Robert H. G. Gaines, Private, (Old) Company C, 6th Regiment Alabama Infantry,* enlisted May 11, 1861 at Clifton, Ala. by Capt. Geo. Lynch for 12 months, sent from Post Hospital, Camp Pickens, Manassas, Va. to General Hospital C. C. H. July 14, 1861, admitted CSA Gen. Hospital, Charlottesville, Va. July 15, 1861, last recorded present on the companies July and August, 1861 muster roll, no further records

Note: He would have been dropped from the rolls subsequently as he does not appear on the next surviving muster roll covering the period Dec. 31, 1863 to June 30, 1864. This could have been for discharge, transfer, capture, desertion, etc. In his case, he was transferred

* This company subsequently became (New) Company I, the Regiment Alabama Infantry

Record of Events, Company I, for the period May 16 to June 30, 1861, stationed at Fairfax Station

"This company is well officered & are orderly, obedient & well behaved. The company has suffered much from measels for the last five weeks which has greatly impaired its strength & efficiency. It is now however improving slowly."

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Robert H. G. Gaines, age 20, Private, Capt. Waddell's Company, Light Artillery,** transferred from Company L, 6th Alabama Regiment February 1, 1862, for two years from May 15, 1862, at Davis Ford, Va., appointed Gunner May 30, 1862, transferred November 3, 1862 to 23rd Alabama Regiment

** This organization was designated at various times as Waddell's Company, Alabama Light Artillery; Emery's Battery, 20th Battalion Alabama Artillery; Emery's Battery, Waddell's Battalion, Alabama Light Artillery; and Company A, 20th Battalion Light Artillery

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R. H. G. Gaines, Company K, 23rd Regiment Alabama Infantry, enlisted February 1, 1862 at Davis Ford, Va. by Capt. Waddell, appointed 1st Sergeant April 15, 1863, captured at Vicksburg, Miss., July 4, 1863, paroled July 6, appointed Ensign June 14, 1864, appointed 1st Lieutenant August 25, 1864, admitted C. S. A. General Hospital, Greensboro, N. C., March 20, 1865, paroled June 23, 1865 at Selma, Ala., his file contains correspondence between the Adjutant General, War Department and the Louisiana State Board of Pension Commissioners March 20, 1918

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