As a civil engineer, he enlisted as a Sergeant in Company B, 1st Engineers Regiment, Confederate States of America.
Battles Fought
Fought on 20 Feb 1864 at Olustee, FL.
Fought on 1 May 1864.
Fought on 6 Apr 1865 at Sailor's Creek, VA.
Fought on 7 Apr 1865 at Farmville, VA.
Was captured and became a prisoner At Point Lookout, VA until after the war ended.
He was asked to come to Alabama by General Ira Foster to build a road up Georgia Mountain. Came, built the road, fell in love with the General's daughter and stayed.
He surveyed and built many roads in Marshall County and north Alabama during his career, and was a Judge in Marshall County later in his life.
His memoirs were published by his great-granddaughter - https://www.lulu.com/en/us/shop/iris-margaret-ayres-smale/albert-martin-ayres-i-memoirs/paperback/product-1zr48y.html
Battles Fought
Fought on 20 Feb 1864 at Olustee, FL.
Fought on 1 May 1864.
Fought on 6 Apr 1865 at Sailor's Creek, VA.
Fought on 7 Apr 1865 at Farmville, VA.
Was captured and became a prisoner At Point Lookout, VA until after the war ended.
He was asked to come to Alabama by General Ira Foster to build a road up Georgia Mountain. Came, built the road, fell in love with the General's daughter and stayed.
He surveyed and built many roads in Marshall County and north Alabama during his career, and was a Judge in Marshall County later in his life.
His memoirs were published by his great-granddaughter - https://www.lulu.com/en/us/shop/iris-margaret-ayres-smale/albert-martin-ayres-i-memoirs/paperback/product-1zr48y.html
As a civil engineer, he enlisted as a Sergeant in Company B, 1st Engineers Regiment, Confederate States of America.
Battles Fought
Fought on 20 Feb 1864 at Olustee, FL.
Fought on 1 May 1864.
Fought on 6 Apr 1865 at Sailor's Creek, VA.
Fought on 7 Apr 1865 at Farmville, VA.
Was captured and became a prisoner At Point Lookout, VA until after the war ended.
He was asked to come to Alabama by General Ira Foster to build a road up Georgia Mountain. Came, built the road, fell in love with the General's daughter and stayed.
He surveyed and built many roads in Marshall County and north Alabama during his career, and was a Judge in Marshall County later in his life.
His memoirs were published by his great-granddaughter - https://www.lulu.com/en/us/shop/iris-margaret-ayres-smale/albert-martin-ayres-i-memoirs/paperback/product-1zr48y.html
Battles Fought
Fought on 20 Feb 1864 at Olustee, FL.
Fought on 1 May 1864.
Fought on 6 Apr 1865 at Sailor's Creek, VA.
Fought on 7 Apr 1865 at Farmville, VA.
Was captured and became a prisoner At Point Lookout, VA until after the war ended.
He was asked to come to Alabama by General Ira Foster to build a road up Georgia Mountain. Came, built the road, fell in love with the General's daughter and stayed.
He surveyed and built many roads in Marshall County and north Alabama during his career, and was a Judge in Marshall County later in his life.
His memoirs were published by his great-granddaughter - https://www.lulu.com/en/us/shop/iris-margaret-ayres-smale/albert-martin-ayres-i-memoirs/paperback/product-1zr48y.html
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