Tallapoosa County AlArchives Photo person.....John Ezekial "Zeke" Abbott 1864
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Sandra S. Wilson earlwilson1@charter.net May 30, 2004, 6:36 pm

Source: Abbott/Abbett Family Records
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John Ezekial "Zeke" Abbott of Tallapoosa County, Alabama, is shown wearing his 
Confederate uniform. On August 14, 1862, at New Site, Alabama, he was 
conscripted into the Confederate service. He was sent to Virginia and assigned 
to Company G, "Autauga Rifles," of the 6th Alabama Infantry Regiment, Army of 
Northern Virginia. He was captured July 4, 1863, and taken to Fort McHenry at 
Baltimore, Maryland, where he was paroled and released on July 9, 1863.

On June 12, 1864, "Zeke" Abbott enlisted in Company H of the 8th Confederate 
Cavalry at Marietta, Georgia.(He had to furnish his own horse!) The 8th 
Confederate Regiment was composed of companies from Mississippi and Alabama.  
The Alabama companies referred to themselves as the 8th Alabama, and Company H 
was composed of men from Tallapoosa and Randolph counties. 

On August 10th the Confederates started out on what is often referred to 
as "Wheeler's Last Raid." During the raid, on September 6, 1864, "Zeke" was 
once again captured near Woodbury, Tennessee. An interesting account of his 
participation in the engagements (while riding the horse he supplied) and  his 
eventual capture can be found in A WAR STORY, by Ben Darsey. After his capture 
he was sent to Nashville and then to Louisville, Kentucky. On September 15, 
1864, "Zeke" was sent to Camp Chase, Ohio, a prisoner of war camp, located 
near Columbus, Ohio. He was paroled and released on June 11, 1865, and 
returned to Tallapoosa County, Alabama.   

Additional Comments:
Source: Sandra Scott Wilson, SOME PIONEERS OF TALLAPOOSA COUNTY, 
ALABAMA, "Yankees, Boys!" by Wm Gregory Wilson, (Decorah, Iowa: The Anundsen 
Publishing Co., 1991), p. 131-134. 

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