Looking for descendants and other interested parties that have information about the approximate 2676 soldiers that served in the 6th Alabama Volunteer Infantry Regiment. (Other regiments listed Below) Come see if your soldier is listed at: http://home.att.net/~al_6th_inf/ I am also currently working on the history of the Regiment, but it is not complete yet. See below Companies and Counties where they were Recruited. Henry, Butler, Montgomery, Jackson, Russell, Autauga, Macon, Lowndes, Wilcox I am collecting short Biographies on each soldier to be display on the 6th Alabama Web page. With each Bio, I will display the Email address of the contributor or contributors as contacts for other researchers. If you are able to furnish a burial location, I will send the bio with your name and address as the contributor to the Sons of Confederate Veterans and United Daughters of the Confederacy, Confederate Soldier Burial Registry Projects. Homer Jones, SCV, Ozark Alabama, mailto:CWBSLocator@webtv.net; Ceya Minder, UDC, Dothan Alabama, mailto:Reminder@snowhill.com Items needed for Bio, but will take anything I can get: · Soldier’s birth and death dates with locations and burial location. · Soldier’s parents names and birth and death dates with locations and burial location · Spouse’s name and birth and death dates with locations and burial location · Children’s names and birth and death dates with locations and burial location · Military Records Rosters of other Regiments are: (Others to be added Later) 5th Alabama Volunteer Infantry Regiment - http://home.att.net/~heritages/5th_ala_inf.htm 6th Alabama Cavalry - http://home.att.net/~heritages/6thalacav.htm 10th Alabama Cavalry - http://home.att.net/~heritages/10th_ala_cav.htm Note: I will go lookups on Broadfoots Rosters of Confederate Soldiers CD. Over 1.5 Million Names. 6th Alabama Infantry, Company "A", Columbia Blues or Henry Blues was organized as Company "K” until reorganization in March 1862 when it became Company “A”. The company was primarily recruited from Henry County Alabama. Captains were Thomas J. Smith (resigned, 13 September 61); Thomas H. Bell (KIA, May 31, 1862 at Seven Pines); A. F. Powers (retired, 29 April 64) http://home.att.net/~al_6th_inf/ 6th Alabama Infantry, Company "B", Henry Grays was organized as Company "A" until reorganization in March 1862 when it became Company “B”. The company was primarily recruited from Henry County Alabama. Captains were Alexander C. Gordon (resigned, 21 November 61); James Newell Lightfoot (promoted); Isaac F. Culver (wounded, Boonsboro; promoted); Ervin M. Price (resigned, 21 October 1862); Thomas Reese Lightfoot (KIA, Winchester); Sidney A. Willcoxon; Reuben A. Atkinson. http://home.att.net/~al_6th_inf/ 6th Alabama Infantry, Company "C", Opelika Volunteers was organized as Company "H" until reorganization in March 1862 when it became Company “C”. The company was primarily recruited from Russell County Alabama. Captains were James Fleming Waddell (until reorganization); Augustus S. Flournoy (KIA, Seven Pines); Rinaldo M. Greene (wounded, The Wilderness, Winchester) http://home.att.net/~al_6th_inf/ 6th Alabama Infantry, Company "D", Raccoon Roughs was organized as Company "I" until reorganization in March 1862 when it became Company “D”. The company was primarily recruited from Jackson County Alabama. Captains were: John B. Gordon (Promoted) William L. Gordon (until reorganization); Augustus Manly Gordon (wounded, Seven Pines; promoted); Joseph H. Russell (retired, 24 November 63) http://home.att.net/~al_6th_inf/ 6th Alabama Infantry, Company "E", Independent Rifles was organized as Company "D" until reorganization in March 1862 when it became Company “E”. The company was primarily recruited from Montgomery County Alabama. Captains were: Gabriel B. DuVal (resigned, 16 December 61); Milton L. Kirkpatrick (until reorganization); James Mathew Fox (KIA, Seven Pines); Ephraim M. Gorse (died in service, 17 June 63); John W. Burton (wounded, Gettysburg, and captured); Watt A. Waller http://home.att.net/~al_6th_inf/ 6th Alabama Infantry, Company "F", Russell Volunteers was organized as Company "J" until reorganization in March 1862 when it became Company “F”. The company was primarily recruited from Russell County Alabama. Captains were: Walter H. Weems (until reorganization); Robert R. Barnett; George W. Hooper (promoted); Nathaniel S. Black (resigned, 16 March 65 http://home.att.net/~al_6th_inf/ 6th Alabama Infantry, Company "G", Autauga Rifles was organized as Company "L" until reorganization in March 1862 when it became Company “G”. The company was primarily recruited from Autauga County Alabama. Captains were: Thomas A. Davis (appointed surgeon); William F. Davis (resigned, 26 February 62); Green Hill Thompson. http://home.att.net/~al_6th_inf/ 6th Alabama Infantry, Company "H", Montgomery Greys was organized as Company "G" until reorganization in March 1862 when it became Company “H”. The Company was primarily recruited from Montgomery County Alabama. Captains were: Samuel G. Hardaway (until reorganization); John B. McCarty (KIA, Seven Pines); John Lawler (resigned, 18 April 63); Thomas C. Slattery (retired, 24 April 64); James J. Kane http://home.att.net/~al_6th_inf/ 6th Alabama Infantry, Company "I" was organized as Company "C" until reorganization in March 1862 when it became Company “I”. The company was primarily recruited from Wilcox County Alabama. Captains were: George Lynch (until reorganization); Joshua A. Kimbrough (KIA, 19 September 62); John B. Deloach (resigned, 11 January 64); James L. Fisher (resigned, 16 March 63) http://home.att.net/~al_6th_inf/ 6th Alabama Infantry, Company "K" was organized as Company "F" until reorganization in March 1862 when it became Company “K”. The company was primarily recruited from Jackson County Alabama. Captains were: William T. Gunter (until reorganization; promoted to Major, 1st Alabama Infantry Battalion); William B. Hunt (wounded, Seven Pines, Gettysburg; KIA, Cedar Creek, 19 October 64); Isaac Franklin Culver (promoted) http://home.att.net/~al_6th_inf/ 6th Alabama Infantry, Company "L", Sam Rice Guards was organized as Company "B" until reorganization in March 1862 when it became Company “L”. The Company was primarily recruited from Macon County Alabama. Captains were: John M. Kennedy (until reorganization); William L. Rowe (wounded, Winchester) http://home.att.net/~al_6th_inf/ 6th Alabama Infantry, Company "M", Hayneville Guard was organized as Company "E" until reorganization in March 1862 when it became Company “L”. The company was primarily recruited from Lowndes and Butler Counties Alabama. Captains were: James J. Willingham (promoted); Milledge L. Bowie (wounded, Sharpsburg, Spotsylvania; retired); Daniel W. Johnson (transferred to Company "K", 5th Alabama) http://home.att.net/~al_6th_inf/ James D. Allen 1115 Adams Missouri City, Texas 77489-1501 (281) 499-2572 http://home.att.net/~al_6th_inf/ http://home.att.net/~jamesdallen/