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This file is copyrighted and contributed by: Linda Ayres ============================================= Members of the 31st Alabama Regiment Company H From Randolph County Alabama The 31st Alabama was organized at Talladega Alabama on Mar 16, 1862 Captains of Company H: Augustus A. West (Resigned Aug 27, 1862] Andrew J. Reaves (Resigned no date] James L. Williams (captured Missionary Ridge) Muster Roll Place of Enlistment: Randolph County Alabama [These men were from the Lineville and Wedowee area of Randolph County] Adams, A Adams, W.C [Died during the war buried Confederate Cemetery Knoxville Tennessee] Alexander, William L [Remarks: Deserted October 3, 1863 Sandy hair, blue eyes, fair comp. 5' 11"] Andrews, A.J. Austin, L.B [Captured at Big Shanty Georgia, later joined Union Army] [Born Apr 29, 1841,died Apr 27, 1913, buried Rock Springs Randolph County] Babb, Sanford [Remarks: Hair Dark; Eyes Blue; Comp Fair; Height 5 ft 8 in; Died, date & place not known] Bachus, Charles [Death Information: Ft. Delaware 06/15/1863] Barrett, J.M. Barrett, W.J. Bass, J.A. [Death Information: Kentucky, Versailles 11/01/1862] Bass, J.H. [Died at Vicksburg Mississippi] Bass, J.M. [Died in Mississippi] Bass, Josiah [Deserted 12/02/1863] Bass, Solomon [Born Jul 10, 1821,died Dec 29, 1903 buried Midway Randolph County] Baxter, J.B Barfield, Solomon [Deserted, buried Black's Chapel Clay County] Bean, G.B. [Greenberry] [Remarks: Eyes-blue hair-light complexion-fair height-5ft 6in. Remarks: Reenlisted (same Company) November 1863 Chattanooga, Tennessee. Captured at Vicksburg, Mississippi 63/07/04 and paroled home. Captured again at Jonesboro, Georgia and released to attend the wounded. Returned to the command and was paroled at Salisbury, North Carolina 1865/04/26] [Born Sep 22, 1837,died Mar 22, 1911 buried Old Pleasant Grove Clay County] Bell, A.P Bell, Samuel [Father filed a claim in 1863] Bell, W.T Bell, William Pittman [Discharge Information: Tennessee, Blain's Cross Roads Disability] [Filed for pension in Clay County Alabama] Benton, William Bird, John [Buried Confederate Cemetery Knoxville Tennessee] Bryant, T. Posey [Joined Union Army] Boyd, B.A [Robert Alexander Boyd born 1838, died 1929, buried Wortham Cemetery Randolph County, also thought to have joined the Union Army] Boyd, John H. [Born 1840, joined Union Army] Brewer, James A [Missing Baker's Creek, captured sent to Fort Delaware, exchanged 07/03/1863] Brook, John [Captured sent to Fort Delaware, exchanged, later Deserted] Bryant, T. Posey [Captured at Big Shanty Georgia, joined Union Army] Calloway, G.W. [Also member of the 46th Alabama] Died 05/04/1865 in Camp Chase, Ohio Carter, Augustus Remarks: Continued until August 1864 was captured at Marietta, Ga, sent to Rock Island, Illinois and remained in prison until close of the war Childers, J.C [Died in Baker's Creek Mississippi] Character, Giles [Discharged wounded unable to walk without a stick, died soon after his return home, buried Old Pleasant Grove Clay County] Character, William [Died during the war] Clark, J.T Culpepper, J.R [Deserted] Cummings, B.F [Death Information: Killed At Vicksburg, Mississippi 06/22/1863] Denney, Thomas Jefferson [Remarks: Captured at Big Shanty, Ga., 1864/06/1 Discharge Information: Illinois, Rock Island, Paroled [Filed for pension in Clay County in 1908] Denney, William [Deserted] Duke, John Nelson [Alabama. Captured at Nashville, Tennessee 1864/12/16, Discharge Information: Ohio, Camp Chase Paroled Hair sandy, eyes gray, complexion fair, height 6 ft. [Born Feb 24, 1833,died Jan 22, 1916 buried Liberty Randolph County] Faulkner, J.N. [Died in Clinton Mississippi] Garrison, Henry [Buried Confederate Cemetery Knoxville Tennessee] Gibson, Jasper [Buried Confederate Cemetery Knoxville Tennessee] Gibson, George W. [Died during the war, Description: Hair, dark. Eyes, black. Complexion, dark Height, 5'8" When last heard from was in Hospital in Jackson, Mississippi, died 07/12/1863 Giles, J.T [Deserted] Glover, Uriah [Wounded died in Hospital Chattanooga Tennessee] Graben, Louis [Captured, paroled at Fort Delaware 07/03/1863] [Born Jun 27, 1829,died Oct 25, 1908 buried Old Pleasant Grove Clay County] Grover, Benjamin [Died in Mississippi] Hanson, Charles Hanson, Jesse [Buried Hanson Family Cemetery Clay County] Hanson, J.C Harris, Elbert Engagements: Wounded on Lookout Mountain 1863/11/10, in hospital. Hayes, T.M [Thomas Marion Hayes born Nov 5, 1841,died Jan 5, 1894 buried Christiana Randolph County] Hood, A.A. [Died during the war] Jetter, Sidney H [Missing at Bakers Creek, buried Johnson Island Cemetery] Johnson, Thomas L [Filed for pension in Marion County Alabama] Jones, J.T Knight, Henry [Captured at Champions Hill, sent to Fort Delaware, exchanged, and deserted after] [Henry Knight born Nov 10, 1815,died Oct 16, 1881, buried Liberty Randolph County] Knight, William G Remarks: Hair: Black, Age 21, Eyes: blue, Complexion: Fair, Height: 6 ft. period March 25, 1863 to June 30, 1863. Union Prisoner of War records show that William G. Knight was captured at Champion Hill May 16, 1863 and paroled at Fort Delaware July 3, 1863, after being paroled he deserted 10/3/1863 [Born 1840,died 1919 buried Liberty Randolph County] Lamb, George W [Deserted 10/0/1863 Lee, Nathaniel [Death Claim filed in 1864] Lewis, John [Deserted 12/02/1863 Lewis, W.B [5'10". Prisoner of war - captured November 27, 1863, Authority: List, Confederate Soldiers buried at Rock Island Cemetery. Grave # 208 Mays, J.B [Died 05/02/1862] Mays, T.M [Died during the war] McCollum, John [Born app 1844,died after 1907 buried Christiana Randolph County] McCullough, Samuel [Captured, sent to prison exchanged 07/03/1863] McDougal, John McDougal, W.T McCain, George Mickle, Hugh [Captured Big Shanty, sent to prison] Mitchell, Moses [Died 04/11/1864 Marietta Georgia] Moon, James A [Captured Dalton Georgia, sent to prison] Moore, H. R [Born Apr 29, 1843,died Apr 13, 1935 buried Rocky Branch Randolph County Moore, John N [Discharge for being too old and infirm] [Buried Old Lineville City Cemetery] Musgrove, William Nix, Gabriel [Captured sent to Fort Delaware, exchanged 07/03/1863, died in Randolph County 08/08/1863 [Born 1827,died 1863 Memorial Marker at Union Hill Randolph County] Nolen, J.M Nunn, E.P. [Died during the war] Nunn, W.P. [Died during the war] Owens, J.W. [Died 07/16/1863] Parrish, John [Captured Baker's Creek, sent to Fort Delaware, died two days before being exchanged 07/01/1863 Ponder, James [Died during the war] Ponder, Joseph [Captured Baker's Creek, exchanged 07/03/1863, died 08/08/1863 of disease] Ponder, Nathaniel A Enlisted on May 16, 1863 he was captured in the battle of "Champs Hill" (Champion's Hill) and was sent as a prisoner of war to Fort Delaware where he arrived on June 9, 1863. 07/03/1863 he was exchanged Ponder, William [Captured Bakers Creek, exchanged 07/03/1863, died 07/04/1863] Presnel Robert H [Captured Big Shanty Georgia, exchanged Mar-1865] [Born Jan 6, 1836,died May 13, 1907 buried Hugh Shoals Randolph County] Reeves, A.G [Wounded at Fort House] Reeves, D.C [Died 05/13/1863 of disease] Reaves, E.H [Missing at Bakers Creek, Captured sent to Fort Delaware, died 06/10/1863 Roberts, Joel Scott, David [Joined Union Army] Scott, J.T [Died Missionary Ridge] See, N.D Sprayberry, Jeptha [Was discharged and sent home died before 1870, buried Alder's Springs Cemetery Clay County?] Stephens, John W. [Born Apr 1, 1839, died Mar 12, 1908, buried Christiana Randolph County] Stephens, Samuel [Missing at Baker's Creek, Captured sent to Fort Delaware, exchanged 07/03/1863 died Aug 22, 1863 in a hospital at Atlanta] Stone, Caleb Strother, John Strickland, T.J. [Joined Union Army] Taylor, Benjamin [Died during the war] Taylor, James B. [Died during the war, buried Confederate Cemetery Tennessee] Taylor, John [Died during the war] Taylor, P.H. [Pascal H. Taylor born 1817,died 1881, buried Taylor Family Cemetery Randolph County] Taylor, W.F Taylor, Wiley [Captured at Chattanooga] Vinson, Richard [Died during the war] Williams, B.F Willis, John Wilson, C.H Wright, W.H. [Died during the war] York, J.J Young, Asa [Died in Texas]