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James E. Cutts enlisted as a Private in Company H, 39th Alabama Infantry May 9, 1862 at Clayton, Alabama, died May 18,1863 at Clayton
M311: Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Alabama

39th Regiment, Alabama Infantry

39th Infantry Regiment was formed in May, 1862, at Opelika, Alabama. Its members were drawn from Pike, Barbour, Henry, Walker, and Russell counties. Immediately sent north, it was assigned to General Gardner's Brigade but saw little action during the Kentucky Campaign. The regiment was later under the command of Generals Deas, G.D. Johnston, and Brantley. It was prominent in the arduous campaigns of the Army of Tennessee from Murfreesboro to Atlanta, moved with Hood into Tennessee, and fought its last battle at Bentonville. This unit reported 95 casualties at Murfreesboro and lost thirty-one percent of the 310 engaged at Chickamauga. During December, 1863, it totalled 337 men and 219 arms. On April 26, 1865, less than 90 officers and men surrendered. The unit was commanded by Colonels Whitfield Clark, H.D. Clayton, and William C. Clifton; Lieutenant Colonels James T. Flewellen and Lamuel Hargrove; and Majors Colin McSwean and Drewry H. Smith.

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James M. Cutts, married 25 year old Farmer, resident of Echo [Dale Co.], enlisted as a Private in Company E, 8th Alabama Infantry August 30, 1862 at Camp Watts/September 1862 at Notasulga, Alabama, severely wounded, gunshot wound right arm, at Gettysburg July 2, 1863, captured and sent to General Hospital July 6, forwarded to Fort Delaware Prison Camp, exchanged July 31, admitted to Episcopal Church Hospital, Williamsburg, Va, August 17,1863, gunshot wound forearm, returned to duty September 2, 1863, killed in battle at Hanover Junction, May 24, 1864
M311: Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Alabama

8th Regiment, Alabama Infantry

8th Infantry Regiment, the first Confederate regiment to be enlisted for the war, was organized at Montgomery, Alabama, in May, 1861. Its members were recruited in Mobile, Perry, Dallas, Butler, and Coosa counties. Ordered to Virginia, it was assigned to the Department of the Peninsula, then served under Generals Pryor, Wilcox, Perrin, Sanders, and W.H. Forney, Army of Northern Virginia. The 8th took an active part in many campaigns from Williamsburg to Cold Harbor, was involved in the Petersburg siege south of the James River, and ended the war at Appomattox. During April, 1862, it contained 800 effectives, but lost forty-seven percent of the 350 engaged at Gaines' Mill and fifty-one percent of the 180 at Frayser¿s Farm. The unit reported 75 casualties during the Maryland Campaign, 56 at Chancellorsville, and more than 240 at Gettysburg. It surrendered with 16 officers and 153 men. The field officers were Colonels H.A. Hebert, Young L. Royston, and John A. Winston; Lieutenant Colonels John P. Emrich, J.W. Frazer, and Thomas E. Irby; and Major Duke Nall.

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