Julia (I hope I didn't ramble on too much) If this don't help, holler and we'll do something else. I have included a list of soldiers for the different Spellings for Boyt, Boit (none), Boyte, Boytt, Boytte. This is just in case I missed anything. The 6th Alabma started out the spring of 1862 moving from winter quartes at Manassas (30 miles from Washington DC) to the end of the Pennsula at Yorktown (March 1862)to meet General McClennons Army of the Potomac. They were forced back up the Pennsula through Williamsburg and finally made a stand 5 miles east of Richmond and the Battle of Seven Pines (May 31, 1862) Seven Days Battles (June & July 1862) around Richmond. The Battle of 2nd Manassas on August 28, 1862. The Battle of Antietam/ Sharpsburg Maryland.(September 14-17, 1862)1st Fredricksburg (December 11-15, 1862). All this time, there was a Union Army always threatening Richmond. If you wanted to go South, you had to pass through that Army. Also there was heavy fighting going on all across Tennessee and he would have had to pass through that Army. I don't know about the coffee but Scrounging was the stock and trade of every Confederate Soldier. By September 1862,(one year) The Army of Northern Virginia was pretty ragged and one of the objectives of the raid into Maryland (Antietam/ Sharpsburg) was for shoes. Part of Lee's Army was left in Virginia because they had no shoes. Was there a Widow? The list I provided is from Broadfoot's Confederate Soldier Roster and covers all of the NARA files. Confederate records that survived were sketchy at best. The records that survived indicated that there were 2109 soldiers that served in the 6th Alabama Infantry. I have pretty well documented 2676 soldiers. Many from pension files. In 1867 Alabama began granting pensions to Confederate veterans who had lost arms or legs. In 1886 the State began granting pensions to veterans'widows. In 1891 the law was amended to grant pensions to indigent veterans or their widows. Alabama Department of Archives and History 624 Washington Avenue Montgomery, AL 36130-0100 Telephone: 334-242-4363 Boyt, A. GA 32nd Inf. Co.K Boyt, A. GA Cav. 2nd Bn. Co.C Boyt, A. TN Inf. Nashville Bn. Felts' Co. Sgt. Boyt, Abraham GA Cav. 1st Bn.Res. Co.C Cpl. Boyt, Abram GA 12th (Robinson's) Cav. (St.Guards) Co.G Cpl. Boyt, Benjamin GA 32nd Inf. Co.K Boyt, C.W. MS Lt.Arty. 14th Bn. Co.A Boyt, Charles AL 53rd (Part.Rangers) Co.B Boyt, Ellis P. MS 2nd (Quinn's St.Troops) Inf. Co.B Boyt, Francis M. GA 12th (Robinson's) Cav. (St.Guards) Co.G Sgt. Boyt, Francis M. GA Cav. 1st Bn.Res. Co.C Sgt. Boyt, G. AL 3rd Res. Co.C Boyt, G. AL 8th (Hatch's) Cav. Co.C Boyt, H. MS 4th Cav. Co.G Boyt, Henry FL 2nd Inf. Co.E Boyt, Henry MS Cav. Hughes' Bn. Co.F Cpl. Boyt, Hugh MS 2nd (Quinn's St.Troops) Inf. Co.B Boyt, Isaac D. NC 7th Inf. Co.C Boyt, Isaac R. GA Arty. 11th Bn. (Sumter Arty.) Co.A Boyt, J.D. GA Phillips' Legion Co.E Boyt, J.H. MS 38th Cav. Co.H Boyt, J.L. GA 64th Inf. Co.D Boyt, James K. GA Lt.Arty. Scogin's Btty. (Griffin Lt.Arty.) Boyt, Jesse NC 5th Inf. Co.E Boyt, John J. AL Lt.Arty. Hurt's Btty. Boyt, John L. NC 24th Inf. Co.F Boyt, John M. GA Lt.Arty. Scogin's Btty. (Griffin Lt.Arty.) Boyt, John T. FL 7th Inf. Co.H Boyt, M. TN Inf. Nashville Bn. Felts' Co. Boyt, R.J. AL 8th (Hatch's) Cav. Co.C Boyt, Stephen GA 48th Inf. Co.H Boyt, Thomas C. MS 7th Inf. Co.H Fifer Boyt, Uriah GA 2nd Cav. Co.G Boyt, Uriah B. GA Arty. 11th Bn. (Sumter Arty.) Co.A Boyt, W.R.W. NC 4th Sr.Res. Co.I Boyt, William FL 11th Inf. Co.E Boyt, William E. FL Parsons' Co. Boyte, Albert H. NC 48th Inf. Co.I Sgt. Boyte, Elisha W. NS Conf.Cav. Wood's Regt. 2nd Co.G Boyte, James M. AR Cav. Wright's Regt. Co.H Boyte, Jehu TX 9th (Young's) Inf. Co.E Sgt. Boyte, John B. MS 17th Inf. Co.I Boyte, Joseph T.C. NC 26th Inf. Co.B Boyte, Mac F. NC 26th Inf. Co.B Boytt, H. MS 33rd Inf. Co.H Boytt, James H. FL 2nd Inf. Co.B Cpl. Boytt, John GA 50th Inf. Co.K Boytt, William TN 51st (Cons.) Inf. Co.D Boytt, William H. VA 6th Inf. 2nd Co.E Boytte, Solomon D. TN 50th Inf. Co.H James D. Allen 1115 Adams Missouri City, Texas 77489 Voice:(281) 499-2572 FAX: (281) 261-8020 http://home.att.net/~jamesdallen/6th_Alabama/6th_Alabama_We1.htm -----Original Message----- From: J71643Le@aol.com [mailto:J71643Le@aol.com] Sent: Thursday, November 11, 1999 5:48 PM To: jamesdallen@worldnet.att.net Subject: Civil War, AL Jimmy---since I consider you my Civil War guru I'm turning to you for advice. My ggrandfather Joseph H. Boit/Boyt lived in Henry Co. (that part which is now Houston Co.) in 1860. I have so far been unable to determine with which unit he fought. The only fact I know is that he was dead by Jan. 1863. Family history (and my family can tell some whoppers) says he arrived home sick with consumption and died two months later. As the story goes, he had to cross through enemy lines to get home and in doing so managed to borrow a 5 lb. sack of Yankee coffee to bring home to his wife. His friend and brother-in-law George Pittman was in the AL 6th Inf CO. A. Three of his wife's 1st cousins (the Evans boys) and the man his stepdaughter married (Wyatt Williams) were also in CO A. Was CO A somewhere in 1862 where he might have been so that he had to cross an enemy line to get home? I didn't think the Union forces were that far South in 1862. Any insights you may have will be appreciated. Thanks, Julia Ledyard