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Re: Captain Thomas Bush
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There' very little to be found of him. I did a Goggle and came up with a number of hits which may shed a few new tidbits of his life.

Thomas Bush, Captain, Capt. Bush's Company, Calhoun Sharp Shooters, Alabama Volunteers,* enlisted August 10, 1861 in Calhoun County, Ala. for the war, mortally wounded at the Battle of Bull Run/Manassas, August 30, 1862, died September 4, 1862

* This company subsequently became Company B, 5th Battalion Alabama Volunteers

M311: Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Alabama

5th Battalion, Alabama Infantry Volunteers

5th Infantry Battalion was formed near Dumfries, Virginia, in December, 1861, with men from Sumner, Calhoun, and Mobile counties. Composed of six companies it was known as the 8th Battalion prior to October 22, 1862. The unit was assigned to Wigfall's, then Archer's Brigade, Army of Northern Virginia, and was active from the Seven Days' Battles to Chancellorsville. It went to Gettysburg with 135 men and more than thirty percent were disabled. The battalion was soon reduced to three companies and placed on provost duty in A.P. Hill's 3rd Corps. In September, 1864, it totalled 159 effectives and surrendered with 125. Lieutenant Colonels F.B. Shepherd and H.H. Walker, and Major A.S. Van de Graaff were its commanders.
http://www.civilwar.nps.gov/cwss/regiments.cfm

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See also:

http://history-sites.com/civilwar/units/5albn/5alhist.htm

http://www.archives.state.al.us/referenc/flags/022.html

http://books.google.com/books?id=QQdSXGSenYQC&pg=PA42&lpg=PA42&dq=%22Captain+Thomas+Bush%22&source=bl&ots=xbHbSNhdI2&sig=8ngGbb96hKcx8PmXoAO64xzlGDc&hl=en&sa=X&ei=2GCPT86fMOLQiALhn6HxAg&ved=0CEcQ6AEwBg#v=onepage&q=%22Captain%20Thomas%20Bush%22&f=false

http://ehistory.osu.edu/osu/sources/recordView.cfm?Content=016/0700

http://genforum.genealogy.com/bush/messages/7945.html

http://www.historyofwar.org/articles/armies_bull_run_2.html

http://antietam.aotw.org/officers.php?unit_id=698

http://www.fortunecity.com/victorian/pottery/1080/second_manassas_va_16aug62.htm

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