Prior to the American Civil War John Snodgrass was a merchant in Bellefonte and served as Jackson County Sheriff from 1849-1852. When war broke out in 1861 he enlisted as the Captain of Company B, 2nd Confederate Infantry Regiment. He was wounded at Shiloh and served as a Captain until the unit was disbanded in May 1862. He then became a Lieutenat Colonel of a battalion which was to be called Snodgrass's Battalion and served until his unit was merged with Norwood's Battalion and redesignated the 55th Alabama Volunteer Infantry Regiment in 1863. His new regiment served at the Dalton, Peachtree Creek, Franklin, and Nashville. The regiment was finally surrendered under Col. Snodgrass at Greensboro, North Carolina. After the war, he opened a general mercantile store and served as the Memphis and Charleston Railroad depot agent during the late 1860's. He helped organize St. Luke's Episcopal Church in Scottsboro. He was also one of the first in Jackson County to install a home telephone, and the event was considered newsworthy, as the editor of The Alabama Herald reported that Col. John Snodgrass "can now talk between his store and his home".
He died in 1888 at the age of 52.
He died in 1888 at the age of 52.
Prior to the American Civil War John Snodgrass was a merchant in Bellefonte and served as Jackson County Sheriff from 1849-1852. When war broke out in 1861 he enlisted as the Captain of Company B, 2nd Confederate Infantry Regiment. He was wounded at Shiloh and served as a Captain until the unit was disbanded in May 1862. He then became a Lieutenat Colonel of a battalion which was to be called Snodgrass's Battalion and served until his unit was merged with Norwood's Battalion and redesignated the 55th Alabama Volunteer Infantry Regiment in 1863. His new regiment served at the Dalton, Peachtree Creek, Franklin, and Nashville. The regiment was finally surrendered under Col. Snodgrass at Greensboro, North Carolina. After the war, he opened a general mercantile store and served as the Memphis and Charleston Railroad depot agent during the late 1860's. He helped organize St. Luke's Episcopal Church in Scottsboro. He was also one of the first in Jackson County to install a home telephone, and the event was considered newsworthy, as the editor of The Alabama Herald reported that Col. John Snodgrass "can now talk between his store and his home".
He died in 1888 at the age of 52.
He died in 1888 at the age of 52.
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