A typical entry contains some or all of the following information:

Name [with variant spellings?]; [birth-death dates]; rank, if other than private; (notes, including age at enlistment, and occupation || sources)

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Co. "C"

*Officers:

DAWSON, Nathaniel H. R., Capt. (enlisted, aged 32; a lawyer; resigned, 21 April 62 || NARS C roll; Oates)
ROBBINS, Frank C. [Frank E.?], Capt. (wounded, Cold Harbor, Knoxville; captured, Knoxville || Brewer)
TAYLOR, F. M., Capt.
LAMAR, John H., 1st Lt. (|| NARS C Roll)
SHORTRIDGE, George D. [George B.?], jr., 1st Lt., Surgeon (dropped, 21 April 62 || NARS C Roll)
STERRETT, Major Dowell [27 June 1840-1919], 1st Lt., Capt., Major. (enlisted, aged 21; a physician; wounded, Malvern Hill, Antietam; retired, 24 January 63, and transferred to 4th Congressional District of Alabama as Quartermaster || bio: CV XVIII:430; NARS C roll; Brewer)
GRICE [GRUE?], Henry F., 2nd Lt. (|| Vaughn, p. 576)
McCRAW [McGRAW?], S. Newton, 2nd Lt. (a lawyer; dropped, 21 April 62 || Coles; NARS C Roll)
ROBBINS, Frank C. [Frank E.?] 2nd Lt., 1st Lt., Capt. (a teacher; wounded, Chickamauga, and captured; remained POW until exchanged, 11 Oct 64 || NARS C roll; Oates)
WILSON, John R., 2nd Lt. (dropped, 21 April 62 || NARS C Roll)

DANIEL, John R., 1st Sgt. (wounded, 1st Manassas || Bham Age)
RAIFORD, William C., 1st Sgt. (|| CSR; Vaughn, p. 575)
WADDELL, Edward B., 1st Sgt.
BEREALY, B., Sgt.
DANIEL, Lucian A., 3rd Sgt. (wounded, 1st Manassas || Bham Age)
GOLDSBY, Boykin I., 4th Sgt. (wounded, 1st Manassas || Bham Age)
LAMSON, Frank R., Orderly Sgt.
MELTON, Thomas J., 3rd Sgt., 2nd Sgt., 1st Sgt. (enlisted, aged 16, a farmer; wounded, Gaines' Mill, Chickamauga, The Wilderness; Coles || Vaughn, p. 590)
OVERTON, Thomas W., Sgt.
PRICE, Alfred C., 2nd Sgt., 1st Sgt., Capt. (enlisted, aged 24; a lawyer; wounded, 1st Manassas; died, 7 July 62, after Gaines' Mill || Bham Age; NARS C roll; CMH; Oates)
SHERRER, Corporation, Sgt. (wounded, Chickamauga || Vaughn, p. 596)
VAUGHAN, P. Turner, 3rd Sgt., 2nd Sgt., 2nd Lt. (a farmer; resigned, 12 Dec 64 || NARS C roll; Coles)

BELL, Bush W., Cpl.
BROWN, James G., Cpl.
BURGIN, D. Augustus, Cpl.
COHEN, Lewis, Cpl.
DENSLER, William H., Cpl.
McKERNING, John W., Cpl.
MILLER, Stephen J., 2nd Cpl. (enlisted, aged 18; a farmer; wounded, Chickamauga, 20 Sept 63 || Coles; Vaughn, p. 596)
PEEPLES, Frank W., Cpl.
POWER [PRIOR?], R. Q, Cpl.
SHERRER, David H, Cpl.
THOMPSON, James Wilson [-November 1909], Cpl. (enlisted, aged 18; a farmer; wounded, Gettysburg || Coles; CV)
WORKS, William T., Cpl.

Privates:

ADAMS, William L.
ADKINS, Agrippa (enlisted, aged 18 || Coles)
ARMSTGRONG, J. B.
AVERETT, James B.
AVERY, William C.
AVERY, William H.
BAILES, Ben E. (|| Huntsville Roll)
BAKER, Eli W.
BANKS, Robert R. (died as POW, 17 Oct 64, Elmira, NY)
BARNES, R. R.
BEATTY, Thomas K.
BECE, J.
BIXLEY, H. C.
BLACKMAN, Hiram
BODY, W. H. (wounded, 1st Manassas || Bham Age)
BOHAN[N]ON, Robert B. (KIA, 1st Manassas || Bham Age)
BOYD, George R. [2 Sept 1826-] (an employee, government depository, Selma; placed on detached service at Selma || bio: ALCMH)
BOYD, Labe (wounded, Chickamauga || Vaughn, p. 596)
BOYD, William G.
BOYD, William S.
BOYLES, J. C.
BRADLEY, Hugh C. (enlisted, aged 26; a physician; assigned Asst Surgeon, 4th AL Regt; discharged for illness, 9 Dec 62 || Coles)
BRIGGS, Charles H. (||Vaughn, p. 599)
BURGIS, W. P.
CARROLL, Rev. (a Baptist minister, Selma, AL || Vaughn, p. 591)
CAUGHTRY, Joseph R. (wounded, 1st Manassas || Bham Age)
CLAYTON, George W.
CLEMENS, J.
CLEVELAND, George W. (wounded, 1st Manassas || Bham Age)
CLEVELAND, Pulaski
COLE, George W.
COOK, Benson
COOK, James W. (wounded, Chickamauga || Vaughn, p. 596)
COOK, Matthew M.
COOK, Thomas M.
COURSEY, William W.
CUNNINGHAM, Frank M. (wounded, 1st Manassas || Bham Age)
DANIELS, John. (KIA || Vaughn, p. 599)
DENSLER, John E.
DONEGAY, James G.
DOYLE, John
EASLE, N. R.
EDWARDS, William W.
ETRUE?, Henry Floyd? (|| NARS C Roll)
FORD, Joseph H.
FRAZIER, William, Chaplain (|| Vaughn, p. 574)
FRIDAY, H. O.
FRIDAY, Hilliard J. (wounded, Chickamauga, 20 Sept 63 || Vaughn, p. 596)
FRIDAY, James L.
FRIDAY, John C.
FRIDAY, M. C.
GARRETT, Robert Edward [-17 July 1906] (wounded, 1st , 2nd Manassas, Fredericksburg; promoted regimental ordnance Sgt. || bio: CV XV:323)
GEESLIN, Larkin
GILLIAM, Marlin
GOODMAN, B. W.
HADEN, Grey (|| Vaughn, p. 574)
HADEN, John M.
HAMMON, James
HARRISON, William H., jr. (wounded, 1st Manassas || Bham Age; Vaughn, p. 574)
HARRISON, William H., sr.
HARROW, W. H.
HARVILLE, Thornton R. (wounded, 1st Manassas || Bham Age)
HODGE, William L.
HODGES, H. H.
HOLMES, William S.
HOOKS, William L.
HUDSON, W. J.
HUGHES, Carter H.
HUGHES, J.
JACKSON, Felix W.
JENKS, James M.
JOHNSON, ? ?
JOHNSON, William
JOHNSON, William G. (also in Co. "G")
JONES, William
JORDAN, George A.
JORDAN, James M. (enlisted, aged 21; a carpenter; wounded, 1st Manassas; KIA 1 July 62 || Bham Age; Coles)
JORDAN, Josephus
JORDEN, William
KENNEDY, Archie E. (wounded, 1st Manassas || Bham Age)
KENNEDY, George D.
KING, Robert H.
KING, William R. (wounded, 1st Manassas || Bham Age)
LACKEY, E.
LANE, William B.
LEARY, B.
LEE, C. R. M.
LEWIS, James L.
LOCHLIN, E.
LOWERY, N. (wounded, Chickamauga || Vaughn, p. 596)
LOWERY, Uriah
LOWERY, William A.
LOWREY, Dick. (|| Vaughn, p. 575)
LOWRY, W. A. (KIA, 1st Manassas || Bham Age)
LUSK, John M. (wounded, Chickamauga || Vaughn, p. 596)
McCLUNG, Frank Co. C (|| Huntsville Roll)
McDONALD, R. Miller.
McKENZIE, W.
McNEAL, George S.
MACY, S. M.
MARSHALL, Jacob, Musician
MARTIN, James B.
MARTIN, William.
MATHER, Thomas S.
MAY, Syd M.
MAY, William V.
MELTON, George F. Musician
MIMMS, George A. (wounded, 1st Manassas || Bham Age)
MORRIS, C.
MOSELY, Andrew B.
MOTTER, Thomas S.
NAILON, Mathew
NEELAND, M.
O'NEAL, William H.
OGLESBERRY, Edward
OLIVER, H.
OVERTON, John F.
PAISLEY, Hugh S.
PARKS, S. D.
PEOPLES, F. W. (wounded, 1st Manassas || Bham Age)
PRIOR [POWER?], R. Q. (wounded, 1st Manassas || Bham Age)
PRYOR, George A.
PRYOR, John W.
PRYOR, Robert Q.
RAINEY, Benjamin.
RANEY, John B.
REINHARDT, George L.
ROACH, Solomon B.
ROBBINS, James L.
RUCKER, Henry
RUCKER, Lindsay
SIMS, G. W.
SPEVEY, L. W.
STOCKMAN, Robert
STOKES, William C.
STONE, John H. (KIA, 1st Manassas || Bham Age)
STREETY, John B.
TARVER, Benjamin J. Co. C (wounded, 1st Manassas || Bham Age)
TAYLOR, E. A. (wounded, 1st Manassas || Bham Age)
TAYLOR, William E.
TEESLIN, L.
TERRY, C. E.
TERRY, Thomas B.
THOMAS, Lewis
THOMPSON, James J.
THOMPSON, John S. (enlisted, aged 17; a farmer || Coles)
THOMPSON, W. A.
THOMPSON, William E.
THOMPSON, William T.
TURNER, Daniel M. (died in service, 4 [7?] Sept 62; burial: Warrenton, VA, Cemetery)
URSERY [URSORY?], Edward G.(KIA, 1st Manassas || Bham Age)
WALKER, James W.
WALTERS, Allen
WASDEN, William J.
WHELLEN, Daniel
WHITE, W. B. T.
WHITE, William
WILSON, George
WINSTEAD, Richard M.
WOLFE, John
WOODRUFF, W. H.
WORKS, Ira T. (wounded, Chickamauga || Vaughn, p. 596)
WREN, Alfred M.
WREN, Theodore J.
WRIGHT, George M.

Sources of roster information: This roster of the Fourth Alabama Infantry Regiment is taken from several sources, most of which concern themselves with only one company in the regiment. All, other than the National Archives and Records Service records, may be considered secondary and subject to error. Corrections to the roster are welcomed, so long as a source of information is provided.

• Robert T. Coles, From Huntsville to Apomattox : R. T. Coles's History of 4th Regiment, Alabama Volunteer Infantry, C.S.A., Army of Northern Virginia, edited by Jeffrey D. Stocker, Knoxville: University of Tennessee Press, 1996 (Coles)
• Compiled Services Records, National Archives (CSR)
• Confederate Military History [Alabama] (CMH)
• Confederate Veteran [periodical] (CV)
• "Honor Roll of the Fourth Alabama Regiment of Volunteers," Birmingham Age-Herald, v.20, no.139 (25 April 1894) (Bham Age)
• Jackson County [AL] Historical Association, "Civil War rolls of soldiers of Jackson County, Alabama" (Jackson County Roll)
• Alice N. McCravey, "Confederate soldiers of Madison County, Alabama." Huntsville, AL ; 1959 (Huntsville roll)
• National Archives and Records Service. [4th Alabama Infantry files] (NARS roll)
• Alice V. D. Pierrepont, Reuben Vaughan Kidd: soldier of the Confederacy. Petersburg, VA ; 1947 (Pierrepont roll)
• Benjamin Riley, History of Conecuh County, Alabama. (Riley)
• Smith Papers, Judson College, Marion, AL [includes scrapbooks with newsclippings, including muster rolls] (Smith papers)
• Southern Historical Society Papers (SHSP)
• The Tennessee Civil War veterans Questionnaires, Easly, SC: Southern Historical Press, 1985
• Mamie Yearie, Recollections of the boys in gray, 1861-1865, Dayton, OH: Morningside Books, 1986 (Yearie)

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