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Great work matching these recruits to actual service records. Shelley's company was 1st Company “E” from Talladega County, also known as the "Talladega Artillery"

Captains:

Charles Miller Shelley. Appointed Colonel of the 30th Alabama Infantry Regiment, March 28, 1862; resigned April 10, 1862. [DAB4:1542]

William Thomas Renfro. Elected Captain April 17, 1862; reelected April 27, 1862. [Wounded at Gaines Mill, Virginia, June 27, 1862.] Wounded at Chancellorsville, Virginia, May 3, 1863; died of wounds on May 8, 1863.

Nicholas Scales McAfee. Promoted Captain [May 21, 1863,] to rank May 8, 1863. Retired to the Invalid Corps May 26, 1864. [DAB4:1085]

Members served as state troops under Captain Philander Morgan from February 23, 1861, to April 5, 1861. The command was received in Confederate service April 17, 1861, and left Talladega, Alabama, on May 1, 1861. Officers and men reorganized as Company “B” on April 27, 1862.

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