Co. "D" (Chambers County; initial muster at Camp Shorter, near Loachapoka, AL, 22 May 1862 by Colonel James M. Oliver, for three years or duration of the war)
Officers:
MENEFEE, Albert C., Capt. (transferred in from 6th AL Regt; KIA, Cedar Run, 9 Aug 62 || Brewer; Burton; NARA; Oates)
LINDSEY, Henry C. [8 April 1842-27 Jan 1925], 1st Lt., Capt. (a lawyer; wounded, Sharpsburg, The Wilderness, 2nd Cold Harbor; Brewer || Burton; CV; NARA; Yeary)
LINDSEY [LINDSAY?], Robert H., 1st Lt.
COLEMAN, Dock, 2nd Lt.
KIMBAL[L], Nathan Crawford, 2nd Lt., 1st Lt. (wounded, Cedar Run; KIA, Darbytown Road, 7 Oct 64 || Burton; NARA; Oates)
JAMI[E]SON, William W. [William N.?], 3rd Lt., Sr. 2nd Lt. (resigned, 8 Feb 64 || Burton; NARA)
BENNETT[E], J. A., 1st Sgt. (wounded, Spotsylvania, and captured; held as POW and never exchanged || NARA)
GRAVES, William B., 1st Sgt. (died in service, bet. 63-64 || NARA)
MAT[T]HEWS, Moses W., 1st Sgt, (wounded, Chickamauga || Burton; NARA)
REARDEN, William W., 2nd Sgt., 2nd Lt. (resigned, 5 Nov 62 || Burton; NARA)
BROWN, William T., 3rd Sgt. (died, 11 June 62 || Burton; NARA)
COLEMAN, John W. [James W.?], 4th Sgt., 1st Lt. (wounded, Cedar Run, The Wilderness || Burton; NARA)
SMITH, David J., 5th Sgt., Ensign (wounded, Sharpsburg, Chickamauga, Darbytown Road; served as ensign, regimental color bearer; paroled, Appomattox || Burton; NARA)
AYCOCK, John S., Sgt.
McINTYRE, Duncan C., Sgt. (KIA, Spotsylvania; burial: Spotsylvania Confederate Cemetery, Spotsylvania, VA || Burton; NARA)
AYCOCK, John S., 1st Cpl.
RAWLS, James H., 2nd Cpl.
JOHNSON, James M., Cpl. (detailed to Regimental Color Guard, 1 Sept 64; KIA, Darbytown Road || NARA)
JONES, Robert J. [Robert D.?], 3rd Cpl. (KIA, 2nd Cold Harbor || Burton; NARA)
McDANIEL, Edward D., 4th Cpl. (detailed to Richmond Hospital, 9 Aug 63; paroled, Appomattox || Burton)
JOHNS[T]ON, William G., Cpl.
JONES, William F., Cpl. (paroled, Appomattox || Burton; NARA)
LINDSEY, Robert H., Cpl., Sgt. (enlisted, aged 16; paroled, Montgomery, 18 May 65 || Burton; NARA)
RAWLS, James H., Cpl., 1st Sgt. (wounded, Sharpsburg; paroled, Appomattox || Burton; NARA)
RUDD, William C., Cpl.
TAYLOR, J. A., Cpl.
Privates:
BAILEY, Allen T. [Allen L.?] (discharged, Oct 62 || Burton; NARA)
BAILEY, Thomas C. (discharged, Dec 62, for a substitute || Burton; NARA)
BAKER, William C. [1819-] (enlisted as substitute; died of disease, 2 Aug 62 || NARA)
BARGER [BANGER?], Samuel H. (wounded, Cedar Run; captured, Gettysburg, and never exchanged || Burton; NARA)
BARNETT[E], Joseph H. (discharged for age, 6 Jan 65 || NARA)
BARROW [BARRON?], William A. E. (captured, 11 June 64, near Lexington, VA, and never exchanged || Burton; NARA)
BARTLETT, Burrell (detailed to arsenal, Columbus, GA, 25 May 62 || Burton; NARA)
BENTON, John G. (captured, Goodes Bridge, VA, 5 April 65 || Burton; NARA)
BOCKETT, G. M.
BOTSFORD, Theodore. R. (wounded, Cedar Run, March 63; captured, Darbytown Road and never exchanged || Burton; NARA)
BOTSFORD, Theophilus F. (wounded, Darbytown Road; captured, Goodes Bridge, VA, April 65 || Burton; NARA)
BOYD, John P. (died of disease, 23 Dec 62 || Burton; NARA)
BRIDGEMAN, Hudson (wounded, Darbytown Road || Burton; NARA)
BRITSFORD, T. S.
BROWN, James
BRUCE, Hilary S. (also in Co. "F")
BRUCE, Wilson P. (also in Co. "H"; wounded, Darbytown Road; paroled, Appomattox || Burton; NARA)
BURDETT[E], Henderson (died, 1 April 63 || Burton; NARA)
CAMPBELL, Malcolm M. [-2 Aug 1863] (also in Co. "F"; died as POW; burial: Chester Cemetery, Chester, PA, grave #107 || NARA)
CARVER, J. (died of disease, 17 May 64 || NARA)
COMBS, Sterling J. (discharged for a substitute,
Wyatt Woods, 3 Aug 62 || Burton; NARA)
COMBS, Thomas C. (discharged for a substitute,
Tandy Mullican || Burton; NARA)
DAVIS, James Jefferson (wounded, Cedar Run;
paroled, Appomattox || Burton; NARA)
DAVIS, James M.
DAWSON, Andrew J. (discharged for a substitute,
Nov 62 || Burton; NARA)
DAWSON, George W.
DAWSON, Lemuel H., A. Q. M. (promoted to postmaster, 1 June 62; transferred as Asst Quartermaster, Anderson's Brigade, Oct 64 || Burton; NARA)
DINSEY, R. H.
DUKE, John D. (discharged, 17 Oct 62 ||
Burton; NARA)
EDMONDS, J. (paroled, Columbus, MS,
19 May 65 || NARA)
FARRIS, John W. (captured, Goodes Bridge,
VA, 5 April 65; died as POW, 27 April 65; buried, grave #1580, POW Cemetery, Point Lookout, MD || Burton; NARA)
FINCHER, Benjamin B. (injured, train accident,
July 62 || Burton; NARA)
FINCHER, Jeremiah P. (injured, train accident,
July 62; discharged, 20 Oct 62 || Burton; NARA)
FINLEY, Jesse M. (died of disease, 4 Feb 63 || NARA)
FITZPATRICK, Joseph V. [Joseph M.?] (discharged, 14 Oct 62 || Burton; NARA)
FULLER, Jonathan (KIA, Chickamauga ||
Burton; NARA)
GAINES, Alexander (died of disease, 1 June 63 || NARA)
GLAZE, Anderson (transferred in from 15th GA Regt; wounded, Chickamauga, and disabled || NARA)
GRAGGS, Thomas J.
GRAVES, James A. (captured, Goodes Bridge,
5 April 65 || Burton; NARA)
HARPER, Absolum J.
HARRIS, Armistead J. (wounded, The Wilderness; died of disease, 11 June 64; burial: Confederate Section, Old City Cemetery, Lynchburg, VA, grave 5, row 2, lot 201)
HARRIS, John M. (paroled, Appomattox ||
Burton; NARA)
JAMIESON, Alonzo G. (paroled, Appomattox ||
Burton; NARA)
JAMIESON, Lorenzo L. (paroled, Appomattox ||
Burton; NARA)
JAM[I]ESON, Prior F.
JONES, John A. (detailed to Brigade Quartermaster as guard; paroled, Appomattox || Burton; NARA)
JONES, John C. (discharged, 14 July 62 ||
Burton; NARA)
JONES, M. N. (paroled, Appomattox || Burton)
JONES, Milton U. (captured, 2nd Manassas, and exchanged; paroled, Appomattox || Burton; NARA)
JONES, Robert H. [Robert A.?] (KIA, Chickamauga || Burton; NARA)
JONES, Thomas A. (paroled, Appomattox || Burton)
JONES, Thomas E.
JONES, Wiley W. (detailed to Quartermaster's
Dept, Richmond, as shoemaker || Burton; NARA)
KILGORE, Jordan A. [Jordan B.?] (detailed as ambulance driver || Burton; NARA)
KIMBAL, Charles B. (KIA, Cedar Run || Burton; NARA)
KIMBAL, Lunsford (paroled, Appomattox || Burton)
LIM, D. C.
LULLEN, A.
McCLURE, William A. (wounded, Cedar Run; detailed to hospital at Montgomery || Burton; NARA)
McDANIEL, B. (paroled, Appomattox || Burton)
McDANIEL, Roderick M. (wounded, Chickamauga, 2nd Cold Harbor; paroled, Appomattox || Burton; NARA)
MAHONE, C.
MALDEN, William (paroled, Montgomery, 25 May 65 || NARA)
MEDFORD, Thomas J. (KIA, Chickamauga || NARA)
MENEFEE, Willis E. (discharged for a substitute, 27 Sept 62 || Burton; NARA)
MONCRIEF, Asa W. (discharged, 17 May 62 || Burton; NARA)
MOON [MOONEY?], Jesse Mercer (discharged, 19 July 62; later reenlisted, 61st AL Regt || Burton; NARA)
MUDFORD, Thomas J.
MULLEN, S.
MULLICAN, Tandy (detailed to Gen'l Fitz Lee's Cavalry Ordnance Train; captured, Gettysburg and never exchanged || NARA)
NORREL[L], James W. (paroled, Appomattox || Burton; NARA)
NORREL[L], William J. (captured, Goodes Bridge, VA, 5 April 65 || Burton; NARA)
ODUM [ODAM?], Joseph M. (resigned, Aug 62; Burton; died of disease, at home, 20 Nov 62 || NARA)
OSBORNE, William C. (captured, Gettysburg, and never exchanged || NARA)
PAGE, Benjamin (KIA, The Wilderness || NARA)
PITMAN, Clive N. [Cleve N.?] (died of disease, Howard's Grove Hospital, Richmond, 28 Dec 62 || Burton; NARA)
PITTS, A. R.
PRATHER, Brice (wounded, The Wilderness; died of disease, Richmond, 11 May 65; burial, Hollywood Cemetery, grave #118 || Burton; NARA)
PRESLEY, Fielding S. (detailed to Staunton Hospital, Staunton, VA || Burton; NARA)
PRESLEY, William H. [William A.?] (captured, Gettysburg, and never exchanged || Burton; NARA)
PRICE, Penn R. (paroled, Appomattox || Burton; NARA)
RAY, Wiley D. (mortally wounded, Cedar Run || Burton; NARA)
REED, W. C.
REICKE, Louis (deserted, Bunker Hill, 17 July 63 || NARA)
RIDGEWAY, Michael N. [Michael A.?], Ass't Surgeon (a physician; resigned, fall 63 || Burton; NARA)
ROBERTSON, Daniel S. [22 May 1844-4 June 1917] (wounded, 2nd Manassas; burial: Sharon Cemetery, Lovelady Rd, Tallapoosa Co., AL || Burton; NARA)
ROBERTSON, William M. (wounded, Cedar Run; discharged for a substitute || Burton; NARA)
RUCKER, William N. (captured, Gettysburg, and never exchanged || Burton; NARA)
RUDD, William C. (wounded, The Wilderness; discharged, 11 Oct 64 || Burton; NARA)
RUSH, William A. (detailed to division supply train; wounded, The Wilderness || Burton; NARA)
SHARP, Lafayette M. (wounded, The Wilderness || NARA)
SILLS, Levi
SLAUGHTER, George Martin [16 March 1844-12 Sept 1907] (paroled, Appomattox; burial: Slaughter's Cemetery, Tallapoosa Co. AL || Burton; NARA)
SMITH, Giles T. (wounded, Cedar Run; captured, Gettysburg, and never exchanged || Burton; NARA)
STEELE, Robert J. (died of disease, 20 Aug 62, Gen'l Hospital, Staunton, VA || Burton; NARA)
THAXTON, Charles T. (paroled, Appomattox || Burton; NARA)
TRIMBLE, Marcellus A. [10 Feb 1835, Monroe Co., GA-2 Nov 1911, Camp Hill, AL] (wounded, Cedar Run; burial: Slaughter Cemetery, Camp Hill, Tallapoosa Co., AL || Burton; NARA; Deborah Trimble)
ULDRICK [WILDRICK?], Nathaniel T. (KIA, Chickamauga || Burton; NARA)
WALI[E] N, William H.
WALTON, Benjamin H. (KIA, 2nd Manassas || Burton; NARA)
WALTON, John L. (discharged, 23 Sept 62 || Burton; NARA)
WATTS, J. T. (discharged, 21 Sept 62 || NARA)
WILLINGHAM, John Henry (died, 30 Sept 62, Gen'l Hospital #2, Lynchburg, VA; burial: Confederate Section, Old City Cemetery, Lynchburg, VA, grave 2, row 2, lot 178|| Burton; NARA)
WINTER, Robert M. [Robert N.?] (discharged, 8 Jan 63 || Burton; NARA)
WRAY, Wiley W.
YARBROUGH, James (mortally wounded, The Wilderness || Burton; NARA)
YOUNG, C. S. (captured, Gettysburg, and later exchanged || NARA)
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.