Confederate Veterans Reunion, Talladega County, Alabama, 1909

This photo was taken at the front of the County Courthouse in 1909.

Below are the names and biographies of the Civil War Veterans listed above. There is additional information at the bottom of the page on some individuals and the Civil War units in which they served. The information below was obtained from family members and research by myself. I cannot guarantee the accuracy of the information below, but present it for general purposes. – Brian K. Chatham, 2017.

 

1. P. R. Crump. Pleasant Riggs Crump. Pleasant Crump was born in 1847 and died in 1951, age 104. Pleasant Crump was born in Crawford’s Cove, in St. Claire County, Alabama. He is buried in Hall Cemetery, Lincoln, Alabama. He enlisted as a Private in Company A, 10th Alabama Infantry Regiment in November 1864. He fought with the 10th Alabama at the Battle of Hatchers Run, participated in the siege of Petersburg, and the surrender at Appomattox Court House.

 

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3. W.A. Morris. Full name: William Alexander Morris. Present Post Office: Alpine, Ala. Was born on July 15, 1832 in the county of Taliaferro in the state of Georgia; First entered the service as Private on May 1862 at Talladega, Alabama in the Co F, 51st Alabama Partisan Rangers (mounted) and continued until discharged April 1865, Greensboro, North Carolina.

 

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5. Buck Roberson. Buck Roberson. Is this him?: Full Name: Roberson, William. Present Address Post Office: Talladega, Ala. He was born on April 10, 1827, at Montevalo, in the county of Shelby, in the state of Alabama. He first entered the service as Private on November 1862, at Shelbyville, Tennessee, in Company F, 25th Alabama, and continued until discharged in May 1865, Greensboro, North Carolina.

 

6. Thomas S. Plowman. With the outbreak of the Civil War, he joined the Confederate Army at age 20 and served as a Private in Company F, 51st Alabama Cavalry. After the war, he was active in agricultural and mercantile pursuits in Talladega, Alabama. He was Mayor of Talladega, (1872-78) and president of the First National Bank of Talladega. In 1897, he presented credentials as a Democratic member-elect to the Fifty-fifth Congress, serving until 1898. After his term, he was on the Talladega County Jury Commission (1910-11), a member of the Alabama State Senate in 1912 and the first president of the Bankhead Highway.

 

7. George Parsons. George Wake Parsons (also spelled Parson, in some information). Present Post Office: Talladega, Alabama. He was born on April 26th, 1843 at Nicholsville, in the county of Jessamine, in the state of Kentucky. Parsons first entered the service as Private on June 1861, at Talladega, Alabama, in Company A, 8th Cavalry (CSA) and continued until paroled April 23rd, 1865, Talladega Alabama. The 8th Cavalry marched with the army into Kentucky, and was engaged in a series of bloody encounters, extending up to and subsequent to the battle of Murfreesboro. It was in Wheeler's dash on Rosecrans' rear during that battle, and was badly cut in two or three cavalry fights shortly after. The regiment lost very severely at Shelbyville, and was engaged at Chickamauga. Near Dalton, May 1864, the regiment had a protracted fight, with heavy loss. During the Dalton-Atlanta campaign the regiment fought as infantry nearly the whole time. It was engaged at Jonesboro, and in the captured of Stoneman. It was with Wheeler in his last grand raid into Tennessee, fighting often, then moved into Virginia, and fought Burbridge at Saltville. The 8th Cavalry then pursued Sherman into the Carolinas. It was in constant contact with him untill it surrendered at Greenesboro, NC, less than 100 strong. Parsons applied for admission to the Mountain Creek Soldiers Home in 1917. He is listed on the 1920 Chilton County Census as a resident of the Mountain Creek Soldiers Home. He died in 1921 and is buried at Oak Hill Cemetery, Talladega, Alabama.

 

8. J. Knox Polk Jones. James Knox Polk Jones. JONES, JAMES KNOX Present Post Office: Talladega, Ala Was born on April 17th, 1845, in the county of Talladega, in the state of Alabama; First entered the service as Private on March 1862, at Talladega, Alabama in the Co F, 30th Alabama and continued until discharged April 1865, Saulsbury, North Carolina.

 

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11. Junius Brutus Woodward. J.B. Woodward. Born December 7, 1845, in South Carolina, and died January 25, 1921, in Talladega, Alabama. His were Joseph A. and Minerva (Rice) Woodward. Joseph A. Woodward moved the family to Talladega County in 1860. Joseph A. Woodward was a lawyer by profession. J.B. Woodward received an education in the public schools, but was cut short by the Civil War. At age 16, J.B. enlisted in the 1st Company, Washington Artillery of New Orleans and served until the surrender of General Lee. He served with his battalion in all of its battles, except Drewry’s Bluff. After the war he returned to Talladega and entered the mercantile business, rising successfully. He married in 1877, to Sarah Rogers (Wood) Woodward, producing two children, a son named Rice, and daughter named Pinekney C. His family are members of the Presbyterian Church. Pvt. 1st Battalion, Washington Artillery, Confederate States Army.

 

12. James Albert Williams.

 

13. Edmond Ogletree. Edmond Hooker Ogletree, 4th Corporal, Company F, 30th Regiment, Alabama Infantry. Ogletree was born December 18, 1829 and died on August 10, 1921. He is buried at Pleasant Grove Baptist Church, Talladega, Alabama. He married Clemenza J. (Elliott) Ogletree (b.1830-d.1909).

 

14. James Brewster Stapp. James B. Stapp was born on September 15, 1847 and died on January 14, 1920 at the age of seventy-three years. He entered service in the Civil War in 1863, at the age of 16, and served with Company C, 62th Regiment, Alabama Reserves. James Stapp was a Mason and County Commissioner. He is buried at Hephzibah Cemetery, Talladega County, near Renfroe.

 

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16. J.B. Terry. Josiah Boon Terry, was born on July 3, 1845 in the county of Talladega in the state of Alabama; First entered the service as Private on March 1863, at Talladega, Alabama in the Company F, 51st Alabama Cavalry (Partisan Rangers) and continued until paroled, May 1865. J.B. Terry died on June 18, 1926, in Talladega, Alabama and is buried at Oak Hill Cemetery. The 51st Alabama Cavalry was a partisan Rangers cavalry unit. Partisan rangers were irregular (not regular Army) forces, who operated outside normal army organization, rules, regulations, etc. The 51st worked with the Army of Tennessee, primarily responsible for the security of its flanks.

 

17. George A. Joiner. George Alburtus Joiner was born in Talladega, October 23, 1843, and is a son of James H. and Rachel (Williamson) Joiner. He died in 1918. At the age of 18 years he entered the Confederate Naval Academy, near Richmond Va., and was graduated in 1864. He was for a short time in the service as an officer on the Confederate ironclad, "CSS Huntsville," and was wounded at the Battle of Fort Blakely, Mobile Bay. He held the rank of past midshipman, and was recommended for promotion a short time before the final surrender. After Fort Blakely was stormed and taken, he was transferred to the side-wheel casemate ironclad, “CSS Nashville”, and surrendered with that ship. Soon after the war, he became associated with his father in the publication of a newspaper, and remained in that business until 1873, since which time he became in mercantile pursuits.

 

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19. Augustus “Gus” G. Burton. Gus Burton was born in 1837. He enlisted as a private in Company E, 53rd Alabama Partisan Rangers. He filed for his pension in Talladega County. The 53rd Regiment Alabama Cavalry, also known as the 53rd Alabama Partisan Rangers, was instrumental in the raid to capture a train load of cattle destined for General Sherman during the Atlanta Campaign. The unit continued a guerrilla action as General Sherman marched to the sea in his scorched-earth campaign to Savannah. The 53rd served in Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, Florida and South Carolina.

 

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23. James Matson Giddens. James Madison Giddens was born in 1837, in Tennessee and died in 1924, Birmingham, Alabama. He is buried with many other members of the Giddens family in Bethel Methodist Church Cemetery, Talladega, Alabama. He enlisted as a Private in Company K, 10th Alabama Infantry Regiment (CSA) in May 1861. The 10th Alabama fought under the Army of Northern Virginia until it surrendered at Appomattox Courthouse. The 10th Alabama suffered 300 killed in action and another 180 who died of disease.

 

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25. Henry Clay Hannah. Henry Clay Hannah. Born on October 12, 1844 in Alabama and died May 1924, in Vincent, Shelby County, Alabama. Henry married Missouri Catherine Gambrell in Talladega County in 1871. He lived in Shelby County from 1880 until his death. He is buried in the Macedonia Church Cemetery in Vincent, Alabama. He has a military headstone in this cemetery with no dates on his headstone. He served in the Civil War with Company A (The Walker Reynolds Guards), 29th Alabama Infantry where he was recorded as having been wounded. The 29th Infantry saw heavy fighting during the War. When the 29th Alabama finally surrendered on April 26, 1865, less than 90 men were present.

 

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27. Knox Albright. Isaac Knox Albright, born March 19, 1841, and died January 17, 1917. He was a member of Company G, 42nd Alabama Infantry. He enlisted June 1864 as a private. Albright is buried at Oak Hill Cemetery, Talladega, Alabama.

 

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29. J.B. McMillan. James Benjamin McMillan. Private, 1st Battery, Washington Artillery, Confederate States Army. Enlisted at Talladega July 29, 1863, age 17. Present at Drewry's Bluff and Petersburg. One furlough in April 1864 and quite a bit of sick time. No card regarding the surrender. Last present January 1, 1865. Rank of Private. Buried at Oak Hill Cemetery.

 

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31. Lige Horn. Could this be Elijah L. Horn? Elijah L. Horn served as a sergeant in Company F, 30th Alabama Infantry. This unit was organized in Talladega.

 

32. W.A. London. William A. London. He died after 1920. He enlisted Oct-1864 Leathers Ford, GA as a private in Edmondson’s Georgia Battalion of Cavalry. He filed for his pension in Talladega County

 

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34. Dr. J. W. Heacock. Dr John William "Jack" Heacock, Birth: Dec. 21, 1837, Talladega County, Alabama, USA, Death: Apr. 27, 1920, Talladega County, Alabama, USA. "Jack" is the son of Dr. Joseph Davis Heacock and Rachel Maurice Garner. During the Civil War, he served in the Confederate Army in Co. E, 10th AL Infantry Regiment. He enlisted on 14 Jan 1861, as a private, and by 17 Sep 1861 he had been elected a 1st Sergeant. On 24 Mar 1863 he became a 1st Lt. (According to the inscription on his grave marker, he rose to the rank of Lieutenant Colonel (LTC), which I think is either an error or honorary.) After the war he became a physician and married Julia Arabelle "Belle” Riser, in Talladega Co, AL, and they had Dr. Joseph Davis Heacock & Alda B. (F). After the death of his first wife, Dr. Heacock married his wife’s sister, Louise Eleanor "Lue" Riser, 15 years his junior, on November 16, 1875, in Talladega Co, AL, They had many children: Georgia M., John William, Edgar B., Rachel Paralee, Minnie, Walter Judson, Irene, Kathlene, Nannie May, Lou Eleanor, and Mildred.

 

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37. J.T. Hiett. James Thomas Hiett, was born in 1845 and died in 1936. During the Civil War, he enlisted as a private in Company D, 62nd Alabama Infantry Regiment (Reserves). During the Civil War, confederate reserve units were usually composed of very young (16-18y/o) and very old men. The reserve units were primarily “home defense” and did not deploy outside of the State. But, many saw action – the 62nd saw heavy action and heavy casualties. The unit primarily was used at Mobile, Alabama, in the defense of Spanish Fort and Fort Gaines. James Hiett is buried at Bethel Methodist Church Cemetery, Talladega, Alabama.

 

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