COL F&S 16 ALA INF
CONFEDERATE STATES ARMY
Born: October 31, 1820
Birthplace: Nashville Tennessee
Father: Alexander Hamilton Wood 1796 – 1860
(Buried: Florence Cemetery Florence Alabama)
Mother: Mary E. Evans Wood 1796 – 1871
(Buried: Florence Cemetery Florence Alabama)
Wife: Sarah Briscoe Leftwich Wood 1823 – 1898
(Buried: Florence Cemetery Florence Alabama)
Education:
Attended LaGrange College
Occupation before War:
Attorney in Florence Alabama
Judge of Lauderdale County Alabama
Methodist Minister
Owner of a line of steamboats
Civil War Career:
1861 – 1863: Colonel of 16th Alabama Infantry Regiment
Often acted as a Brigade Commander
Wounded during the Battle of Stones River Tennessee
1863 – 1865: Judge of Military Court for 1st Army Corps Army of Northern Virginia
1863: Resigned as Colonel of 16th Alabama Infantry June 19, 1863
1865: Paroled in Mobile Alabama on May 19, 1865
During the war he suffered from typhoid fever and Rheumatism
Occupation after War:
President of Florence Land Mining & Manufacturing Company
President of W.B. Wood Furnace Company
President of Charcoal and Chemical Company
President of Florence, Tuscaloosa and Montgomery Railroad Company
President of Florence and Chicago Railroad Company
Secretary of Alabama Improvement Company
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He was a member of the Masonic Lodge, Florence #14 F.&A.M., and served as the Master of the lodge in 1845-1846
CONFEDERATE STATES ARMY
Born: October 31, 1820
Birthplace: Nashville Tennessee
Father: Alexander Hamilton Wood 1796 – 1860
(Buried: Florence Cemetery Florence Alabama)
Mother: Mary E. Evans Wood 1796 – 1871
(Buried: Florence Cemetery Florence Alabama)
Wife: Sarah Briscoe Leftwich Wood 1823 – 1898
(Buried: Florence Cemetery Florence Alabama)
Education:
Attended LaGrange College
Occupation before War:
Attorney in Florence Alabama
Judge of Lauderdale County Alabama
Methodist Minister
Owner of a line of steamboats
Civil War Career:
1861 – 1863: Colonel of 16th Alabama Infantry Regiment
Often acted as a Brigade Commander
Wounded during the Battle of Stones River Tennessee
1863 – 1865: Judge of Military Court for 1st Army Corps Army of Northern Virginia
1863: Resigned as Colonel of 16th Alabama Infantry June 19, 1863
1865: Paroled in Mobile Alabama on May 19, 1865
During the war he suffered from typhoid fever and Rheumatism
Occupation after War:
President of Florence Land Mining & Manufacturing Company
President of W.B. Wood Furnace Company
President of Charcoal and Chemical Company
President of Florence, Tuscaloosa and Montgomery Railroad Company
President of Florence and Chicago Railroad Company
Secretary of Alabama Improvement Company
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He was a member of the Masonic Lodge, Florence #14 F.&A.M., and served as the Master of the lodge in 1845-1846
COL F&S 16 ALA INF
CONFEDERATE STATES ARMY
Born: October 31, 1820
Birthplace: Nashville Tennessee
Father: Alexander Hamilton Wood 1796 – 1860
(Buried: Florence Cemetery Florence Alabama)
Mother: Mary E. Evans Wood 1796 – 1871
(Buried: Florence Cemetery Florence Alabama)
Wife: Sarah Briscoe Leftwich Wood 1823 – 1898
(Buried: Florence Cemetery Florence Alabama)
Education:
Attended LaGrange College
Occupation before War:
Attorney in Florence Alabama
Judge of Lauderdale County Alabama
Methodist Minister
Owner of a line of steamboats
Civil War Career:
1861 – 1863: Colonel of 16th Alabama Infantry Regiment
Often acted as a Brigade Commander
Wounded during the Battle of Stones River Tennessee
1863 – 1865: Judge of Military Court for 1st Army Corps Army of Northern Virginia
1863: Resigned as Colonel of 16th Alabama Infantry June 19, 1863
1865: Paroled in Mobile Alabama on May 19, 1865
During the war he suffered from typhoid fever and Rheumatism
Occupation after War:
President of Florence Land Mining & Manufacturing Company
President of W.B. Wood Furnace Company
President of Charcoal and Chemical Company
President of Florence, Tuscaloosa and Montgomery Railroad Company
President of Florence and Chicago Railroad Company
Secretary of Alabama Improvement Company
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He was a member of the Masonic Lodge, Florence #14 F.&A.M., and served as the Master of the lodge in 1845-1846
CONFEDERATE STATES ARMY
Born: October 31, 1820
Birthplace: Nashville Tennessee
Father: Alexander Hamilton Wood 1796 – 1860
(Buried: Florence Cemetery Florence Alabama)
Mother: Mary E. Evans Wood 1796 – 1871
(Buried: Florence Cemetery Florence Alabama)
Wife: Sarah Briscoe Leftwich Wood 1823 – 1898
(Buried: Florence Cemetery Florence Alabama)
Education:
Attended LaGrange College
Occupation before War:
Attorney in Florence Alabama
Judge of Lauderdale County Alabama
Methodist Minister
Owner of a line of steamboats
Civil War Career:
1861 – 1863: Colonel of 16th Alabama Infantry Regiment
Often acted as a Brigade Commander
Wounded during the Battle of Stones River Tennessee
1863 – 1865: Judge of Military Court for 1st Army Corps Army of Northern Virginia
1863: Resigned as Colonel of 16th Alabama Infantry June 19, 1863
1865: Paroled in Mobile Alabama on May 19, 1865
During the war he suffered from typhoid fever and Rheumatism
Occupation after War:
President of Florence Land Mining & Manufacturing Company
President of W.B. Wood Furnace Company
President of Charcoal and Chemical Company
President of Florence, Tuscaloosa and Montgomery Railroad Company
President of Florence and Chicago Railroad Company
Secretary of Alabama Improvement Company
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He was a member of the Masonic Lodge, Florence #14 F.&A.M., and served as the Master of the lodge in 1845-1846
