I HAVE A VERY POOR QUALITY COPY OF SOME TYPE OF OFFICAL DOCUMENT CONCERNING ENOCH FRANKLIN SIKES/SYKES. IT IS ABOUT THE SIZE OF A BANK CHECK, SLIGHTLY LONGER.IT WAS FOLDED SEVERAL TIMES AND LOOKS LIKE IT WAS PROBABLY CARRIED IN HIS BILFOLD FOR YEARS. AT THE TOP IS: APPOMATTOX COURTHOUSE,VA. DATED: APRIL 10TH, 1865. IT READS: THE BEARER, E.F.SIKES A PRVT OF (UNABLE TO READ REST OF LINE) NEXT LINE: OF AL.VOLS., A PAROLED PRISONER OF THE ARMY OF NORTHERN VIRGINIA ( UNABLE TO READ THE REST ) LOOKS LIKE IT HAS TWO SIGNATURES. WHAT I KNOW: ENOCH'S DATE OF BIRTH,DECEMBER 9,1844 IN FAYETTE,AL. HE LIVED IN FAYETTE CO.,ALABAMA IN 1860. HE LIVED IN FAYETTE CO.,AL. AFTER 1865 UNTIL ABOUT 1900 WHEN HE MOVED TO ARKANSAS.DIED DECEMBER 24, 1923 IN MULBERRY,ARKANSAS.
I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW ABOUT HIM AND HIS UNIT. I DO NOT KNOW HIS COMPANY OR WHERE HE FOUGHT. OR, WHERE HE WAS PRISONER.
ADDITION INFO.: HIS FATHER WAS MOSES W.SIKES,CPL.ONEAL'S 26TH INF. COMPANY I,SIPSEY GUARDS. HE WAS WOUNDED AT SOUTH MOUNTAIN, SEPT.14,1862. I DO NOT KNOW WHEN HE DIED OR WHERE HE IS BURIED. HIS BROTHER: JOHN SIKES, PRVT. ONEAL'S 26TH INF. COMPANY I, SIPSEY GUARDS. HE DIED OF UNKNOWN CAUSES ON AUGUST 8, 1862. BURIED IN RICHMOND CEMETERY. IS THAT IN RICHMOND, VA.
THANKS FOR ANY HELP YOU I CAN GIVE ME CONCERNING ANY OF THESE FELLOWS, ESPECIALLY ENOCH FRANKLIN SIKES. JIM