Chambers County Alabama - Civil War - Ferrell's Battery Georgia Light Artillery This file generously contributed by Linda Ayers Jan 2003 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/al/alfiles.htm ************************************************ Ferrell's Battery Georgia Light Artillery [Listed in Alabama Confederate Regiments & Batteries for Randolph and Chambers County Alabama, this unit was formed in West Point Georgia] Ferrell, C.B. Captain [Coleman B. Ferrell Moses, Sidney A 1st Lieutenant Henderson, William 1st Lieutenant Battle, John C 1st Lieutenant Davis, Nathan 2nd Lieutenant [Possibly died in Chambers County] Cameron, Benjamin 2nd Lieutenant Truitt, James M. 2nd Lieutenant Robertson, Anthony 1st Sergeant Coleman, David R. Sergeant Gregg, A.F. Sergeant Jackson, Robert Sergeant Brooks, William Sergeant Boyd, John Corporal/Sergeant Hearn, James L. Corporal Briton, John W. Corporal Motley, Jose Corporal Shivers, Solomon Corporal [Shivers, Solomon P. born Aug 6, 1832, died Jul 11, 1892,buried Wadley City Cemetery Randolph County] Privates: Adams, A.G Akers, John Barnett, Joseph T Barry, Frank Beasley, A.E Boddie, George Bonner, James W [Filed for pension in Randolph County] Boon, William Brady, John W Brantley, James Brewer, M.G Briton, George W Briton, James G Briton, W.B.C Brooks, John Brooks, Joseph G [Filed for pension in Chambers County] Brown, Patrick Brown, William [Widow filed for pension in Clay County] Buckingham, G.H Buckingham, I.H Burke, Charles Buttrell, James M Cameron, John Cameron, William Campbell, David Carlisle, J.D Childs, Nathan Chivers, Joel Chivers, Thomas Christopher, R.L Chunn, Reuben Clark, Rufus Clements, James A [Widow filed for pension in Clay County] Cofield, Wiley [Buried Cederwood Cemetery Randolph County] Cole, Samuel Compton, D.N Cook, D Cook, H.C Cook, Wiley H Cooper, Mitchell P Cooper, W.P Cottle, James M Crewshaw, Mathew Crow, J.L. Crow, J.T Crowder, Joseph E Crowder, Thomas G Davenport, Marcus D Davis, Joseph Davis, W.P Dean, John Dean, W.D Dean, W.P Dean, William Dennis, William Dennis, Jonathan Dockrum, Charles Drinkard, Augustus Drinkard, John S Dye, J.A Ellis, Charles B Enloe, L.J [Escoe, Lindsey Johnson [b. 24 Jul 1829 LaGrange, Troup Co GA d. 13 Oct 1923 Elysian Fields, Panola Co, TX] Estes, Dallas [Died in Chambers County] Estes, H.T [Estes, Henry Tillman born Mar 1, 1839,died Apr 30, 1905, buried Malone Cemetery Randolph County] Farr, Daniel [Born 1837, died in Rock Mills Randolph County] Farr, Isaac Farr, John J Fester, G Fester, J.O Fester, W. A Ferrell, C.A Ferrell, Henry Forbes, Benjamin Forbes, James A Formby, Cornelius Formby, John Formby, Mathew Frost, Frank Fulgum, John Galloway, F.M Garrett, Jesse Garrett, Samuel Gilliam, E. Wiley Gilliam, Thomas Glauton, J.H Graham, Eli Green, L.O Green, W.P Greene, M.G Greer, S.P [Samuel Preston Greer, living in Chambers County in 1900] Greer, W.A [William Alonzo Greer, born 1840, died 1907] Hall, Wm F [Filed for pension in Clay County, in 1896] Hamby, J.M Hamlin, Richard [Richard Jasper Hamlin, died in Chambers County] Hamlin, Robert [Died in the Battle of West Point Apr 16, 1865] Harralson, Thomas S.E Harralson, William Harris, James A Hartman, Lewis Hayes, Samuel Hayes, William B [Filed for pension in Calhoun County] Haynes, Albert W Haynes, Jacob Hendon, John P Herbert, James Herren, James S Hill, J.G Hill, Joshua Hill, William M Howard, S.J Howell, Daniel Hudgins, Madison Hudson, Asa Hudson, H.C Hudson, James Hudson, John Hudson, Richard Hunter, Leroy Hurst, W. Reid Jennings, Allen Jennings, W.T Johnson, A.T Johnson, J.J Johnson, L.D Johnson, W Johnson, W.N Johnston, Samuel Johnston, William Jones, Alonzo Jones, Henry W Jones, J.W Jones, Robert Y [Enlisted in May or June 1861; discharged with typhoid fever after 1st Manassas, Virginia. Reenlisted in 3rd Georgia Regiment at Atlanta, Georgia in fall 1861 for six months. Reenlisted spring 1862 at La Grange, Georgia in Ferrell’s Battery and continued until surrendered at West Point, Georgia. I was in command of 14 men of Ferrell’s Battery at Battle of Fort Tyler, West Point, Georgia. I was paroled at Macon, Georgia about April 25, 1865. Filed for pension in Lee County Alabama] Lane, Charles A [Lane, Charles Alexander born Oct 19, 1835, died Feb 8, 1889, buried Fellowship Randolph County] Lane, Hiram [Lane, Hiram J. buried Fellowship Randolph County] Laney, Lindsay Lemasters, T.G Leveret, G.T Littlefield, G.W [Died in Chambers County] Littlefield, Nathan [Died in Chambers County Alabama] Mann, C Mathew, J.J McCoy, D.C McCutchens, Cicero McFarland, J Mickle, M.B Montgomery, Charles Montgomery, James Montgomery, Joseph Moon, Levi T Moore, Thomas R Mooty, Jesse Moran, C.F Morgan, S.P Morris, Joseph Moseley, U Motley, Frances Motley, George Muldrew, Alford [Muldrew, William A. born Feb 6, 1841, filed for pension in 1907 in Randolph County] Muldrew, James [Muldrew, James P. born Dec 28, 1836, died Jun 16, 1911, buried Rock Mills Randolph County] Mullennix, L.D Myers, Thomas Nelson, Hardy Nelson, Henry Newell, A.J Nichols, John L Nichols, Thomas Nolen, James Oldham, G Oliver, J, O'Neal, Augustus Overton, J Osborn, William Parker, F.M Parker, Isaac Patrick, John Powell, J.M. Powell, Jesse Powell, W.J Prince, William Prophett, Pleasant Ramsey, Henry Clay Raper, Noah Rasser, H.B Rogers, Columbus Ruston, J.C Ruston, Joseph Screws, Joseph Sherbet, Martin Sherbet, Walter Slaughter, H.C Smedley, James M Smedley, Middleton Smith, C.O Spears, William W Sleights, Bass Sleights, W.L Spioff, William Spivey, William Stephens, Gideon D [Born 1834, died 1872 Texas] Stephens, John S Stewart, J.R Stinson, J.W Strickland, D.L Strickland, David Strickland, G.D Stroud, J.R Traver, Hezekiah [Born 1837, died 1917 Cleburne County Alabama] Traver, John Traver, Martin [Tarver, Martin born 1836, died Jun 12, 1894 buried Broughton Randolph County Taylor, B.M Terry, Thomas Thomaston, J.W Tinsley, John A Walker, Henry H [Born 1835, died 1888 in Georgia] Ward, Alexander Wheelas, H.S Wheelas, L.M. Wheelas, T.B Wheeler, W.C Whitaker, John Williams, S.J. Williams, W.T Willingham, L.F Willingham, William B Wilson, Thomas J Wisdom, Dr. Witham, John D Yates, Eli M [Born 1829, died 1912, buried Wehadkee Randolph County] Yates, L.H.C Young, James G