Co. "H" (Chambers and Tallapoosa counties; initial muster at Camp Shorter, near Loachapoka, AL, 22 May 1862, by Colonel James M. Oliver, for three years or the duration of the war)
Officers:
FARGUSON [FARGASON?], John, Capt. (appointed, Capt., Co. "H", 22 May 62; resigned, 18 Nov 62, Milltown, AL, for ill health)
BURTON, Joseph Q. 1st Lt., Capt. [31 Oct 1842-3 Nov 1935] (enlisted, Loachapoka, AL, 18 April 62, Co. "I", aged 19; a student; residence: LaFayette, AL; transferred to Co. "H"; promoted, 1st Lt., 14 Aug 62, to Capt. 8 Jan 63, at Skinner Branch, VA; burial: Rosemere Cemetery, Opelika, AL)
McINTOSH, William, 2nd Lt., 1st Lt. (enlisted, Loachapoka, AL, 22 May 62,; appointed 2nd Lt.; residence: Milltown, AL; wounded, Cedar Run; resigned, 3 Jan 63, due to disability)
CARLISLE, Stanmore H., 2nd Lt., 1st Lt. (enlisted, Loachapoka, AL, 13 May 62; appointed 2nd Lt.; promoted, 1st Lt., Gordonville, VA; reappointed 3rd Lt., 1 Aug 62; resigned, Milltown, AL, 8 Jan 63)
TURNER, Gaston W., Sr. 2nd Lt. (enlisted, Loachapoka, AL, 22 May 62; resigned, 1 Aug 62, Gordonville, VA)
BERRY, Thomas D., 1st Sgt., 2nd Lt., 1st Lt. (formerly, Sgt., 1st AL Infantry; discharged, 20 March 62; reenlisted, Loachapoka, AL, 8 May 62, aged 25; promoted, 1st Sgt., 1 July 62, 2nd Lt., 20 Jan 63; a mechanic; residence: Dadeville, AL)
POWERS, Franklin, 1st Sgt. (enlisted, Loachapoka, AL, 8 May 62, aged, 24; a farmer; residence: Tallassee, AL; promoted, 1st Sgt., 14 Feb 63; wounded, Chickamauga, 19 Sept 63)
DANIEL, James Barnett, 4th Sgt., 2nd Sgt. [5 May 1840-21 Nov 1902] (enlisted, Cussetta, AL, 5 May 62, aged, 22; a farmer; residence: Milltown, AL; promoted, 4th Sgt., 5 March 63, and to 2nd Sgt.; paroled, Appomattox; burial: Mt. Hickory Cemetery, Chambers Co., AL)
DANIEL, Thomas J., 3rd Sgt., 5th Sgt. (enlisted, Cussetta, AL, 5 May 62, aged, 30; a farmer; residence: Milltown, AL; reduced in rank at his own request, 1 July 62; promoted, 5th Sgt., 23 Sept 62; died in service, 20 Jan 63)
LANSFORD, Benjamin F., 2nd Sgt. (enlisted, Cussetta, AL, 5 May 62, aged, 21; a farmer; residence: Milltown, AL; died in hospital, 26 Sept 62; burial: Confederate Section, Old City Cemetery, Lynchburg, VA, grave 3, row 3, lot 180)
McKNIGHT, Christopher Pusilamus Columbus, 1st Sgt. [25 Nov 1833-1 Jan 1904] (enlisted, Cussetta, AL, 5 May 62, aged, 32; a farmer; residence: Milltown, AL; reduced to ranks at his own request; wounded, Dandridge, TN, The Wilderness; paroled, Appomattox; burial: Sugden Cemetery, near Waurika, OK)
RAGSDALE, James Thomas, 3rd Sgt., 1st Sgt. [2 March 1844-8 Aug 1928] (enlisted, Cussetta, AL, 5 May 62, aged, 18; a farmer; residence: Milltown, AL; promoted, 3rd Sgt., 5 March 63; paroled, Appomattox; burial: Little Branch Primitive Church Cemetery, Albertville, AL)
SIMMS, Alfred, 4th Sgt. (enlisted, Cussetta, AL, 5 May 62, aged, 34; a farmer residence: Milltown, AL; reduced in rank, 1 July 62, and deserted, 20 July 62; took Oath of Allegiance to the United States)
BENTLEY, John Frank 2nd Cpl., 2nd Lt., 1st Lt. (enlisted, Cussetta, AL, 15 May 62, aged 17; a student; residence: Milltown, AL; promoted, 2nd Lt., 14 Feb 63)
COGGINS, Ebenezer B. 3rd Cpl., 3rd Sgt., Sr. 2nd Lt. (enlisted, Cussetta, AL, 5 May 62, aged, 27; a farmer; residence: Milltown; promoted, 3rd Sgt., 1 July 62, and Senior 2nd Lt., 13 Feb 63; wounded, Chickamauga, and died, Atlanta, GA, 28 Oct 63)
EDGE, Julius, 3rd Cpl., 1st Cpl. (enlisted, Loachapoka, AL, 10 May 62, aged, 18; a laborer; residence: Milltown, AL; promoted, 3rd Cpl., 23 Sept 62; wounded, The Wilderness; paroled, Appomattox)
JACKSON, John T., 4th Cpl. (enlisted, Cussetta, AL, 5 May 62, aged, 28; a farmer; residence: Milltown, AL; reduced to ranks, 23 Sept 62, for prolonged absence; paroled, Appomattox)
JOHNSON, Robert C., 3rd Cpl., 2nd Cpl. (enlisted, Loachapoka, AL, 10 May 62; a farmer; residence: Roanoke, AL; promoted to 3rd Cpl., 5 March 64, for gallantry; paroled, Appomattox)
THOMPSON, Jesse, 4th Cpl. (enlisted, Cussetta, AL, 5 May 62; a farmer; residence: Milltown, AL; promoted, 4th Corporal, 5 March 63; paroled, Appomattox)
Privates:
BEARDEN, Wiley (enlisted, Loachapoka, AL, 10 May 62, aged 24; a mail agent; residence: LaFayette, AL; discharged, Gordonville, VA, 28 July 62, surgeon's certificate) BLACK, Benjamin (enlisted, Loachapoka, AL, 16 May 62, aged, 25; a farmer; residence: Locksville, AL; listed as a deserter, 17 May 62)
BLACKMON, Joseph C. (enlisted, Cussetta, AL, 5 May 62, aged, 18; a farmer; residence: Milltown, AL; died of pneumonia, Bunker Hill, VA, 20 Oct 62)
BLEDSOE, George L. (enlisted, Loachapoka, AL, 15 May 62, aged, 25; a farmer; residence: Milltown, AL)
BONNER, H. C. (paroled, Appomattox)
BOWLES, Alexander H. (enlisted, Loachapoka, AL, 15 May 62, aged, 18; a farmer; residence: Dudleyville, AL; deserted, May 62)
BRUCE, Wilson (enlisted, Loachapoka, AL, 12 May 62, aged, 28; a farmer; residence: LaGrange, GA; transferred to Co. "D", 1 Sept 62)
BUNN, Jesse (enlisted, Guiney's Station, VA, 11 Dec 62, aged, 52, as a substitute for A. J. Slay; a farmer; residence: Hickory Flats, AL; deserted, 20 Jan 64; returned and surrendered, Appomattox)
BURDETTE, George (enlisted, Cussetta, AL, 5 May 62, aged, 30; a farmer; residence: Milltown, AL; wounded, Cedar Run, VA, 9 Aug 62, was permanently disabled, but paroled, Appomattox)
CARTER, Shadrack H. (enlisted, Gordonville, VA, 7 Aug 62, aged, 40, as a substitute for G. W. Purvis; a farmer; residence: Talledega, AL; wounded, Cedar Run, VA, and died on 4 Oct 62)
CARTER, Thomas M. (enlisted, Knoxville, TN, 22 Nov 63, aged, 16; a laborer, residence: Newsite, AL; deserted, 29 Nov 63)
CULBRETH, Thomas A. (enlisted, Loachapoka, AL, 15 May 62, aged, 34; a farmer; residence: DeSoto, AL; transferred to Co. "D", 1 June 62)
DANIEL, Leroy S. (enlisted, Lafayette, AL, 25 March 63, aged, 18; a student; residence: Milltown, AL; died at home, 4 Nov 64)
DENT, Garrett A. (enlisted, Loachapoka, AL, 15 May 62, aged, 25; a farmer; residence: LaFayette, AL)
FLEMMING, John F. (enlisted, Loachapoka, AL, 8 May 62, aged, 23; a merchant; residence: Dadeville, AL; transferred to Co. "K", 1 July 62)
FULLER, James A. (enlisted, Loachapoka, AL, 8 May 62, aged, 20; a shoemaker; residence: Dadeville, AL; transferred to Co. "K", 1 July 62)
GALLOWAY, William D. [1846/47-10 Nov 1862] (enlisted, Cussetta, AL, 5 May 62, aged, 15; a student; residence: Milltown, AL; died of pneumonia, Berryville, VA; burial: Stonewall Cemetery, Winchester, VA)
GARNER, Alexander G. (enlisted, Loachapoka, AL, 15 May 62, aged, 22; a farmer; residence: LaFayette, AL; transferred to Co. "D", 1 Sept 62)
GILBERT, Isham (enlisted, Loachapoka, AL, 10 May 62, aged, 25; a farmer; residence: Dudleyville, AL)
GILBERT, Lindsay B. (enlisted, Loachapoka, AL, May 12th, 1862, aged, 21; a farmer; residence: Dudleyville, AL; captured, Gettysburg, and never exchanged)
GILBERT, Williamson (enlisted, Loachapoka, AL, 10 May 62, aged, 19; a farmer; residence: Dudleyville, AL; wounded, Cedar Run)
GRADY, James M. (enlisted, Loachapoka, AL, 1 June 62, aged, 43; a farmer; residence: Fredonia, AL; wounded, Cedar Run; died at home, 8 Aug 63)
GWINNETT, Robert (enlisted, Cussetta, AL, 5 May 62; a student; residence: West Point, GA; sent to hospital, Oct 62, and never returned)
HANSON, William H. (enlisted, Loachapoka, AL, 16 May 62, aged, 32; a mechanic; residence: Milltown, AL; listed as a deserter)
HARDY, James M. (enlisted, Loachapoka, AL, 10 May 62, aged, 30; a farmer; residence: Milltown, AL; died in hospital, 15 Aug 62)
HARRELSON, Hiram A. (enlisted, Loachapoka, AL, 10 May 62, aged, 18; a laborer, residence: Milltown, AL; transferred to Co. "I", 1 July 62)
HART, John (enlisted, Cussetta, AL, 5 May 62, aged, 26; a farmer residence: Roanoke, AL; paroled, Appomattox)
HOLLIS, George W. (enlisted, Loachapoka, AL, 10 May 62; a farmer; residence: Fredonia, AL; listed as MIA, presumed captured, Gettysburg)
HOLLIS, Moses K. (enlisted, Loachapoka, AL, 10 May 62, aged, 34; a farmer; residence: Fredonia, AL; wounded, Cedar Run, and retired)
HOLMAN, John C. (enlisted, Loachapoka, AL, 15 May 62, aged, 33 as a surgeon. a doctor; residence: Milltown, AL; discharged with surgeon's certificate, 8 March 64)
HUBBARD, William H. (enlisted, Loachapoka, AL, 18 July 64, aged, 38; transferred from Co. "I"; a farmer; residence: LaFayette, AL; paroled, Appomattox)
JACKSON, Andrew T. (enlisted, Bristol, TN, 1 April 64, aged, 17; a laborer; residence: Milltown, AL)
JACKSON, Calvin H. (enlisted, Loachapoka, AL, 5 May 62, aged, 25; a farmer; residence: Milltown; discharged with surgeon's certificate, 2 July 62, Gordonville, VA)
JARVIS, James (enlisted, Knoxville, TN, Nov 22, 1863, aged, 19; a farmer; residence: Youngville, AL; captured, between Spotsylvania and Hanover Junction, VA, 64)
JOHNSON, William D. A. (enlisted, Loachapoka, AL, 10 May 62; a farmer; residence: Roanoke, AL)
LEVERETTE, Samuel J. (enlisted, Loachapoka, AL, 10 May 62, aged, 28; a farmer; residence: Milltown, AL; discharged with a substitute, 16 June 63)
LINDSAY, Samuel W. (enlisted, Loachapoka, AL, 8 May 62, aged, 25; a farmer; residence: LaFayette, AL; transferred to Co. "K", 1 July 62)
MARTIN, Benjamin (enlisted, Loachapoka, AL, 8 May 62, aged, 21; a farmer; residence: Tallassee, AL; promoted, 5th Sergeant, 5 March 63, for gallantry; captured, Gettysburg, and never exchanged)
McCOY, Jessie (enlisted, Loachapoka, AL, 16 May 62, aged, 26; a farmer; residence: Milltown, AL; KIA, Aug 62, 2nd Manassas)
McKNIGHT, Gilbert M. (enlisted, Loachapoka, AL, 9 May 62 aged, 25; a physician; residence: Roanoke, AL; died in hospital, Richmond, VA, 20 Aug 62)
MEDLER, William (enlisted, Loachapoka, AL, 8 May 62, aged, 28; a Farmer, residence: Milltown, AL; died at home, 29 May 62)
MEGGERSON, Samuel (enlisted, Cussetta, AL, 5 May 62, aged, 21; a farmer; residence: Milltown, AL; paroled, Appomattox)
MICHENOR, Thomas (enlisted, Loachapoka, AL, 8 May 62, aged, 34; a farmer; residence: Dudleyville, AL; transferred to Co. "K", 1 July 62)
MILES, John (enlisted, Cussetta, AL, 5 May 62, aged, 18; a farmer; residence: Milltown, AL; died in hospital, Aug 62; burial: Confederate Section, Old City Cemetery, Lynchburg, VA, grave 8, row 3, lot 177)
MILES, Richard T. G. (KIA, 2nd Manassas)
MOFFITT, William P. (enlisted, Loachapoka, AL, 8 May 62, aged, 26; a farmer; residence: Dudleyville, AL; transferred to Co. "K", 1 July 62)
MOORE, John T. (enlisted, Loachapoka, AL, 8 May 62, aged, 17; a farmer; residence: Dudleyville, AL; transferred to Co. "K", 1 July 62)
MORGAN, Stephen M. (enlisted, Columbus, Georgia, 25 May 62, aged 28 as a Private in Company B, 20th GA Infantry; a farmer; residence: Roanoke, AL; transferred to Co. "H", 47th AL Infantry, 29 June 64)
MORRIS, Samuel C. (enlisted, Loachapoka, AL, 15 May 62, aged, 25; a farmer; residence: Auburn, AL; wounded, 2nd Manassas, Aug 62; transferred to Co. "D", 47th AL Infantry, 1 Sept 62)
MOTI, William (enlisted, Loachapoka, AL, 14 May 62, aged 28; a farmer; residence: Roanoke, AL; wounded, Gettysburg, 2 July 63, and captured; permanently disabled)
MYHAND, James J. (enlisted, Loachapoka, AL, 15 May 62, aged 20; a farmer; residence: LaFayette, AL; paroled, Appomattox)
PETERS, Mathew J. (enlisted, Loachapoka, AL, 8 May 62, aged 33; a farmer; residence: Milltown, AL; wounded, The Wilderness)
PORCH, Bryant Purcill, sr. [5 April 1831-14 April 1909] (burial: Midway Cemetery, Coleman Co., TX).
PRADACK, Bryant (enlisted, Loachapoka, AL, 6 May 862, aged 32; a farmer; residence: DeSoto, AL; discharged with a substitute, Thomas Skinner, 20 May 62)
RICE, James (enlisted, Loachapoka, AL, 15 May 62, aged, 21; a farmer; residence: Milltown, AL; paroled, Appomattox)
ROBERTS, Judge (enlisted, Loachapoka, AL, 12 May 62, aged, 30; a farmer; residence: Milltown, AL; wounded, Chickamauga, The Wilderness; paroled, Appomattox)
SEXTON, William (enlisted, Loachapoka, AL, 15 May 62, aged, 28; a farmer; residence: DeSoto, AL; wounded, Cedar Run, paroled, Appomattox)
SIMMS, James S. (enlisted, Loachapoka, AL, 9 May 62, aged, 23; a farmer; residence: Milltown, AL; deserted, 20 July 62, Lrian Church, VA; too oath of allegiance to the United States)
SKINNER, Thomas (enlisted, Loachapoka, AL, 23 May 62, aged, 47, as substitute for Bryant PRADACK; a farmer; residence: DeSoto, AL; KIA, Cedar Run, 9 Aug 62)
SLAY, Andrew J. (enlisted, Loachapoka, AL, 15 May 62, aged, 25; a farmer; residence: Milltown, AL; discharged for a substitute, Jessie Bunn, at Guiney's Station, VA, 11 Dec 62)
SLAY, James L. [1 Aug 1830-11 Feb 1912] (enlisted, Cussetta, AL, 5 May 62, aged, 32; a farmer; residence: Milltown, AL; discharged for a substitute, Allen Thompson, 26 April 63; burial: Mt. Hickory Cemetery, Chambers Co., AL)
SLAY, Noah R. (enlisted, Phillips Crossing, VA, 21 March 63; a farmer; residence: Milltown, AL; died in Chimbrazo Hospital, Richmond, VA, of pneumonia, 1 April 63)
Sorrells, Green B. (enlisted, Cussetta, AL, 5 May 62, aged, 27; a farmer; residence: Milltown, AL; paroled, Appomattox)
STAUNTON, John (enlisted, Gaines' Crossroads, VA, 15 June 63, aged, 46, as a substitute Samuel J. Leverette; a laborer; residence: Savannah, GA)
SWAN, Robert (enlisted, Cussetta, AL, 5 May 62, aged, 18; a student, residence: Milltown, AL; died in service, Guiney's Station, VA, 10 Jan 63)
THOMAS, Judson (enlisted, Loachapoka, AL, 10 May 62, aged, 27; a farmer; residence: Lafayette, AL; died at home, 26 May 62)
THOMPSON, Allen (enlisted, Suffolk, VA, 26 April 63, aged, 57, as a substitute James L. Slay; a farmer; residence: Roanoke, AL; deserted, 15 Sept 63, in Atlanta, GA)
THOMPSON, Edwin (enlisted, Loachapoka, AL, 16 May 62, aged, 27; a farmer; residence: Dudleyville, AL; transferred to Co. "K", 1 July 62)
THOMPSON, James F. (enlisted, Loachapoka, AL, 5 May 62, aged, 25; a farmer; residence: Dudleyville, AL; transferred to Co. "K", 1 July 62)
THORNTON, Wiley (enlisted, Loachapoka, AL, 8 May 62, aged, 24; a farmer; residence: Dudleyville, AL; transferred to Co. "K", 1 July 62)
VEASEY, James (enlisted, Cussetta, AL, 5 May 62, aged, 21; a farmer; residence: Dudleyville, AL; Deserted, pardoned, returned to the unit under a proclamation by Governor Wall, 4 Nov 64; paroled, Appomattox)
WEBB, Adrian (enlisted, Loachapoka, AL, 15 May 62, aged, 16; a student, residence: DeSoto, AL; KIA, Cedar Run, 9 Aug 62)
WHARTON, William A. [1834?-22 June 1862] (enlisted, Loachapoka, AL, 16 May 62, aged, 22; a farmer; residence: Chapman's Store, AL; died, Petersburg, VA, en route to Richmond; burial, Blandford Church Cemetery, Petersburg, VA)
WISE, Parhaim (enlisted, Cussetta, AL, 5 May 62, aged, 31; a farmer; residence: Milltown, AL; KIA, Cedar Run, 9 Aug 62)
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.