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There is no other legend quite like the Confederate fighting man. He reached the end of his haunted road long ago. He fought for a star-crossed cause and in the end he was beaten, but as he carried his slashed red battle flag into the dusky twilight of the Lost Cause he marched straight into a legend that will live as long as the American people care to remember anything about the American past.

--Bruce Canton

No symbol or reference in these pages to the old South or the War Between the States is meant to offend anyone. Nor is this site meant to be an examination for the causes and reasons for that war. Whatever motivated men from the South to fight was a product of their age and times. Most fought in defense of their families and homes because a Northern army had invaded what they considered to be their country. This is simply meant to be the historical record of those men. The uncommon bravery of men on both sides of that horrible conflict should not be forgotten, regardless of their motivation to fight.

Click on the individual to view service record, click on unit to view regimental history

Alabama

Cranford, Leonard Travis, My great-grandfather

• Co B, 12th Alabama Infantry, Rode's Brigade (Battle's Brigade), D.H. Hill's Division (Rodes Division), Stonewall Jackson's Corps (II Corps, Richard S. Ewell, Commanding),   Army of Northern Virginia, Gen Robert E. Lee, Commanding

• Coosa County, AL, served 4 years, discharged once for illness, enlisted again and was wounded twice (Winchester and Petersburg), migrated to AR after war

Cranford, James A. , My great-uncle, brother of Leonard T.

• Co F, 2nd Battalion Hilliard's Legion and Co C, 59th Regiment Alabama Infantry

• Coosa County, AL, entered service with 2nd Battalion Hilliard's Legion (later merged to 59th Alabama Infantry Regiment) in 1862, died at the Division Hospital, Fair Ground #2, Atlanta, GA October 1863.  Records listed him as ambulance driver.

Finch, Francis M., Brother to my great-great-grandmother

• Co A, 46th Alabama Infantry Regiment

• Coosa County, AL, 4th Sergt

Logan, James, Wife's great-great uncle

• Co G, 2nd Alabama Cavalry

• Coosa County, AL, migrated to AR after war

Logan, Isaac, Wife's great-great uncle

• 63rd Alabama Infantry

• Coosa County, AL, late in CW, only 16-18, migrated to AR after war

Logan, John, Wife's great-great uncle

• Co C, 59th Alabama Infantry

• Coosa County, AL, migrated to AR after war

Arkansas

Jackson, Hirum T., My great-great-grandfather

• Co A, 10th Arkansas Infantry, Bowen's Brigade, Hardee's Corps, Army of Tennessee

• Pearson, AR, wounded at Shiloh, furloughed, never returned

Jackson, B. F., My great-great-uncle

• Co A, 10th Arkansas Infantry,, Bowen's Brigade, Hardee's Corps, Army of Tennessee

• Pearson, AR, furloughed with brother Hirum, returned to Witt's 10th AR Cavalry

Ward, H. L., Married my great-great-aunt

• Floyd's Arkansas Infantry

• AR, In 1890 provided my grandfather Martin a plce to live after he left home at about 15 years old.

North Carolina

Martin, George W.
Great-great-grandfather

• Co C, 38th Regiment of North Carolina Infantry, Pender's Brigade (Scale's Brigade). A.P. Hill's Light Division (Wilcox Division), Stonewall Jackson's Corps (III Corps, A.P. Hill, Commanding), Army of Northern Virginia, Gen Robert E. Lee, Commanding

• Conscripted in Gaston County, NC.  Captured and released near the end of the war.

Kever, Jacob A, My great-great uncle

• Co F, 37th NC Infantry, Branch's Brigade (Lane's Brigade), A.P. Hill's Light Division (Wilcox Division), Stonewall Jackson's Corps, (III Corps, A.P. Hill, Commanding), Army of Northern Virginia, Gen Robert E. Lee, Commanding

• Alexander County, NC, migrated to AR after war

Norton, Sidney, My great-great uncle

• Co A, 6th NC Cavalry

• Alexander County, NC, migrated to AR after CW

Norton, William Alexander, My great-great uncle, brother of Sidney.

• Co G, 38th Regiment of North Carolina Infantry, Pender's Brigade (Scale's Brigade), A.P. Hill's Light Division (Wilcox Division), Stonewall Jackson's Corps (III Corps, A.P. Hill, Commanding), Army of Northern Virginia, Gen Robert E. Lee, Commanding

• Enrolled in November 21, 1861 as Private. Promoted to Corporal April 18, 1862. Promoted to 3rd Sergeant September 13, 1862. Appears on the Roll of Honor December 20, 1862. Alexander County, NC, Wounded 5-5-1864 at Wilderness, VA, died of wounds 5-8-1864

Sharp, James F, Married my great-great-aunt

• Co G, 38th Regiment of North Carolina Infantry, Pender's Brigade (Scale's Brigade), A.P. Hill's Light Division (Wilcox Division), Stonewall Jackson's Corps (III Corps, A.P. Hill, Commanding), Army of Northern Virginia, Gen Robert E. Lee, Commanding

• NC, migrated to AR after CW

Tennessee

Haile, George Washington, Wife's great-grandfather

• Co A, 11th Tennessee Infantry

• TN, served 3 years, Prisoner of War at Rock Island, Ill, 18 months, migrated to AR after war

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