Capt. H. B. Irwin organized a company in Lawrence County at Moulton, Alabama, on December 5, 1861. It became Company "C" of Foster's Alabama Infantry Regiment, which was hurried to Fort Donelson. Officers and men went to prison camps when the garrison surrendered on Feb. 16, 1862. Survivors were later exchanged at Vicksburg, Mississippi, Sept. 20, 1862. This regiment became the 27th Alabama Infantry Regiment: no Wiley Jones on record here. Hundreds of men in Alabama companies have a first name starting with the letter "W" and a last name of Jones. To have any hope of finding the correct military record, you really need to know where this man lived in 1860. The Lawrence County census for 1860 is incomplete, so names of residents do not always appear on the register. The W. S. or W. J. Jones that you mentioned is not a likely candidate. That man belonged to the 7th Alabama Cavalry, which was composed of men from the central part of Alabama. Doug Anderson has been collecting materials about the 35th Alabama Regiment for some time. I'd suggest you contact him about your ancestor, G. W. Jones. Doug and I are contributors to the Alabama in the Civil War Message Board, which is oriented towards questions like yours. Doug answered someone who asked about an ancestor in Company "G" recently: http://history-sites.com/cgi-bin/boards/alcwmb/index.cgi?read=9083 The link includes Doug's email address. My ancestor Benjamin Franklin Camper was a member of Company "D", 35th Alabama. Records of this regiment, which organized at LaGrange Military Academy during March 1862, are scarce indeed. Perhaps you have seen A. T. Goodloe's "Confederate Echoes" http://www.civilwarancestor.com/STORE/files/Ebook0041.htm Goodloe was a lieutenant in my ancestor's company and taught Bible classes in the regiment during the Atlanta Campaign. Goodloe lists my ancestor in Bible class No. 1 and Doug's in Bible class No. 2. It's a great book. There are at least two publications on the 27th Alabama if you wish to check those. Alan -----Original Message----- From: jonesjj109@aol.com [mailto:jonesjj109@aol.com] Sent: Tuesday, February 18, 2003 4:31 PM To: AL-CIVIL-WAR-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [AL-Civil-War] Wiley Jones, Capt. Irwins Regt. Oakville,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/814 Message Board Post: Looking for Wiley Jones in civil war, I believe he as killed during the war.He joined Irwins unorganized Regt. in Oakville, Al,1861.. Did Irwins unorganized Regt. become part of 7th Al. I find a W.S. Jones, 7th Al. Co. C, died in Elmira, NY., prison in March 10,1865. Could this be Wiley? Since I'm new at this how do I check the men who died in prisons? This Jones is buried in Plot 1833-Woodlawn National Cemtery. I believe he is Brother to my husband's G-grandfather, George Washington Jones , 35th Al. who I am also researching.Trying to find parents names. Thank you,W.Jones ============================== 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