Noah W. Reeves
Regiment Name 28th Alabama Infantry
Side Confederate
Company E
Soldier's Rank_In Private
Soldier's Rank_Out Private
Alternate Name Noah V./Reeves
Film Number M374 roll 37
28th Infantry Regiment, formed at Shelby Springs, Alabama, in March, 1862, contained men from Perry, Blount, Marshall, Jefferson, Walker, and Dallas counties. It moved to Corith and suffered losses from camp diseases. Later the unit was ordered to Kentucky and fought at Munfordville. It then joined the Army of Tennessee and served under Generals Trapier, J.P. Anderson, and Manugault. The 28th took an active part in the campaigns of the army from Murfreesboro to Atlanta, was with Hood in Tennessee, and saw action in North Carolina. It was organized with 1,100 men, reported 105 casualties at Murfreesboro and 172 at Lookout Mountain. In December, 1863, it totalled 276 men and 189 arms. The regiment lost 4 killed and 24 wounded at Ezra Church, and many were disabled at Nashville. Very few surrendered in April, 1865. Its commanders were Colonels John W. Frazer and John C. Reid, and Lieutenant Colonels William L. Butler and T.W.W. Davis.
U.S. Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles
Name: Noah V Reeves
Age at Enlistment: 30
Enlistment Date: 18 Feb 1862
Rank at enlistment: Private
Enlistment Place: Walker County, AL
State Served: Alabama
Service Record: Enlisted in Company E, Alabama 28th Infantry Regiment on 18 Feb 1862.
Birth Date: abt 1832
Sources: Index to Compiled Confederate Military Service Records
Those Gallant Men of 28th Alabama
1850 United States Federal Census
Name: Noah V Reeves
Age: 18
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1832
Birth Place: South Carolina
Gender: Male
Home in 1850(City,County,State): Division 25, De Kalb, Alabama
Family Number: 461
Household Members: Name Age
G W Reeves 68 Farmer
Ruth Reeves 65 wife
Seeny O Reeves 20 son farm laborer
Noah V Reeves 18 son farm laborer
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