Parents: Alexander Wesley Lambert & Sina Loften
Grandparents: Isaac Alexander Lambert & Abigail Davis
Madison was born at Fort Claiborne, Monroe County, AL. Moved with his family to Elmore County from South Alabama in about 1876.
PVT 42nd Alabama Infantry, Company A, CSA
Enlisted: March 5, 1861; Discharged: May 15, 1864
Wounded at Resaca, GA on May 15, 1864
Served until he lost his leg
Leg amputated below the knee
(1921 CSA Census form, in his own words):
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enlisted Claiborne, Monroe Co. about the last of February 1861, infantry, private, Co. A, Regiment 2 first year–42nd later years; also company called Claiborne Guards; Regiment 42 after the first year; length of service 3 years, 3 months
battles: Corinth, Baker Creek, Vicksburg; all the engagements from Chattanooga down to Resaca, then I lost one leg.
wounded: a slight wound at Corinth; a slight wound at Vicksburg; and a leg at Resaca
captured: July 4, 1863 at Vicksburg, MS; paroled July 10, 1863 at Vicksburg, MS
Grandparents: Isaac Alexander Lambert & Abigail Davis
Madison was born at Fort Claiborne, Monroe County, AL. Moved with his family to Elmore County from South Alabama in about 1876.
PVT 42nd Alabama Infantry, Company A, CSA
Enlisted: March 5, 1861; Discharged: May 15, 1864
Wounded at Resaca, GA on May 15, 1864
Served until he lost his leg
Leg amputated below the knee
(1921 CSA Census form, in his own words):
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enlisted Claiborne, Monroe Co. about the last of February 1861, infantry, private, Co. A, Regiment 2 first year–42nd later years; also company called Claiborne Guards; Regiment 42 after the first year; length of service 3 years, 3 months
battles: Corinth, Baker Creek, Vicksburg; all the engagements from Chattanooga down to Resaca, then I lost one leg.
wounded: a slight wound at Corinth; a slight wound at Vicksburg; and a leg at Resaca
captured: July 4, 1863 at Vicksburg, MS; paroled July 10, 1863 at Vicksburg, MS
Parents: Alexander Wesley Lambert & Sina Loften
Grandparents: Isaac Alexander Lambert & Abigail Davis
Madison was born at Fort Claiborne, Monroe County, AL. Moved with his family to Elmore County from South Alabama in about 1876.
PVT 42nd Alabama Infantry, Company A, CSA
Enlisted: March 5, 1861; Discharged: May 15, 1864
Wounded at Resaca, GA on May 15, 1864
Served until he lost his leg
Leg amputated below the knee
(1921 CSA Census form, in his own words):
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enlisted Claiborne, Monroe Co. about the last of February 1861, infantry, private, Co. A, Regiment 2 first year–42nd later years; also company called Claiborne Guards; Regiment 42 after the first year; length of service 3 years, 3 months
battles: Corinth, Baker Creek, Vicksburg; all the engagements from Chattanooga down to Resaca, then I lost one leg.
wounded: a slight wound at Corinth; a slight wound at Vicksburg; and a leg at Resaca
captured: July 4, 1863 at Vicksburg, MS; paroled July 10, 1863 at Vicksburg, MS
Grandparents: Isaac Alexander Lambert & Abigail Davis
Madison was born at Fort Claiborne, Monroe County, AL. Moved with his family to Elmore County from South Alabama in about 1876.
PVT 42nd Alabama Infantry, Company A, CSA
Enlisted: March 5, 1861; Discharged: May 15, 1864
Wounded at Resaca, GA on May 15, 1864
Served until he lost his leg
Leg amputated below the knee
(1921 CSA Census form, in his own words):
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enlisted Claiborne, Monroe Co. about the last of February 1861, infantry, private, Co. A, Regiment 2 first year–42nd later years; also company called Claiborne Guards; Regiment 42 after the first year; length of service 3 years, 3 months
battles: Corinth, Baker Creek, Vicksburg; all the engagements from Chattanooga down to Resaca, then I lost one leg.
wounded: a slight wound at Corinth; a slight wound at Vicksburg; and a leg at Resaca
captured: July 4, 1863 at Vicksburg, MS; paroled July 10, 1863 at Vicksburg, MS
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