24th Alabama Infantry Civil War Ancestors

Company Unknown

Private

I found Andrew Cost listed in a muster roll of the Curry Rifles, 24th AL inf. Wounded at New Hope Georgia. Also found him listed in the 18th AL and killed Feb. 20, 1864 in Atlanta campaign. He was moved to Marietta Confederate cemetery in Georgia and listed on the big monument there as a captain in company I 18th AL inf. Trying to get him a military marker and get his service sorted out. Any help would be appreciated

Company Unknown

Captain

I have a picture of JB Hazzard's grave from Johnson Island POW camp in Ohio for any of his relatives. Contact me...gtgilbert17@yahoo.com.

Company A

Lieutenant

John joined the 24th Alabama Infantry as his father Bernard was Captain in Company B and recruting for the 24th. John was 2nd Lt. Company A, 24 Alabama Infantry appointed June 24, 1862 Record# 1057 Card Number 44627683 Confe. Arch., chap. 1 File No. 82, page 216 Register Containing Rosters of Commissioned Officers, Provisional Army Confederate States. signed by Lt. Col. G. Taylor. He resigned his commission in March of 1862 to join the CSN. Appointed from Alabama. Acting Assistant 3rd Engineer March 1862. Resigned the second quarter of 1862. 3rd Assistant Engineer August 13, 1862. 2nd Assistant Engineer May 21, 1863. 2nd Assistant Engineer Provisional Navy , June 2, 1864. Served with the Mobile Squadron 1862-1865; CSS Morgan 1862-1863; CSS Selma 1863; CSS Tennessee 1863-1864; exchanged at Ship Island, MS , March 2 1865. Final parole May 10, 1865. Source: 'Register of Officers of the Confederate States Navy, 1861--1865' C. Carter Smith, Jr. first published the diary of John C. O’Connell in 1964 in TWO NAVAL JOURNALS 1864. O’Connell helped bring the formidable, but slow steam-powered ram, C.S.S. Tennessee, into battle against Union warships at the Battle of Mobile Bay. Following intense cannon fire from opposing vessels, the O’Connell’s Tennessee was forced to surrender upon receiving massive damage, including loss of steering capability. First imprisoned aboard Union warships, O’Connell traveled to the U.S. Naval Hospital in Pensacola, then to a prison barracks in New Orleans and, finally on November 6th 1864, to the prison camp on Ship Island. He would occupy a tent near the beach until his exchange six months later. Every four days, O’Connell has the opportunity to wander the island for a distance of two miles and back, though he says he seldom does. His treatment appears to be tolerable and notes being treated with respect by his captors, but also mentions that the enlisted men are knocked down in '…a shameful manner.' Food packages from New Orleans livened up his existence, but O’Connell writes of envy as he watches other Confederate prisoners leave the island for permanent prisons elsewhere or a possible return home. Finally on March 2nd, 1865, the naval engineer gets word that an exchange of prisoners has been arranged between sides. John C. O’Connell boards a ship and under a flag of truce sails back to Mobile and away from Ship Island.

Company A

Private

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Company A

Captain

William D Smith was the commanding Captain for the 24th. He and Milton D (either his son, or brother) both joined on October 15th, 1861. William was killed on Dec. 31, 1862 at the battle of Stones River.

Company A

Private

William was born in Florida. At age 23 he was in Mobile Ala. He enlisted 3 Nov 1861 at Fort Morgan, Mobile. He has 9 CMR cards in his archival file. Saw action in most of the battles. 1 April 1864 he is camped at Dalton Ga. Unit moved into the Carolna's and 'Swallowed the Yellow Dog' & was paroled at Greensboro, NC on 1 May 1865. He was in Sharps Brigade, D.H. Hills Division, S.D. Lee's Corps. His unit had 150 men at time of surrender. William was the husband of my 6th cousin 3 x removed. Deo Vindice

Company B

Private

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Company B

Captain

Captain Bernard O'Connell's Emmet Guards became Co B, 24th Alabama Infantrv in October 1861, and a number of Irishmen also served in Cos A and H. He also served in the Mexican War.

Company C

1st Corporal

James M Benson was my great grandfather. He was one of the first to join in 1861 from Pickens County Alabama. He was wounded in late summer or early fall at Vicksburg. I would appreciate any info about the 24th not already published online. Oral history state he was firing from a Fort for a fellow that was to short and was wounded in the jaw losing his right eye. He lived until 1904. William T Benson

Company C

Private

John moved to Texas in 1880 and passed in 1932. He is buried in the Justin Cemetary in Justin, Texas.

Company E

Private

John Posey went by his initials, J. P. Booth. His widow, Mary Cabiness Booth, received a pension after his death on the 8th of August, 1889, in Nealton, Clarke County, Alabama.

Company E

2nd Corporal

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Company E

4th Sergeant

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Company E

Sergeant

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Company E

Rank unknown

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Company E

Rank unknown

Any information would be appreciated.

Company E

Private

Brother to Daniel McLeod, 32nd Alabama Infantry Killed at Franklin, Tn. Nov. 30, 1864

Company E

Major

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Company E

Captain

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Company E

Rank unknown

died Nov 8, 1864 POW, He rests at Camp Chase, Ohio #433

Company E

Captain

David joined and was appointed 2nd Lieut. on 18 Oct. 1861. He was appointed to Captain on 27 Jan 1862. His CMR for June 1862 states that the has been sick in Clark Co. since 27 May 1862. I have a copy of his request for discharge for reasons of ill health. It is dated at Grove Hill 15 July 1862. He died 7 August 1862 and is buried at the Confederate Cemetery at Shelby Springs, Alabama. Deo Vindice

Company E

Sergeant

My GGGrandfther enlisted at Grove Hill Alabama. Engagements include Murfreesboro, Franklin, Nashville, Chicamaugua, Missionary Ridge, the Atlanta campaign, and the Carolinas. Following the war moved to Texas with his family. This brave Southron patriot rests in the Shofner Cemetery, Ora Community, Angelina County, Texas

Company F

Private

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Company F

Captain

Earlier a Lt. In the Rio Grandee Volunteer Light Artillery (also known as 'the Galveston Battery') under brother-in-law Maj. Henry van Buren. It used two light guns from the Texas Republic Navy and helped capture the 'Star in the West'. Malone born Mobile 1821 (photo in uniform AL CW state archives website, looks like my photo?), buried 1867, Trinity Epis., Galveston). Wed daughter of 1815 3rd U.S. Infantry, Mobile Col. Gilbert Christian Russell, Sr., for whom Russell Co., Ala., named; father Capt. Andrew Russell, Jr., fought at Battle of Kings Mountain in RW) with brother Lt. Thomas Malone, Jr., CSA, both Pvts. in Mexican War. Their father with Capt. Gaines, arrested Aaron Burr. Jim Miller, Southport, N.C.

Company F

Private

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Company F

Private

any information on this man is appreciated.

Company G

Private

Recommended for the Confederate 'Cross of Honor' for valor at Murfreesboro, TN.

Company H

Private

Hiram Bush was a member of the 24th Alabama Infantry Regiment, Company “H” during the Civil War. (Company “H” was called the 'Steele Guards' after John Steele. The company originated in Shelby County, Alabama). He enlisted 15-Apr-1862 in Montevallo, Shelby County, Alabama. Sometime between April and June, he was sick in the interior hospital, he returned to his unit in June, 1862. He was unaccounted for between August and September, 1862, and then he was listed on the prisoner rolls of 25-Oct-1862 at Cairo, Illinois en route for Vicksburg, Mississippi for exchange. On 1-Nov-1862, he was listed among the prisoners exchanged near Vicksburg, Mississippi on board the steamer Emerald. He was possible captured at either the battle of Iuka, Mississippi (Sep. 19-20, 1862) or Corinth, Mississippi (Oct. 3-4, 1862). Hiram later appeared on muster rolls from November, 1862 through February 1863 but on 19-Feb-1863 he was reported as deserted. From his prior records, desertion probably was not the case, as he had previously been reported absent and probable desertion, while in fact; he was a prisoner of war. The next record found was on 10-Aug-1863 when he received $44 pay for the period 1-Jun-1863 to 30-Sep-1863. On 5-Feb-1864, Hiram appeared on a receipt for clothing roll and a muster roll on 1-Apr-1864 at Richmond, Virginia. Records differ by 2 days but Hiram was captured either the 20th or 22nd of May, 1864 at Cassville, Georgia by the 7th Regiment of Ohio which were forces under Maj. Gen. Thomas, Dept. of the Cumberland and was noted in Nashville, Tennessee 28-May-1864 as a prisoner of war. Then, from 30-May-1864 to 8-Jun-1864 he was a prisoner of war at Louisville, Kentucky where he died the 8th or 9th of June, 1864 in the prison hospital of acute dysentery (Chronic Diarrhea). He is buried at Cave Hill National Cemetery on Baxter Avenue in Louisville (Grave #85, range 2, this now is described as CS LOT 267, #57) Hiram was born about 1828 in Georgia, his parents were believed to be John Bush and Mary Holley, married 13 Jan 1813 in Bulloch Co., Ga. He married Anice Louise Rodgers 19 MAY 1850 in Coosa Co., ALA . His siblings were Solomon Harrison, Elizabeth, Herod, Rebecca Ann, Jasper, Martha and Lizzie Bush. Children: William, Mary Elizabeth & John S. Bush.

Company H

Private

David F Farley, b 1836 AL d 1921 MS, married Martha Sara Bates, b ca1844 AL, d 1906 MS. He served with the Alabama Confederacy, 24th Infantry, Co H., 1861(?)-1865, wounded slightly in leg, imprisoned at Camp Chase.

Company H

Rank unknown

Tom enlisted Oct 27, 1861. Captured at Nashville Aug 30, 1864. Sent to Camp Chase, Ohio. Released June 11, 1865.

Company H

Private

William Christopher Hyde was my great, great grandfather. One of his twenty children was my great grandfather, Christopher 'Buddy' Hyde. who was married to Sarah Elizabeth Clarke Hyde. Sarah's parents were James Oliver. Clarke and Catherine 'Katie' Pickett Clarke. Katie Pickett's parents were James Pickett (44th Alabama Co. H., b: 1818 S. Carolina d: 1864 in Elmira New York, prison He was a CSA prisoner of war. Katie's mother was Elizabeth Boothe b: 1823. d: 1870, Shelby County AL

Company H

Sergeant

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Company I

Private

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Company K

Private

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Company K

Private

Enoch Cost enlisted August 23, 1861 and died of disease in Okolona, Mississippi on May 3, 1862

Company K

Corporal

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Company K

Private

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Company K

Private

i have many letters from the relatives that were in this company. i would love to share them with you if you are interested. thanks Sid

Company K

Private

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Company K

2nd Corporal

Benjamin Hubbard was the brother in law of John Gambrell and Theodore Sawyer. Enlisted in Talladega Al

Company K

Private

William R Hubbard enlisted in Talladega Al and merges into the Mississippi 44th infantry was a brother in law to John Gambrell, Theodore Sawyer and brother to Benjamin R Hubbard

Company K

Private

1837-1896

Company K

Private

William Quinn (1841 - 1864) Enlisted with the 24th Alabama Infantry, Company 'K' in 1862. He was Killed in Action while fighting the Battle of Jonesboro, Georgia on the last battle waged for Atlanta, Georgia on 1 SEP 1864. He is buried there in an unmarked grave in the vicinity of where he died in Jonesboro at the Confederate Dead Memorial and Cemetery.

Company K

1st Sergeant

Theodore Sawyer was first in the Jabe Curry Rifles, enlisted in Talladega Al,the unit then became the 44th Mississippi Infantry. he was killed at the Battle of Shiloh

Names remembered

Andrew J. Cost

J. B. Hazzard

John Charles O'connell

Milton D Smith

William D Smith

William M Wood

Joshua Davis

Bernard O'connell

James Mccree Benson

Johnathan Carr Tidwell

John Posey Booth

Charles Wesley Calhoun

Neal Mcleod Calhoun

Uriah Chavers

Hiram Craton Knight

John Tillman May

John Mcleod

Junius Julius Pierce

William Hubble Pierce

Dougald Stewart

David Evans Thomas

William B. Woods

William G. Fulmer

Edward Malone Sr.

George F.c. Moore

Ezekiel Sweat

Alfred Wayne Scott

Hiram Bush

David F Farley

Thomas Jefferson Green

William Christopher Hyde

Samuel B Strickland

Uriah R Chavers

Nimrod Argo

Enoch Cost

Ezra A. Fulmer

G. Fulmer

John J Gambrell

William A Gray

Benjamin R Hubbard

William R Hubbard

Franklin V Moon

William Quinn

Theodore Nathan Sawyer