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Stidhams* Who Fought for the Confederacy


7th confederate Cavalry Regiment
(or 7th Partisan Rangers Regiment)

Stidham, David, Co. A

Stidham, Joseph H., Co. I

Stidham, J.D., Co. K

Stidham, Preston, Co. K (unknown lineage, no other data).

This unit had seven Georgia companies and five North Carolina companies; it was disbanded in 1864. Battles: Petersburg, Peebles Farm, etc.

1st Creek Mounted Volunteers
(1st Creek Cavalry Regiment)

Stidham, Johnson, Co. B (unknown lineage, no other data).

Organized 8/61, surrendered 5/26/65. Assigned to Indian territory. Battles: Chusto-Talasah, Pea Ridge, Cabin Creek.



Alabama

7th Alabama Cavalry Regiment:

Stidham, M., Co. A (unknown lineage, no other data).

Organized 7/63. Battles: Nashville 12/64, Wilson’s Raid 3-4/65, Columbus, GA 4/16/65.

Alabama Cavalry, Capt. T.C. Barlow’s
Company (“Baldwin Rangers”)

Steadham, A.J., Corporal: Andrew Jackson [502] Steadham was mustered out 9 Apr 1862 at Blakely. No other information.

Stedham, E.: Edward [512] Steadham, Jr. fought in the war along with his two brothers: Alexander Tate [518] Steadham (see below), and John Victor [515] Steadham (see below).

Stedham, J.V.: John Victor [515] Steadham fought in the war along with his two brothers: Alexander Tate [518] Steadham (see below), and Edward [512] Steadham, Jr., (see above). Photograph of Mary McGhee and John Victor [515] Steadham. Photograph of John Victor [515] Steadham's homeplace near McCullough, Escambia Co., Alabama. (Taken by Jack Stidham in October 1988). Civil War Veteran Tombstone, acquired by John Victor [515] Steadhams's great-grandson, Gordon Phillips, and dedicated 6 May 2007. (Sent by Gordon Phillips, March, 2007)

Organized at Blakely 4/62, Captains Barlow’s “Baldwin Rangers” became Co. C, 15th Confederate Cavalry below:

Company C, 15th Confederate Cavalry

Steadham, A.J. (See Steadham, A.J., Alabama Cavalry, Capt. T.C. Barlow’s Company “Baldwin Rangers” above).

Stedham, A.T.: Alexander Tate [518] Steadham fought in the war along with his two brothers: Edward [512] Steadham, Jr. (see above), and John Victor [515] Steadham (see above).

Stedham, E. (See Stedham, E., Alabama Cavalry, Capt. T.C. Barlow’s Company “Baldwin Rangers” above).

Stedham, J.V. (See Stedham, J.V., Alabama Cavalry, Capt. T.C. Barlow’s Company “Baldwin Rangers” above).

No other organizational data on this unit.

15th Confederate Cavalry, Company K

Stedham, L.B.

No other organizational data on this unit.

Murphy’s Battalion, Alabama Cavalry (which was consolidated into the 15th Confederate Cavalry Regiment)

Stedham, B.B., Co. B (unknown lineage, no other data).

The regiment was composed of five Alabama and five Florida companies which guarded the Gulf Coast. Skirmishes: Tunica, LA and Mt. Pleasant, 4/65, when it was “badly used up.” Surrendered at Gainesville, AL in 1865.

14th Infantry Regiment

Stedham, B.H., Co. K (unknown lineage, no other data).

Organized at Auburn 7/61. Battles: Seven Days, 2nd Manassas, Antietam, Gettysburg, Appomattox Court House, etc.

22nd Infantry Regiment:

Steadham, ?, Co. H (unknown lineage, no other data).

Steadham, William H., Co. H (unknown lineage, no other data).

Organized at Montgomery 10/61. Consolidated with 25th Infantry in early 1863. Battles: Shiloh, Chickamauga, Atlanta, Nashville, Carolinas Campaign, etc.

23rd Infantry Regiment

Steadham, R.E., Corporal, Co. I (this could be Richard E. [514] Steadham, son of Edward [309] and Nancy Earle Stedham of Baldwin Co.).

Organized at Montgomery 11/61. Battles: Vicksburg Siege, Atlanta, Nashville, Carolinas Campaign, etc.

25th Infantry Regiment

Steadham, H.C., Co. F. (unknown lineage, no other data).

Steadham, James M., Co. F (unknown lineage, no other data).

Steadham, Martin, Co. F (John Steedman descendant)

Organized at Mobile 1/62. Battles: Shiloh, Chickamauga, Resaca, Peach Tree Creek, Atlanta, Nashville, Carolinas Campaign, etc.

31st Infantry Regiment:

Stidham, W.J., Co. E (unknown lineage, no other data).

Organized at Talladega 3/62. Battles: Vicksburg Siege, Chattanooga, Atlanta, Nashville, etc.

Alabama Reserves, J. Orr’s Company, Randolph City:

Stedham, John (unknown lineage, no other data).

Stidham, W.A. (unknown lineage, no other data).



Arkansas

1st (Colquitt’s) Infantry Regiment

Stidham, John W., Cos. B and I (unknown lineage, no other data).

Stidham, Jobus M., Co. I (unknown lineage, no other data).

Stidham, William J., Co. A (unknown lineage, no other data).

Stidham (Steadham), William S., Co. B (unknown lineage, no other data).

Organized Little Rock 5/61. Assigned to Virginia, then Tennessee. Battles: 1st Manassas, Shiloh, Murfreesboro, Chickamauga, Atlanta, Bentonville NC, etc.


Georgia

1st Cavalry Regiment

Stidham (Steadham), Thomas C., Co. E (also listed in Confederate Artillery, Marshalls’s Company): Thomas C. [458] Stidham fought in the war along with his three brothers: James Howard [456b] Stidham, Jr., John Adam [456] Stidham, and Zachariah George [460] Stidham. Thomas never married.

Organized 5/62. Battles: Murfreesboro, Chickamauga, Knoxville Siege, Atlanta Campaign, Sunshine Church, Carolinas, etc.

Cobb’s Legion

Stidham, James H., Co. F: James Howard [456b] Stidham, Jr., fought in the war along with his three brothers: John Adam [456] Stidham, Thomas [458] Stidham, and Zachariah George [460] Stidham. James died in September of 1865 in Carroll Co., Ga.

Organized 8/61. Battles: Seven Days, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, Front Royal, Cedar Creek, etc.

Floyd Legion, State Guards

Stidham, Simeon, Co. H (unknown lineage, no other data).

Organized mid-1863. No battles.

Phillip’s Legion

Steadham, George M., Co. D (unknown lineage, no other data).

Stidham, Benjamin F., Corporal, Co. O (unknown lineage, no other data).

Stidham, George H., Jr., 2nd Lieutenant, Co. D (unknown lineage, no other data).

Stidham, W.P., Co. D (unknown lineage, no other data).

Organized 8/61. Battles: 2nd Manassas, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, Knoxville Siege, Cold Harbor, Cedar Creek, etc.

12th Cavalry Battalion, State Guards

Steadham, Thomas, Co. B (unknown lineage, no other data).

Organized late 1863; mustered out 2/64. No battles.

26th Infantry Battalion

Stidham, J.A., Co. C: John Adam [456] Stidham was a farmer of Carroll Co. Ga., and fought in the war along with his three brothers: James Howard [456b] Stidham, Jr., Thomas [458] Stidham, and Zachariah George [460] Stidham. John also served in the Mexican War.

Organized late 1863. Battles: Chattanooga, Atlanta Campaign, Resaca, etc.; captured at Columbus, GA 4/65.

48th Infantry Regiment

Stedham, W.S. (Stidham, William S.), Ensign, Co. B (unknown lineage, no other data).

Organized 3/62. Battles: Seven Days, Malvern Hill, Harper’s Ferry, Fredericksburg, Spottsylvania C.H., Petersburg Siege, etc.

51st Infantry Regiment

Steadham, John B., Sergeant, Co. E (unknown lineage, no other data).

Organized 3/62. Battles: Fredericksburg, Knoxville Siege, Gettysburg, The Wilderness, etc.

56th Infantry Regiment

Stidham, Z.G., Co. H: Zachariah George [460] Stidham enlisted 11 May 1862 at Carrollton. His unit was known as the “Carroll Invincibles.” Zachariah was captured at Champion Hill outside of Vicksburg, Miss. on 16 May 1863, by the Army of Tennessee, and was transferred to Memphis, Tenn., on 25 May 1863. He was eventually transferreed to Camp Morton, Ind., and then on to Fort Delaware, Del. On 3 Jul 1865 he was parolled and exchanged for Union prisoners. (Ref: letter from Alfred E. Turner of Morrow, Ga. to Ted Randles.) Zachariah’s three brothers also fought in the war, they were: John Adam [456] Stidham, James Howard [456b] Stidham, Jr., and Thomas [458] Stidham.

Organized 5/62. Surrendered at Vicksburg; exchanged. Battles: Chattanooga, Atlanta Campaign, Nashville, Carolinas, etc.

66th Infantry Regiment

Stidham, W.T., Co. H (unknown lineage, no other data).

Stidham, Elihu, Co. H (unknown lineage, no other data).

Organized 10/63. Battles: Resaca, Atlanta, Ezra Church, Nashville, etc.



Kentucky

5th Mounted Infantry Regiment

Stidham (Steadham), Samuel, Co. B: Samuel Henry [650] Stidham enlisted on 14 Sep 1862, in Jackson, Ky, along with his older brother William O. [649] Stidham (see below). He was absent from his company until 29 Oct 1862, when he was restored to duty. He deserted the Confederate Army at Hanson, Va., on 10 Aug 1863, and was restored to duty on 29 Oct 1863. The exact date of his final desertion is not known, but he evidently returned home to Breathitt Co., Ky, and joined Co. E, of the Three Forks Battalion with his younger brother, Andrew Jackson [653] Stidham (see Kentucky State Troops, Union Army). Samuel Henry [650] Stidham died July 15, 1921, at Jackson and is buried in the Jackson Cemetery in Breathitt Co., Ky. The above information sent by William Stidham #DCM68. Tombstone, Jackson Cemetery, Jackson, Kentucky. (Photograph sent by Patricia Crutchfield, 9 Jul 2006)

Stidham (Steadham), William, Co. B: William O. [649] Stidham enlisted 14 Sep 1862, in Jackson, Ky, along with his younger brother Samuel Henry [650] Stidham (see above). He deserted the Confederate Army at Hanson, Va., on 10 Aug 1863, and was restored to duty on 29 Oct 1863. William O. [649] Stidham died after 1900, the exact date is not known, nor is his buriel place.

Organized 10/62. In Kentucky “Orphan Brigade who couldn’t go home.” Mounted 1864, wheeler’s Cavalry. Battles: Chickamauga, Atlanta, Jonesboro, Carolina Campaign, etc.

7th Cavalry Regiment

Stidham, David, Co. K (unknown lineage, no other data).

(Information not available on this unit)

13th Cavalry Regiment

Stidham, Calvin, Corporal, Co. D (unknown lineage, no other data).

(Information not available on this unit)



Maryland

1st Artillery Battery

Stidham, Richard (unknown lineage, no other data).

Organized 5/61. Battles: Seven Days, 2nd Manassas, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, Petersburg Siege, etc.



Mississippi

2nd Cavalry Regiment

Steadham, George, Corporal, Co. E (unknown lineage, no other data).

Organized late 1862. Vicksburg Campaign, Atlanta, Wilson’s Raid, etc.

2nd State Cavalry Regiment:

Stidham, L. Co. D (unknown lineage, no other data).

Stidham, William, Co. D (unknown lineage, no other data).

Organized mid-1863. Vicksburg Campaign, Grierson‘s Raid.

10th (12th) Cavalry Regiment

Stidham, J.D., Co. I (unknown lineage, no other data).

Stidham, J.W., Co. I (unknown lineage, no other data).

Organized 1/65. In Wheeler’s Cavalry during Carolinas Campaign, Bentonville.

1st (Johnston’s) Infantry (not “Cavalry”) Regiment:

Steadham, G.L., Co. B (unknown lineage, no other data).

Organized 1861. Surrejndered at Fort Donelson 2/62; exchanged. Consolidated with 1st AL, TN, and MS Infantry Regiment late 1862 and 39th MS regiment 1/63. Surrendered at Port Hidson 7/63; paroled and exchanged 11/63. Battles: Fort Donelson, Port Hidson Siege, Atlanta Campaign, Franklin, Nashville, etc.

36th Infantry Regiment

Stidham, John W., Co. H (unknown lineage, no other data).

Organized early 1862. Surrendered at Vicksburg; exchanged. Battles: Corinth, Atlanta, Peach Tree Creek, Franklin, Nashville, Mobile Campaign.

43rd Infantry Regiment

Stidham, Isaac M., Sergeant, Co. H (unknown lineage, no other data).

Organized 1862. Surrendered at Vicksburg; exchanged. Battles: Corinth, New Hope Church, Ezra Church, Franklin, Nashville, Carolinas Campaign.



North Carolina

26th Infantry Regiment:

Stedham, Samuel, Co. A (unknown lineage, no other data).

Stidham, Lewis, Co. A.: Lewis Samuel [410] Stidham volunteered for service in 1861 at Jefferson, in Ash County, under Capt. McMillian and Colonel McGuinn. After engaging in skirmishes near Wellman and Melvin, N.C., his company advanced to the territory surrounding Richmond, Va. On the Plank road he took part in the Seven Day Battle of the Wilderness. During the Battle of Gettysburg he received a bullet wound in the leg, which did not heal until two years after the war. After a short stay in the hospital as well as his home, he returned to his unit only to be captured at Richmond. He was held prisoner in a government guard house where he became ill and was sent to Savannah, Ga., to be exchanged. Before the exchange took place, Lee surrendered and Lewis was discharged. According to a newspaper article (sent by his great-granddaughter Barbara Jones #DCM67) which the above information is taken, Lewis [410] Stidham was the last surviving Confederate soldier in Boyd County, Ky. when he died on March 17, 1939. He is buried in Dixon Cemetery, Ashland, Ky. Obit. Photograph (Courtesy of Wlma Holmes of Ashland, Kentucky, sent June 1977). Photograph of four generations - L to R: Lewis [410] Stidham, Ann [758] Hensley, Frank Joseph Hensley, Harold R. Hensley (Courtesy of Mrs. H. R. Hensley of Charlestown, WV). Photograph of five generations - front: Lewis [410] Stidham. Rear: Anna Wilda [758] Stidham Hensley, Franklin Joseph Hensley, and Harold Russell Hensley holding Doris Hensley. (Courtesy of Doris Hensley Berthet).

37th Infantry Regiment:

Steadham, William C., Co. K (unknown lineage, no other data).

(Information not available on this unit)



South Carolina

4th Infantry Regiment, State Troops

Stedham, David, Co. D (unknown lineage, no other data).

Organized 8/63 for 6 months. No battles.

5th Battalion Reserves

Stidham, D., Co. F (unknown lineage, no other data).

Organized 1864. Carolinas Campaign, 2-4/65.

7th Infantry Regiment

Stedham, H., 1st Co. G (unknown lineage, no other data).

Stedham, J.C., 1st Co. G: James Chiles [469] Stidham was a son of John [295g] Stidham and Reliance Hammock of Edgefield Co., S.C. He was killed 29 Jun 1862, during a battle in Virginia. He is buried at the Good Hope Baptist Church Cemetery in what is now Saluda County, S.C., but was formerly part of Edgefield County. His death was much lamented by the congregation in the church he attended.

Organized 4/61, in time for attack on Fort Sumter. 31 campaigns and battles including: Seven Days, Gettysburg, Cedar Creek, Carolinas Campaign, etc.

14th Infantry Regiment

Steadham T.L., Co. K (same soldier as below?)

Stidham, Thomas L., Co. K: Thomas Lake [470] Stidham died of disease in a hospital in Virginia in 1864. He was much lamented by his congregation at the Little Stevens Creek Baptist Church near his home, after learning of his death in Virginia. No other information.

Organized 9/61. Battles: Seven Days, Antietam, Gettysburg, Weldon RR, North Anna, Five Forks, etc.

15th Infantry Regiment

Steadham, John, Co. K (unknown lineage, no other data).

Organized near Columbia 9/61. Consolidated with 7th Regiment. Battles: Hilton Head, Secessionville, 2nd Manassas, Antietam, Gettysburg, Chickamauga, Knoxville Siege, The Wilderness, Petersburg Siege, Cedar Creek, Carolinas.

21st Infantry Regiment

Stedham, G.D., Co. C (unknown lineage, no other data).

Organized 11/61. SC Military Districts and Lee’s ANV. Battles: Drewry’s Bluff, Cold Harbor, Petersburg Siege, Weldon RR, 2nd Fort Fisher, Carolinas, etc.

25th Infantry Regiment

Steadham, G.D., Cos, I and H (unknown lineage, no other data).

Organized 7/62. Battles: James Island, Charleston Harbor, Drewry’s Bluff, Cold Harbor, Carolinas Campaign, Bentonville, etc.



Tennessee

13th Infantry Regiment

Stidham, W.C., Co. B (unknown lineage, no other data).

(Information not available on this unit)

38th Infantry Regiment

Stidham, T.A., Co. C (unknown lineage, no other data).

(Information not available on this unit)



Texas

1st Cavalry Regiment, State Troops

Stidham (Stedham?), G.W., Lieutenant Colonel (unknown lineage, no other data).

Stidham, Z. Co. C (unknown lineage, no other data).

Organized for 6 months, 1863; mustered out early ’64. No battles.

Bourland’s Texas Border Cavalry Regiment

Stedham (Stidham), G.W./George W., Captain, Cos, G, H, and I; Commissary Officer: George Washington [487] Stidham also served as captain in the 2nd Creek Mounted Volunteers (no other data).

Organized early 1864. Battle: Elm Creek 10/64.

Madison’s Cavalry Regiment:

Stidham, James, C. G (unknown lineage, no other data).

Stidham, Zachariah, Co. G (unknown lineage, no other data).

(Daly-)Ragsdale’s Cavalry Battalion

Stidham, William, 2nd Lieutenant, Co. F.: William [493c] Stidham fought under Capt. Jesse M. Ragsdale and Maj. Samuel G. Ragsdale (his father-in-law). Their battalion served in Louisiana in 1863-64. War Department Letter.

Organized 1/64. Dismounted 2/65. Battle: Calcasieu Pass, 5/64.

14th Cavalry Regiment

Steadham, Benjamin H., Co. F: Benjamin Hezekiah [1198] Steadham enlisted 8 Jan 1862, in Montague Co., Texas and served in D.S. Hagler’s Co., Ector’s Brigade. He was captured on 14 Jun 1864 at Natchez, Mississippi, and imprisioned at Camp Douglas, Chicago, until 14 Jun 1865. Upon his release after spending 14 months in prison, he and another soldier walked from Chicago, all the way back home to Forrestburg, Texas, foraging for food and shelter along the way. After Benjamin’s death on 16 Nov 1920, his wife Bell Zora Palestine (Box) filed for and received a Confederate widow’s pension (#39381 in the Texas State Archives). Benjamin’s father John Edward [521] Steadham served briefly in the same company (see below). Photographs. More photographs.

Steadham, John E., Co. F: John Edward [521] Steadham enlisted 8 Jan 1862, in Montague Co., Texas, at the same time as his son Benjamin Hezekiah [1198] Steadham (see above). He received an honorable discharge in the Summer of 1862. John evidently did not take part in any military engagements. His only record of service is found in his wife, Jane R. Steadham’s Confederate widow’s pension application filed 9 Dec 1913, in Newcastle, Young Co., Texas, which was approved 1 Mar 1914. Jane received a pension for John’s brief service until her death on 20 May 1919 (#25225 in the Texas State Archives). Photograph of John Edward [521] Steadham and his wife, Jane Rebecca Jones (from Willie Faye Wiley)

14th Infantry Regiment

Stidham, William, Co. C (unknown lineage, no other data).

Organized 1861. Dismounted 5/62. Battles: Corinth Campaign, Vicksburg Campaign, Jackson, Chickamauga, Atlanta Campaign, Lovejoy’s Station, Nashville, Mobile Campaign, Fort Blakely, AL.

31st Cavalry Regiment

Steadham, Moses, Co. B (unknown lineage, no other data).

Organized and dismounted 1862. Red River Campaign.

36th Cavalry Regiment

Stidham, William, Sergeant, Co. E (unknown lineage, no other data).

Organized 1862. Red River Campaign. Battles: Mansfield, Pleasant Hill, LA.

5th Infantry Regiment, Hood’s Texas Brigade

Stedham, Lewis, Co. G (unknown lineage, no other data).

Stidham, J.M., Co. G (unknown lineage, no other data).

Veteran J.B. Polley’s, Hoods’s Texas Brigade

Lists three Stedhams in Co. G: Stedham, A.J., wounded; Stedham, James, killed; and Stedham, Lewis.

Hood’s famed Texas Brigade was orgnaized 10/61. Battles: Seven Days, Antietam, Gettysburg, Chickamauga, The Wilderness, North Anna, Petersburg Siege, etc.

17th Infantry Regiment

Stidham, Thomas J., Co. D (unknown lineage, no other data).

Organized 1/62. Dept. of Texas. Battles: Red River Campaign, Mansfield, Pleasant Hill.

19th Infantry Regiment

Stidham, James, Co. G (unknown lineage, no other data).

Organized 5/63. Dept. of Texas. Battles: Red River Campaign, etc.



Virginia

15th Infantry Regiment

Stidham, Martin, Co. H (John Steedman descendant).

Organized 5/61.

29th Infantry Regiment

Steadham, Martin, Co. F (John Steedman descendant).

Stedham, Adam, 1st Co. F (unknown lineage, no other data).

Stedham, David, 1st Co. F, Sergeant, Co. A (unknown lineage, no other data).

Stedham, James D., 1st Co. F (unknown lineage, no other data).

Stedham (Steadham), John, Corporal, 1st Co. F (unknown lineage, no other data).

Organized 1861-62. 1st Co. F was disbanded after 1 year and many soldiers reenlisted in Cos. H and K, 64th Mounted Infantry (see below).

51st Infantry Regiment

Stidham, Adam J., Co. A (unknown lineage, no other data).

Stidham, William D., Co. A (unknown lineage, no other data).

Stidham, William H., Co. A (unknown lineage, no other data).

Organized 8/61; reorganized 5/62.

63rd Infantry Regiment

Stidham, W., Co. C, Grayson Co. Militia: William R. [714] Stidham spent most of the war in Alexander Welch Reynolds Brigade in the Army of Tennessee. He may have been wounded in the Battle of Lookout Mountain, Tenn., and died in 1866. William’s son [1561] (name unknown) was killed in the same battle in Nov. 1863. William’s brother Newton [719] Stidham also fought in the war, probably for the Union. He wore and artificial leg for the remainder of his life.

Organized 5/62

64th Mounted Infantry Regiment

Stidham, Adam, Corporal, Co. H (unknown lineage, no other data).

Stidham, Adam J., Co. K (transferred from 51st Infantry Regiment?) (unknown lineage, no other data).

Stidham, A.J. (Adam J., 3 entries?), Co. H (unknown lineage, no other data).

Stidham, Ira, Co. K (unknown lineage, no other data).

Stidham, James, Co. K (probably James D. from 29th Infantry Regiment) (unknown lineage, no other data).

Stidham, John W., Co. K (unknown lineage, no other data).

Stidham, Martin, Co. H (unknown lineage, no other data).

Stidham, Samuel, Samuel S., Co. K (unknown lineage, no other data).

Organized 12/62. Men from 1st co. F, 29th Infantry were transferred to Cos. H and K. Most men were captured at Cumberland Gap 9/9/63.

 

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