Muster Roll, 47th Alabama Volunteer Infantry

Search Index: | Regimental and Staff Officers, Company Not Stated | Co. "A" | Co. "B" | Co. "C" |
| Co. "D" | Co. "E" | Co. "G" | Co. "H" | Co. "I" | Co. "K" | Appomattox Paroles |

(A typical entry contains some or all of the following information:
Name [variant spellings], (birth-death), rank, company, age at enlistment, occupation || sources)

Co. "F" (Tallapoosa County; initial muster at camp Shorter, near Loachapoka, AL, 13 May 62, by Colonel James M. Oliver, for three years or the duration of the war)

Officers:

CLOWER, Eli D., Capt. (paroled, Appomattox || Brewer; Burton; NARA; Oates)
HUGH[E]S, John Jasper, 1st Lt. [29 Sept 1827-5 April 1917 ] (detailed to Conscript Service, ca64; retired, 7 Sept 64; burial: Old Ebenezer Cemetery, 15 miles N of Kirby, Pike Co., AR || Burton; NARA)
MAYS [MAYO?], Elisha, 1st Lt. [22 May 1838-Sept 1910] (enlisted, June 62, after having served 12 months in 1st AL Regt; furloughed, Jan 65, until surrender; dropped, 16 March 65; paroled, Montgomery, 7 June 65 || Burton; CV; NARA; Yeary)
SHEELY [SHEALY?], John N., 2nd Lt. (died in service, AL, 10 Sept 62 || Burton; NARA)
SHEALY, Joseph, 2nd Lt.
SHELLY, A. N., 2nd Lt. (died in service, 10 Sept 62)
GALLOWAY, John H., Jr. 2nd Lt., 2nd Lt. (resigned, 28 July 63 || Burton; NARA)

DOWNS, David L., 1st Sgt. (captured and paroled, Lynchburg, VA, 15 April 65 || Burton; NARA)
CRENSHAW, Wiley D., 2nd Sgt. (KIA, The Wilderness || Burton; NARA)
DAVIS, John Allen, 4th Sgt. [1835, GA-14 Feb 1897, Hill Co., TX] (deserted, 16 Jan 64; burial: Fairfield Cemetery, Hubbard, TX || Buck Bassett; Burton; NARA; Oates)
DUFFY, James L., Sgt. (captured, The Wilderness, and died a POW, 8 Aug 64, Belle Plains, VA || NARA)
GAMBLE, M. W. [GAMBOL, Mikager?], Sgt. (died of disease, Lynchburg, VA, 21 Dec 62 || Burton; NARA)
JARVIS, George W. C., 5th Sgt. (Mortally wounded and captured, Sharpsburg || Burton; NARA)
SCOTT, John Warren, 3rd Sgt. (wounded and captured, 2nd Manassas, and exchanged; wounded, Chickamauga; paroled, Appomattox || Burton)
PEARSON, John R., 4th Sgt.
WALKER, Henry, 5th Sgt.

SMITH, Charles R., 1st Cpl. (KIA, The Wilderness || NARA)
SMITH, Thomas R., 1st Cpl.
ABBITT [ABBOTT?], Lewis J., 2nd Cpl. (wounded, Darbytown Road; paroled, Appomattox || Burton; NARA)
GASTON, Chism, 2nd Cpl.
HUNT, Robert T., 2nd Cpl. (captured, VA, toward war's end || NARA)
HURST, R. G., 3rd Cpl.
LESTER, Elisha, 3rd Cpl.
DOWNS, Alen M., 4th Cpl. (deserted, 16 Jan 64 || Burton; NARA)

Privates:

BAGGETT, Enoch (captured, Bermuda Hundred, VA, 65 || Burton; NARA)
BARNETT, A. Glenn
BARNETT, Thomas W. (died of disease, 8 July 62 || Burton; NARA)
BRETT, R. S.? (paroled, Appomattox || Burton) BRITT [BRETT?], Richard Lewis (wounded, Suffolk; paroled, Appomattox || NARA)
BREWER, Kelley
CAMPBELL, Matson
CAMPBELL, Robert P. (formerly in Co. "A", 1st AL Infantry; captured, The Wilderness, and never exchanged || Burton; NARA)
CHRISMAN [CRISMON?] , James R. (wounded, Cedar Run; captured, Sharpsburg, and exchanged; captured, The Wilderness, and never exchanged || NARA)
CLEVELAND, Joseph J. (paroled, Appomattox || Burton; NARA)
COFFMAN, Daniel (paroled, Appomattox || Burton; NARA)
COFFMAN, David
COFFMAN, Jeremiah T. (wounded, Darbytown Road || NARA)
COFFMAN, John W.
COFFMAN, William H. (wounded, Suffolk, The Wilderness; paroled, Appomattox || Burton; NARA)
COKER, Henry T. (died of disease, 2nd Division Hospital, Richmond, 1 Jan 63 || Burton; NARA)
CRADDOCK, John M. (paroled, Appomattox || Burton; NARA)
CRENSHAW, D.
CRENSHAW, John Thomas
CRIDMORE, Joseph R.
CROW, John C. (KIA, Suffolk, 3 May 63 || Burton; NARA)
DAMMOND, Josiah W.
DAVIS, B. F.
DAVIS, Samuel A. (died, Gordonville, VA, 20 Aug 62 || Burton; NARA)
DAWSON, William
DENNIS, John
DOWNS, William E.
DOWNS, William J. (mortally wounded, 2nd Manassas || NARA)
DUFFEY, James
DUNHAM, Josiah W. (died of disease, Winchester, VA, 3 Nov 62; burial: Stonewall Cemetery, Winchester, VA [name on headstone: DURHAM, J. W. || NARA)
FOSHEE, Morris S.
FOSHEE [FORSHEE?], Wiley G. (paroled, Appomattox || Burton)
FREEMAN, John (mortally wounded, The Wilderness || Burton; NARA)
FULLER, John M.
FURGESON, James B.
GALLOWAY, William
GAMBLE, David H. [GAMBOL, David C.?] (wounded, Cedar Run; paroled, Talledega, AL, 7 June 65 || NARA)
GAMBLE, W. J.
GILES, ? ? A.
GOFF [GOUGH?], Benjamin F. (paroled, Appomattox || Burton; NARA)
GOSS, D. J. (wounded, Suffolk, 3 May 63; detailed as ambulance driver; paroled, Appomattox || Burton; NARA)
GOSS, David E.
HARRISON, Henry H.
HAYGOOD, Daniel (wounded, Sharpsburg; paroled, Appomattox || Burton; NARA)
HAYGOOD, Henry H. (wounded, Chickamauga; paroled, Montgomery, 17 May 65 || NARA)
HAYGOOD, William F. (wounded, Cedar Run || Burton; NARA)
HAYWOOD, David
HAYWOOD, Henry C.
HAYWOOD, W. F.
HEARD, A. A. (discharged, 16 Oct 62 || NARA)
HENDERSON, Cullen D. (wounded, Cedar Run; discharged, 12 May 63 || Burton; NARA)
HENDERSON, Handsel (captured, 2nd Manassas and exchanged; mortally wounded, Chickamauga || Burton; NARA)
HICKS, W. S. (died, Martinsburg, VA, 24 Sept 62 || Burton; NARA)
HOFFMAN, G. W.
HUGH[E]S, George B.
HUGH[E]S, James W. (died of wounds, 29 Dec 62 || Burton; NARA)
HUGH[E]S, John A. (died of disease, 13 Aug 64 || NARA)
HUGHES, William B. (KIA, Cedar Run || Burton; NARA)
JOHNSTON, Enoch A. (burial: Flint Hill Methodist Church Cemetery, Alexander City, AL)
JARVIS, Benjamin Franklin (paroled, Appomattox || Burton; NARA)
JOHNSON, Enoch N. (died in Alabama, 1 Dec 62 || Burton; NARA)
JONES, Benjamin F.
KING, Thomas C. (died in service, Gordonsville, VA, 6 Oct 62 || NARA)
KING, William S. (wounded, Cedar Run; discharged, 5 April 63 || NARA)
KIRKLAND, Thomas C. [KIRKLIN, Thomas B.?]
LASSITER, Elisha (paroled, Appomattox || Burton; NARA)
LEE, B. W. H. (paroled, Talladega, AL, 25 May 65 || Burton; NARA)
LEE, W. W.
LESTER, Thomas J. (paroled, Talladega, AL, 7 June 65 || Burton; NARA)
LEWIS, Wiley W. (captured, Williamsport, MD, 7 July 63; died as POW, US Gen'l Hospital #1, Chattanooga, 23 June 65 || Burton; NARA)
LIGHTON, James M.
LINDSEY [LITSEY?], James W. [-20 Sept 1863] (captured, Carrsville, VA, May 63, and exchanged; KIA, Chickamauga|| NARA)
LINDSEY [LITSEY?], John W. (died of disease, Gen'l Hospital #2, Lynchburg, VA, 16 Sept 63; burial: Confederate Section, Old City Cemetery, Lynchburg, VA, grave 2, row 5, lot 196 || NARA)
McGOWEN, Joseph (paroled, Appomattox || Burton; NARA)
McGRIFFIN, P. J.
MABER, E. A. [-22 Oct 1862] (burial: Stonewall Cemetery, Winchester, VA)
MILAM, Francis M.
MAXWELL, John T.
MAYHAND [MAHAN?], A. E. (died of disease, ca 63-64 || Burton; NARA)
MAYHAND [MAHAN?], P. W. (deserted, 16 Jan 64 || NARA)
MAYS, Elisha
MEIGH, Wilson J.
MENEFEE, Taturn (discharged, 16 Aug 62 || NARA)
MILAM, Francis M. (wounded, The Wilderness; captured, Oct 64 || Burton; NARA)
MIXSOM, P. M.
NELSON, Francis Marion (wounded, Sharpsburg; paroled, Appomattox || Burton; NARA)
NEWMAN, Walter D. (wounded, Cedar Run; died, 2 Jan 63 || Burton; NARA)
OMELIA, Thomas (discharged, 9 Sept 62, aged 25; a brick mason || Burton; NARA)
OSBURN, J. T.
OSBURN, James D. (KIA, 2nd Cold Harbor || Burton; NARA)
OSBURN, John C. (KIA, Cedar Run || Burton; NARA)
OSLER, William
PEARSON, James M. (died of disease, 11 Nov 62 || NARA)
PETERS, A. M.
PETERS, Hayward B.
PHILLIPS, James Augus (paroled, Appomattox || Burton; NARA)
PIERSON, G. G. (died of disease, 2nd Division Hospital, Richmond, 12 Feb 63 || NARA)
POINTER, Joseph J. (KIA, 2nd Manassas || NARA)
RICE, Isaac R. (wounded, Cedar Run || NARA)
ROBERTS, George Menoey (captured, The Wilderness, and never exchanged || Burton; NARA)
ROBERTS, William B. (wounded, The Wilderness; paroled, Appomattox || Burton; NARA)
ROSSITER, Joseph J.
SANDERS, Wiley (wounded, Petersburg, 21 June 64; died of wounds, 1 Oct 64 || NARA)
SCOTT, Joseph Andrew Perry (wounded, The Wilderness || NARA)
SHENP, Padgett M.
SHOCKLEY, W. L. (wounded, The Wilderness; paroled, Talladega, AL, 7 June 65 || NARA)
SIMS, William G. (died of disease, 30 Aug 62; burial: Thornrose Cemetery, Staunton, VA || Burton; NARA)
SMITH, George S.
SMITH, Samuel H.
SMITH, William A.
SMITH, William N. (wounded, Cedar Run; paroled, Montgomery || Burton; NARA)
SOUTH, James M. (wounded, Chickamauga, The Wilderness || Burton; NARA)
STACKS, George W. (wounded, Darbytown Road; paroled, Montgomery, 22 May 65 || NARA)
STRICKLAND, Stephen C. [Stephen H.?] (wounded, Darbytown Road; paroled, Montgomery, 22 May 65 || NARA)
STURDEVANT, John E. [-20 Aug 1862] (burial: Confederate Section, Old City Cemetery, Lynchburg, VA, grave 1, row 3, lot 178)
TAPLEY, Coleman [Goldman M.?]
TAYLOR, G. W.
TURNER, Gordon
TURNER, Jefferson C. [Jefferson J.?] (mortally wounded, Cedar Run; burial: Thornrose Cemetery, Staunton, VA || Burton; NARA)
TURNER, Larkin (died in service, 8 March 63, Chimborazo Hospital #3, Richmond || NARA)
WARD, Marcus L. (died in service, 25 July 64 || Burton; NARA)
WHATLEY [WATLEY?], William J. (KIA, Suffolk, 3 May 63 || NARA)
WHITE, John M. (paroled, Montgomery, 20 May 65; burial: Old Ebenezer Cemetery, 15 miles N of Kirby, Pike Co., AR || Burton; NARA)
WHITWORTH, H. B.
WOODS, Wyett
WOOTEN, James W.
YOUNGBLOOD, Soloman

Sources of roster information:
Information for this roster of the Forty-seventh Alabama Infantry Regiment is taken from several sources, but primarily from Joseph Q. Burton's Historical Sketches of the Forty-Seventh Alabama Infantry Regiment, C.S.A.. All sources, other than the National Archives and Records Service [Compiled Service] records, may be considered secondary sources and therefore subject to error. Corrections to the roster are welcomed, so long as a source of information is provided.

Search Index: | Regimental and Staff Officers, Company Not Stated | Co. "A" | Co. "B" | Co. "C" |
| Co. "D" | Co. "E" | Co. "G" | Co. "H" | Co. "I" | Co. "K" | Appomattox Paroles |

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