Military


This page is dedicated to the men and women of southwest Jefferson County

 who served in the military starting with the Civil War.


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Civil War

 

1907 Census of Confederate Soldiers living in Jefferson County, Alabama

 

 

Confederate Infantry Companies formed in Jonesborough

(near present day Bessemer)

 18th Alabama Infantry Company G

 28th Alabama Infantry Company H

Books about the 28th Alabama Infantry

 

"Those Gallant Men of the Twenty-Eighth Alabama Confederate Infantry Regiment"  by James H. Walker and Robert Curren. Heritage Books, Inc. published it in 1997. The book has a listing of 1,648 men of the 28th Alabama Regiment, a few lines about each man's life and service record, regimental organization, flag and battles. Day by day entries from the diary of Captain Isaac W. McAdory record the regiment's participation in seven major battles and numerous skirmishes. 383 pages, with map, illustrations, index, paperback, costs $28.50.

Heritage Books, Inc.
1540E Pointer Ridge Place,
Bowie, Maryland 20716
800-398-7709
Their catalog # is ZW043 ; the ISBN 0-7884-0740-6
 

"The Civil War Letters of Joshua K. Callaway" edited by Judith Halleck. This is a published collection of letters of a member from this unit. Published by University of Georgia Press.

 

 

 

Other Confederate Infantry Companies
that men from southwest Jefferson County served in

 

 10th Alabama Infantry Company B

 26th Alabama Infantry Company G

  • Brief Regimental History

  • Regimental History and Company Roster  (link to another website)
    includes men from Tuscaloosa and Jefferson County with surnames of: Burchfield
                                                                                                                                   Crowder
                                                                                                                                   Franklin
                                                                                                                                   Gwin
                                                                                                                                   McFerrin.
     Men from southwest Jefferson County who served in the 26th Alabama Infantry Co. G: Thomas Newton Crowder
                                                                                                                                                                Maltimore M. Gwin
                                                                                                                                                                A. (Anderson) N. Hamaker
                                                                                                                                                                Louis W. Jordan
                                                                                                                                                                William Howsley Parsons
                                                                                                                                                                Merrit Stone.

43rd Alabama Infantry Company G
  • Brief Regimental History

  • Regimental History and Company Roster  (link to another website)

     Men from southwest Jefferson County who served in the 43rd Alabama Infantry Co. G:         Captain M. H. Jordan  (Mortimer H. Jordan?)
                                                                                                                                                                       1st Lt Thomas H. Rutledge
                                                                                                                                                                       Cpl A. B. Robertson 
                                                                                                                                                                       Bivin Allender 
                                                                                                                                                                       Jasper Allender
                                                                                                                                                                       Thomas J. Batson
                                                                                                                                                                       W. T. Fields
                                                                                                                                                                       Josephus Goodwin
                                                                                                                                                                       James R. Goodwin
                                                                                                                                                                       James A. Goolsby
                                                                                                                                                                       W. T. Goolsby
                                                                                                                                                                       A. H. Howton
                                                                                                                                                                       J. H. Howton
                                                                                                                                                                       Elias Robertson
                                                                                                                                                                       H. B. Robertson  (Henry B. Robertson)
                                                                                                                                                                       Manoah Robertson
                                                                                                                                                                       Samuel J. Robbins
                                                                                                                                                                       George Rutledge
                                                                                                                                                                       F. S. Snow  (Felix Samuel Snow?)

 

 

Civil War links


 

World War II

 

 


Deceased War Veterans - buried in area cemeteries


Military Links


 

If you find any errors or omissions,
have any questions or comments
or would like to submit additional information
please email David Reed at

 

Last Updated: September 13, 2005