The 1st Alabama Artillery Battalion, Companies “A”-“F”, was recruited in Mobile, Montgomery, Selma, and Eufaula, part of the “Army of Alabama,” and it was organized about the 1st of February 1861, at Fort Morgan. In the spring, the command was transferred to the Confederate government as “regulars”. Stationed at Fort Morgan and its dependencies, the battalion attained a high degree of discipline, insomuch that Union Gen’l Granger pronounced it the most perfect body of either army. Detachments of it manned the heavy artillery at Forts Gaines and Powell and rendered effective service. During the terrific bombardment of Fort Morgan, August, 1864, the battalion, “moved by no weak fears,” handled the guns until they were all knocked out of position, losing 150 k and w of about 500 engaged. The men were taken to Elmira, New York, where fully half died of smallpox (officers were taken to Fort Warren.) A small detachment, not captured, continued the fight at Spanish Fort and Fort Blakely. A small number moved to Choctaw Bluff in March 1865 and were included in the surrender of the Dept. of Alabama, Mississippi, and East Louisiana.
The following muster roll was provided by Ken Jones for use in our database. Copyright 2004 by Ken Jones.
Officers:
GEE, James T., Capt.
CARY, Joseph M., Capt.
HUGHES, William B., Capt.
FERGUSON, Frederick, 1st Lt.
SMITH, Napoleon J., 1st Lt.
ALSTON, Alfred A., 2nd Lt.
ALSTON, Joseph J., 2nd Lt.
AUSTILL, Hures, 2nd Lt.
BOND, John F., 2nd Lt.
DARGAN, Edmund P., 2nd Lt.
LEVERETT, Simson, 2nd Lt.
RIDDLE, W. P., Asst Surgeon
De LICHTENSTEIN, Charles William, 1st Sgt.
CORDRAY, John T., Sgt.
HOLLAN, James L., Sgt.
HUGGINS, T. C., Sgt.
JACKSON, James T., Sgt.
O’HARA, Henry, Sgt.
STEPHENS, Richard, Sgt.
WALPOLE, John B., Sgt.
WHITESIDES, William P., Sgt.
BOYD, Enoch, Cpl.
CAMP, John, Cpl.
CLARK, Charles P., Cpl.
COLLINS, James E., Cpl.
CURRY, A. H., Cpl.
FARR, Columbus L., Cpl.
HALL, James E., Cpl.
LATHAM, William, Cpl.
McCURRY, Amis H., Cpl.
MONTAGUE, Felix, Cpl.
POST, Abram, Cpl.
ROSE, William M., Cpl.
TAYLOR, George T., Cpl.
Privates:
ALEXANDER, E. H.
ALLEN, Thomas C.
ANDREWS, Robert
BAGGETT, John D. S.
BAGGETT, Julius C. A.
BARNETT, Henry H.
BENTON, Henry
BODLEY, Thomas
BRADLEY, Peter
BREEN, R. F.
BROWN, James
BRYANT, Robert S.
BURK[E], Isaac
BURK[E], Joseph
CAMP, Milton
CARPENTER, Daniel H.
COOK, Jacob H.
CROWNOVER, Joseph
CUNNINGHAM, John
DAVIS, Willis D. M.
DOVER, Muston H.
DOVER, Winston
EASTERWOOD, M. C.
EDINS, Hiram E.
EDMONDS, E.
ELKINS, Willis M.
ELLIS, James M.
FULLER, Barney
FULLER, James
FULTON, William B.
GIBSON, Jeremiah
HALE, Henry
HARPER, James W.
HAWKINS, William H.
HOLLINGSWORTH, Edward C.
HORTON, Alvin W.
HORTON, James H.
HORTON, Noah C.
HOWARD, John J.
HUGHES, Asa
JACOBSIN, John S.
JOHNSON, Wilford G.
JONES, John B.
JORDAN, James B., Musician
KEATON, Jesse
KEMP, John
KITCHELL, A. S.
KOHN, John
KYSER, James M.
LYMAN, P. C.
LYONS, Phelan
MARRIMAN, William
McCURRY, John
McDERMITH, Alexander H.
McDONOUGH, Sharper D.
McNEALY, William H.
McQUEEN, A. P.
McQUEEN, William A.
MEREDITH, John B.
MERRIAM, William
MERRITT, N. B.
MILEY, Manless John
MINK, Wiley T.
MITCHELL, Edward
MITCHELL, W. T.
MITCHELL, William
MORRIS, G. W.
MORRIS, P. A.
OLDHAM, Bennett
PARTRIDGE, Franklin L.
PIERCE, M. M.
POUNDS, William T.
RABB, Benjamin F.
RAST, W. M. N.
REED, Martin
RICHARDSON, William
ROBINSON, Charles
ROBINSON, George, Drummer
ROGERS, James C.
SAWYERS, Lewis
SHUTTLESWORTH, H.
SHUTTLESWORTH, J. Quinton
SHUTTLESWORTH, Samuel
SIMPSON, William A.
SINGLETON, Jesse
SIZEMORE, Aaron
SMITH, Christopher C.
SMITH, Thomas O.
STINSON, Elias D.
SWITZER, Barnes H.
TANNER, Darius
UNDERWOOD, John
VINSON, Ed J.
WALDEN, Aurilius J.
WALDROP, Harrison C.
WARING, John M.
WATSON, T. J.
WHITESIDES, James D.
WILLIAMS, William P.
WILLIAMSON, W. S.
WOODS, John J.
YAGER, James
YOUNGBLOOD, Nathaniel M.