Served as a private in Co. I, 1st Alabama Cavalry (Union).
"U.S., Burial Registers, Military Posts and National Cemeteries, 1862-1960", lists M. D. Self with the 1st TN Cav (believed to be in error)
Update 17 Nov 2015:
Information obtained from Ancestry.com [Family history of jtkilgorejr44 25 Nov 2012]
Martin D. Self was born in 1842 in Blount County, Alabama; his father, Allen, was 29 and his mother, Nancy, was 32. He had two brothers and four sisters.
Muster Card for 1st Alabama Cavalry
Martin D. Self; Co. I; 20 years old; Height: 5'8 1/4"; Complexion: Light; Eyes: Blue; Hair: Sandy; Died of disease
American Civil War Soldiers
Name: Martin Self; Side Served: Union; State Served: Alabama; Enlistment Date: 1862; Military Unit: 1st Cavalry
1st Alabama Cavalry Regiment (Union)
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The 1st Alabama Cavalry Regiment was a cavalry regiment recruited from Southern Unionists that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. It was the only all-white Union regiment from Alabama. Of the 2,678 white Alabamians who enlisted in the Union Army, 2,066 served in the 1st Alabama Cavalry.
The 1st Alabama Cavalry was raised from Alabama Unionists at Huntsville, Alabama, and Memphis, Tennessee, in October, 1862 after Federal troops occupied the area.
"U.S., Burial Registers, Military Posts and National Cemeteries, 1862-1960", lists M. D. Self with the 1st TN Cav (believed to be in error)
Update 17 Nov 2015:
Information obtained from Ancestry.com [Family history of jtkilgorejr44 25 Nov 2012]
Martin D. Self was born in 1842 in Blount County, Alabama; his father, Allen, was 29 and his mother, Nancy, was 32. He had two brothers and four sisters.
Muster Card for 1st Alabama Cavalry
Martin D. Self; Co. I; 20 years old; Height: 5'8 1/4"; Complexion: Light; Eyes: Blue; Hair: Sandy; Died of disease
American Civil War Soldiers
Name: Martin Self; Side Served: Union; State Served: Alabama; Enlistment Date: 1862; Military Unit: 1st Cavalry
1st Alabama Cavalry Regiment (Union)
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The 1st Alabama Cavalry Regiment was a cavalry regiment recruited from Southern Unionists that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. It was the only all-white Union regiment from Alabama. Of the 2,678 white Alabamians who enlisted in the Union Army, 2,066 served in the 1st Alabama Cavalry.
The 1st Alabama Cavalry was raised from Alabama Unionists at Huntsville, Alabama, and Memphis, Tennessee, in October, 1862 after Federal troops occupied the area.
Served as a private in Co. I, 1st Alabama Cavalry (Union).
"U.S., Burial Registers, Military Posts and National Cemeteries, 1862-1960", lists M. D. Self with the 1st TN Cav (believed to be in error)
Update 17 Nov 2015:
Information obtained from Ancestry.com [Family history of jtkilgorejr44 25 Nov 2012]
Martin D. Self was born in 1842 in Blount County, Alabama; his father, Allen, was 29 and his mother, Nancy, was 32. He had two brothers and four sisters.
Muster Card for 1st Alabama Cavalry
Martin D. Self; Co. I; 20 years old; Height: 5'8 1/4"; Complexion: Light; Eyes: Blue; Hair: Sandy; Died of disease
American Civil War Soldiers
Name: Martin Self; Side Served: Union; State Served: Alabama; Enlistment Date: 1862; Military Unit: 1st Cavalry
1st Alabama Cavalry Regiment (Union)
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The 1st Alabama Cavalry Regiment was a cavalry regiment recruited from Southern Unionists that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. It was the only all-white Union regiment from Alabama. Of the 2,678 white Alabamians who enlisted in the Union Army, 2,066 served in the 1st Alabama Cavalry.
The 1st Alabama Cavalry was raised from Alabama Unionists at Huntsville, Alabama, and Memphis, Tennessee, in October, 1862 after Federal troops occupied the area.
"U.S., Burial Registers, Military Posts and National Cemeteries, 1862-1960", lists M. D. Self with the 1st TN Cav (believed to be in error)
Update 17 Nov 2015:
Information obtained from Ancestry.com [Family history of jtkilgorejr44 25 Nov 2012]
Martin D. Self was born in 1842 in Blount County, Alabama; his father, Allen, was 29 and his mother, Nancy, was 32. He had two brothers and four sisters.
Muster Card for 1st Alabama Cavalry
Martin D. Self; Co. I; 20 years old; Height: 5'8 1/4"; Complexion: Light; Eyes: Blue; Hair: Sandy; Died of disease
American Civil War Soldiers
Name: Martin Self; Side Served: Union; State Served: Alabama; Enlistment Date: 1862; Military Unit: 1st Cavalry
1st Alabama Cavalry Regiment (Union)
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The 1st Alabama Cavalry Regiment was a cavalry regiment recruited from Southern Unionists that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. It was the only all-white Union regiment from Alabama. Of the 2,678 white Alabamians who enlisted in the Union Army, 2,066 served in the 1st Alabama Cavalry.
The 1st Alabama Cavalry was raised from Alabama Unionists at Huntsville, Alabama, and Memphis, Tennessee, in October, 1862 after Federal troops occupied the area.
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