In the beginning of the conflict between the states most of the people in this area went about their business as usual. Since most of them had migrated from southern states they were in touch with relatives "back home" where the war was more active and news of the fighting…
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Leonard Travis Cranford Service Record
Leonard Travis Cranford 12th Regiment of Alabama Infantry Civil War Service Record L. T. (Trav) Cranford actually had two enlistment’s in the 12th Alabama. The first started in March 12, 1862. He enlisted at Coosa County, Alabama to serve 3 years and was paid a bounty of $50.00. It indicates…
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Civil War Ancestors
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If you came here directly, please visit the Civil War Genealogy page. It offers help in researching your Civil War Ancestors. There is no other legend quite like the Confederate fighting man. He reached the end of his haunted road long ago. He fought for a star-crossed cause and in…
Civial War Chronology
Chronology of Events Underline type= Union victory. Bold type= Confederate victory. Italic type= non-confrontational event or non-decisive battle. The War Begins 1861 January The South Secedes When Abraham Lincoln, a known opponent of slavery, was elected president, the South Carolina legislature perceived a threat. Calling a state convention, the delegates…
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There is no other legend quite like the Confederate fighting man. He reached the end of his haunted road long ago. He fought for a star-crossed cause and in the end he was beaten, but as he carried his slashed red battle flag into the dusky twilight of the Lost…
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The Southern Loyalist
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Excerpts from The Southern Loyalist By: Robert E. Hurst So you think that just because you come from the south, your ancestors must have been Confederates? Richard Nelson Current, author of “Lincoln’s Loyalists,” estimates that as many as 100,000 white, Southern males wore the Blue instead of the Gray as…
Joseph M. Bailey Memoirs of the Civil War
THIS STORY WAS WRITTEN OVER FORTY YEARS AFTER THE WAR ENDED This story was written as a result of a number of requests of grandchildren to tell them stories of the War between the States. As I was a poor story teller, I promised to write for them something of…
Civil War Ancestors
Leonard Travis Cranford
Company B, 12th Regiment of Alabama Infantry, wounded at Petersburg, finished war in Union Hospital at Point Lockout, MD as POW.
James A. Cranford
2nd Battalion Hilliard’s Legion (later merged to 59th Alabama Infantry Regiment) in 1862, died at the Division Hospital, Fair Ground #2, Atlanta, GA October 1863
George W. Haile
Company A, 11th Regiment of Tennessee Infantry, captured at Missionary Ridge, POW for 18 months at Rock Island, IL.
Hyrum T. Jackson
10th Regiment of Arkansas Infantry, wounded at Shiloh, furloughed to AR, didn’t return
B. F. Jackson
10th Regiment of Arkansas Infantry, later reformed as10th Regiment of Arkansas Cavalry
Jacob A Kever
Co F, 37th Regiment of North Carolina Infantry
Isaac Logan
63d Regiment of Alabama Infantry, less than 17 years old
James Logan
Co G, 2d Regiment of Alabama Cavalry
John Logan
Co C, 59th Regiment of Alabama Infantry
Sidney Norton
Co A, 6th Regiment of North Carolina Cavalry
William Alexander Norton
Wounded 5-5-1864 at Wilderness, VA, died of wounds 5-8-1864, 38th Regiment of North Carolina Infantry