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    1. [ALCOFFEE] J. L. Culifer
    2. Ann Faust
    3. Posted on: Coffee County Alabama Queries Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Al/Coffee/10548 Surname: ------------------------- In the book "The War between the Union and the Confederacy and It's Lost Opporunities with a History fo the 15th Alabama Regiment and the Forty-eight Battles in Which It was Engaged" written by William C. Oates, who was a colonel with the 15th Alabama, there is an appendix listing the men who served. Company A, 15th Alabama, lists J.L. Culifer. This is what it says about him: "J.L. Culifer was enlisted January 17, 1863, when 30 years old. He came out as a recruit to the regiment. His first service was in the Suffolk, Virginia, campaign. He was a faithful soldier, and nearly always present for duty until in Lookout Valley, near Brown's Ferry, Tennessee, October 28, 1863, he was severely wounded and permanently disabled for further service, though never put on the retired list. He returned to his old home near Clintonville, in Coffee County, where he formerly resided. He reared a large family of children, was a member of the Court of County Commissioners, and a highly respected citizen.

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