of Cemetery
Ridge, (Pickett's Charge), 3 flag bearers were
shot down with this flag, a union soldier stabbed
by its spear, finally taken at the Works, on the Ridge

Flag of the 8th Alabama Infantry Regiment

Captured Battle of Willis' Church (Frayser's Farm)
by Isaac Springer, Co K, 4rh Regt PA Vol. Corps

John Baggett adopted the 3 children from Mary's first husband
John Anderson, killed in the civil war.

Notes:
Recorded on the Roster of the 8th AL Regiment:
most of the recruits were from Coosa Co AL

Anderson, J. M.         Co. D         Private
Baggett, John             Co. C         Private
Foster, J. A.               Co. D         Private    
Foster, R. M.             Co. A         Private
Foster, Samuel N.      Co. D         Private
Foster, William M.    Co. G         Private
Gay, Thomas B.        Co. E         Private
Fowler, G. W.            Co. K         Private
Fowler, Lawson         Co. K         Private
Fowler, O. C.            Co. K         Private

     The 8th Alabama Infantry Regiment was the first Alabama command that enlisted "for the war." It was organized by the War Department at Richmond on 10 June 1861, with men recruited from Butler, Coosa, Dallas, Mobile, and Perry counties. The regiment lay at Yorktown, Virginia, for the first eleven months of its service, and a detachment of it was engaged in a skirmish near Wynn's Mill. Placed in Gen'l Roger Pryor's Brigade, the regiment fell back with the army until it was overtaken at Williamsburg and lost about 100 men. At Seven Pines, it was again under fire, losing 32 k, 80 w, and 32 missing. Now in the brigade of Gen'l Cadmus Wilcox, with the 9th, 10th, 11th, and 14th Alabama Regiments, the 8th was under fire at Mechanicsville and took part in the desperate assault of Gen'l James Longstreet's Division on the enemy position at Gaines' Mill. Losses in that assault were high, 47% of the 350 men engaged. Three days later, the regiment was in the line of assault at Frazier's Farm where it met Union Gen'l Thomas Meagher's Irish Brigade. Of the 180 effectives there, only 90 were at regimental muster the next morning. Its ranks soon began to fill and the 8th Alabama marched with the Army of Northern Virginia towards the Potomac River. At the Second Battle of Manassas, it was under a destructive fire and lost about 60 men as it was held in reserve. The regiment took part in the capture of Harper's Ferry, then it crossed the Potomac River and fought obstinately at Sharpsburg, losing 67 k and w. It wintered on the Rappahannock, losing only slightly at Fredericksburg. At Salem Church, Wilcox' Brigade bore the brunt of the Federal assault, driving the enemy back in confusion and capturing 1500 prisoners (with losses of 58 k and w). It was in the exultant army that Gen'l Robert E. Lee led into Maryland for the second time, and at Gettysburg, 260 casualties were lost out of 420 engaged. With the army, the 8th recrossed the Potomac and wintered in the vicinity of Orange Court House. The regiment was again hotly engaged at The Wilderness, losing heavily there and at Spotsylvania. It was under fire nearly every day as the Federal army pressed up to Richmond, and its loss was severe at 2nd Cold Harbor. At Petersburg, the 8th again suffered. It fought the Union cavalry raid against the Weldon Railroad, and it participated in the capture of the "Crater." At Deep Bottom, the regiment participated with some loss, and it lost heavily in the attempt to dislodge the enemy from their position on the Weldon Railroad. The regiment assisted at the repulse of the the enemy on the Plank Road below Petersburg, and they fought as the army retreated up the James River. At Appomattox, the remnant denied the first rumors of surrender and indignantly tore their battle-flag into shreds to retain as mementos. Of 1377 men on its roll, the 8th lost 300 killed or mortally wounded, over 170 died of disease, and 236 were discharged or transferred; 16 officers and 153 men surrendered.

Field and staff officers: Cols. John Anthony Winston (Sumter; resigned, 10 June 1862); Young Lea Royston (Perry; wounded, Frazier's Farm, Salem Church; retired, 2 Nov 1864); Hillary Abner Herbert (Butler); Lt. Cols. John Wesley Frazer (Tennessee; KIA, 20 March 1862); Thomas Evans Irby (Dallas; KIA, Williamsburg, 5 May 1862) Young Lea Royston (promoted); Hillary Abner Herbert (wounded, Sharpsburg, The Wilderness; promoted); John P. Emrich (Mobile; wounded, Petersburg); Majors Thomas Evans Irby (promoted); Young Lea Royston (promoted); Hillary Abner Herbert (wounded, Seven Pines, and captured; promoted); Duke Nall (Perry; mortally wounded, The Wildereness); and Adjutants Thomas Phelan (Perry; transferred to line); Daniel Jones (Dallas; wounded, Fraziers's Farm; transferred and promoted); and Morgan S. Cleveland (Dallas; wounded, Petersburg)

Captains and counties from which the companies came:

• Co. "A", Alabama Rangers (Perry): Young Lea Royston (promoted); Thomas Phelan (KIA, Gaines' Mill); Thomas Heard (wounded, The Wilderness)
   

• Co. "B", Governor's Guards (Coosa): Thomas W. W. Davies (promoted to major, 28th AL Regt, 20 March 62); G. W. Hannon (KIA, Gaines' Mill); M. G. McWilliams (died in service, 10 Jan 64); George T. L. Robison (wounded, Petersburg)
   

• Co. "C", Alex Stephens' Guards (Mobile): Charles Thomas Ketchum (resigned, 8 Nov 61); Leonard F. Summers (KIA, Seven Pines); W. Benjamin Briggs (resigned, 15 Oct 62); H. C. Lea; Henry McHugh (KIA, The Crater)
   

• Co. "D", Independent Blues (Dallas): James Kent (resigned, 1 Nov 61); Robert A. McCrary (KIA, Salem Church); William R. Knox (wounded, Petersburg)
   

• Co. "E", Hamp Smith Rifles (Mobile): William Thomas Smith (resigned, 20 Dec 61); Crawford E. Blackwood (wounded, Frazier's Farm; resigned, 30 Sept 62); A. H. Ravesies (wounded, Sharpsburg; retired, 19 Oct 64)
   

• Co. "F" (Butler): Hillary Abner Herbert (promoted, 5 May 62); Lewis A. Livingston (wounded, Gettysburg, and died as a POW); Ira W. Stott (retired, 19 Oct 64); George Hatch
   

• Co. "G" (Mobile): John P. Emrich (promoted, 16 June 62); Anthony Kohler (wounded, Gettysburg, and captured)
   

• Co. "H", Mobile Independent Scouts (Mobile): William F. Cleveland (resigned, 24 Oct 62); William W. Mordecai (wounded, Petersburg)
   

• Co. "I", Emerald Guards (Mobile): Patrick C. Loughry (KIA, Seven Pines); C. P. B. Branegan (KIA, Gettysburg); John McGrath (wounded, The Wilderness, Spotsylvania; retired, 27 Dec 64)
   

• Co. "K", Southern Guards (Perry): Duke Nall (wounded, Sharpsburg; promoted, 2 Nov 64); William Long Fagan

The 13th Alabama Infantry Regiment was organized at Montgomery, 19 July 1861, with men from Butler, Coosa, Elmore, Macon, Montgomery, Randolph, Talladega, Tallapoosa, and Wilcox counties. It at once proceeded to Virginia. Ordered to Yorktown, it was there brigaded under Gen'l Gabriel J. Rains. It lay at that place until the army fell back on Richmond the following spring. At Seven Pines, the regiment was engaged warmly and suffered 7 k and 45 w. Held in reserve during the battles in front of Richmond, it was nevertheless subjected there to a destructive fire from which it suffered severely (101 k and w). As part of Gen'; James J. Archer's Brigade, under Gen'l Alfred H. Colquitt of Georgia, the regiment took part in the first Maryland campaign, losing lightly at Boonsboro and then heavily at Sharpsburg. The winter was passed on the Rappahannock, and its monotony was relieved by the repulse of the Union Gen'l Ambrose Burnside at Fredericksburg, of which the 13th was a witness; and where it suffered lightly. Col. B. D. Fry led the brigade in the assault on Union Gen'l Joseph Hooker at Chancellorsville, and there the 13th lost 140 of the 460 men with which it went into the battle. It was in the Pennsylvania campaign, and at Gettysburg, the regiment suffered over 50% casualties of the 308 engaged. Retiring to Virginia, the 13th passed the winter of 1863-1864 mostly in camp. At The Wilderness, the regiment actively participated, and their loss was comparatively heavy. It took part in the subsequent operations around Petersburg, being now in the brigade of Gen'l John C. C. Sanders of Greene (8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, and 14th Alabama regiments) -- subsequently commanded by Gen'l W. H. Forney of Calhoun. Under Col. James Aiken, the remnant of 6 officers and 85 men surrendered at Appomattox. Of the 1245 men on the rolls, about 150 were killed in battle, or died of wounds; 275 died of disease; 64 were transferred; and 202 were discharged.

Field and staff officers: Cols. Birkett D. Fry (Tallapoosa; wounded, Seven Pines, Sharpsburg, Gettysburg; captured, Gettysburg; promoted); James Aiken (Randolph); Lt. Cols. Julius C. B. Mitchell (Montgomery; resigned); Reginald H. Dawson (Wilcox; resigned); William H. Betts (Macon; resigned); James Aiken (wounded, Chancellorsville, Bristow Station; promoted); Majors Samuel B. Marks (Montgomery; resigned); William H. Betts (promoted); James Aiken (promoted); John T. Smith (Randolph; KIA, Chancellorsville); and Adjutants James D. Clark (Wilcox; transferred to line); John Rentz (Wilcox; KIA, Sharpsburg); T. W. S. Hendon (Randolph; wounded, Chancellorsville; retired); L. P. Broughton (Butler; KIA, The Wilderness)

ALABAMA ARCHIVE RECORDS (ADAH)
 

Last Name: Baggett Date of Birth: Birth Information: USA, Georgia Date of Death: 1863/08/15 Death Information: Discharge Date: Discharge Information: Branch: Infantry Regimental Unit: 13th Alabama Regiment Company Unit: F Co. Unit Name: Pension Rec: Authority: Historical record roll dated near Petersburg Va Dec 31, 1864

First Name: John    MI: Marital Status: Married Occupation: Farmer Enlistment Date: 1862/03/20 Enlistment Information: Age 32, Alabama, Coosa, Private. Engagements: Absent captured Gettysburg July 3, 1863 to and including Gaines X Roads July 25, 1863. Captured Gettysburg July 1, 1863 Engage. con't: Remarks: Residence Central Institute; Conscript assigned May 10, 1863; Died in captivity Remarks con't:

 

Last Name: Baggett Date of Birth: Birth Information: Date of Death: Death Information: Richmond Discharge Date: Discharge Information: Branch: Infantry Regimental Unit: 8th Alabama Regiment Company Unit: C Co. Unit Name: Pension Rec: Authority: Historical record roll signed at Boydton

First Name: John    MI: Marital Status: Occupation: Enlistment Date: 1864/06/13 Enlistment Information: Private Engagements: Engage. con't: Remarks: Conscript - died in hospital. Plank Road, Petersburg Va, Jan 1, 1865 Remarks con't:

Civil War Service of

Alabama Confederate Soldier

James Madison Baggett  - CSA
(Son of John Anderson & Elizabeth [Robinson] Baggett)

Click here to view:
J M's Civil War Pension Application Oct 9, 1908

Civil War Service Records

Served in: Co H - 13th AL Infantry Regiment
Co B 5th AL Inf., at Sharpsburg

Unit Engaged at:
Yorktown, Williamsburg, Seven Pines, Cold Harbor,
 Malvern Hill, Boonsboro, Sharpsburg, Fredericksburg,
 Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, Wilderness, Spottsylvania,
 Petersburg, second Cold Harbor, Valley & across the Potomac,
  Winchester, Only 25 or 30 men were around its colors When they
 were surrendered at Appomattox, under Capt. Riley. Of 1719 names
 on its rolls, nearly 300 perished in battle, 240 others died in the service,
 and 507 were discharged or transferred.

5th Alabama Infantry
This flag is an Army of Northern Virginia, 3rd wool bunting issue.
Flags of this pattern were manufactured at the Richmond Depot between
July 1862 and May 1864. This flag was issued to the 5th Alabama Infantry in April, 1863.
It was captured at the Battle of Chancellorsville, Virginia on May 3, 1863 by the 111th Pennsylvania Volunteers,
 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, 12th Army Corps. It was forwarded to the U.S. War Department by Brigadier General John W. Geary
and was eventually assigned War Department Capture Number 222. The flag was returned to the State of Alabama effective March 25, 1905.

 

Flag Captured on Sept 17th, 1862 at the
Battle of Sharpsburg (Antietam) by Pvt
John P Murphy (Yankee), of Co K 5th
Ohio Inf. he received the Congressional
Medal of Honor.

Flag Captured July 3, 1863 Battle of Cemetery
Ridge, (Pickett's Charge), 3 flag bearers were
shot down with this flag, a union soldier stabbed
by its spear, finally taken at the Works, on the Ridge

     The 13th Alabama Infantry Regiment was organized at Montgomery, 19 July 1861, with men from Butler, Coosa, Elmore, Macon, Montgomery, Randolph, Talladega, Tallapoosa, and Wilcox counties. It at once proceeded to Virginia. Ordered to Yorktown, it was there brigaded under Gen'l Gabriel J. Rains. It lay at that place until the army fell back on Richmond the following spring. At Seven Pines, the regiment was engaged warmly and suffered 7 k and 45 w. Held in reserve during the battles in front of Richmond, it was nevertheless subjected there to a destructive fire from which it suffered severely (101 k and w). As part of Gen'; James J. Archer's Brigade, under Gen'l Alfred H. Colquitt of Georgia, the regiment took part in the first Maryland campaign, losing lightly at Boonsboro and then heavily at Sharpsburg. The winter was passed on the Rappahannock, and its monotony was relieved by the repulse of the Union Gen'l Ambrose Burnside at Fredericksburg, of which the 13th was a witness; and where it suffered lightly. Col. B. D. Fry led the brigade in the assault on Union Gen'l Joseph Hooker at Chancellorsville, and there the 13th lost 140 of the 460 men with which it went into the battle. It was in the Pennsylvania campaign, and at Gettysburg, the regiment suffered over 50% casualties of the 308 engaged. Retiring to Virginia, the 13th passed the winter of 1863-1864 mostly in camp. At The Wilderness, the regiment actively participated, and their loss was comparatively heavy. It took part in the subsequent operations around Petersburg, being now in the brigade of Gen'l John C. C. Sanders of Greene (8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, and 14th Alabama regiments) -- subsequently commanded by Gen'l W. H. Forney of Calhoun. Under Col. James Aiken, the remnant of 6 officers and 85 men surrendered at Appomattox. Of the 1245 men on the rolls, about 150 were killed in battle, or died of wounds; 275 died of disease; 64 were transferred; and 202 were discharged.

Field and staff officers: Cols. Birkett D. Fry (Tallapoosa; wounded, Seven Pines, Sharpsburg, Gettysburg; captured, Gettysburg; promoted); James Aiken (Randolph); Lt. Cols. Julius C. B. Mitchell (Montgomery; resigned); Reginald H. Dawson (Wilcox; resigned); William H. Betts (Macon; resigned); James Aiken (wounded, Chancellorsville, Bristow Station; promoted); Majors Samuel B. Marks (Montgomery; resigned); William H. Betts (promoted); James Aiken (promoted); John T. Smith (Randolph; KIA, Chancellorsville); and Adjutants James D. Clark (Wilcox; transferred to line); John Rentz (Wilcox; KIA, Sharpsburg); T. W. S. Hendon (Randolph; wounded, Chancellorsville; retired); L. P. Broughton (Butler; KIA, The Wilderness)

5th Alabama Infantry Regiment

     The 5th Infantry was organized at Montgomery, May 5, 1861, and at once moved to Pensacola. A few days after, it proceeded to Virginia, and took post near Manassas Junction in the brigade of General Ewell. It was in the skirmish at Farr's X Roads, and was on the field but not engaged at the first Manassas. It remained in the vicinity of Manassas during the fall and winter, and General Rodes became the brigade commander in October - the 6th and 12th Alabama and the 12th Mississippi, being the other regiments of the brigade. Moving with the army to Yorktown in March 1862, there it re-enlisted and re-organized. It was under fire at Yorktown, and was on the field at Williamsburg. At Seven Pines the regiment received its baptism of blood, losing 27 killed and 128 wounded. The regiment was hotly engaged at Cold Harbor and Malvern Hill, losing 15 killed and 58 wounded. It was not at the second Manassas battle, but moved into Maryland, and shared in the stubborn conflicts at Boonsboro and Sharpsburg, losing 11 killed and 39 wounded out of the remnant present for duty. It was in line of battle on the crest, and saw Burnside's bloody repulse at Fredericksburg; and at Chancellorsville it was in the invincible line under Rodes that swept everything before it; reaping its brightest renown, and losing heavily. It moved into Maryland and Pennsylvania on the Gettysburg campaign, and its loss was very severe in that battle. Having wintered at Orange C. H., the 5th, now reduced to a mere skeleton, participated in the battles of the Wilderness and Spottsylvania, and without severe loss. It took part in the subsequent operations as the lines began to be drawn around Petersburg, losing slightly at the second Cold Harbor. It went with Early into the Valley and across the Potomac, taking part in numerous engagements with the foe, and losing severely at Winchester. It soon after took its place in the memorable trenches of Petersburg, and wintered there. Only 25 or 30 men were around its colors when they were surrendered at Appomattox, under Captain Riley. Of 1,719 names on its rolls, nearly 300 perished in battle, 240 others died from wounds or disease, and 507 were discharged or transferred.

  ALABAMA ARCHIVE RECORDS (ADAH)
 

Baggett, J M	Infantry	5th Alabama Regiment	E
Baggett, J M	Infantry	5th Alabama Regiment	B	Capt C. M. Shelley, Col R. E. Rodes
Baggett, J M	Infantry	5th Alabama Regiment	B	Capt C. M. Shelley, Col R. E. Rhodes
Baggett, J M	Infantry	5th Alabama Regiment	B	Capt C. M. Shelley, Col A. C. Jones
Baggett, J M	Infantry	5th Alabama Regiment	E	Talladega Artillery
Baggett, J M	Infantry	5th Alabama Regiment	B
Baggett, James	Infantry	13th Alabama Regiment	H

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Last Name: Baggett Date of Birth: Birth Information: Date of Death: Death Information: Discharge Date: Discharge Information: Branch: Infantry Regimental Unit: 5th Alabama Regiment Company Unit: E Co. Unit Name: Pension Rec: Authority: Photostat of roll in USAG of absent enlisted men

First Name: J    MI: M Marital Status: Occupation: Enlistment Date: Enlistment Information: Private Engagements: Engage. con't: Remarks: Left at Manassas Junction June 18 Remarks con't:

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Last Name: Baggett Date of Birth: Birth Information: Date of Death: Death Information: Discharge Date: Discharge Information: Branch: Infantry Regimental Unit: 5th Alabama Regiment Company Unit: B Co. Unit Name: Capt C. M. Shelley, Col R. E. Rodes Pension Rec: Authority: Phostat of roll in USAGO from 1 Jul to 1 Sep 61

First Name: J    MI: M Marital Status: Occupation: Enlistment Date: 1861/05/01 Enlistment Information: Alabama, Talladega, Private. Engagements: Engage. con't: Remarks: Enlisted for 1 year by C. M. Shelley. B was E Remarks con't:

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Last Name: Baggett Date of Birth: Birth Information: Date of Death: Death Information: Discharge Date: Discharge Information: Branch: Infantry Regimental Unit: 5th Alabama Regiment Company Unit: B Co. Unit Name: Capt C. M. Shelley, Col R. E. Rhodes Pension Rec: Authority: Photostat of roll in USAGO from Sep 1 to Oct 31 61

First Name: J    MI: M Marital Status: Occupation: Enlistment Date: 1861/05/01 Enlistment Information: Alabama, Talladega, Private. Engagements: Engage. con't: Remarks: Enlisted for 1 year by Capt C. M. Shelley. B was E Remarks con't:

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Last Name: Baggett Date of Birth: Birth Information: Date of Death: Death Information: Discharge Date: Discharge Information: Branch: Infantry Regimental Unit: 5th Alabama Regiment Company Unit: B Co. Unit Name: Capt C. M. Shelley, Col A. C. Jones Pension Rec: Authority: Photostat of roll in USAGO from Oct 31 to Dec 31 61

First Name: J    MI: M Marital Status: Occupation: Enlistment Date: 1861/05/01 Enlistment Information: Alabama, Talladega, Private. Engagements: Engage. con't: Remarks: Enlisted by C. M. Shelley for 1 year. B was E Remarks con't:

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Last Name: Baggett Date of Birth: Birth Information: Date of Death: Death Information: Discharge Date: Discharge Information: Branch: Infantry Regimental Unit: 5th Alabama Regiment Company Unit: E Co. Unit Name: Talladega Artillery Pension Rec: Authority: Newspaper clipping from Pensacola, 1861

First Name: J    MI: M Marital Status: Occupation: Enlistment Date: Enlistment Information: Private Engagements: Engage. con't: Remarks: Remarks con't:

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Last Name: Baggett Date of Birth: Birth Information: Date of Death: Death Information: Discharge Date: Discharge Information: Branch: Infantry Regimental Unit: 5th Alabama Regiment Company Unit: B Co. Unit Name: Pension Rec: Authority: Photostat of roll in USAGO from June 30 thru Aug 31 64

First Name: J    MI: M Marital Status: Occupation: Enlistment Date: 1786/10/50 Enlistment Information: Alabama, Talladega Engagements: Engage. con't: Remarks: Enlisted by Capt Shelley for 1 year. Additional pay due from 9 June at $7 per month. Teamster in Div. train Remarks con't:

James Madison Baggett's Civil War
Pension Application & Newspaper Article

Provided by:
Mary Ann [Baggett] Ferguson

Note: They mis-spelled J M's initials in the Article,
          G. M. instead of J. M. but the documents
          Mary Ann provided will confirm this fact...
This information also confirms JM was
still living as of Oct 9, 1908.

Civil War Service of

Alabama Confederate Soldier

Elias C Baggett  - CSA
(Son of John Anderson & Elizabeth [Robinson] Baggett)

Civil War Service Records

Served:  Co. A & E - 46th Alabama Infantry Regiment

Returned to farming in Pinetucky Perry Co AL after the war

Go to Baggett Web Page

46th Alabama Infantry Regiment

     The 46th Alabama Infantry Regiment was organized at Loachapoka AL, in the spring of 1862. Shortly after, it was sent to east Tennessee, and had several casualties in the fight at Tazewell. The regiment was in the weary march into Kentucky, in Stevenson's division, but did no fighting. When the army returned to Tennessee, the 46th was placed in a brigade with the 20th, 23tf, 13th, and 31st Alabama, under General Tracy. In December, with all of Stevenson's division, the regiment was sent to Mississippi. In the battle of Port Gibson, where its brigadier fell, the regiment suffered severely. A few days later it was engaged at Baker's Creek, where its casualties were numerous, and where half the regiment was captured, including the field officers. The remainder were besieged in Vicksburg, suffering severely, and were captured with the fortress. Re-organized at Demopolis, with General Pettus in command of the brigade, the 46th rejoined the Army of Tennessee. It lost considerably at Lookout Mountain and Mission Ridge, and made its winter quarters at Dalton. At Crow's Valley it was engaged, with several casualties. In the almost constant fighting from Dalton to Atlanta, the ranks of the 46th were thinned and at Jonesboro its list of casualties was large. Marching with Hood into Tennessee, it was one of the three regiments that made the brilliant fight at Columbia, where its loss was considerable. The 46th lost several killed and wounded at Nashville, and quite a number captured. It was the rear guard on the retreat, and the brigade was complimented by General Hood in special orders for its services there. Transferred to North Caroline, the 46th was engaged at Kinston and Bentonville, with severe loss in the latter. Consolidated with the 23rd Alabama, with J. B. Bibb of Montgomery as colonel, (Colonel Woods was transferred to the 19th Alabama,) Osceola Kyle as Lieutenant colonel, and J. T. Hester of Montgomery as major, the 46th was surrendered at Salisbury by Captain Brewer, who had commanded it for two years.

Civil War Service of

Alabama Confederate Soldier

Elisha E. Baggett  - CSA
(Son of John Anderson & Elizabeth [Robinson] Baggett)
 

Civil War Service Records
Died from Fever, Hospital Lynchburg VA
25 July 1862
 

Served in: Co H - 13th AL Infantry Regiment

Flag Captured on Sept 17th, 1862 at the
Battle of Sharpsburg (Antietam) by Pvt
John P Murphy (Yankee), of Co K 5th
Ohio Inf. he received the Congressional
Medal of Honor.

Flag Captured July 3, 1863 Battle of Cemetery
Ridge, (Pickett's Charge), 3 flag bearers were
shot down with this flag, a union soldier stabbed
by its spear, finally taken at the Works, on the Ridge

     The 13th Alabama Infantry Regiment was organized at Montgomery, 19 July 1861, with men from Butler, Coosa, Elmore, Macon, Montgomery, Randolph, Talladega, Tallapoosa, and Wilcox counties. It at once proceeded to Virginia. Ordered to Yorktown, it was there brigaded under Gen'l Gabriel J. Rains. It lay at that place until the army fell back on Richmond the following spring. At Seven Pines, the regiment was engaged warmly and suffered 7 k and 45 w. Held in reserve during the battles in front of Richmond, it was nevertheless subjected there to a destructive fire from which it suffered severely (101 k and w). As part of Gen'; James J. Archer's Brigade, under Gen'l Alfred H. Colquitt of Georgia, the regiment took part in the first Maryland campaign, losing lightly at Boonsboro and then heavily at Sharpsburg. The winter was passed on the Rappahannock, and its monotony was relieved by the repulse of the Union Gen'l Ambrose Burnside at Fredericksburg, of which the 13th was a witness; and where it suffered lightly. Col. B. D. Fry led the brigade in the assault on Union Gen'l Joseph Hooker at Chancellorsville, and there the 13th lost 140 of the 460 men with which it went into the battle. It was in the Pennsylvania campaign, and at Gettysburg, the regiment suffered over 50% casualties of the 308 engaged. Retiring to Virginia, the 13th passed the winter of 1863-1864 mostly in camp. At The Wilderness, the regiment actively participated, and their loss was comparatively heavy. It took part in the subsequent operations around Petersburg, being now in the brigade of Gen'l John C. C. Sanders of Greene (8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, and 14th Alabama regiments) -- subsequently commanded by Gen'l W. H. Forney of Calhoun. Under Col. James Aiken, the remnant of 6 officers and 85 men surrendered at Appomattox. Of the 1245 men on the rolls, about 150 were killed in battle, or died of wounds; 275 died of disease; 64 were transferred; and 202 were discharged.

Field and staff officers: Cols. Birkett D. Fry (Tallapoosa; wounded, Seven Pines, Sharpsburg, Gettysburg; captured, Gettysburg; promoted); James Aiken (Randolph); Lt. Cols. Julius C. B. Mitchell (Montgomery; resigned); Reginald H. Dawson (Wilcox; resigned); William H. Betts (Macon; resigned); James Aiken (wounded, Chancellorsville, Bristow Station; promoted); Majors Samuel B. Marks (Montgomery; resigned); William H. Betts (promoted); James Aiken (promoted); John T. Smith (Randolph; KIA, Chancellorsville); and Adjutants James D. Clark (Wilcox; transferred to line); John Rentz (Wilcox; KIA, Sharpsburg); T. W. S. Hendon (Randolph; wounded, Chancellorsville; retired); L. P. Broughton (Butler; KIA, The Wilderness)

ALABAMA ARCHIVE RECORDS (ADAH)

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Civil War Service of

Alabama Confederate Soldier

Lawson Fowler Jr - CSA
(Son of Lawson & Mary [Coxey] Fowler)
Born: 1818 SC Died: 6 Apr 1863

Civil War Service Records
Died in the Battle at Fredericksburg VA April 6th 1863

Served in: Co K - 8th AL Infantry Regiment
 

Flag of the 8th Alabama Infantry Regiment

Captured Battle of Willis' Church (Frayser's Farm)
by Isaac Springer, Co K, 4rh Regt PA Vol. Corps

Recorded on the Roster of the 8th AL Regiment:

Anderson, J. M.         Co. D         Private
Baggett, John            Co. C         Private
Foster, J. A.                 Co. D         Private    
Foster, R. M.               Co. A         Private
Foster, Samuel N.     Co. D         Private
Foster, William M.    Co. G         Private
Gay, Thomas B.          Co. E         Private
Fowler, G. W.              Co. K         Private
Fowler, Lawson         Co. K         Private
Fowler, O. C.               Co. K         Private

     The 8th Alabama Infantry Regiment was the first Alabama command that enlisted "for the war." It was organized by the War Department at Richmond on 10 June 1861, with men recruited from Butler, Coosa, Dallas, Mobile, and Perry counties. The regiment lay at Yorktown, Virginia, for the first eleven months of its service, and a detachment of it was engaged in a skirmish near Wynn's Mill. Placed in Gen'l Roger Pryor's Brigade, the regiment fell back with the army until it was overtaken at Williamsburg and lost about 100 men. At Seven Pines, it was again under fire, losing 32 k, 80 w, and 32 missing. Now in the brigade of Gen'l Cadmus Wilcox, with the 9th, 10th, 11th, and 14th Alabama Regiments, the 8th was under fire at Mechanicsville and took part in the desperate assault of Gen'l James Longstreet's Division on the enemy position at Gaines' Mill. Losses in that assault were high, 47% of the 350 men engaged. Three days later, the regiment was in the line of assault at Frazier's Farm where it met Union Gen'l Thomas Meagher's Irish Brigade. Of the 180 effectives there, only 90 were at regimental muster the next morning. Its ranks soon began to fill and the 8th Alabama marched with the Army of Northern Virginia towards the Potomac River. At the Second Battle of Manassas, it was under a destructive fire and lost about 60 men as it was held in reserve. The regiment took part in the capture of Harper's Ferry, then it crossed the Potomac River and fought obstinately at Sharpsburg, losing 67 k and w. It wintered on the Rappahannock, losing only slightly at Fredericksburg. At Salem Church, Wilcox' Brigade bore the brunt of the Federal assault, driving the enemy back in confusion and capturing 1500 prisoners (with losses of 58 k and w). It was in the exultant army that Gen'l Robert E. Lee led into Maryland for the second time, and at Gettysburg, 260 casualties were lost out of 420 engaged. With the army, the 8th recrossed the Potomac and wintered in the vicinity of Orange Court House. The regiment was again hotly engaged at The Wilderness, losing heavily there and at Spotsylvania. It was under fire nearly every day as the Federal army pressed up to Richmond, and its loss was severe at 2nd Cold Harbor. At Petersburg, the 8th again suffered. It fought the Union cavalry raid against the Weldon Railroad, and it participated in the capture of the "Crater." At Deep Bottom, the regiment participated with some loss, and it lost heavily in the attempt to dislodge the enemy from their position on the Weldon Railroad. The regiment assisted at the repulse of the the enemy on the Plank Road below Petersburg, and they fought as the army retreated up the James River. At Appomattox, the remnant denied the first rumors of surrender and indignantly tore their battle-flag into shreds to retain as mementos. Of 1377 men on its roll, the 8th lost 300 killed or mortally wounded, over 170 died of disease, and 236 were discharged or transferred; 16 officers and 153 men surrendered.

Field and staff officers: Cols. John Anthony Winston (Sumter; resigned, 10 June 1862); Young Lea Royston (Perry; wounded, Frazier's Farm, Salem Church; retired, 2 Nov 1864); Hillary Abner Herbert (Butler); Lt. Cols. John Wesley Frazer (Tennessee; KIA, 20 March 1862); Thomas Evans Irby (Dallas; KIA, Williamsburg, 5 May 1862) Young Lea Royston (promoted); Hillary Abner Herbert (wounded, Sharpsburg, The Wilderness; promoted); John P. Emrich (Mobile; wounded, Petersburg); Majors Thomas Evans Irby (promoted); Young Lea Royston (promoted); Hillary Abner Herbert (wounded, Seven Pines, and captured; promoted); Duke Nall (Perry; mortally wounded, The Wildereness); and Adjutants Thomas Phelan (Perry; transferred to line); Daniel Jones (Dallas; wounded, Fraziers's Farm; transferred and promoted); and Morgan S. Cleveland (Dallas; wounded, Petersburg)

Captains and counties from which the companies came:

• Co. "A", Alabama Rangers (Perry): Young Lea Royston (promoted); Thomas Phelan (KIA, Gaines' Mill); Thomas Heard (wounded, The Wilderness)
   

• Co. "B", Governor's Guards (Coosa): Thomas W. W. Davies (promoted to major, 28th AL Regt, 20 March 62); G. W. Hannon (KIA, Gaines' Mill); M. G. McWilliams (died in service, 10 Jan 64); George T. L. Robison (wounded, Petersburg)
   

• Co. "C", Alex Stephens' Guards (Mobile): Charles Thomas Ketchum (resigned, 8 Nov 61); Leonard F. Summers (KIA, Seven Pines); W. Benjamin Briggs (resigned, 15 Oct 62); H. C. Lea; Henry McHugh (KIA, The Crater)
   

• Co. "D", Independent Blues (Dallas): James Kent (resigned, 1 Nov 61); Robert A. McCrary (KIA, Salem Church); William R. Knox (wounded, Petersburg)
   

• Co. "E", Hamp Smith Rifles (Mobile): William Thomas Smith (resigned, 20 Dec 61); Crawford E. Blackwood (wounded, Frazier's Farm; resigned, 30 Sept 62); A. H. Ravesies (wounded, Sharpsburg; retired, 19 Oct 64)
   

• Co. "F" (Butler): Hillary Abner Herbert (promoted, 5 May 62); Lewis A. Livingston (wounded, Gettysburg, and died as a POW); Ira W. Stott (retired, 19 Oct 64); George Hatch
   

• Co. "G" (Mobile): John P. Emrich (promoted, 16 June 62); Anthony Kohler (wounded, Gettysburg, and captured)
   

• Co. "H", Mobile Independent Scouts (Mobile): William F. Cleveland (resigned, 24 Oct 62); William W. Mordecai (wounded, Petersburg)
   

• Co. "I", Emerald Guards (Mobile): Patrick C. Loughry (KIA, Seven Pines); C. P. B. Branegan (KIA, Gettysburg); John McGrath (wounded, The Wilderness, Spotsylvania; retired, 27 Dec 64)
   

• Co. "K", Southern Guards (Perry): Duke Nall (wounded, Sharpsburg; promoted, 2 Nov 64); William Long Fagan

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Information below provided by:
Robert Fowler, descendant

Regimental History
THE EIGHTH ALABAMA INFANTRY.

The Eighth Alabama infantry regiment deserves special mention.
It was the first Confederate regiment to be enlisted for the
war.

Its first service was at Yorktown. It fought in the battle of
Williamsburg, May 5th, and at Fair Oaks, May 31 and June 1,
1862, in both of which engagements it took an important part
and its losses were very severe.

It was then transferred to the brigade of Gen. Cadmus M. Wilcox
and was greatly distinguished at Mechanicsville, June 26th.
Two days later it was prominent in the assault upon the enemy
at Gaines' Mill and on June 30th was again in the midst of the
conflict at Frayser's Farm.

It was present, though not severely engaged, at Manassas and
Harper's Ferry, and was in the thickest of the fight at
Antietam, September 17th. It fought with its usual bravery at
Gettysburg, July 2, 1863; the Wilderness, May 5, 6, and 7,
1864; Spottsylvania, May 8th to 18th; Salem Church, Cold
Harbor, June 1 to 12, 1864.

It formed a portion of the troops engaged at the Weldon
railroad, June 22 and 23, 1864; was distinguished at the
capture of the Crater, July 30th, and was also warmly engaged
in the battle on the plank road below Petersburg.

Upon its organization, its colonel was John A.Winston, who was
succeeded by Young L. Royston, and he by Hilary A. Herbert, who
commanded in many hard-fought battles, being severely wounded
at Sharpsburg and the Wilderness. Colonel Herbert has since
achieved eminence at the bar of Alabama and in legislative
halls, having served 16 years in the Congress of the United
States, and as secretary of the navy under Cleveland's second
administration.

Other field officers were Lieutenant-Colonel Frazier, Thomas E.
Irby, killed at the Wilderness, John P. Emrich, wounded at
Petersburg and at Gaines' Mill, and Duke Nall, who was mortally
wounded at the Wilderness.

Capts. L. F. Summers and P. Loughry, and Lieut. Joshua Kennedy
were killed at Seven Pines; Capt. Thomas Phelan, Lieuts. C. M.
Maynard, Lane, Augustus Jansen, at Gaines' Mill and Frayser's
Farm, and Capt. R. A. McCrary at Chancellorsville. Lieut. John
D. McLaughlin died of wounds received in the battles before
Richmond.

Source: Confederate Military History, Vol VIII pp. 79-80


THE EIGHTH ALABAMA REGIMENT
A MEMORY SKETCH BY
CAPT. T. C. MONROE, MAGNOLIA, ARK.

I was sergeant in Company K, 8th Alabama Regiment, and later
first lieutenant, and then captain commanding the consolidated
Companies C and H of the regiment.

About the 8th of June, 1862, ten companies were hurried from
Richmond, Va., to Yorktown to participate in the battle of Big
Bethel on the Peninsula, going by railroad to West Point,
thence to Yorktown by schooner. Arriving on the morning of the
10th of June (the day of the battle at Big Bethel), we were
hurried forward without organization. On our way we met the
troops returning from Bethel who had fought and won the day.
The principal participant was the grand old 1st North Carolina
Regiment commanded by the heroic D. H. Hill.

Returning to Yorktown, we established camp on the bend down the
York River at a sawmill near the famous Cornwallis Cave. Ex-
Gov. John A. Winston, in command of the regiment, was the only
regimental officer present. Later Maj. Tom Irby, of Dallas
County, arrived, and still later Lieutenant Colonel Frazer, a
West Point graduate, arrived, thus completing the regimental
officers, except Lieut. Tom Phelan, of Montgomery, who had been
appointed adjutant of the regiment, but had not yet arrived;
and, it being necessary to perfect the organization at as early
a day as possible, the writer was detached and served as
adjutant, my father having been a close personal friend of
Colonel Winston.

My first duty was to secure muster rolls of each of the ten
companies of the regiment, and the companies were formed in the
following manner as to dates of the commissions of the captains
of each company -- to wit:

Company A, Capt. (later Col.) Y. L. Royster Perry County.
Company F. Capt. (later Col.) Hilary A. Herbert, Butler County.
Company D, Captain Kent (later resigned), Dallas County.
Company I, Captain , later Captain Branagan, killed in the
battle of Mobile.
Company C, Captain Ketchum (resigned), Mobile.
Company H. Captain Cleveland (resigned), Mobile.
Company E, Capt. Daviss (later resigned), Macon County.
Company K, Captain (later Lieutenant Colonel).
Company K, Capt. (later Lieut. Col.) Duke Nall, died of wounds,
Perry County.
Company G. Capt. (Lieut. Col.) John P. Emerich, survived.
Company B. Captain , later Robinson, Pike County.

Each of these companies had more than one hundred men, rank and
file, thus making as fine a body of young men as could be
mustered from their respective counties. This regiment
participated in all the general battles from Seven Pines to
Appomattox, surrendering with less than two hundred men, and
had received quite a number of recruits during the four years'
service.

Lieut. Tom Kirby was killed May 5, 1862, at Williamsburg;
Colonel Winston resigned June 1, 1862; Captain Phelan, from
adjutant to captain Company A, was killed in the Seven Days'
Battle, 1862; Col. Y. L. Royster was severely wounded at
Chancellorsville in 1863 and retired; Col. H. A. Herbert, who
was Secretary of the United States Navy under Cleveland, was
badly wounded at Gettysburg and retired; Col. Duke Nall was
fatally wounded in the battle of the Wilderness; Col. John P.
Emerich (a gallant Prussian) survived the war, and died later
at his home in Mobile; Colonel Frazer was promoted to brigadier
and later to major general, and was assigned a command with the
army of General Bragg.

The 8th Alabama Regiment was a part of Wilcox's Brigade,
composed of the 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, and 14th Alabama
Regiments, commanded by the gallant Gen. C. M. Wilcox until the
battle of Gettysburg, when he was promoted to major general and
placed in command of Pender's Division, Pender having been
killed on the first day of that famous battle.

Our brigade was in the division of Maj. Gen. Richard H.
Anderson until the battle of the Wilderness, May 5, 1864, when
General Longstreet was wounded and General Anderson was
assigned to the command of Longstreet's Corps; then General
Mahone was assigned to the command of our (Anderson's)
division, which was composed of the following brigades:
Wilcox's Alabama Brigade, Wright's Georgia Brigade, Mahone's
Virginia Brigade, Posey's Mississippi Brigade, and Finegan's
Florida Brigade.

Our corps, commanded by the gallant and heroic Gen. A. P. Hill,
was composed of Mahone's Division, Heth's Division, and
Pender's (later Wilcox's) Division.

Source: Confederate Veteran vol XVIII p.226


Battles Fought
Fought on 5 May 1862 at Williamsburg, VA.
Fought on 26 Jun 1862 at Mechanicsville, VA.
Fought on 2 Jul 1863 at Gettysburg, PA.
Fought on 3 Jul 1863 at Gettysburg, PA.
Fought on 4 Jul 1863 at Gettysburg, PA.
Fought on 23 Jun 1864 at Petersburg, VA.
Fought on 30 Jul 1864 at Petersburg, VA.
Fought on 16 Aug 1864 at Petersburg, VA.
Fought on 27 Aug 1864 at Petersburg, VA.
Fought on 27 Oct 1864 at Petersburg, VA.
 

Civil War Service of

Alabama Confederate Soldier

Oliver Curtis Fowler - CSA
(Son of Lawson & Mahala [Gentry] Fowler Jr)
Born: 1838 Perry Co AL Died: 9 Mar 1894 Leader Indian Territory OK

Civil War Service Records

Captured during retreat from battle of Gettysburg,
near Williamsport, MD, June 7th, 1863. Sent to
Fort Delaware Prison, Delaware.

Exchanged : 18 Feb 1865 
Paroled at Selma AL June 1865
Source: Page 309 - Alabama Historical Quarterly
 

Served in: Co K - 8th AL Infantry Regiment

Flag of the 8th Alabama Infantry Regiment

Captured Battle of Willis' Church (Frayser's Farm)
by Isaac Springer, Co K, 4rh Regt PA Vol. Corps

Recorded on the Roster of the 8th AL Regiment:

Anderson, J. M.         Co. D         Private
Baggett, John            Co. C         Private
Foster, J. A.                 Co. D         Private    
Foster, R. M.               Co. A         Private
Foster, Samuel N.     Co. D         Private
Foster, William M.    Co. G         Private
Gay, Thomas B.          Co. E         Private
Fowler, G. W.              Co. K         Private
Fowler, Lawson         Co. K         Private
Fowler, O. C.               Co. K         Private

     The 8th Alabama Infantry Regiment was the first Alabama command that enlisted "for the war." It was organized by the War Department at Richmond on 10 June 1861, with men recruited from Butler, Coosa, Dallas, Mobile, and Perry counties. The regiment lay at Yorktown, Virginia, for the first eleven months of its service, and a detachment of it was engaged in a skirmish near Wynn's Mill. Placed in Gen'l Roger Pryor's Brigade, the regiment fell back with the army until it was overtaken at Williamsburg and lost about 100 men. At Seven Pines, it was again under fire, losing 32 k, 80 w, and 32 missing. Now in the brigade of Gen'l Cadmus Wilcox, with the 9th, 10th, 11th, and 14th Alabama Regiments, the 8th was under fire at Mechanicsville and took part in the desperate assault of Gen'l James Longstreet's Division on the enemy position at Gaines' Mill. Losses in that assault were high, 47% of the 350 men engaged. Three days later, the regiment was in the line of assault at Frazier's Farm where it met Union Gen'l Thomas Meagher's Irish Brigade. Of the 180 effectives there, only 90 were at regimental muster the next morning. Its ranks soon began to fill and the 8th Alabama marched with the Army of Northern Virginia towards the Potomac River. At the Second Battle of Manassas, it was under a destructive fire and lost about 60 men as it was held in reserve. The regiment took part in the capture of Harper's Ferry, then it crossed the Potomac River and fought obstinately at Sharpsburg, losing 67 k and w. It wintered on the Rappahannock, losing only slightly at Fredericksburg. At Salem Church, Wilcox' Brigade bore the brunt of the Federal assault, driving the enemy back in confusion and capturing 1500 prisoners (with losses of 58 k and w). It was in the exultant army that Gen'l Robert E. Lee led into Maryland for the second time, and at Gettysburg, 260 casualties were lost out of 420 engaged. With the army, the 8th recrossed the Potomac and wintered in the vicinity of Orange Court House. The regiment was again hotly engaged at The Wilderness, losing heavily there and at Spotsylvania. It was under fire nearly every day as the Federal army pressed up to Richmond, and its loss was severe at 2nd Cold Harbor. At Petersburg, the 8th again suffered. It fought the Union cavalry raid against the Weldon Railroad, and it participated in the capture of the "Crater." At Deep Bottom, the regiment participated with some loss, and it lost heavily in the attempt to dislodge the enemy from their position on the Weldon Railroad. The regiment assisted at the repulse of the the enemy on the Plank Road below Petersburg, and they fought as the army retreated up the James River. At Appomattox, the remnant denied the first rumors of surrender and indignantly tore their battle-flag into shreds to retain as mementos. Of 1377 men on its roll, the 8th lost 300 killed or mortally wounded, over 170 died of disease, and 236 were discharged or transferred; 16 officers and 153 men surrendered.

Field and staff officers: Cols. John Anthony Winston (Sumter; resigned, 10 June 1862); Young Lea Royston (Perry; wounded, Frazier's Farm, Salem Church; retired, 2 Nov 1864); Hillary Abner Herbert (Butler); Lt. Cols. John Wesley Frazer (Tennessee; KIA, 20 March 1862); Thomas Evans Irby (Dallas; KIA, Williamsburg, 5 May 1862) Young Lea Royston (promoted); Hillary Abner Herbert (wounded, Sharpsburg, The Wilderness; promoted); John P. Emrich (Mobile; wounded, Petersburg); Majors Thomas Evans Irby (promoted); Young Lea Royston (promoted); Hillary Abner Herbert (wounded, Seven Pines, and captured; promoted); Duke Nall (Perry; mortally wounded, The Wildereness); and Adjutants Thomas Phelan (Perry; transferred to line); Daniel Jones (Dallas; wounded, Fraziers's Farm; transferred and promoted); and Morgan S. Cleveland (Dallas; wounded, Petersburg)

Captains and counties from which the companies came:

• Co. "A", Alabama Rangers (Perry): Young Lea Royston (promoted); Thomas Phelan (KIA, Gaines' Mill); Thomas Heard (wounded, The Wilderness)
   

• Co. "B", Governor's Guards (Coosa): Thomas W. W. Davies (promoted to major, 28th AL Regt, 20 March 62); G. W. Hannon (KIA, Gaines' Mill); M. G. McWilliams (died in service, 10 Jan 64); George T. L. Robison (wounded, Petersburg)
   

• Co. "C", Alex Stephens' Guards (Mobile): Charles Thomas Ketchum (resigned, 8 Nov 61); Leonard F. Summers (KIA, Seven Pines); W. Benjamin Briggs (resigned, 15 Oct 62); H. C. Lea; Henry McHugh (KIA, The Crater)
   

• Co. "D", Independent Blues (Dallas): James Kent (resigned, 1 Nov 61); Robert A. McCrary (KIA, Salem Church); William R. Knox (wounded, Petersburg)
   

• Co. "E", Hamp Smith Rifles (Mobile): William Thomas Smith (resigned, 20 Dec 61); Crawford E. Blackwood (wounded, Frazier's Farm; resigned, 30 Sept 62); A. H. Ravesies (wounded, Sharpsburg; retired, 19 Oct 64)
   

• Co. "F" (Butler): Hillary Abner Herbert (promoted, 5 May 62); Lewis A. Livingston (wounded, Gettysburg, and died as a POW); Ira W. Stott (retired, 19 Oct 64); George Hatch
   

• Co. "G" (Mobile): John P. Emrich (promoted, 16 June 62); Anthony Kohler (wounded, Gettysburg, and captured)
   

• Co. "H", Mobile Independent Scouts (Mobile): William F. Cleveland (resigned, 24 Oct 62); William W. Mordecai (wounded, Petersburg)
   

• Co. "I", Emerald Guards (Mobile): Patrick C. Loughry (KIA, Seven Pines); C. P. B. Branegan (KIA, Gettysburg); John McGrath (wounded, The Wilderness, Spotsylvania; retired, 27 Dec 64)
   

• Co. "K", Southern Guards (Perry): Duke Nall (wounded, Sharpsburg; promoted, 2 Nov 64); William Long Fagan

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Information below provided by:
Robert Fowler, descendant

Regimental History
THE EIGHTH ALABAMA INFANTRY.

The Eighth Alabama infantry regiment deserves special mention.
It was the first Confederate regiment to be enlisted for the
war.

Its first service was at Yorktown. It fought in the battle of
Williamsburg, May 5th, and at Fair Oaks, May 31 and June 1,
1862, in both of which engagements it took an important part
and its losses were very severe.

It was then transferred to the brigade of Gen. Cadmus M. Wilcox
and was greatly distinguished at Mechanicsville, June 26th.
Two days later it was prominent in the assault upon the enemy
at Gaines' Mill and on June 30th was again in the midst of the
conflict at Frayser's Farm.

It was present, though not severely engaged, at Manassas and
Harper's Ferry, and was in the thickest of the fight at
Antietam, September 17th. It fought with its usual bravery at
Gettysburg, July 2, 1863; the Wilderness, May 5, 6, and 7,
1864; Spottsylvania, May 8th to 18th; Salem Church, Cold
Harbor, June 1 to 12, 1864.

It formed a portion of the troops engaged at the Weldon
railroad, June 22 and 23, 1864; was distinguished at the
capture of the Crater, July 30th, and was also warmly engaged
in the battle on the plank road below Petersburg.

Upon its organization, its colonel was John A.Winston, who was
succeeded by Young L. Royston, and he by Hilary A. Herbert, who
commanded in many hard-fought battles, being severely wounded
at Sharpsburg and the Wilderness. Colonel Herbert has since
achieved eminence at the bar of Alabama and in legislative
halls, having served 16 years in the Congress of the United
States, and as secretary of the navy under Cleveland's second
administration.

Other field officers were Lieutenant-Colonel Frazier, Thomas E.
Irby, killed at the Wilderness, John P. Emrich, wounded at
Petersburg and at Gaines' Mill, and Duke Nall, who was mortally
wounded at the Wilderness.

Capts. L. F. Summers and P. Loughry, and Lieut. Joshua Kennedy
were killed at Seven Pines; Capt. Thomas Phelan, Lieuts. C. M.
Maynard, Lane, Augustus Jansen, at Gaines' Mill and Frayser's
Farm, and Capt. R. A. McCrary at Chancellorsville. Lieut. John
D. McLaughlin died of wounds received in the battles before
Richmond.

Source: Confederate Military History, Vol VIII pp. 79-80


THE EIGHTH ALABAMA REGIMENT
A MEMORY SKETCH BY
CAPT. T. C. MONROE, MAGNOLIA, ARK.

I was sergeant in Company K, 8th Alabama Regiment, and later
first lieutenant, and then captain commanding the consolidated
Companies C and H of the regiment.

About the 8th of June, 1862, ten companies were hurried from
Richmond, Va., to Yorktown to participate in the battle of Big
Bethel on the Peninsula, going by railroad to West Point,
thence to Yorktown by schooner. Arriving on the morning of the
10th of June (the day of the battle at Big Bethel), we were
hurried forward without organization. On our way we met the
troops returning from Bethel who had fought and won the day.
The principal participant was the grand old 1st North Carolina
Regiment commanded by the heroic D. H. Hill.

Returning to Yorktown, we established camp on the bend down the
York River at a sawmill near the famous Cornwallis Cave. Ex-
Gov. John A. Winston, in command of the regiment, was the only
regimental officer present. Later Maj. Tom Irby, of Dallas
County, arrived, and still later Lieutenant Colonel Frazer, a
West Point graduate, arrived, thus completing the regimental
officers, except Lieut. Tom Phelan, of Montgomery, who had been
appointed adjutant of the regiment, but had not yet arrived;
and, it being necessary to perfect the organization at as early
a day as possible, the writer was detached and served as
adjutant, my father having been a close personal friend of
Colonel Winston.

My first duty was to secure muster rolls of each of the ten
companies of the regiment, and the companies were formed in the
following manner as to dates of the commissions of the captains
of each company -- to wit:

Company A, Capt. (later Col.) Y. L. Royster Perry County.
Company F. Capt. (later Col.) Hilary A. Herbert, Butler County.
Company D, Captain Kent (later resigned), Dallas County.
Company I, Captain , later Captain Branagan, killed in the
battle of Mobile.
Company C, Captain Ketchum (resigned), Mobile.
Company H. Captain Cleveland (resigned), Mobile.
Company E, Capt. Daviss (later resigned), Macon County.
Company K, Captain (later Lieutenant Colonel).
Company K, Capt. (later Lieut. Col.) Duke Nall, died of wounds,
Perry County.
Company G. Capt. (Lieut. Col.) John P. Emerich, survived.
Company B. Captain , later Robinson, Pike County.

Each of these companies had more than one hundred men, rank and
file, thus making as fine a body of young men as could be
mustered from their respective counties. This regiment
participated in all the general battles from Seven Pines to
Appomattox, surrendering with less than two hundred men, and
had received quite a number of recruits during the four years'
service.

Lieut. Tom Kirby was killed May 5, 1862, at Williamsburg;
Colonel Winston resigned June 1, 1862; Captain Phelan, from
adjutant to captain Company A, was killed in the Seven Days'
Battle, 1862; Col. Y. L. Royster was severely wounded at
Chancellorsville in 1863 and retired; Col. H. A. Herbert, who
was Secretary of the United States Navy under Cleveland, was
badly wounded at Gettysburg and retired; Col. Duke Nall was
fatally wounded in the battle of the Wilderness; Col. John P.
Emerich (a gallant Prussian) survived the war, and died later
at his home in Mobile; Colonel Frazer was promoted to brigadier
and later to major general, and was assigned a command with the
army of General Bragg.

The 8th Alabama Regiment was a part of Wilcox's Brigade,
composed of the 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, and 14th Alabama
Regiments, commanded by the gallant Gen. C. M. Wilcox until the
battle of Gettysburg, when he was promoted to major general and
placed in command of Pender's Division, Pender having been
killed on the first day of that famous battle.

Our brigade was in the division of Maj. Gen. Richard H.
Anderson until the battle of the Wilderness, May 5, 1864, when
General Longstreet was wounded and General Anderson was
assigned to the command of Longstreet's Corps; then General
Mahone was assigned to the command of our (Anderson's)
division, which was composed of the following brigades:
Wilcox's Alabama Brigade, Wright's Georgia Brigade, Mahone's
Virginia Brigade, Posey's Mississippi Brigade, and Finegan's
Florida Brigade.

Our corps, commanded by the gallant and heroic Gen. A. P. Hill,
was composed of Mahone's Division, Heth's Division, and
Pender's (later Wilcox's) Division.

Source: Confederate Veteran vol XVIII p.226


Battles Fought
Fought on 5 May 1862 at Williamsburg, VA.
Fought on 26 Jun 1862 at Mechanicsville, VA.
Fought on 2 Jul 1863 at Gettysburg, PA.
Fought on 3 Jul 1863 at Gettysburg, PA.
Fought on 4 Jul 1863 at Gettysburg, PA.
Fought on 23 Jun 1864 at Petersburg, VA.
Fought on 30 Jul 1864 at Petersburg, VA.
Fought on 16 Aug 1864 at Petersburg, VA.
Fought on 27 Aug 1864 at Petersburg, VA.
Fought on 27 Oct 1864 at Petersburg, VA.