Private, company C, 33 infantry. Mustered in at Greenville, Alabama in March, 1862 for 3 years. Mustered out in May 1865.  Signed up by a Capt. Dunklin.   Enlisted for a bounty of $50.00.

Private, Co. D. 33rd Alabama Inf.
b. 1833, SC
m. Mary Ann Sims,
d. 27 March 1910, Ebenezer West Cemetery, Butler Co., AL

Private, Co. B. 18th Alabama Inf.
b. January 1839, Randolph County, Georgia
m. Kittie C. Lucas
d. 26 May 1923, Brushey Creek Cemetery

Confederate military records indicate that he enlisted into the Confederate Army on July 9, 1861, in Andalusia, AL. He was listed as private in Company B, 18th Regiment of the Alabama Infantry.

While engaged in the Battle of Chickamauga, he was captured near Nashville, Tennessee, by the Union Army on December 16, 1864. He was moved to Louisville, Kentucky where he was placed in a military prisoner of war camp. From that P.O.W. camp, he was taken to another one located at Camp Chase, Ohio. He was released from Camp Chase on June 12, 1865, but only after swearing allegiance to the United States.

Private, Co. B, 17th Ala Inf.

Private, 33rd Alabama Inf.
b. Aug 5, 1820, SC
m. Martha Malinda Rhodes
m. Elizabeth Ann Frances Thomas, 1848
d. 1860-1862, Civil War, killed, location unknown

b. 26 May 1792, Virginia
m. Edney Thornton
d. 12 April 1860, Civil War

Robert Smyth served with the Confederate Army during the Civil War. He and three of his four sons were killed or died as a result of battle injuries during the war.

Private, 33rd Alabama Inf.
b. Feb 18, 1839, SC
m. Martha Mason
d. 1860-1862, Civil War, killed, location unknown

b. 24 July 1845, Butler County, Alabama
m. 8 May 1867, Mary Frances Anna Gibbons
d. 28 August 1902, Providence Cemetery

At the age of 20, Willie Jason enlisted at Greenville as a private in Pou's Company, Alabama Volunteers on March 16, 1862 to fight in the Civil War. In April 1862, Smith was listed as a 4th Sergeant with Company A, 33rd Alabama Volunteers. From July through December 1862, he was listed as a sergeant. For most of 1862, he was shown as a 4th SGT. Records indicate that he recieved $102 for six months pay from July 1 through December 1, 1862, a rate of $19 per month.

After being injured in the train wreck near Cleveland, TN on Nov. 4, 1862, he was hospitalized at General Hospital, Cleveland, Tennessee. Records indicate that he was hospitalized during the month of December 1862.

Willie Jason was discharged from military duty on March 31, 1864 as a private. On the day of discharge, he was issued one pair of pants valued at $12. This document was issued from the Quartermaster Department of the Confederate States of America to PVT. W. J. Smith of Company C, 33rd Alabama Regiment. It indicates his name as William J. Smith in one place; however, his signature is just W. J. Smith. Quartermaster at the time of discharge was Capt. E. C. Milner, also of Butler County.

Private, Co. H, 33rd Ala. Inf.
b. 3 Aug 1828
m. Julia Ann Rhodes
d. 4 Nov 1862, Civil War

William M. served in Co. H, 33rd Ala. Inf. as a private, enlisting on May 11, 1862 in Greenville AL. Military records state that he was "killed in railroad accident near Cleveland TN 11/4/1862. Decease claim filed Butler CO AL by Julia A. Smyth, widow. Witnesses to claim: Samuel Adams and Alexander McKellar."

His burial site was discovered in 1999 when information was located on the Cleveland, TN train accident. Smyth was among 17 soldiers who were killed in the accident. They were buried in a mass grave at the scene. In November, 1989, a monument was erected in the Ft. Hill Cemetery, Bradley County, Tn. in memory of Smyth and his fellow soldiers.

Private, Co. A, 1st Battalion, Alabama Inf.
b. October 19, 1856, Butler County, Alabama
m. May 13, 1867, Annie Elizabeth Smith
d. August 9, 1910, Butler County, Alabama

Cooper is listed as a private in Company A, 1st Battalion, Alabama Infantry, CSA. Enlistment records indicate that he joined the war in the fall of 1863 at Fort Morgan, AL. He was captured there, along with his father, Leander, by the Union Army. Transferred to Elmira, N.Y., he was released from military service on June 11, 1865.

On May 28, 1894, Cooper filed for a pension based on his military service to the Confederacy. The application states that he was 48 years old, farming land valued at less than $400 with less than $400 annual income, this being that he had contracted a disease during the war. It doesn?t indicate the name of the disease. Another application was filed on March 17, 1896, showed he was farming 85 acres of land with one mule. A third application was filed on May 7, 1897 showing 80 acres of poor land which was mortagaged. A fourth attempt to receive a pension was filed April 13, 1898, stating that he had no assets.

Private, Co. A, 1st Alabama Artillery
b. ca. 1824, South Carolina
m. ca. 1845, Nancy Burkett
d. February 11, 1865, Union Prison, Elmira, New York

Leander served the Confederacy in Company A, 1st Alabama Artillery. He was captured by Union troops at Fort Morgan, AL. His CSA records data card indicates that he was on the roll of prisoners of war at Fort Columbus, N.Y.H. (New York Harbor) before being transferred to the Union prison camp at Elmira, N. Y. He was received at Elmira on December 4, 1864. He died at the camp on February 11, 1865, suffering from chronic diarrhea. Leander's body was never returned to Alabama. He is buried in Elmira's Woodlawn Cemetery beneath a simple white cross inscribed, "2058 Stinson, L.-Private-"A"-1st Infantry-AL."

Private, Co. E, 56th Alabama Partisan Rangers
Born: 11 February 1844
Married: Margaret J.
Died: 10 October 1911

James H. Stuart enlisted as a private in Co. E, 56th Alabama Partisan Rangers in May 1862.  He was wounded in the battle of Decatur, Georgia.  He was honorably discharged from service in May 1865.

He filed for a Confederate pension in 1903. He stated that he owned 80 acres of land in Butler County.

Private, Co. B, 17th Alabama Infantry Regiment
Born: 18 August 1837
Married: Sarah Ann Parker
Died: 6 February 1887

Lewis Carnes Stuart enlisted as a private in Company B, 17th Alabama Infantry Regiment, on 14 September 1861 in Montgomery, Alabama.  He enlisted with his brother, William David Stuart, on the same day and they served together for the duration of the war.  He was mustered in by Major Calhoun.

Private Stuart's service cards show that he was absent on sick furlough in September, 1862, at home in Butler County.  Records show private Stuart being paroled from detention in Montgomery as a Prisoner of war on 30 May 1865.  It lists him as being 5' 2", dark hair, blue eyes, and a dark complexion.

Co. E, 56th Alabama Partisan Rangers
Born: 8 September 1831
Married: Ann Louisa Skinner
Died:

Wayman Ader Stuart enlisted with the 56th Alabama Partisan Rangers in April 1862. He was wounded during the battle of Salsbery, Georgia.

He filed for a Confederate pension on 10 July 1901 and it was granted on 14 August 1901. It stated that he lived near Pine Flat, Alabama in the Forest Home-Butler Springs area of Butler County.

Private, Co. B, 17th Alabama Infantry Regiment
Born: 24 April 1836
Married: Martha Ellen Watts
Died: 24 June 1924

William David Stuart enlisted as a private in Company B, 17th Alabama Infantry Regiment, on 14 September 1861 in Montgomery, Alabama.  He enlisted with his brother, Lewis Carnes Stuart, on the same day and they served together for the duration of the war.  He was mustered in by Major Calhoun.

Private Stuart's service cards shows he was present for service in July through December 1862.  It later shows private Stuart being paroled from detention in Montgomery as a prisoner of war on 30 May 1865.  It shows him as being 5' 6", sandy hair, blue eyes, and a fair complexion.

In his Confederate pension file dated 23 July 1898, William D. Stuart was a resident of Brookwood, Tuscaloosa County, Alabama.  He states that in the battle of Peachtree Creek, near Atlanta, he was wounded in his foot, leg, and arms.

Private William David Stuart was awarded the Southern Cross of Honor by the United Daughters of the Confederacy in June 1903 by the New Orleans Chapter.  This is documented in the Southern Cross of Honor Recipient Ledger Book number 3, page 289.

Private, Co. A, Alabama Regiment
b. 9 May 1825, Eagleville, Rutherford Co., Tennessee
m. 31 March 1847, Matilda Ann Teat, Lowndes County, AL
d. 22 May 1910, Old Shiloh Cemetery, Butler Co., AL

Wilson enlisted with the C.S.A. in January 17, 1862 in Mobile. He is listed as having been a private in Company A, Alabama Regiment. As a result of injuries, he was held at Ross Hospital in Mobile. Records list him as Pvt. D. R. Wilson with Company G, 9th Alabama Regiment.

He was dicharged on June 6, 1865 after swearing allegiance to the United States at the 16th Army Headquarters in Montgomery, Alabama. In 1901, David Russell Wilson applied for a pension based on his service with the C.S.A. His address at that time was Redoc (Reddoch) Springs.