Company K, First Alabama Regiment; or, Three Years in the Confederate Service

Chapter XIV: Appendix

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ROLL OF CO. K, FIRST ALABAMA REGIMENT, C. S. A.

_The following is a complete roll of Co. K, First Alabama Regiment, C. S. A., with the highest rank attained, date of enlistment, County residence, and situation at the close of the war of each man._

Adams, N. K. |2d Lieut. Jr.|Mar., 1862 |Montgomery |
Td. to C. S. N., July, 1864.

Alexander, J. L. |1st Sergeant |Feb., 1863 |Autauga |Ab. Prisoner
Captured December 15, 1864.

Averheart, E. L. |Sergeant |Mar., 1862 |Autauga |Ab. Wounded
Wd. July 28 and November 30, 1864.

Blaylock, O. M. |Corporal |Mar., 1862 |Autauga |Ab. Wounded
Wd. July 28, 1864.

Boggan, John |Private |Feb., 1863 |Wilcox |Ab. Sick
Wd. July 28, 1864.

Boggan, T. M. |Private |Feb., 1863 |Wilcox |Ab. Prisoner
Wd. and Cap. December 15, 1864.

Boone, —— |Private |Feb., 1863 |Autauga |
Dd. June 29, 1863.

Bledsoe, G. R. |Private |Mar., 1862 |Coosa |
Td. to Eng. Corps, Jan., 1864.

Brown, A. P. |Private |Mar., 1862 |Autauga |
Dd. Sept. 24, 1862.

Brown, E. |Private |Mar., 1862 |Autauga |
Dd. Sept. 14, 1862.

Brown, C. W. |Private |Mar., 1862 |Autauga |
Wd. July 28, 1864. Kd. Nov. 30, 1864.

Byrd, J. H. |Private |Feb., 1863 | |
Dd. July 25, 1863.

Callens, R. H. |Private |Feb., 1863 |Butler |
Dd. Nov, 1863.

Clark, —— |Private |Feb., 1863 |Mobile |
Wd. May 10, 1863. Td. C. S. N., 1863.

Cook, J. N. |Private |Mar., 1862 |Autauga |
Dd. July 7, 1862.

Day, W. W. |Private |May, 1864 |Dallas |Ab. Sick

Deno, M. |Private |Feb., 1863 | |
Mg. July 14, 1863.

Dennis, W. A. |Private |Mar., 1862 |Autauga |
Dd. Oct. 10, 1862.

Douglass, Wm. |Private |Feb., 1863 | |
Td. to C. S. N., Mar. 9, 1864.

Dubose, Wm. |Private |Feb., 1863 |Pike |
Kd. July 28, 1864.

Durden, G. W. |Private |Feb., 1863 |Autauga |Ab. Wounded
Wd. July 28, 1864.

Durden, J. H. |Private |Mar., 1862 |Autauga |Ab. Sick

Ellis, A. D. |Private |Feb., 1864 |Autauga |Ab. Prisoner
Wd. June 19, 1864. Cap. Dec. 15, 1864.

Ellis, W. L. |Sergeant |Mar., 1862 |Autauga |Ab. Prisoner
Cap. Nov. 30, 1864.

Fay, Wm. H. |Sergeant |Mar, 1862 |Autauga |
Kd. Aug. 3, 1864.

Farmer, W. |Private |Mar., 1862 |Autauga |Ab. Sick
Wd. Aug. 3, 1864.

Fergerson, J. A. |Corporal |Mar., 1862 |Coosa |
Kd. May 27, 1863.

Fralick, H. |Private |Sept., 1862|Autauga |
Td. March, 1864, to C. S. N.

Frank, John, Jr. |2d Lieut. Jr.|Mar., 1862 |Autauga |
Kd. May 27, 1863.

Gibbons, G. W. |Private |May, 1864 |Autauga |Ab. Sick

Glenn, Simeon |Private |Feb., 1863 |Autauga |
Dis. Oct. 21, 1864.

Golsan, P. G. |2d Lieut. Jr.|Feb., 1863 |Autauga |
Kd. July 28, 1864.

Gorman, J. |Private |Feb., 1863 | |
Mg. July 22, 1864.

Gresham, A. F. |Private |June, 1864 |Escambia |
Dd. 1864.

Griffin, J. |Private |Mar., 1862 |Randolph |Present

Hall, D. S. |2d Lieut. |Mar., 1862 |Autauga |
Resigned Dec., 1862.

Hancock, M. M. |Private |Mar., 1862 |Autauga |
Dis. 1862.

Haley, —— |Private |Feb., 1863 | |
Mg. July 14, 1863.

Hamilton, J. |Private |Feb., 1863 | |
Mg. July 22, 1864.

Hearn, E. |Private |Mar., 1862 |Autauga |Ab. Wounded
Accidentally Wd. Nov. 29, 1864.

Hearn, G. W. |Sergeant |Mar., 1862 |Autauga |Ab. Prisoner
Cap. Oct. 5, 1864.

Hearn, J. C. |Private |Mar., 1862 |Autauga |Ab. Prisoner
Wd. July 28, 1864. Cap. Nov. 30, 1864.

Hern, M. |Private |Feb., 1863 | |
Mg. July 14, 1863.

Herndon, J. W. |Private |Mar., 1862 |Autauga |
Died July, 1863.

Hays, J. |Private |Feb., 1863 | |
Wd. May 27, 1863. Dd. Feb., 1864.

Holt, D. E. |Private |May, 1864 |Autauga |Ab. Wounded
Wd. Aug. 12, 1864.

Holston, J. G. |Private |Mar., 1862 |Autauga |
Dd. July 6, 1863.

Hurd, Joseph |Private |Mar., 1862 |Autauga |Ab. Sick

Hutchinson, W. H. |Corporal |Mar., 1862 |Autauga |
Td. to Cavalry.

Hunt, G. W. |Private |May, 1864 |Autauga |Ab. Sick

Jenkins, E. |Private |Feb., 1863 |Pike |
Td. to C. S. N., Mar., 1864.

Killough, J. |Private |Mar., 1862 |Autauga |Present

Kirkpatrick, R. H.|Private |Sept., 1863|Butler |Ab. Sick

Kirkpatrick, V. |Private |Feb., 1863 |Butler |Ab. Sick

Lamar, M. D. |Sergeant |Feb., 1863 |Autauga |Ab. Wounded
Wd. July 28, 1864.

Leysath, E. |Private |Feb., 1863 |Butler |Ab. Wounded
Wd. July 28, 1864.

Lewis, J. |Private |Feb., 1863 |Montgomery |Ab. Sick

Landers, N. |Private |June, 1864 | |Ab. Sick

Martin, G. F. |Private |Feb., 1863 |Autauga |Present
Wd. Aug., 1864.

May, J. W. |Private |Mar., 1862 |Autauga |
Kd. Nov. 30, 1864.

Merritt, A. J. |Sergeant |Mar., 1862 |Autauga |
Dd. May 14, 1862.

Merritt, —— |Private |Feb., 1863 | |
Mg. July 14, 1863.

Mills, —— |Private |Feb., 1863 | |
Dd. July 5, 1863.

McCarty, J. |Private |Feb., 1863 | |
Kd. June 23d, 1863.

McDonald, —— |Private |Feb., 1863 | |
Dd. July, 1863.

Moncrief, C. J. |Private |Mar., 1862 |Autauga |
Dd. June, 1862.

Moncrief, Wm. |Private |Mar., 1862 |Autauga |Ab. Sick

Owens, J. |Private |Feb., 1863 |Autauga |
Kd. July 28, 1864.

Pratt, M. E. |1st Lieut. |Mar., 1862 |Autauga |Ab. Paroled
Wd. May 28, 1863.

Robinson, J. L. |Private |Mar., 1862 |Autauga |
Dis. April 1, 1862.

Robinson, Junius |Private |Mar., 1862 |Autauga |Present

Roe, T. J. |Private |Mar., 1862 |Autauga |
Dd. May 9, 1862.

Rogers, J. C. |Sergeant |Mar., 1862 |Autauga |
Dis. 1864.

Royals, C. H. |Sergeant |Mar., 1862 |Autauga |Ab. Wounded
Wd. Nov. 30, 1864.

Royals, G. H. |Corporal |Mar., 1862 |Autauga |Ab. Sick

Royals, J. M. |Corporal |Mar., 1862 |Autauga |
Dis. 1862.

Rice, J. D. |Corporal |Mar., 1862 |Autauga |Ab. Prisoner
Wd. July 4, 1864. Cap. Dec. 15, 1864.

Scott, B. L. |Private |Feb., 1863 |Autauga |
Dis. Oct. 21, 1864.

Scott, C. H. |Private |Feb., 1863 |Autauga |
Dd. July 3, 1863.

Sears, E. T. |Sergeant |Mar., 1862 |Autauga |
Dis. Sept., 1864.

Shaver, J. H. |Private |Feb., 1863 |Conecuh |
Wd. July 28, 1864. Dd.

Simpson, J. L. |Private |Feb., 1863 |Butler |Ab. Wounded
Wd. July 28, 1864.

Shoals, J. |Private |Feb., 1863 |Montgomery |
Mg. July 14, 1863.

Schein, J. |Private |Feb., 1863 | |
Mg. July 14, 1863.

Smith, D. P. |2d Lieut. Jr.|Mar., 1862 |Autauga |Ab. Wounded
Wd. Nov. 30, 1864.

Smith, M. A. |Private |Mar., 1862 |Autauga |
Dis. Mar. 25, 1862.

Smith, J. F. |Private |Mar., 1862 |Autauga |
Dd. May 15, 1862.

Smith, Henry |Private |Feb., 1863 | |
M. Wd. May 27, 1863. Dd. July 10.

Smyth, A. C. |Private |Feb., 1863 |Butler |
M. Wd. July 28, 1864. Dd. Aug. 14.

Stuart, J. J. |Private |Feb., 1863 |Wilcox |
M. Wd. July 28, 1864. Dd. Aug.

Tarleton, M. |Private |Feb., 1863 |Lowndes |
Dd. March 12, 1863.

Tarleton, John |Private |Mar., 1862 |Lowndes |
Dd. July, 1863.

Thompson, A. J. |Sergeant |Mar., 1862 |Autauga |
M. Wd. July 28, 1864. Dd. Aug.

Tharp, J. P. |Private |Feb., 1863 | |
Mg. July 21, 1864.

Trammell, W. M. |Private |June, 1864 |Tallapoosa |
Dd. 1864.

Tunnell, John S. |Private |Mar., 1862 |Autauga |Present
Wd. July 28, 1864.

Tunnell, Josiah |Corporal |Mar, 1862 |Autauga |Present
Wd. May 28, 1863, and Nov. 30, 1864.

Tuttle, C. E. |2d Lieut. |Mar., 1862 |Montgomery |Ab. Prisoner

Vaughn, W. |Private |Feb., 1863 | |Ab. Sick

Ward, Isaac |Private |June, 1864 |Montgomery |Ab. Sick

White, A. J. |Private |Feb., 1863 |Autauga |
Dd. July 25, 1863.

Whitfield, J. F. |Captain |Mar., 1862 |Montgomery |Ab. Prisoner

Williamson, J. |Sergeant |Mar., 1862 |Autauga |Ab. Wounded
Wd. June, 1863, and July 28, 1864.

Wilkins, F. |Private |Mar., 1862 |Autauga |
Dis. 1864.

Wilson, T. A. |Private |Feb., 1863 | |Ab. Sick

Winslett, —— |Private |Feb., 1863 | |
Kd. May 27, 1863.
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_EXPLANATION OF ABBREVIATIONS._

Kd.—Killed.
Dd.—Died.
Wd.—Wounded.
M. Wd.—Mortally Wounded.
Mg.—Missing—fate unknown.
Dis.—Discharged for disability.
Cap.—Captured.
Ab.—Absent.
Td.—Transferred.

_ROLL OF CO. K._

The following is a summary of the roll of Co. K:—

Total enlisted and commissioned from March 1st to close of war 108

Killed and mortally wounded 15

Died of disease 23

Missing, fate unknown 10

Transferred to other service 7

Discharged and resigned 10-- 65
--
Remaining on Roll at close of war 43

Absent, wounded 11

Absent, sick 16

Absent, prisoners of war 9

Absent on parole 1-- 37
--
Present for duty April 27, 1865 6

Number of men wounded once during the war 24

Wounded twice 3

Wounded and afterwards killed 1
--
Total wounded 28

Residence, from Autauga 61

Butler 6

Conecuh 1

Coosa 2

Dallas 1

Escambia 1

Lowndes 2

Mobile 2

Montgomery 6

Pike 2

Randolph 1

Tallapoosa 1

Wilcox 3

Unknown 19-- 108

INDEX.

_INTRODUCTORY_ 3

_CHAPTER I.—Organization of the John Gill Shorter
Artillery—Change of Destination—At Island 10—Roll of Company
K—Mysteries of the Cuisine—A Shameful Waste_ 5

_CHAPTER II.—Bombardment and Capture of Island No. 10—The
Batteries—At Rucker’s Battery—Canal Cutting—A Night
Attack—Running the Gauntlet—An Unfinished Meal—The Attempted
Evacuation—Retreat to Tiptonville—Mackall’s Order—The
Surrender—Across Reel-Foot River_ 10

_CHAPTER III.—Prison Life in 1862—In the Mud—Bivouac at
New Madrid—A Friendly Irishman—At Camp Butler—Scant Water
Supply—Escape of Prisoners—An Astonished Sentinel—Playing
Guard—Lost on the Prairie—A Prisoner Shot—Health of the
Camp—Mortality Statistics—Curious Phenomena—Death Visits
the Company—Col. Fundy in Command—Practical Jokes—Trinket
Making—News from Comrades—Homeward Bound—Arrival in Dixie_ 20

_CHAPTER IV.—Capt. Isbell and his Battalion—Arrival at Port
Hudson—Battle of Corinth—The Reunited Regiment—Port Hudson—Land
Defences—Red River Supplies_ 37

_CHAPTER V.—Incidents in the Winter of 1862-3—An Unexpected
Salute—A Parrott for Co. K—Whitfield’s Legion—Farragut’s
Fleet—Running the Batteries—The Midnight Battle—A Crippled
Fleet—Burning of the “Mississippi”—Comparative Losses—The Land
Attack—Incidents in April, 1863—A Sabbath Morning at Troth’s
Landing—Close Quarters—Skirmishing_ 44

_CHAPTER VI.—Siege and Surrender of Port Hudson—The
Investment—Skirmishing—The First Grand Assault—Assailed and
Assailants—Doubly Armed—Lieut. Pratt at Battery 11—The “Essex”
driven off—Lieut. Adams Elected—Artillery Practice—Assault
of June 14th—Effect of Buck and Ball—Banks’ Inhumanity—Lead
for Water—A Gallant Corporal—Battery 11 Silenced—Gallant
Schurmer’s Death—The Sunken Battery—Mule and Peas—The
Fall of Vicksburg—Unconditional Surrender—Gen. Gardner’s
Sword—Casualties of the First_ 60

_CHAPTER VII.—Experiences of Paroled Prisoners of War—A
Disorganized Regiment—A Handsome Turnout—Close Quarters—A
Faithful Servant—Present, or Accounted for—In Camp at Meridian_
82

_CHAPTER VIII.—Return of Co. K to Active Duty—Arrival
at Mobile—A Flooded Camp—Short of Ammunition—At Fort
Gaines—Fishermen’s Spoils—Going to School—A Spy in Camp—In
North Georgia_ 89

_CHAPTER IX.—In North Georgia with Johnston and Hood—Retreat to
Kennesaw—A Gallant Deed—Hood’s New Policy—Defending Atlanta—The
Valley of Death—The Gallant First—Fate of the Wounded—Death
of Sergt. Fay—Electing a Lieutenant—Evacuation of Atlanta—At
Lovejoy’s Station_ 97

_CHAPTER X.—Hood’s Raids on Sherman’s Railroad
Communications—Finding Lost Mountain—Hold the Fort—Tearing up
Railroads—In Alabama—A Dismal Night—Review of the Army—Foraging
in Tennessee—Catching Mud Larks_ 108

_CHAPTER XI.—Gen. Hood’s Disastrous Campaign in Tennessee—The
Fatal Mistake—Before Franklin—Schofield’s Stronghold—Eating his
Last Rations—The Battle of Franklin—The Rebel Yell—Terrific
Musketry—Locked Bayonets—One-third Hood’s Army Lost—Co. K Wiped
Out—Losses of the “First”—Faithful until Death—The Retreat from
Tennessee—The Last Roll Call_ 117

_CHAPTER XII.—Prison Life during the Last Year of the
War—Searching the Prisoners—Starvation Rations—True to the
South—Home Again_ 131

_APPENDIX_ 137

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