[northwest_al] Re: Civil War
- From: "Mike Sullivan" <sulliv812@xxxxxxx>
- To: "northwest_al" <northwest_al@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 21 May 2003 21:55:50 -0500
Great find Betty,
Civil War units were formed into companies of around 100 men each. After
organizing about 10 companies into a regiment, the troops were then shipped off
to whatever Army they were needed in. North and South had more than one Army.
This was because the laws allowed the troops to elect their officers. Most of
these officers were leaders in their community but few had military experience.
By not accepting troop units larger than that of a regiment, the Confederate
Government could then assign commanding officers over them. What was probably a
good thing.
There was a company known as the Sipsey Guards what was made up of men mostly
from Tuscaloosa Co. Making it to boot camp just south of Memphis before there
were enough to assemble into a regiment. This company was medically quarantined
because 66 of the 100 had come down with measles. Five died before they were
ever issued a weapon. By the time their 60 day quarantine was over, the AL
regiment they were supposed to be in had shipped out, so this AL unit was
assigned to the 38th Regiment Infantry of TN. There was a GA company in this TN
unit as well.
Source: Tuscaloosa's Own by Beasley Henricks
Bye, Mike
PS: I would like to know more about your ancestor's move from SC to VA. My
brick wall in NC might be because my ancestors had recently moved from SC to
NC. If this turns out to be true, they may have traveled the same route as your
ancestors. Only stopping in NC. sulliv812@xxxxxxx
----- Original Message -----
From: BMoss69893@xxxxxxx
Sent: Wednesday, May 21, 2003 9:18 PM
To: northwest_al@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [northwest_al] Re: Civil War
In a message dated 5/21/2003 8:58:19 PM Central Daylight Time,
sulliv812@xxxxxxx writes:
> It is a real shame that it took the loss of around 620,000 people, with
> around two thirds of them dying of disease
I have found 2 in my "family" who died of measels . They were brothers from
Lauderdale county in the Confederate Army. Their last name was Bulls. Another I
found was in Alabama 5th Cavalry. His name had never been spoken in my
family. He was my grandmother's uncle. He died 10 years before she was born.
Maybe
no one knew about him. He was captured and taken to Camp Chase, Ohio in Oct.
1864 and died there of small pox in Dec. 1864. He was Oliver C. Martin also of
Lauderdale county. I found his name in an old will. Wrote to state archives and
got all the info. Camp Chase has a web site and I found his grave stone.
Betty.
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