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/739.1 Message Board Post: This was the "Magnolia Guards" of Morgan County, Ala. It organized at Decatur Ala. on July 8, 1861 under Capt. Bristor Brown Gayle and immediately left for Richmond Va. I have access to both the Alabama pension applications as well as Alabama Confederate service records. Please contact me at pittsaj14@hotmail.com if you need copies from either set of files.