Thanks Bruce. It may be he served as Colonel in an Alabama State Militia or other State service, or his title of Colonel could be associated with the profession of a Lawyer.
A.G. Carr of the 56th Alabama Cavalry Regiment is buried in the same cemetery in Brazil.
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