Company K, First Alabama Regiment; or, Three Years in the Confederate Service

by Daniel P. Smith

NAMES.	RANK.	Enlisted.	County Residence.	Close of War.	REMARKS.
Adams, Jesse	Private	Feb., 1863	Mobile		Mg., July 14, 1863.
Adams, N. K.	2d Lieut. Jr.	Mar., 1862	Montgomery		Td. to C. S. N., July, 1864.
Alexander, J. L.	1st Sergeant	Feb., 1863	Autauga	Ab. Prisoner	Captured December 15, 1864.
Averheart, E. L.	Sergeant	Mar., 1862	Autauga	Ab. Wounded	Wd. July 28 and November 30, 1864.
Blaylock, O. M.	Corporal	Mar., 1862	Autauga	Ab. Wounded	Wd. July 28, 1864.
Boggan, John	Private	Feb., 1863	Wilcox	Ab. Sick	Wd. July 28, 1864.
Boggan, T. M.	Private	Feb., 1863	Wilcox	Ab. Prisoner	Wd. and Cap. December 15, 1864.
Boone, ——	Private	Feb., 1863	Autauga		Dd. June 29, 1863.
Bledsoe, G. R.	Private	Mar., 1862	Coosa		Td. to Eng. Corps, Jan., 1864.
Brown, A. P.	Private	Mar., 1862	Autauga		Dd. Sept. 24, 1862.
Brown, E.	Private	Mar., 1862	Autauga		Dd. Sept. 14, 1862.
Brown, C. W.	Private	Mar., 1862	Autauga		Wd. July 28, 1864. Kd. Nov. 30, 1864.
Byrd, J. H.	Private	Feb., 1863			Dd. July 25, 1863.
Cameron, N.	Brvt. 1st Lieut.	Mar., 1862	Autauga		Kd. July 28, 1864.
Callens, R. H.	Private	Feb., 1863	Butler		Dd. Nov, 1863.
Clark, ——	Private	Feb., 1863	Mobile		Wd. May 10, 1863. Td. C. S. N., 1863.
Cook, J. N.	Private	Mar., 1862	Autauga		Dd. July 7, 1862.
Day, W. W.	Private	May, 1864	Dallas	Ab. Sick
Deno, M.	Private	Feb., 1863			Mg. July 14, 1863.
Dennis, W. A.	Private	Mar., 1862	Autauga		Dd. Oct. 10, 1862.
Douglass, Wm.	Private	Feb., 1863			Td. to C. S. N., Mar. 9, 1864.
Dubose, Wm.	Private	Feb., 1863	Pike		Kd. July 28, 1864.
Durden, G. W.	Private	Feb., 1863	Autauga	Ab. Wounded	Wd. July 28, 1864.
Durden, J. H.	Private	Mar., 1862	Autauga	Ab. Sick
Ellis, A. D.	Private	Feb., 1864	Autauga	Ab. Prisoner	Wd. June 19, 1864. Cap. Dec. 15, 1864.
Ellis, W. L.	Sergeant	Mar., 1862	Autauga	Ab. Prisoner	Cap. Nov. 30, 1864.
Fay, Wm. H.	Sergeant	Mar, 1862	Autauga		Kd. Aug. 3, 1864.
Farmer, W.	Private	Mar., 1862	Autauga	Ab. Sick	Wd. Aug. 3, 1864.
Fergerson, J. A.	Corporal	Mar., 1862	Coosa		Kd. May 27, 1863.
Fralick, H.	Private	Sept., 1862	Autauga		Td. March, 1864, to C. S. N.
Frank, John, Jr.	2d Lieut. Jr.	Mar., 1862	Autauga		Kd. May 27, 1863.
Gibbons, G. W.	Private	May, 1864	Autauga	Ab. Sick
Glenn, Simeon	Private	Feb., 1863	Autauga		Dis. Oct. 21, 1864.
Golsan, P. G.	2d Lieut. Jr.	Feb., 1863	Autauga		Kd. July 28, 1864.
Gorman, J.	Private	Feb., 1863			Mg. July 22, 1864.
Gresham, A. F.	Private	June, 1864	Escambia		Dd. 1864.
Griffin, J.	Private	Mar., 1862	Randolph	Present
Hall, D. S.	2d Lieut.	Mar., 1862	Autauga		Resigned Dec., 1862.
Hancock, M. M.	Private	Mar., 1862	Autauga		Dis. 1862.
Haley, ——	Private	Feb., 1863			Mg. July 14, 1863.
Hamilton, J.	Private	Feb., 1863			Mg. July 22, 1864.
Hearn, E.	Private	Mar., 1862	Autauga	Ab. Wounded	Accidentally Wd. Nov. 29, 1864.
Hearn, G. W.	Sergeant	Mar., 1862	Autauga	Ab. Prisoner	Cap. Oct. 5, 1864.
Hearn, J. C.	Private	Mar., 1862	Autauga	Ab. Prisoner	Wd. July 28, 1864. Cap. Nov. 30, 1864.
Hern, M.	Private	Feb., 1863			Mg. July 14, 1863.
Herndon, J. W.	Private	Mar., 1862	Autauga		Died July, 1863.
Hays, J.	Private	Feb., 1863			Wd. May 27, 1863. Dd. Feb., 1864.
Holt, D. E.	Private	May, 1864	Autauga	Ab. Wounded	Wd. Aug. 12, 1864.
Holston, J. G.	Private	Mar., 1862	Autauga		Dd. July 6, 1863.
Hurd, Joseph	Private	Mar., 1862	Autauga	Ab. Sick
Hutchinson, W. H.	Corporal	Mar., 1862	Autauga		Td. to Cavalry.
Hunt, G. W.	Private	May, 1864	Autauga	Ab. Sick
Jenkins, E.	Private	Feb., 1863	Pike		Td. to C. S. N., Mar., 1864.
Killough, J.	Private	Mar., 1862	Autauga	Present
Kirkpatrick, R. H.	Private	Sept., 1863	Butler	Ab. Sick
Kirkpatrick, V.	Private	Feb., 1863	Butler	Ab. Sick
Lamar, M. D.	Sergeant	Feb., 1863	Autauga	Ab. Wounded	Wd. July 28, 1864.
Leysath, E.	Private	Feb., 1863	Butler	Ab. Wounded	Wd. July 28, 1864.
Lewis, J.	Private	Feb., 1863	Montgomery	Ab. Sick
Landers, N.	Private	June, 1864		Ab. Sick
Martin, G. F.	Private	Feb., 1863	Autauga	Present	Wd. Aug., 1864.
May, J. W.	Private	Mar., 1862	Autauga		Kd. Nov. 30, 1864.
Merritt, A. J.	Sergeant	Mar., 1862	Autauga		Dd. May 14, 1862.
Merritt, ——	Private	Feb., 1863			Mg. July 14, 1863.
Mills, ——	Private	Feb., 1863			Dd. July 5, 1863.
McCarty, J.	Private	Feb., 1863			Kd. June 23d, 1863.
McDonald, ——	Private	Feb., 1863			Dd. July, 1863.
Moncrief, C. J.	Private	Mar., 1862	Autauga		Dd. June, 1862.
Moncrief, Wm.	Private	Mar., 1862	Autauga	Ab. Sick
Owens, J.	Private	Feb., 1863	Autauga		Kd. July 28, 1864.
Pratt, M. E.	1st Lieut.	Mar., 1862	Autauga	Ab. Paroled	Wd. May 28, 1863.
Robinson, J. L.	Private	Mar., 1862	Autauga		Dis. April 1, 1862.
Robinson, Junius	Private	Mar., 1862	Autauga	Present
Roe, T. J.	Private	Mar., 1862	Autauga		Dd. May 9, 1862.
Rogers, J. C.	Sergeant	Mar., 1862	Autauga		Dis. 1864.
Royals, C. H.	Sergeant	Mar., 1862	Autauga	Ab. Wounded	Wd. Nov. 30, 1864.
Royals, G. H.	Corporal	Mar., 1862	Autauga	Ab. Sick
Royals, J. M.	Corporal	Mar., 1862	Autauga		Dis. 1862.
Rice, J. D.	Corporal	Mar., 1862	Autauga	Ab. Prisoner	Wd. July 4, 1864. Cap. Dec. 15, 1864.
Scott, B. L.	Private	Feb., 1863	Autauga		Dis. Oct. 21, 1864.
Scott, C. H.	Private	Feb., 1863	Autauga		Dd. July 3, 1863.
Sears, E. T.	Sergeant	Mar., 1862	Autauga		Dis. Sept., 1864.
Shaver, J. H.	Private	Feb., 1863	Conecuh		Wd. July 28, 1864. Dd.
Simpson, J. L.	Private	Feb., 1863	Butler	Ab. Wounded	Wd. July 28, 1864.
Shoals, J.	Private	Feb., 1863	Montgomery		Mg. July 14, 1863.
Schein, J.	Private	Feb., 1863			Mg. July 14, 1863.
Smith, D. P.	2d Lieut. Jr.	Mar., 1862	Autauga	Ab. Wounded	Wd. Nov. 30, 1864.
Smith, M. A.	Private	Mar., 1862	Autauga		Dis. Mar. 25, 1862.
Smith, J. F.	Private	Mar., 1862	Autauga		Dd. May 15, 1862.
Smith, Henry	Private	Feb., 1863			M. Wd. May 27, 1863. Dd. July 10.
Smyth, A. C.	Private	Feb., 1863	Butler		M. Wd. July 28, 1864. Dd. Aug. 14.
Stuart, J. J.	Private	Feb., 1863	Wilcox		M. Wd. July 28, 1864. Dd. Aug.
Tarleton, M.	Private	Feb., 1863	Lowndes		Dd. March 12, 1863.
Tarleton, John	Private	Mar., 1862	Lowndes		Dd. July, 1863.
Thompson, A. J.	Sergeant	Mar., 1862	Autauga		M. Wd. July 28, 1864. Dd. Aug.
Tharp, J. P.	Private	Feb., 1863			Mg. July 21, 1864.
Trammell, W. M.	Private	June, 1864	Tallapoosa		Dd. 1864.
Tunnell, John S.	Private	Mar., 1862	Autauga	Present	Wd. July 28, 1864.
Tunnell, Josiah	Corporal	Mar, 1862	Autauga	Present	Wd. May 28, 1863, and Nov. 30, 1864.
Tuttle, C. E.	2d Lieut.	Mar., 1862	Montgomery	Ab. Prisoner
Vaughn, W.	Private	Feb., 1863		Ab. Sick
Ward, Isaac	Private	June, 1864	Montgomery	Ab. Sick
White, A. J.	Private	Feb., 1863	Autauga		Dd. July 25, 1863.
Whitfield, J. F.	Captain	Mar., 1862	Montgomery	Ab. Prisoner
Williamson, J.	Sergeant	Mar., 1862	Autauga	Ab. Wounded	Wd. June, 1863, and July 28, 1864.
Wilkins, F.	Private	Mar., 1862	Autauga		Dis. 1864.
Wilson, T. A.	Private	Feb., 1863		Ab. Sick
Winslett, ——	Private	Feb., 1863			Kd. May 27, 1863.

EXPLANATION OF ABBREVIATIONS.

• Kd.—Killed.
• Dd.—Died.
• Wd.—Wounded.
• M. Wd.—Mortally Wounded.
• Mg.—Missing—fate unknown.
• Dis.—Discharged for disability.
• Cap.—Captured.
• Ab.—Absent.
• Td.—Transferred.

ROLL OF CO. K.

The following is a summary of the roll of Co. K:—

Total enlisted and commissioned from March 1st to close of war			108
Killed and mortally wounded		15
Died of disease		23
Missing, fate unknown		10
Transferred to other service		7
Discharged and resigned		10	—65
Remaining on Roll at close of war			43
Absent, wounded		11
Absent, sick		16
Absent, prisoners of war		9
Absent on parole		1	—37
Present for duty April 27, 1865			6
Number of men wounded once during the war		24
Wounded twice		3
Wounded and afterwards killed		1
Total wounded			28
Residence, from	Autauga	61
	Butler	6
	Conecuh	1
	Coosa	2
	Dallas	1
	Escambia	1
	Lowndes	2
	Mobile	2
	Montgomery	6
	Pike	2
	Randolph	1
	Tallapoosa	1
	Wilcox	3
	Unknown	19	—108

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INDEX.

INTRODUCTORY	[3]
CHAPTER I.—Organization of the John Gill Shorter Artillery—Change of Destination—At Island 10—Roll of Company K—Mysteries of the Cuisine—A Shameful Waste	[5]
CHAPTER II.—Bombardment and Capture of Island No. 10—The Batteries—At Rucker’s Battery—Canal Cutting—A Night Attack—Running the Gauntlet—An Unfinished Meal—The Attempted Evacuation—Retreat to Tiptonville—Mackall’s Order—The Surrender—Across Reel-Foot River	[10]
CHAPTER III.—Prison Life in 1862—In the Mud—Bivouac at New Madrid—A Friendly Irishman—At Camp Butler—Scant Water Supply—Escape of Prisoners—An Astonished Sentinel—Playing Guard—Lost on the Prairie—A Prisoner Shot—Health of the Camp—Mortality Statistics—Curious Phenomena—Death Visits the Company—Col. Fundy in Command—Practical Jokes—Trinket Making—News from Comrades—Homeward Bound—Arrival in Dixie	[20]
CHAPTER IV.—Capt. Isbell and his Battalion—Arrival at Port Hudson—Battle of Corinth—The Reunited Regiment—Port Hudson—Land Defences—Red River Supplies	[37]
CHAPTER V.—Incidents in the Winter of 1862-3—An Unexpected Salute—A Parrott for Co. K—Whitfield’s Legion—Farragut’s Fleet—Running the Batteries—The Midnight Battle—A Crippled Fleet—Burning of the “Mississippi”—Comparative Losses—The Land Attack—Incidents in April, 1863—A Sabbath Morning at Troth’s Landing—Close Quarters—Skirmishing	[44]
CHAPTER VI.—Siege and Surrender of Port Hudson—The Investment—Skirmishing—The First Grand Assault—Assailed and Assailants—Doubly Armed—Lieut. Pratt at Battery 11—The “Essex” driven off—Lieut. Adams Elected—Artillery Practice—Assault of June 14th—Effect of Buck and Ball—Banks’ Inhumanity—Lead for Water—A Gallant Corporal—Battery 11 Silenced—Gallant Schurmer’s Death—The Sunken Battery—Mule and Peas—The Fall of Vicksburg—Unconditional Surrender—Gen. Gardner’s Sword—Casualties of the First	[60]
CHAPTER VII.—Experiences of Paroled Prisoners of War—A Disorganized Regiment—A Handsome Turnout—Close Quarters—A Faithful Servant—Present, or Accounted for—In Camp at Meridian	[82]
CHAPTER VIII.—Return of Co. K to Active Duty—Arrival at Mobile—A Flooded Camp—Short of Ammunition—At Fort Gaines—Fishermen’s Spoils—Going to School—A Spy in Camp—In North Georgia	[89]
CHAPTER IX.—In North Georgia with Johnston and Hood—Retreat to Kennesaw—A Gallant Deed—Hood’s New Policy—Defending Atlanta—The Valley of Death—The Gallant First—Fate of the Wounded—Death of Sergt. Fay—Electing a Lieutenant—Evacuation of Atlanta—At Lovejoy’s Station	[97]
CHAPTER X.—Hood’s Raids on Sherman’s Railroad Communications—Finding Lost Mountain—Hold the Fort—Tearing up Railroads—In Alabama—A Dismal Night—Review of the Army—Foraging in Tennessee—Catching Mud Larks	[108]
CHAPTER XI.—Gen. Hood’s Disastrous Campaign in Tennessee—The Fatal Mistake—Before Franklin—Schofield’s Stronghold—Eating his Last Rations—The Battle of Franklin—The Rebel Yell—Terrific Musketry—Locked Bayonets—One-third Hood’s Army Lost—Co. K Wiped Out—Losses of the “First”—Faithful until Death—The Retreat from Tennessee—The Last Roll Call	[117]
CHAPTER XII.—Prison Life during the Last Year of the War—Searching the Prisoners—Starvation Rations—True to the South—Home Again	[131]
APPENDIX	[137]