RANDOLPH, W.F. PVT
I 32 ALA
1/10/64
Born about 1829 in Alabama.
From Lawrence county, Alabama.
Married to Sarah Ann Susan McKinney on January 23, 1851 in Lawrence county, AL.
Had 5 children, 3 boys & 2 girls ;
John M Randolph 1850 – 1923
WILLIAM MERICUS RANDOLPH 1853 – 1925
Clara Dora Francis Randolph 1858 – 1936
Mary E Randolph 1858 –
James Thomas Randolph 1861 – 1945
Enlisted in the Confederate Alabama 32nd regiment , Company I - Infantry, on February 12, 1863.
Was shot in the Battle at Jackson, MS on May 13, 1863 over control of Vicksburg. He was trying to hold off the Union forces so the town could be evacuated before the Union set the town on fire. He was sent to a hospital in Jackson, Ms. By July, he was back with his unit. He participated in all the battles of Chickamauga at Chattanooga, Tennessee in August and September of 1863.
On November 25, 1863, he was captured at the Battle of Missionary Ridge in Chattanooga and became a POW - Prisoner of War.
He was sent to Rock Island, Illinois to the prison that wasn't even completely built in the dead of winter - arriving on December 9, 1863.
There was an outbreak of smallpox. There was pneumonia and diarrhea running through the camp the week that he died.
He died on January 10, 1864.
He is buried in the Confederate Cemetery at Rock Island, Illinois.
I 32 ALA
1/10/64
Born about 1829 in Alabama.
From Lawrence county, Alabama.
Married to Sarah Ann Susan McKinney on January 23, 1851 in Lawrence county, AL.
Had 5 children, 3 boys & 2 girls ;
John M Randolph 1850 – 1923
WILLIAM MERICUS RANDOLPH 1853 – 1925
Clara Dora Francis Randolph 1858 – 1936
Mary E Randolph 1858 –
James Thomas Randolph 1861 – 1945
Enlisted in the Confederate Alabama 32nd regiment , Company I - Infantry, on February 12, 1863.
Was shot in the Battle at Jackson, MS on May 13, 1863 over control of Vicksburg. He was trying to hold off the Union forces so the town could be evacuated before the Union set the town on fire. He was sent to a hospital in Jackson, Ms. By July, he was back with his unit. He participated in all the battles of Chickamauga at Chattanooga, Tennessee in August and September of 1863.
On November 25, 1863, he was captured at the Battle of Missionary Ridge in Chattanooga and became a POW - Prisoner of War.
He was sent to Rock Island, Illinois to the prison that wasn't even completely built in the dead of winter - arriving on December 9, 1863.
There was an outbreak of smallpox. There was pneumonia and diarrhea running through the camp the week that he died.
He died on January 10, 1864.
He is buried in the Confederate Cemetery at Rock Island, Illinois.
RANDOLPH, W.F. PVT
I 32 ALA
1/10/64
Born about 1829 in Alabama.
From Lawrence county, Alabama.
Married to Sarah Ann Susan McKinney on January 23, 1851 in Lawrence county, AL.
Had 5 children, 3 boys & 2 girls ;
John M Randolph 1850 – 1923
WILLIAM MERICUS RANDOLPH 1853 – 1925
Clara Dora Francis Randolph 1858 – 1936
Mary E Randolph 1858 –
James Thomas Randolph 1861 – 1945
Enlisted in the Confederate Alabama 32nd regiment , Company I - Infantry, on February 12, 1863.
Was shot in the Battle at Jackson, MS on May 13, 1863 over control of Vicksburg. He was trying to hold off the Union forces so the town could be evacuated before the Union set the town on fire. He was sent to a hospital in Jackson, Ms. By July, he was back with his unit. He participated in all the battles of Chickamauga at Chattanooga, Tennessee in August and September of 1863.
On November 25, 1863, he was captured at the Battle of Missionary Ridge in Chattanooga and became a POW - Prisoner of War.
He was sent to Rock Island, Illinois to the prison that wasn't even completely built in the dead of winter - arriving on December 9, 1863.
There was an outbreak of smallpox. There was pneumonia and diarrhea running through the camp the week that he died.
He died on January 10, 1864.
He is buried in the Confederate Cemetery at Rock Island, Illinois.
I 32 ALA
1/10/64
Born about 1829 in Alabama.
From Lawrence county, Alabama.
Married to Sarah Ann Susan McKinney on January 23, 1851 in Lawrence county, AL.
Had 5 children, 3 boys & 2 girls ;
John M Randolph 1850 – 1923
WILLIAM MERICUS RANDOLPH 1853 – 1925
Clara Dora Francis Randolph 1858 – 1936
Mary E Randolph 1858 –
James Thomas Randolph 1861 – 1945
Enlisted in the Confederate Alabama 32nd regiment , Company I - Infantry, on February 12, 1863.
Was shot in the Battle at Jackson, MS on May 13, 1863 over control of Vicksburg. He was trying to hold off the Union forces so the town could be evacuated before the Union set the town on fire. He was sent to a hospital in Jackson, Ms. By July, he was back with his unit. He participated in all the battles of Chickamauga at Chattanooga, Tennessee in August and September of 1863.
On November 25, 1863, he was captured at the Battle of Missionary Ridge in Chattanooga and became a POW - Prisoner of War.
He was sent to Rock Island, Illinois to the prison that wasn't even completely built in the dead of winter - arriving on December 9, 1863.
There was an outbreak of smallpox. There was pneumonia and diarrhea running through the camp the week that he died.
He died on January 10, 1864.
He is buried in the Confederate Cemetery at Rock Island, Illinois.
Inscription
163
W.F. RANDOLPH
CO. I
32 ALA REG.
C.S.A.
Gravesite Details
William Fletcher Randolph was my Great Great Grandfather. Mike Harper
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