Company A "Ashville Guards" of St. Clair County, 10th Alabama Infantry, Wilcox's Brigade, Anderson's Division, 1st Corps, Army of Northern Virginia, C.S.A.
Enlisted 3/1/1863 at Ashville, AL, he was mustered into "A" Co. AL 10th Infantry as a Private.
Severely wounded by gunshot in Battle of Salem Church, Va.; hospitalized 5/9-29/1863 at Camp Winder General Hospital, Richmond, Va.
Killed In Action in the Battle of the Wilderness, Va.
The 10th Infantry Regiment was formed in June, 1861, at Montgomery, Alabama, and moved to Virginia a month later. The men were raised in the counties of Saint Clair, Jefferson, Shelby, De Kalb, Calhoun, and Talladega.
[Family info courtesy of Great-grand neice Janice McDill (#47224699).]
Company A "Ashville Guards" of St. Clair County, 10th Alabama Infantry, Wilcox's Brigade, Anderson's Division, 1st Corps, Army of Northern Virginia, C.S.A.
Enlisted 3/1/1863 at Ashville, AL, he was mustered into "A" Co. AL 10th Infantry as a Private.
Severely wounded by gunshot in Battle of Salem Church, Va.; hospitalized 5/9-29/1863 at Camp Winder General Hospital, Richmond, Va.
Killed In Action in the Battle of the Wilderness, Va.
The 10th Infantry Regiment was formed in June, 1861, at Montgomery, Alabama, and moved to Virginia a month later. The men were raised in the counties of Saint Clair, Jefferson, Shelby, De Kalb, Calhoun, and Talladega.
[Family info courtesy of Great-grand neice Janice McDill (#47224699).]
Bio by: BigFrench
Inscription
S. McDEE
ALA
(1st name/initial missing; surname misspelled on marker.)
Gravesite Details
Originally buried under cherry tree in Widow Tapp's garden.
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