Co. "C" ("Jeff Holly Guards"; initial muster at Camp Shorter, near Loachapoka, AL, 22 May 1862, by Colonel James M. Oliver, for three years or duration of the war)
Officers:
CLOWER, Eli D., Capt. (also in Co. "F")
RUSSELL, Joseph T., Capt. (resigned, 8 Jan 64; burial: Blandford Church Cemetery, Petersburg, VA || Brewer; Burton; Oates; Wilson)
YOUNG, Benjamin P., 1st Lt. (resigned, 15 Aug 62)
BALLARD, William M., 2nd Lt., Capt. (wounded, The Wilderness, and captured || Brewer; Burton; Oates; Wilson)
WARD, John T. C., Jr. 2nd Lt., 2nd Lt. (dropped or resigned, 16 March 64 || NARA; Oates)
GALLOWAY, William H., 2nd Lt.
ALFORD, Pierce L., 1st Sgt., 1st Lt. (KIA, The Wilderness, 6 May 64 || Burton; NARA)
GALLOWAY, William H., 1st Sgt. (wounded, Sharpsburg; paroled, Appomattox || Burton; Wilson)
McKNIGHT, Christopher Pusilamus Columbus [1833-1904], 1st Sgt. (wounded, The Wilderness; paroled, Appomattox || Burton; NARA)
COLLIER, John W., Sgt. (captured, Atlanta, 15 June 64 || Wilson)
JENKINS, John D. S., 2nd Sgt. (died, Howard's Grove Hospital, 24 Aug 64 || Burton; Wilson)
NEIGHBOURS, Benjamin F., Sgt.
PETERS, Luke R., 5th Sgt. (died of disease, Chimborazo Hospital, Richmond, 11 March 63 || Burton; NARA)
SIMMS [SIMMONS?], Benjamin N. (paroled, Montgomery, 24 May 65 || NARA)
SMITH, Alfred A. [Alford A.?], Sgt. (died at home, 63 || Burton; NARA)
SMITH, John G., 4th Sgt. [-9 April 1864] (captured, Knoxville, 5 Dec 63; died as POW, Rock Island, IL, 9 April 64; burial: Rock Island Prison Cemetery, grave no. 1012 || Burton; Wilson)
THOMASON, George W., 3rd Sgt. (died of disease, Howard's Grove Hospital, 5 March 63 || Burton; Wilson)
DARK [DASK?], Thomas H., 1st Cpl., Sgt. (paroled, Appomattox || Burton; NARA)
PETERS, William B., 1st Cpl. (discharged, 5 June 63; later reenlisted, Ready's Co., AL State Troops || NARA)
GRIMES, Stephen R., Cpl. (wounded, Darbytown Road || Burton; NARA)
HODO, Augus F., 3rd Cpl. (wounded, summer 63; detailed to QM Dept., Dalton, GA || Burton; NARA)
LANTERN, A. J. [LANTON, A. I.?], 2nd Cpl. (paroled, Appomattox || Burton)
NEIGHBORS, Benjamin F., 2nd Cpl., Sgt. (paroled, Montgomery, 18 May 65 || Burton; NARA)
SUMNER, H. J. (died of disease, 6 Feb 63, Samaritan Hospital, Richmond || NARA)
TANTON, Andrew J., Cpl. (paroled, Appomattox || Burton; NARA)
TANTON, Franklin, Dr., 4th Cpl.
Privates:
BAKER, Elijah (wounded, Spotsylvania; captured, April 65; burial: New Hope Baptist Church Cemetery, Opelika, AL || Burton; NARA)
BALLARD, Thomas W. (paroled, Appomattox || Burton; NARA)
BARNETT, A. D.
BARNETT[E], A. Glenn (enlisted, Loachapoka, AL, 9 April 62; in Chimborazo hospital, Richmond, 17 March 63, and in Howard's Grove hospital, Richmond, 15 May-22 June 64; wounded, The Wilderness; paroled, Appomattox || Burton; NARA)
BEATY, George (wounded, Cedar Run; detailed to Division Wagon Train, 64-65; captured, Farmville, VA, April 65 || Burton; NARA)
BECKET [BECKER?], George M. (mortally wounded, Cedar Run; died, Gen'l Hospital, Staunton, VA || Burton; NARA)
BENTLEY, James Benjamin (paroled, Appomattox || Burton; NARA)
BICE, Isaac (wounded, Cedar Run; paroled, Appomattox || Burton; NARA)
BICE, J. E. (paroled, Appomattox || Burton; NARA)
BILL, T.
BLACK, James W.
BLACK, Jesse Wilburn (KIA, 2nd Manassas || Burton; NARA)
CANNON, John T. (paroled, Montgomery, 24 May 65 || NARA)
CARSON [CARMEN?], J. T.
CARTWRIGHT, R. J. (burial: Stonewall Cemetery, Winchester, VA)
CARTWRIGHT, Samuel (died of disease, 24 Oct 62, Winchester, VA || Burton; NARA)
CASON, Nathan R.
CHANDLER, E. (wounded, The Wilderness; paroled, Appomattox || Burton; NARA)
CLEMENTS, M. D.
CLEMENTS, Newton D. (also in Co. "A"; paroled, Talladega, AL, 23 May 65 || Burton; NARA)
CLOVENS, Eli D.
COFFMAN, John W. (wounded, Suffolk; captured, Goodes Bridge, VA, 5 April 65 || NARA)
COLLIER, John W. (captured, Atlanta, 15 June 64 || Wilson)
DANIEL, Benjamin L. D.
DEAN, Samuel L. (captured, Morristown, TN, 10 Feb 64; took oath and released || Burton; NARA)
DELANEY, ? ?
DEWETT, William D. (wounded, Cedar Run; captured, Morristown, TN || NARA)
DOLAN, James C. [James W.?] (discharged, 30 Dec 63 || NARA)
DUCK, W. D.
DUNCAN, Gabe
DUNCAN, J.
DUNKAN, James A. (KIA, The Wilderness || NARA)
EASON, Nathan Rasberry (paroled, Montgomery, 8 June 65 || NARA)
EASON, T. G. (paroled, Appomattox || NARA)
EDWARDS, Asberry W. [A. M.?] (paroled, Appomattox || Burton; NARA)
FLETCHER, John A. (wounded, Cedar Run; KIA, 27 Oct 64, near Richmond || Burton; NARA)
FLOWERS, William H. (paroled, Appomattox || Burton; NARA)
FO[R]SHEE, Seaborn G. (died of disease, abt 62 || NARA)
FORSHEE, Morris S. (paroled, Appomattox || NARA)
FO[R]SHEE, Wiley G. (also in Co. "F"; paroled, Appomattox || NARA)
FULLER [FULLAR?], James C. (injured in train accident, 18 June 62 || Burton; NARA)
FULLER, John M. (died of disease, 7 Dec 62 || NARA)
GAL[L]AWAY [GALLOWAY?], John
GIBSON, John M. (died of disease, 19 March 63 || Burton; NARA)
GILES, Wade H. (died of disease, 30 Oct 62 || NARA)
GRIMES, James (wounded, Bermuda Hundred, 16 June 64; paroled, Appomattox || Burton; NARA)
GUNN, James T. (wounded, Cedar Run, 9 Aug 62; KIA, 2nd Cold Harbor || Burton; NARA)
HARDEE, James
HARDEN, G. L.
HARDEN, William N. [-22 April 1863] (mortally wounded, Suffolk; burial: Blandford Church Cemetery, Petersburg, VA || Burton; NARA)
HARSELY, D. M. (paroled, Montgomery, 24 June 65 || NARA)
HARTLEY, J.
HASLEY, L. T.
HICKS, Samuel A. [7 July 1836-17 Jan 1866] (transferred from Co. "K", Aug 62; burial: Liberty Church Cemetery, Tallapoosa Co., AL || Burton; NARA)
HODO, James R. (died of disease, 18 Dec 62 burial: Confederate Section, Old City Cemetery, Lynchburg, VA, grave 1, row 5, lot 123 || NARA)
HOSLEY, Tillman H. [Tillmon T.?] (died, Howard's Grove Hospital, Richmond, 17 Aug 64 || Burton; NARA)
JACKSON, James M. (died of disease, Chimborazo Hospital, Richmond, 13 March 63 || Burton; NARA)
JENKINS, G. R. (paroled, Appomattox || Burton; NARA)
JENNINGS, Henry B. (paroled, Montgomery, 24 May 65 || Burton; NARA)
JOHNSON, James S. (discharged, 14 Aug 64 || Burton; NARA)
JOHNSON, W. B. (paroled, Auga, GA, 22 May 65 || NARA)
KIMBROUGH, Asbury M. [KEMBROUGH?] (KIA, The Wilderness || Burton; NARA)
LEE, W. B. (KIA, Darbytown Road || NARA)
McKINNON, A. (paroled, Appomattox || Burton)
McKINION [McKINNON?], Alfred B. (deserted, Loachapoka, AL, 5 May 62; paroled, Appomattox || Burton; NARA)
McKINION [McKINNON?], Robert L.
McKINNON, E. A.
MANNING, N. B. (paroled, Montgomery, 11 May 65 || NARA)
MASK, Delaney [MASH, Delery?]
MATHEWS, James F. [Joseph F.?] (died of disease, 1 May 62 || Burton; NARA)
MATHIS, John T. (wounded, Darbytown Road; paroled, Appomattox || Burton; NARA)
MAT[T]HEWS, Charles A. (discharged, 14 July 62 || Burton; NARA)
MAT[T]HEWS, T. J. (paroled, Appomattox || Burton)
MEADOWS, Delbert [Gilbert?]
MAYLONS, W. M.
MEADOWS, Gilbert (paroled, Appomattox || Burton; NARA)
MILTON, G.
MIXTON, S.
MORNTON, M. J.
NEIGHBORS, James Allen [10 Oct 1831-] (wounded, Chickamauga; paroled, Montgomery, 18 May 65; burial: Hillabee Campground Methodist Church, Tallapoosa Co., AL || NARA)
NEIGHBORS, John H. (died of disease, Poplar Lawn Hospital, Richmond, 5 May 63 || NARA)
NEIGHBORS, W. M. (paroled, Montgomery, 23 May 65 || NARA)
NORWOOD, J.
OMELIN, T.
OSBURN, J. T.
PATTERSON, Benjamin F. [Berry F.?] (mortally wounded, Gettysburg || Burton; NARA)
PEARSON, John M.
PEEPLES, Henry W. [W. H.?] (died of disease, at home, abt 62 || Burton; NARA)
PEEPLES, James A. [Joseph A.?] (n hospital, Staunton, VA, "when last heard of", 28 Feb 65 || Burton; NARA)
PEEPLES, John P. (wounded, Cedar Run, The Wilderness; paroled, Montgomery, 30 May 65 || Burton; NARA)
PEEPLES, W. F.
PETERS, A. W. (paroled, Appomattox || Burton; NARA)
PETERS, D. C. (paroled, Appomattox || Burton)
PETERS, Lewis C. (wounded, Gettysburg; paroled, Appomattox || Burton; NARA)
PETTERS, R.
POWEL[L], John D. (died at home, about 63 || Burton; NARA)
RAILEY [RAYLEY?], Jasper (wounded, May or July 63; KIA, 2nd Cold Harbor || NARA)
RANDALL, N. H.
ROYLES, Casper
RUSSELL, Benjamin Francis Commander (served as ensign; wounded, The Wilderness; paroled, Montgomery, 19 May 65 || Burton; NARA)
RUSSELL, William M. [3 May 1833-14 May 1877] (discharged, 23 Feb 64; burial: Liberty Church Cemetery, Tallapoosa Co., AL. || Burton; NARA)
SEEMS, B. H.
SHERREL [SHARD?], David (discharged, 1 June 62 || NARA)
SIMS, Berry
SMITH, Albert G. (died, 26 May 63, Montgomery Hospital || Burton; NARA)
SMITH, Albert J. (burial: Old City Cemetery, Lynchburg, VA)
SMITH, Andrew J. (died of disease, General Hospital #2, Lynchburg, VA, 15 March 62 || Burton; NARA)
SMITH, David (wounded, The Wilderness; paroled, Montgomery, 6 May 65 || Burton; NARA)
SMITH, J. A. G.
SMITH, N. V. (paroled, Appomattox || NARA)
SMITH, William T. (discharged, 15 July 62 || Burton; NARA)
SOLLEY, D. M. [SOBLEY, Dick?]
SOLLEY, Seabron [SOBLEY, Seaborn?] (KIA, Gettysburg || Burton; NARA)
STACKS [STOCKES?], Middleton D. (captured, Gettysburg; died as POW, Ft. Delaware, 28 Sept 64; burial: Finn`s Point National Cemetery, NJ || Burton; NARA)
SUTTON, J. J.
SWANN, P. A. (burial: Stonewall Cemetery, Winchester, VA)
TANTON, D. F. (wounded, Cedar Run || NARA)
TANTON, H. J. D. (wounded, Gettysburg, and captured; later exchanged || Burton; NARA)
TAYLOR, J. A. (captured, Gettysburg, and never exchanged || NARA)
TESHEE, S.
TOWN[S], Bartley Dozier (captured, Petersburg, 3 April 65; released, Hart's Island, NY, 6 June 65 || NARA)
WALDEMAN, B. D.
WALKER, Henry H. (wounded, Cedar Run; discharged, ca 64|| Burton; NARA)
WALKER, Walter B. (wounded, Cedar Run; detailed to division wagon train || Burton; NARA)
WARD, J. N.
WARD, Simeon N. [S. W.?]
WELCH, Peter E. [12 July 1831-8 Feb 1907] (paroled, Montgomery, 24 May 65 burial: Liberty Church Cemetery, Tallapoosa Co., AL || Burton; NARA)
WELDON, F. M. (wounded, 2nd Manassas; captured, The Wilderness, and never exchanged || Burton; NARA)
WHITWORTH, F. B. H. B. [H. B.?] (also in Co. "F"; KIA, Petersburg, 23 June 64 || Burton; NARA)
WILLIAMS, DeWitt C. (died, 1 Sept 62 || Burton; NARA)
WILLIAMS, James R. (paroled, Montgomery, 29 May 65 || Burton; NARA)
WILLIAMS, William R. (discharged, 12 Aug 62 || Burton; NARA)
WOOD, William
YONISH?, A. J.
Sources of roster information:
Information for this roster of the Forty-seventh Alabama Infantry Regiment is taken from several sources, but primarily from Joseph Q. Burton's Historical Sketches of the Forty-Seventh Alabama Infantry Regiment, C.S.A.. All sources, other than the National Archives and Records Service [Compiled Service] records, may be considered secondary sources and therefore subject to error. Corrections to the roster are welcomed, so long as a source of information is provided.