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W J. Atkinson
Enlisted as a Musician
"E" Co. AL 23rd Infantry
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William M. Atkinson, Private, Company H, 2nd Regiment Alabama Cavalry, enlisted March 5, 1863 at Camp Tattnall by Capt. McCreary for 3 years, on sick furlough from October 4, 1863 as last recorded on the September & October, 1863 muster roll,* no further records
* This is the last surviving muster roll for Company H which leaves us unaware of his further service. They were operating around Okolona, Miss. at this time
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W. J. Atkinson, Musician, Company E, 23rd Alabama Infantry, enlisted August 24, 1861 at Camp Wilcox, Wilcox County by Capt. G. G. Mathews/September 28, 1861 at Montgomery by Capt. Wagner, for the war, recorded on the May & June, 1862 muster roll as absent, driving ambulance, recorded on the January & February, 1863 as absent without leave, and again on the March & April, 1863 muster, no further records
M311: Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Alabama
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2nd Alabama Cavalry Regiment
The Second Alabama Cavalry Regiment was organized at Montgomery on 1 May 1862. It proceeded to West Florida and operated there about ten months, engaging in several skirmishes. Ordered to north Mississippi, the regiment was placed with Brig. Gen'l Daniel Ruggles. It then lost 8 men in a skirmish at Mud Creek. It was then placed in Brig. Gen'l Samuel W. Ferguson's Brigade and operated in the Tennessee Valley, taking part in numerous skirmishes. The 2nd fought Union Gen'l Benjamin H. Grierson at Okolona with a loss of about 70 men killed and wounded; then it harassed Union Gen'l William T. Sherman on his march to and from Mississippi. Joining Gen'l Joseph Wheeler, the 2nd performed arduous duty on the flank of the army in the Dalton-Atlanta Campaign, losing a number of men in the battle on the 22nd of July at Atlanta. Having accompanied Gen'l John Bell Hood to Rome, the 2nd then fell on Sherman's rear and skirmished almost daily with some losses. The regiment tracked Sherman to Greensboro, NC, then escorted President Jefferson Davis to Georgia. At Forsyth, in that state, the regiment surrendered its arms, about 450 men.
Field and staff officers: Cols. Fountain Winston Hunter (Montgomery; relieved); Richard Gordon Earle (Calhoun; KIA, Kingston, GA, 14 May 1864); John N. Carpenter (Greene); Lt. Cols. James Cunningham (Monroe; resigned, 1863); John Porter West (Shelby; resigned, 2 Dec 1862); John N. Carpenter (promoted); Josiah James Pegues (Tuscaloosa; wounded, Nickajack); Majors Mathew Robinson Marks (Montgomery; relieved); John N. Carpenter (promoted); Josiah James Pegues (promoted); Richard W. Carter (Butler); Leroy Napier (temporary); and Adjutant James M. Bullock (Greene).
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Muster roll (via email)
http://history-sites.com/%7Ekjones/alcav.html#2nd-Cav
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