S. Fuller & J. M. Fuller, enlisted as Privates in Company K, 24th Alabama Infantry
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S. Fuller, Private, Company K, 24th Regiment Alabama Infantry,* enlisted September 4, 1861 at Montgomery, Ala. by Capt. Faulkner for 12 months, recorded, absent, sick at the end of the year 1862, sent to hospital by order of Surgeon February 28, 1863,** no further records
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J. M. Fuller, age 27, Private, Company K, 24th Regiment Alabama Infantry,* enlisted September 4, 1861 at Montgomery, Ala. by Capt. Faulkner for 12 months, sick at the end of the year 1862, sent to hospital by order of Surgeon February 28, 1863, no further records
* This company was formerly Company I, 44th Regiment Mississippi Infantry and was transferred to this regiment about November, 1862
** The company was located at Pickett Camp on Falls Creek
Company A, Record of Events for the period January & February , 1863, stationed at Picket Camp near Falls Creek
Left Murfreesboro January 4, 1863, camped near Shelbyville same night. 6th left Shelbyville camp same night at Harrison Creek 7th marched to Arasona Left Arasona on the 9th to return to Shelbyville arriving at Shelbyville on the 12th? January, 1863
M311: Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Alabama
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THE TWENTY-FOURTH ALABAMA INFANTRY.
This regiment was organized at Mobile in August, 1861.
In April it was ordered to Corinth, and was under fire at
Farmington, May 9th, and Blackland, June 4, 1862. It was in the
Kentucky campaign, but did not become engaged; lost heavily at
Murfreesboro, and was distinguished at Chickamauga, where it lost
over 30 per cent of its number, and at Missionary Ridge.
It was with General Johnston in the campaign of 1864, and fought
in most of the battles from Dalton to Jonesboro. It was at
Columbia, Tenn., November 29th; at Franklin, November 30th, and
at Nashville, December 15th and 16th.
Capt. W. B. Smith and Lieutenant Cooper were killed at
Murfreesboro, Capt. Wm. J. O'Brien at Chickamauga, and Capt. John
B. Hazard, mortally wounded at Missionary Ridge, was taken
prisoner and died at Johnson's Island.
Its commanders were Cols. William A. Buck and Newton N. Davis,
Lieut.-Cols. Benjamin F. Sawyer, Wm. B. Dennett, Geo. A. Jennison
and Wm. M. LeBaron, Maj. Junius J. Pierce. Capts. S. H. Oliver
and Thos. J. Kimbell were at times in command of regiment.
Source: Confederate Military History, vol. VIII, p. 131
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24th Regiment, Alabama Infantry
24th Infantry Regiment was organized at Mobile, Alabama, in August, 1861. Its members were recruited in the counties of Mobile, Shelby, Pickens, Clarke, and Talladega. For a time the unit served in the Army of Mobile, then shared in the Kentucky Campaign, but ws not actively engaged. Assigned to General Manugault's Brigade, it participated in the campaigns of the Army of Tennessee from Murfreesboro to Atlanta, was part of Hood's expedition into Tennessee, and fought in the Battle of Bentonville. During February, 1862, this regiment had 680 effectives, sustained 118 casualties at Murfreesboro, and lost thirty percent of the 381 at Chickamauga. In December, 1863, it contained 278 men and 184 arms, and surrendered in April, 1865, about 125 strong. The field officers were Colonels William A. Buck and Newton N. Davis, Lieutenant Colonels William B. Dennett and Benjamin F. Sawyer, and Major Junius J. Pierce.
See also:
http://history-sites.com/%7Ekjones/alinf.html#24th-Inf
http://www.archives.alabama.gov/referenc/alamilor/24thinf.html
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S. J. Fuller, age 16, Private, Capt. Thos. L. Faulkner's Company (Autauga Guards), Alabama Volunteers,*** enlisted September 16, 1861 at Montgomery, Ala., by Capt. Thos. L. Faulkner for 12 months, listed as in hospital February 20, 1862, recorded, absent, sick on the July & August, 1862 muster roll, on the subsequent Sept. & Oct. muster roll, absent, sick at Youngville [sic], Ala., no further records
M269: Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Mississippi
*** This company subsequently became Company G, Blythe's, 44th Regiment Mississippi Infantry.