"Tuscaloosa Guards."
(Afterwards, Freeman's Company, Prison Guard, Salisbury, Weldon, N. C. finally Co.A, Prison Guard Battn. Salisbury N.C.)
Names:
A. Powell' Co. "Tuscaloosa Guards" B. Co. B, Prison Guards, Salsibury, Weldon, NO C. Co. A, Prison Guard Battn., Salisbury N. C.
E.A. Powell, Captain [A]
C. D. Freeman, 2nd Lt. [A], Captain, {B, C]
G. M. Burton, 1st Lt. [A]
Henry P. Allen, 1st Lt. [B] To Capt. Ind. N. C. Co.
T. J. Jones, 1st Lt. [B], Res. Dec 24/62'
J. D. Shirley, 2nd/1st Lt. [B], 1st Lt. [C] disposition not known
R. S. Owen, 2nd Lt. [A], Res. date not known
John A. Moore, 2nd Lt. [C]
M. C. Davis, 2nd Lt. [C]
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Freeman's Co., Alabama Co.Ala. Prison Guards [10 Cards]
Accepted into service of the Confederate States for the term of the war unless sooner discharged from this thirteenth day of December 1861, Dec. 13, 1861, Tuscaloosa, Ala.
January 31 to June 30, 1862, station not stated
Date of Re enlistment 1862 to October 31, 1862, stationed at Salisbury, N. C.
November 1, 1862 to January 1, 1863, station not stated
January 1 to February 28, 1863, stationed at Salisbury, N. C.
March 1 to April 30,1863, dated May 1, 1863, stationed at C. S. Prison, Sailsbury, No. Ca.
March 1 to June 30, 1863, stationed at Weldon, N. C.
June 30 to August 31, 1864, dated Sept. 10?, , stationed at Salisburg, N. C.
August 31 to October 3, 1864, stationed at Salisburg, N. C.
October 31 to December 31, 1864, stationed at Salsbury, N. C.
Note: no further muster rolls
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L. M. Taylor, Private, Captain Powell's Company [B], Tuscaloosa Guards*, enlisted March 24/August 16, 1862 at Tuscaloosa by E. A. Powell for the period of War, In Confinement August 31, 1864, recorded in Company A, present on following muster rolls, sick in General Hospital No. 9, Salisbury, the end of the year having been admitted September 22 [?] with Intermittent Fever [Malaria], paroled at Salisbury, N. C. May 1, 1865, signed parole certificate June 2, 1865
* This company subsequently became Capt. Freeman's Company, Prison Guard
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Richmond, August 27, 1862, To Capt. C. D. Freeman, Tuscaloosa,
Arm your company with the Double Barrel Shot Guns with bayonets & report immediately with the Company to the Commanding Officer at Salisbury, N. C. via Columbus, S. C.
/s/ John H. Winder, Brig. Genl. Copy Ord. Dept, Selma Sept 9-62
Captain Freeman's Company B, Prison Company Battalion, requisition for fuel for the month of January 1863, recorded one Capt., 3 Lieutenants, and 90 enlisted men.
Capt. Freeman signed a Sept. 1862 requisition for Ordnance & Ordnance for: 100 Knapsacks, Canteens, and Canteen Straps
M311: Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Alabama