Does anyone know where to purchase the Confederate Veteran books. Have they been reprinted. Also does anyone know if they are at the archives in Montgomery? My library has them. But I don't have the time to do the library thing right now. It is just easeier from home. Margie ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim and Terri Tait" <jtait@hiwaay.net> To: <ALBARBOU-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, August 24, 2000 11:06 AM Subject: [ALBARBOU] Camp Lomax obits > Obits of members of Camp Lomax. in Montgmery, AL. > > There is at least one in here with Barbour connections - THORNTON, Dozier > > > Source: Confederate Veteran, Vol XXVIII, March 1920, No 3., page 108 > > Camp Lomax, Montgomery, Ala. > > The committee appointed by Camp Lomax to make suitable mention of the > many comrades who have departed this life during the past year made the > following report: > > "Comrade P.A. Copley was born in Durham, N. C., August 19, 1843. He > enlisted as a member of Company C, 6th North Carolina Infantry. He was a > good soldier, always ready for duty. He was in several battles and was > wounded. About the year 1870 he moved to Montgomery, Ala., and made a good > and faithful citizen, beloved by all who knew him. He died February 20, > 1919. > > "Comrade C. E.Owen was born in Tuscaloosa, Ala., on the 17th of June, > 1838. He went to war as a member of the Warrior Guards and did faithful > service. He was a gallant soldier and a Christian gentleman. After the war > he removed to Montgomery, Ala., where he became well known .and made many > friends. He died May 3, 1919. > > "Comrade G. W. McCutchin was a member of the 31st Alabama Infantry, > Company I. He was born at Pine Level, Ala., but in his early life the family > moved to Montgomery. If he had lived until the 20th of February, he would > have rounded out his seventy-eighth year. For many years he was connected > with the L. & N. Railroad, and for his faithful service he was recently > retired on a pension. A devoted wife and loving daughter and son survive > him. He died December 13, 1919. > > "Comrade Joseph W. Powell, a member of Company D, 38th Virginia > Infantry, was born in Pittsylvania County, Va. on July 7, 1843. He enlisted > in the army at the early age of seventeen and served gallantly through the > war; was in several battles, and at Gettysburg he was severely wounded. > After the war he moved to Montgomery, where he married, He leaves a devoted > family and many friends to mourn their loss. He died July 29, 1919. > > "Comrade Dozier Thornton was born at Salem, Ala., or, the 4th of March, > 1839. He enlisted as a private in Company D, 15th Alabama Infantry, and > served through Stonewall Jackson's campaign. He was in the battles of Cold > Harbor, Sharpsburg, Gettysburg, Chickamauga, Wilderness. Fussell's Mills, > and many minor engagements. He was badly wounded at Cold Harbor on June 27, > 1862, and was invalided until the following September. In 1862 he was > promoted to third lieutenant, and in 1863 he was advanced to second > lieutenant and in 1864 was made first lieutenant. He was severely wounded > on the Barbytown Road near Fussell's Mills on the16th of August, l864, from > which wound he suffered all his life. He lived for many years in Eufaula, > Ala., from which place he moved to Montgomery, where he died on May 7, 1919, > leaving a devoted wife and children to mourn their loss. > > "Comrade F. F. Davant was born at Gillisonville, S. C,, on the 18th of > February, 1846. When only sixteen years of age he joined Company B, 2d > South Carolina Cavalry, and fought gallantly throughout the war. A few > years after the surrender he moved to Montgomery, where he resided for about > forty years. Later on he moved to Memphis, Tenn., and died there on May 26, > 1919. A loving wife, three sons, and two daughters survive him. > > "Comrade Hilary Abner Herbert was born in Lawrence District, S. C ., on > the 12th of March, 1834. He moved to Alabama in 1846, first making his home > at Greenville, Butler County, and as he grew to manhood he entered into the > practice of law. When the tocsin of war first sounded he espoused the cause > of the Confederacy and organized the Greenville Light Guards, of which he > was elected captain. For valiant services he was promoted until he became > colonel of the 8th Alabama Regiment. In the battle of the Wilderness he > was severely wounded in the left arm. After the war he moved to Montgomery > and resumed the practice of law, growing so in the affection of the people > that they elected him to represent them in Congress from the Second District > and continuously reelected him until he was appointed by President Cleveland > as a member of his Cabinet. After leaving the Cabinet he again resumed the > practice of law and very successful. A few years before his death he > retired private life, spending a part of his latter days in traveling. He > died at Tampa, Fla.. on the 6th of March, 1919. He was a man among men, a > friend to every one, and loved by all. > > "Comrade A. J. Hawes was born in Lincoln County, Ga., on the 16th of > August. 1835. When the War between the States broke out, he. joined Company > F, 59th Alabama Regiment, and fought with it until he was honorably > discharged at Greenville, Ala. He was in many battles and was so severely > wounded as to lose the use of one arm. He married a sister of the late > Bishop Harris, who died several years ago, leaving a son, who has since > died. Comrade Hawes resided in Montgomery for many years, but a few years > ago he moved to Tampa, Fla., where he was taken with his last illness. He > was sent to Montgomery, where he breathed his last, leaving a grandson to > perpetuate the name. He died September 2, 1919." > > [Committee: H. C. Davidson, Asa Stratton, J. A. Thompson.] > > > > > > > > > ==== ALBARBOU Mailing List ==== > The Barbour County mail list a place where Barbour researchers have become friends in research across the miles. > >