Civil War Service Records for Lindsey H. Staples, Lee, Alabama

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Abstract of the Military Records for
LINDSEY H. STAPLES
(A copy of the papers is in my files)

Service Cards

(First Card)

Stapels (sic), Lindsey
Ct. I, 47 Alabama Infantry.
(Confederate)
Private     Private
Card Numbers
(there are 19 numbers but they are extremely difficult to read).
Number of medical cards herein      0
Number of personal papers herein   0

(Second Card)

(Confederate)
I     47    Ala.
Lindsey Stapels
Pvt., Capt. Jackson’s Company
Age   34   years.
Appears on              Company Muster-in Roll
                        of the organization named above.
Roll dated              Loachapoka, Ala., Apl 18, 1862
Muster-in to date       Apl. 18, 1862
Joined for duty and enrolled:
When                    Apl 18, 1862
Where                   Loachapoka
By whom                 Capt. Jackson
Period                        3 years
            G. C. West, Copyist

(Third Card)

(Confederate)
I    47    Ala
L. Staples
Pvt.  Co I,  47 Reg’t Alabama Infantry.
Appears on              Company Muster Roll
                        of the organization named above.
For                     Apl 18, 62 to Aug 3, 1862
                        Roll dated ____________
Enlisted
When                    Apl 18, 1862
Where                   Lochapoka, Ala
By Whom                 Capt. J. W. Jackson
Period                        3 years
Present or absent       Absent
Remarks                 Paid from 18 Apl 1862 to 3 Aug. 1862
            G. C. West, Copyist

(Fourth Card)

(Confederate)
I    47    Ala.
L. H. Staples
Pvt.    Co I   47 Reg’t Alabama Infantry
Appears on              Company Muster Roll
                        of the organization named above.
for                     Sept. & Oct. 1862
Enlisted:
When                    Apl 1862
Where                   Lochapoka, Ala
By whom                 Capt. J. W. Jackson
Period                        3 years
Last paid:
By whom                 Paid at _________ (looks like informal)
To what time            31 Aug. 1862
Present or absent       Present
            G. C. West, Copyist

(Fifth Card)

(Confederate)
I    47    Ala.
L. H. Staples
Pvt.    Co I   47 Reg’t Alabama Infantry
Appears on              Company Muster Roll
                        of the organization named above.
for                     Nov & Dec. 1862
Enlisted:
When                    Apl 18, 1862
Where                   Lochapoka, Ala
By whom                 Capt. J. W. Jackson
Period                        3 years
Last paid:
By whom                 L. Dawson
To what time            Oct. 3,  1862
Present or absent       Present
            G. C. West, Copyist

(Sixth Card)

(Confederate)
I    47    Ala.
L. H. Staples
Pvt.    Co I   47 Reg’t Alabama Infantry
Appears on              Company Muster Roll
                        of the organization named above.
for                     Jan & Feb 1863
Enlisted:
When                    Apl  18, 1862
Where                   Lochapoka, Ala
By whom                 Capt. J. W. Jackson
Period                        3 years
Last paid:
By whom                 Paid at _________ (looks like informal)
To what time            Dec. 31, 1862
Present or absent       Present
            G. C. West, Copyist

(Seventh Card)

(Confederate)
I    47    Ala.
L. H. Staples
Pvt.    Co I   47 Reg’t Alabama Infantry
Appears on              Company Muster Roll
                        of the organization named above.
for                     Mch & Apl. 1863
Enlisted:
When                    Apl 1862
Where                   Lochapoka, Ala
By whom                 Capt. J. W. Jackson
Period                        3 years
Last paid:
By whom                 Capt. Dawson
To what time            Feb 28, 1863
Present or absent       Present
            G. C. West, Copyist

(Eighth Card)

(Confederate)
I    47    Ala.
L. H. Staples
Pvt.    Co I   47 Reg’t Alabama Infantry
Appears on              Company Muster Roll
                        of the organization named above.
for                     Apl 30, 63 to July 30, 1863
Enlisted:
When                    Apl  18, 1862
Where                   Lochapoka, Ala
By whom                 Capt. J. W. Jackson
Period                  3 years
Last paid:
By whom                 Capt. Dawson
To what time            Apl 30, 1863
Present or absent       Present
            G. C. West, Copyist

(Nineth Card)

(Confederate)
I    47    Ala.
L. H. Staples
Pvt.    Co I   47 Reg’t Alabama Infantry
Appears on              Company Muster Roll
                        of the organization named above.
for                     July & Aug. 1863
                        Roll dated Oct. 4, 63
Enlisted:
When                    Apl  18, 1862
Where                   Lochapoka, Ala
By whom                 Capt. J. W. Jackson
Period                  3 years
Last paid:
By whom                 Capt. Dawson
To what time            June 30, 1863
Present or absent       Present
            G. C. West, Copyist

(Tenth Card)

(Confederate)
I    47    Ala.
L. H. Staples
Pvt.    Co I   47 Reg’t Alabama Infantry
Appears on              Company Muster Roll
                        of the organization named above.
for                     Sept. & Oct. 1863
Enlisted:
When                      
Where  
By whom  
Period  
Last paid:
By whom                 Capt. Dawson
To what time            Aug. 30, 1863
Present or absent       absent
Remarks                 Absent without leave
            G. C. West, Copyist

(Eleventh Card)

(Confederate)
I    47    Ala.
L. H. Staples
Pvt.    Co I   47 Reg’t Alabama Infantry
Appears on              Company Muster Roll
                        of the organization named above.
for                     Oct. 3, 63 to Feb. 29, 1864
Enlisted:
When                    Apl 18, 1862
Where                   Lochapoka, Ala
By whom                 J. W. Jackson
Period                        3 years
Last paid:
By whom                 Capt. Dawson
To what time            Feb 28, 1863
Present or absent       absent
Remarks                 absent without leave
            G. C. West, Copyist

(Twelfth Card)

(Confederate)
I    47    Ala.
L. H. Staples
Pvt.    Co I   47 Reg’t Alabama Infantry
Appears on              Company Muster Roll
                        of the organization named above.
for                     Mch & Apl. 1864
Enlisted:
When                    Apl  18, 1862
Where                   Lochapoka, Ala
By whom                 Capt. J. W. Jackson
Period                  3 years
Last paid:
By whom                 Capt. Dawson
To what time            Feb 28, 1863 (should be 1864)
Present or absent       absent
Remarks                 absent without leave
            G. C. West, Copyist

(Thirteenth Card)

(Confederate)
I    47    Ala.
L. H. Staples
Pvt.    Co I   47 Reg’t Alabama Infantry
Appears on              Company Muster Roll
                        of the organization named above.
for                     July & Aug, 1864
Enlisted:
When         
Where
By whom   
Period   
Last paid:
By whom                 Capt. L. H. Dawson
To what time            Aug. 31, 1863
Present or absent       absent
Remarks                 Prisoner of war, confined at Knoxville, Tenn
            G. C. West, Copyist

(Fourteenth Card)

(Confederate)
I    47    Ala.
L. H. Staples
     Co I   47 Reg’t Alabama Infantry
Appears on              Company Muster Roll
                        of the organization named above.
for                     Oct. 3, 64 to Feb. 28, 1865
Enlisted:
When                    Apl  18, 1862
Where                   Lochapoka, Ala
By whom                 Capt. J. W. Jackson
Period                  3 years
Last paid:
By whom                 Capt. Dawson
To what time            Oct. 31, 1863
Present or absent       absent
Remarks                 Prisoner of war, captured  Knoxville, Tenn
            G. C. West, Copyist

(Sixteenth Card)

(Confederate)
I    47    Ala.
L. H. Staples
Pvt.    Co I   47 Reg’t Alabama Infantry
Appears on              Prisoners of War, at Camp Chase, Ohio
Arrested:
Where                   Near Knoxville, Tenn.
when                    Nov. 27, 1863
Received at Camp Chase, Ohio
When                    Dec 16, 1863
Whence                  Cumberland Gap
By whose order          Col. W. c. Lemont
Description             (left blank)
Date of Departure        ________ (it may read Mch 14) 1864
Remarks                  Transferred to Ft. Deleware
Camp Chase, Ohio, Register No. 2, page 424
            O. M. Crosby, Copyist

(Seventeenth Card)

(Confederate)
I    47    Ala.
L. H. Staples
Pvt.    Co I   47 Reg’t Alabama Infantry
Appears on              Prisoners of War,
                        received at Forth Delaware, Del.,
                        from Camp Chase, Ohio, March 17, 1864
Roll dated              Not dated
Where captured          Knoxville, Tenn
When captured           Nov. 29, 1863
      Number of roll 29, sheet 17
            __________, Copyist  
  
(Eighteenth Card)

(Confederate)
I    47    Ala.
L. H. Staples
Pvt.    Co I   47 Reg’t Alabama Infantry
Appears on               Prisoners of War, at Fort Delaware, Del.
Received from            Camp Chase
Date                     Mar 1864
Fort Delaware, Del. Register No. 9, page 14
            L. B. Barton, Copist

  
(Nineteenth Card)

(Confederate)
I    47    Ala.
L. H. Staples
Pvt.    Co I   47 Reg’t Alabama Infantry
Appears on                Prisoners of War, at Fort Delaware, Del.
Where and when captured:  Knoxville, Tenn.
                          Nov. 29, 1863
When received             March 17, 1864
Fort Delaware, Del., Register, No. 2, Page 72
            L. Murdock, Copyist

 (Twentieth Card)

(Confederate)

I     47    Ala
L. H. Staples
Pvt.   47 Reg’t Ala.
Names appears as signature to an  
Oath of Allegiance to the United States,
subscribed to at Fort Delaware, Del.
Place of residence          Chambers Co., Ala
Complexion:   Sallow        Hair:   Mixed
Eyes:   blue                Height:   5 ft 8 in
Remarks:                    Released June 14, 1865
      L. L. Barton, Copyist

(Twenty First Card)

B     47    Ala
Lindsey Staples
Pvt. Co. I, 47th  Ala Regt
Appears on a            List of killed or wounded, of Jackson’s Division, at  
                        the engagement of Cedar Run, Va., Aug 9, 1862
List dated              Note dated
Remarks                 pounded (sic)
Series 1, Vol. 12, part 2, page 188.
            M. Gaede, Copist  1371
(Twenty Second Card)

1534
Staples, L. H.
Co. I,   47 Alabama Infantry
(Confederate)
Private     Private
Reference Envelope
Cards filled with
Stapels, (sic) Lindsey