He was the husband of Sarah C. Witherspoon; married 6/19/1860 in Tuscaloosa County, Alabama.
Company G, 51st Alabama Cavalry Partisan Rangers, Hagan's Brigade, Martin's Division, Wheeler's Corps, Army of Tennessee, C.S.A.
Residence Alabama.
Enlisted for 3 years' or the duration of the war on 8/16/1862 at Tuscaloosa, he was mustered into Company G, 51st Alabama Partisan Rangers Cavalry as a Private.
Present or accounted for until captured, made Prisoner Of War, 6/27/1863 at Liberty Gap, Shelbyville, TN.; sent 6/30/1863 to Nashville, TN.; received at Military Prison, Louisville, KY. on 7/3/1863; sent to Camp Chase, IL., on 7/6/1863, arriving 7/7/1863; sent 7/14/1863 to Fort Delaware, DE., arriving 7/17; sent to Point Lookout, MD., on 10/20/1863, arriving 10/22/1863; transferred 10/28/1864 to Hammond U.S.A. General Hospital, Pt. Lookout; died there of chronic diarrhea.
The 51st Alabama Regiment Partisan Rangers was organized at Oxford, Alabama, in August, 1862. Its members were from the counties of Calhoun, Pike, Talladega, Dallas, Saint Clair, Tuscaloosa, Perry, Mobile, and Montgomery.
[Family info per originator, Bev (#47588577).]
Company G, 51st Alabama Cavalry Partisan Rangers, Hagan's Brigade, Martin's Division, Wheeler's Corps, Army of Tennessee, C.S.A.
Residence Alabama.
Enlisted for 3 years' or the duration of the war on 8/16/1862 at Tuscaloosa, he was mustered into Company G, 51st Alabama Partisan Rangers Cavalry as a Private.
Present or accounted for until captured, made Prisoner Of War, 6/27/1863 at Liberty Gap, Shelbyville, TN.; sent 6/30/1863 to Nashville, TN.; received at Military Prison, Louisville, KY. on 7/3/1863; sent to Camp Chase, IL., on 7/6/1863, arriving 7/7/1863; sent 7/14/1863 to Fort Delaware, DE., arriving 7/17; sent to Point Lookout, MD., on 10/20/1863, arriving 10/22/1863; transferred 10/28/1864 to Hammond U.S.A. General Hospital, Pt. Lookout; died there of chronic diarrhea.
The 51st Alabama Regiment Partisan Rangers was organized at Oxford, Alabama, in August, 1862. Its members were from the counties of Calhoun, Pike, Talladega, Dallas, Saint Clair, Tuscaloosa, Perry, Mobile, and Montgomery.
[Family info per originator, Bev (#47588577).]
He was the husband of Sarah C. Witherspoon; married 6/19/1860 in Tuscaloosa County, Alabama.
Company G, 51st Alabama Cavalry Partisan Rangers, Hagan's Brigade, Martin's Division, Wheeler's Corps, Army of Tennessee, C.S.A.
Residence Alabama.
Enlisted for 3 years' or the duration of the war on 8/16/1862 at Tuscaloosa, he was mustered into Company G, 51st Alabama Partisan Rangers Cavalry as a Private.
Present or accounted for until captured, made Prisoner Of War, 6/27/1863 at Liberty Gap, Shelbyville, TN.; sent 6/30/1863 to Nashville, TN.; received at Military Prison, Louisville, KY. on 7/3/1863; sent to Camp Chase, IL., on 7/6/1863, arriving 7/7/1863; sent 7/14/1863 to Fort Delaware, DE., arriving 7/17; sent to Point Lookout, MD., on 10/20/1863, arriving 10/22/1863; transferred 10/28/1864 to Hammond U.S.A. General Hospital, Pt. Lookout; died there of chronic diarrhea.
The 51st Alabama Regiment Partisan Rangers was organized at Oxford, Alabama, in August, 1862. Its members were from the counties of Calhoun, Pike, Talladega, Dallas, Saint Clair, Tuscaloosa, Perry, Mobile, and Montgomery.
[Family info per originator, Bev (#47588577).]
Company G, 51st Alabama Cavalry Partisan Rangers, Hagan's Brigade, Martin's Division, Wheeler's Corps, Army of Tennessee, C.S.A.
Residence Alabama.
Enlisted for 3 years' or the duration of the war on 8/16/1862 at Tuscaloosa, he was mustered into Company G, 51st Alabama Partisan Rangers Cavalry as a Private.
Present or accounted for until captured, made Prisoner Of War, 6/27/1863 at Liberty Gap, Shelbyville, TN.; sent 6/30/1863 to Nashville, TN.; received at Military Prison, Louisville, KY. on 7/3/1863; sent to Camp Chase, IL., on 7/6/1863, arriving 7/7/1863; sent 7/14/1863 to Fort Delaware, DE., arriving 7/17; sent to Point Lookout, MD., on 10/20/1863, arriving 10/22/1863; transferred 10/28/1864 to Hammond U.S.A. General Hospital, Pt. Lookout; died there of chronic diarrhea.
The 51st Alabama Regiment Partisan Rangers was organized at Oxford, Alabama, in August, 1862. Its members were from the counties of Calhoun, Pike, Talladega, Dallas, Saint Clair, Tuscaloosa, Perry, Mobile, and Montgomery.
[Family info per originator, Bev (#47588577).]
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