Coffee-Covington-Houston County AlArchives Military Records.....Maddox, Matthew M Sr August 5, 1864
Civilwar - Enlistment Captain W W Fleming 3rd Battalion Reserve Regiment
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Civil War
Matthew enlisted as 2nd Lieutenant in B M Thomas Brigade,District of the Gulf 
in August 5 1864 at Elba,Coffee County;Alabama.He was forty-eight years 
old,blue eyes and dark hair.He was born in Monroe County Georgia.February 1865 
the unit was order to Selma.Six companies were assigned guard duty at the post 
of Cahaba,and in March attached to General Clanton's command.It was reported to 
be at Montgomery during April with approximately 300 effectives,and in May was 
included in the surrender of the Department of Alabama,Mississippi,and East 
Louisanna.Colonel William M Brooks,Lieutenant Colonel W D Bulger,and Major 
Whitfield Walker were in command.

Additional Comments:
Matthew was born February 12 1814 in Monroe Co;Georgia.Matthew parents were 
Samuel Maddox Jr and Patsy ?.He married Martha Rebecca Bowden December 24 1835 
in Monroe Co;Georgia.In 1850's the couple moves to Elba,Coffee Co;Alabama.They 
had fifteen children in which six of them moved to Mississippi.Matthew and 
Martha are buried at Rosin Ridge Cemetery in Coffee Co;Alabama.

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