I received the following information from my 96-years-young cousin about the Civil War service of her grandfather who would also have been my 2nd-great-grandfather. I would like to know further information about the regiments mentioned. Edward Caleb Jones (known as E. C. Jones) "enlisted September 10, 1861 at Mobile under R. S. Yancy in J. H. Marshal's Dragoons...which later became part of the 15th Confederate Cavalry. He served in Company 13 of Murphy's Battalion, Alabama Cavalry." Anyone familiar with these groups? Kym ** David & Kym Pitman County Coordinators for Athens Co., Ohio at http://www.newspaperabstracts.com

Alan, You are a treasure of info on the "War Against Northern Aggression"as I have heard it called. My compliments,Sir. I remain, Your obedient servant, Will pittsaj14@hotmail.com wrote: This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/xhC.2ACE/749.1 Message Board Post: This company was called the "Saint Clair Greys". Officers and men enlisted at Ashville, Ala., March 1, 1862, for twelve months in Confederate service. As Levi Lloyd���s Company ���G��� of the 9th Alabama Infantry Battalion, they joined with Company ���A��� to form Company ���L��� of the 18th Alabama Infantry Regiment from April 28, 1862, until March 2, 1863. The 18th Alabama was on duty at Mobile from late July 1862 until April of 1863. The 9th Alabama Infantry Battalion, AKA Blount's 5th Battalion, has a unique history among other Alabama Confederate units. As far as I know, it's the only Confederate command of battalion/regimental size to be disbanded and then reconstituted. In the interim officers and men were assigned to various companies of the 18th Alabama. If you're looking for a soldier who served in the 58th Alabama/9th Alabama Battalion, he probably has entries with the 18th Alabama as well. If this isn't confusing enough, on Nov. 23, 1863, the 58th Alabama was merged with the 32nd Alabama. This action took place because both regiments were understrength. Co. "G" was combined with Co. "E" of the 58th to form consolidated Co. "G" of the 32nd/58th Alabama. If I ever teach a course in Alabama Confederate units, my final exam may include a bonus essay question about this command. To get full credit, students will have to list all its organizational changes, dates and reasons for them, as well as brigade assignments. I suspect few people will attempt this! To answer your question, about twenty years ago I was asked to research the 58th Alabama from beginning to end. I've lost my copy of this paper but recall most of the particulars. As the 9th Alabama Battalion, this command fought in its first action at Hoover's Gap, Tenn., June 24, 1863. Its last action took place at Spanish Fort, Ala., Apr. 9, 1865, the 32nd/58th Alabama stacking muskets at Meridian, Miss., May 10, 1865. Probably the most harrowing moments for many veterans involved walking down from Lookout Mountain on the night of Nov. 24-25, 1863. Orders to leave the mountain came about midnight, and a total eclipse of the moon left everyone in total darkness. Federal soldiers nearby would shoot at any sound, and a wrong step in the dark might lead off the edge of a cliff. Each man tried to keep a hand on the man in front to prevent that from happening. The best book on the regiment is "Diary of a Confederate soldier: John Washington Inzer, 1834-1928", Huntsville, Ala.: Strode Publishers, c1977. ============================== To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 "...may the rainbow always touch your shoulder" old Ani'-tyu'-wiya blessing --------------------------------- Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Tax Center - online filing with TurboTax

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/xhC.2ACE/749.1 Message Board Post: This company was called the "Saint Clair Greys". Officers and men enlisted at Ashville, Ala., March 1, 1862, for twelve months in Confederate service. As Levi Lloyd’s Company “G” of the 9th Alabama Infantry Battalion, they joined with Company “A” to form Company “L” of the 18th Alabama Infantry Regiment from April 28, 1862, until March 2, 1863. The 18th Alabama was on duty at Mobile from late July 1862 until April of 1863. The 9th Alabama Infantry Battalion, AKA Blount's 5th Battalion, has a unique history among other Alabama Confederate units. As far as I know, it's the only Confederate command of battalion/regimental size to be disbanded and then reconstituted. In the interim officers and men were assigned to various companies of the 18th Alabama. If you're looking for a soldier who served in the 58th Alabama/9th Alabama Battalion, he probably has entries with the 18th Alabama as well. If this isn't confusing enough, on Nov. 23, 1863, the 58th Alabama was merged with the 32nd Alabama. This action took place because both regiments were understrength. Co. "G" was combined with Co. "E" of the 58th to form consolidated Co. "G" of the 32nd/58th Alabama. If I ever teach a course in Alabama Confederate units, my final exam may include a bonus essay question about this command. To get full credit, students will have to list all its organizational changes, dates and reasons for them, as well as brigade assignments. I suspect few people will attempt this! To answer your question, about twenty years ago I was asked to research the 58th Alabama from beginning to end. I've lost my copy of this paper but recall most of the particulars. As the 9th Alabama Battalion, this command fought in its first action at Hoover's Gap, Tenn., June 24, 1863. Its last action took place at Spanish Fort, Ala., Apr. 9, 1865, the 32nd/58th Alabama stacking muskets at Meridian, Miss., May 10, 1865. Probably the most harrowing moments for many veterans involved walking down from Lookout Mountain on the night of Nov. 24-25, 1863. Orders to leave the mountain came about midnight, and a total eclipse of the moon left everyone in total darkness. Federal soldiers nearby would shoot at any sound, and a wrong step in the dark might lead off the edge of a cliff. Each man tried to keep a hand on the man in front to prevent that from happening. The best book on the regiment is "Diary of a Confederate soldier: John Washington Inzer, 1834-1928", Huntsville, Ala.: Strode Publishers, c1977.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/xhC.2ACE/747.1.2.1 Message Board Post: I'll check for Abner Brown in the 46th Alabama and let you know what's available. If I can have the names for your 6th and 31st Alabama soldiers, those can be checked, too. BTW, there's a great website for the 6th Alabama! I don't have ready access to Georgia service records, but if a soldier became a prisoner of war, POW ledgers on which his name appears should be with his NARA compiled service record. Alabama pension applications and Alabama Confederate service records are readily accessible. I also provide a transcript that spells out exactly what the service file tells us. That's important when words used in the records aren't clear or don't make sense. For instance, a hospital entry may say a soldier was admitted for "vulnus sclopeticum". That's a medical term for gunshot wound, also abbreviated v. s. or v/s. In each case, I'd like to have full names and 1860 county residences if possible to be certain we're talking about the right man. I may have to do some research to determine the facts about a soldier, but that's not usually necessary. I can also check other sources, such as obituaries in Confederate Veteran magazine and the Alabama census of Confederate veterans of 1907. The 1907 census helps us because it normally includes an exact birth date and place of birth. If interested please contact me at the email address shown and I'll try to answer your questions. I'll also explain my terms and conditions. Also, whenever possible, I'd like to post replies on this message board so that other readers may benefit.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Tims(Timms), Clements, Cameron, Adams Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/xhC.2ACE/749 Message Board Post: Does anyone know where or have any information on the battles or where this company traveled?

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/xhC.2ACE/747.1.2 Message Board Post: which records can you get? I need som o the46th regiment. abner brown aso in 6th ala infay regiment adnd 31st ala regiment DOYOU KNOW HOW I MIGHT FIND OUT ANYTHING ABOUT GA MEN THAT WERE CAPTURED AND NEVER RETURNED HOME? "CARROLL COUNTY"

Searching for info. on D.H. Jones born 1847, AL. Enumerated in census at Oldtown, Dallas Co., AL.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/xhC.2ACE/139.167.1 Message Board Post: Poor young Adams enrolled at Scottsboro in Feb. 1863 and was sent to join Ward's Battery near Mobile. Like most recruits, he became ill once he arrived in camp. At the end of August 1863 Adams was a patient in the hospital at Point Clear across the bay. He was sent home to recover in October and was recovered by the Yankees instead. They apparently captured him at home in late October and sent him north to POW camp. Of course he wasn't well, and travelling north in crowded box cars in the cold wet weather of November didn't help. He passed through Nashville TN and Louisville KY on his way to Indianapolis. Adams arrived at Camp Morton IN on Nov. 21 or Nov. 25, 1863, and died of typhoid pneumonia on Dec. 2, 1863. He has a grave number at Green Lawn Cemetery. A sad case. Please contact me if you would like a copy of his service record which includes the grave number.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/xhC.2ACE/747.1.1 Message Board Post: This HAS to be him!!! Thank you so very much. We had reached a dead end looking for him, and now we have something to go on. My wife is descended (apparently) from his son William Lewis Phillips, who moved to Parker Co. TX many years later. Thanks again! Howard

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/xhC.2ACE/747.1 Message Board Post: This man appears on roll with the "Moore Rifles", a company from Calhoun County [keep in mind that Etowah didn't exist then]. These men organized May 3, 1862, at Mount Polk, which a search on TopoZone.com shows to be near Jacksonville, Ala. The company marched to camp at Auburn, Ala., joined the 48th Alabama Regiment as Co. "K", and went to Virginia. All three rolls which bear the name J. A. Phillips note that he had been sent to a hospital, apparently very ill, had not been heard from since and was presumed dead. There are six other Phillips men on the rolls of this company, so they made up at least 5% of its membership, not counting relatives with different last names. Christopher C. Phillips was killed at 2nd Manassas along with Capt. Moses Lee. The father of this boy, Abel Phillips, filed a claim for back pay due his son. M. W. Phillips died on July 28, 1863; his widow, Susan Phillips, filed a claim for money due her. The others were George. McD., J. W., L. E. and Thomas S. Phillips. Names of these soldiers should fill out a large branch of your family tree. I did not check Alabama pension applications or the 1907 veterans census. Please contact me if you need copies of service records.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/xhC.2ACE/476.477.3.2 Message Board Post: I have no information on Mack Amason, sorry. mlb

Leander is on file here at Andersonville as being a guard here. His record is very basic but shows... 4345 WELCH L. S. Reserves 1 1st Georgia Reserves A Private Georgia Here are a couple other Welch Guards that might have been related... 4341 WELCH A. H. Reserves 4 4th Georgia Reserves I Private Guard 4342 WELCH G. B. Reserves 3 3rd Georgia Reserves B Private Guard 4343 WELCH ISAAC Reserves 3 3rd Georgia Reserves I Private Guard 4344 WELCH L. D. Reserves 1 1st Georgia Reserves A Private Guard Just thought I would mention it

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/xhC.2ACE/139.167 Message Board Post: Not a problem! This was Ward's Alabama Battery, recruited primarily in and around Huntsville. Sometimes abbreviations for the terms "battery" and "battalion" are confused, esp. in handwriting. I can check the service record if you wish.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/xhC.2ACE/748.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Thanks! L. S. Welch appears on the list of members for Company "A".

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Adams Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/xhC.2ACE/139.166.1 Message Board Post: Yes, Toliver and Frances Stephens Adams are my family. Please e-mail me at Mattie313@aol.com.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Cameron, Adams, Tims, Clements Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/xhC.2ACE/139.166 Message Board Post: Your Adams Family. What state were they from before moving to AL? I have a Nancy Adams born in TN about 1822. She was the daughter of Toliver & Frances Stephens Adams.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: 1st Georgia Reserves (Fannin's) Classification: Military Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/xhC.2ACE/748.1.1 Message Board Post: I have a webpage that covers the soldiers who served in the 1st Georgia Reserves (Fannin's) that might be of some small help. I've not had a lot of time to add more data but am still working on it as time permits. My website can be found here: http://www.geocities.com/csareserve1/index.html Jane

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/xhC.2ACE/748.1 Message Board Post: The reply to your query on the ACW message board last month is correct, but there's more to it. There also may be an answer to why the tombstone doesn't mention a specific unit. More on that in a moment. In his application, L. S. Welch cited service under Capts. J. W. Anderson and W. B. Woods. Capt. John W. Anderson was commander of Co. "C", Olmstead's 1st Georgia Infantry Regiment, resigning in Dec. 1862. Capt. W. B. Wood was the commander of Co. "A", Fannin's 1st Georgia Reserve Regiment. L. S. Welch's pension file includes a six-page letter from Col. James H. Fannin which apparently describes the battle in SC in which he (Welch) was wounded. Welch also says he served in infantry and cavalry, which explains the service record listed under his name in Co. "F", 2nd Georgia State Cavalry. There are a couple of references to the "38th", but I don't know what that might mean. There are no records under L. S. Welch or any other similar sounding last name (Welsh or Wells) in Anderson's company, but that's not unusual. Like many Confederate soldiers, L. S. Welch served in more than one command, and it was difficult to remember all the different designations. That's probably why none are listed on his tombstone. L. S. Welch's pension files (there are two) contain a wealth of family information. L.S. Welch moved to Alabama in 1873 and married near Ware, Ala. on Feb. 18, 1899. Willie Gilmore Welch was born Oct. 29, 1883 and her father's name was R. H. Reid. Her pension application as a widow of a Confederate veteran dated Aug. 11, 1924 lists seven children and their residences. L. S. Welch died on June 8, 1924; Willie G. Welch died Aug. 22, 1956. As you can see, the pension(s) contain more than most people would think to ask. I don't understand why all of your time and travel were unavailing. Someone should have offered to show you the pension applications. It took a little over an hour once I walked into the library to collect what you've read above. Please let me know if I can do anything else. I've done a little research on the 1st Georgia Reserves but don't have access to Georgia service records. My email address is pittsaj14@hotmail.com. Alan "Many are the plans in the mind of a man, but it is the purpose of the LORD that will be established." Prov. 19:21.

In a message dated 4/7/2002 11:04:58 PM Central Daylight Time, sarawseward@aol.com writes: > to join the Sons of the Confederacy. Sir: That's 'Sons of Confederate Veterans' (SCV) headquartered at Elm Springs in Columbia, TN. Regards, Glenn Jones Brig. Gen. Stand Watie SCV Camp 1303 Oklahoma

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/xhC.2ACE/748 Message Board Post: I am searching for info. on my greatgrandfather Sgt. L.S. Welch he is buried at Cokes Chapel Cemt. in Ward AL. Sumter co. he has a confed. grave marker but it does not list regmt. or any vital inf I can go by I know my greatgrandmother Wille G. Welch recieved a confed. widows pension inSumter co. AL. it is listed in the local pensions book but no other records can be found. I know my granddad lived in Newnan Ga.County of Cowetta at the time he was 16yrs. of age I have checked Ga. and Al. and Virg.archives dept."s but have came up empty handed. can anyone please help me my oldest son would like to join the Sons of the Confederacy. again his name was LeAnder Southerland Welch onhis headstone it reads Sgt. L.S. Welch. He was the son of James Welch and Ellen Gailbreath Welch of Newnan Ga. county of Cowetta.