Military: 1861: John A Alexander joined Deloney's Company of the Georgia State Troopers, a Calvary Battalion, Cobb's Legion. Other members were Nancy's brother's, Nathan Hoyt Weir, Robert Weir, and Samuel Bell Weir, Jeremiah Ritch and William C Hood. John Alexander and William C. Hood worked together burying the dead during the Peninsula Campaign in Virginia.

28 October 1863: John enlisted again as a private in Company B of the 27th Regiment, Georgia Infantry.

9 January 1864: John wrote a letter from James Island, near Charleston, South Carolina. His mother (Elizabeth) was mentioned in this letter.

20 February 1864: Battle of Olustee, John was wounded.

7 march 1864: John died from wounds he recieved in action. He was buried in a Confederate Cemetery near Lake City, Florida.

The Georgia 27th Infantry Regiment, formed at Camp Stevens, Georgia, during the summer of 1861, contained men from Pike, Bibb, Jackson, Taylor, Talbot, Appling, Quitman, and Clay counties. Ordered to Virginia the regiment totalled 428 men in April, 1862, and was assigned to General Featherston's and Colquitt's Brigade. It was prominent on many battlefields from Williamsburg to Chancellorsville, then moved to Charleston, South Carolina, and later to Florida. After the fight at Olustee the 27th returned to Virginia. Here it saw action at Drewry's Bluff and Cold Harbor and in the long Petersburg siege north of the James River. At Seven Pines it lost almost forty percent of the 392 engaged, had 9 killed and 76 wounded at Gaines' Mill , and 15 killed and 89 wounded during the Maryland Campaign. It sustained 31 casualties at Chancellorsville and 74 at Olustee . In 1865 the unit participated in the Battle of Bentonville and surrendered with the Army of Tennessee.

This regiment started at "half strength" enrolling only 428 men from Pike, Bibb, Jackson, Taylor, Appling, Quitman and Clay counties. It lost almost 40% of the 392 engaged at Seven Pines, 9 killed and 76 wounded at Gaines' Mill, 15 killed and 89 wounded during the Maryland Campaign, 31 casualties at Chancellorsville, and 74 at Olustee. The few men who survived were surrendered at Bentonville, NC by General Johnston.

John A. Alexander had his leg amputated after the battle of Olustee,Florida which resulted in death, according to info in Nancy Emily Weir's widow's Pension application.