John S. Gibson
Enlisted as a Private
"D" Co. AL 19th Infantry
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- Index to Compiled Confederate Military Service Records
Also in Company D were:
George W. Gibson, died in camp at Shelbyville, Tenn. May 28, 1863
H. H./Harrod W. Gibson, died of Intermittent Fever/Phenumonia December 4/5, 1862, Post Hospital, Dalton, Georgia, left one blanket, 1 pair shoes, 1 hat, pocket knife, pocket book testament & song book
Henry W. Gibson, age 26, died December 15, 1862 at Dalton, Ga., Typhoid Fever, wife Jane Gibson filed claim for his accounts June 24, 1863,
J. Gibson, sick in General Hospital June, 1862, deceased, n.d., claim for his effects filed October 6, 1862
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John S. Gibson, Private, Company D, 19th Regiment Alabama Infantry, enlisted August 13, 1861 AT Gadsen, Ala. by Capt. Hollingscoorth for 3 years, wounded, gunshot wound to the knee at the Battle of Shiloh April 6, 1862, captured at Potts Landing April 7, 1862, admitted U. S. A. General Hospital, Camp Dennison, Ohio April 20, 1862, sent to Camp Chase arriving June 4, 1862, via Camp Dennsion, Ohio, description: 5' 4", dark hair, light complexion, light eyes, age 22, sent to Vicksburg, Miss. for exchange August 25, 1862, arrived on board Steamer Jno. H. Done September 11, 1862, exchanged November 10, 1862, no further information
M311: Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Alabama
Note: There are no company muster rolls in the records after he was exchanged precluding any further knowledge of his subsequent service with the regiment
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19th Regiment, Alabama Infantry
19th Infantry Regiment, organized at Huntsville, Alabama, in August, 1861, contained men from Blount, Cherokee, Pickens, Coosa, Chilton, and Jefferson counties. After serving at Mobile the unit was ordered to Corinth and later fought at Shiloh under J.K. Jackson. Transferred to General Gardner's command, it was active in the Kentucky Campaign, then was brigaded under Generals Deas, G.D. Johnston, and Pettus, Army of Tennessee. The 19th participated in many conflicts from Murfreesboro to Atlanta, was with Hood in Tennessee, and fought at Bentonville, North Carolina. It lost fifty-four percent of the 650 engaged at Shiloh, and reported 151 killed and wounded at Murfreesboro and 192 at Chickamauga. In December, 1863, the regiment contained 347 men and 228 arms. It was badly cut up in the battles around Atlanta and many were captured at Franklin. Only 76 men were present when it surrendered. The unit was commanded by Colonels Samuel K. McSpadden and Joseph Wheeler, Lieutenant Colonels George R. Kimbrough and Edward D. Tracy, and Majors Solomon Palmer and James H. Savage.
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