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Alfred Norris

Residence was not listed;
Enlisted as a Private
"E" Co. GA Phillips' Legion Infantry
Sources used by Historical Data Systems, Inc.:
- Index to Compiled Confederate Military Service Records

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Alfred/Alford* Norris, Private, Company E (Infantry Rifle Battalion), Phillips' Legion, Georgia Volunteers, enlisted July 9, 1861 at Camp McDonald, Cobb County, Ga. by Governor Brown/H. Buchanan for a period of 3 years, deserted at Petersburg July 14, 1864 as recorded on the June 30 to Aug 30, 1864 muster roll, dated January 30, 1865, no further records

* Signature on pay voucher

Phillips' Legion, Georgia Volunteers, was organized June 11, 1861, with an infantry battalion of six companies and a cavalry battalion of four companies: in May and June, 1862, three companies of infantry and two companies of cavalry were added. In March, 1863, General Lee, . . . . . Army of Northern Virginia, dissolved the connection between the two battalions and made each independent of the other without change of designation.

M266: Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers from Soldiers In Organizations from the State of Georgia

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