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Name [with variant spellings?]; [birth-death dates]; rank, if other than private; (notes, including age at enlistment, and occupation || sources)

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Co. "D" (Canebrake Rifle Guards)

*Officers:

COLEMAN, Thomas K., Capt. (promoted, Major)
CHARLES, Richard , Capt.(dropped 21 April 62 || NARS D Roll)
CLARK[E], Richard, Capt. (enlisted, aged 47; a physician; resigned, 21 April 62 || NARS; Hudson; Oates)
JONES, James Taylor , 1st Lt., Capt. (enlisted, aged 27; a lawyer, judge, and congressman; wounded, The Wilderness; detached to War Dept, Aug 64 || NARS D roll; Brewer; Oates)
TURNER, William T., 1st Lt. (enlisted, aged 22; a bookkeeper; commanding company, as of 4 Jan 65 || NARS D roll; Huntsville "F" Roll; Coles reports him as mortally wounded, The Wilderness[!])
TERRELL, Lee Richmond [Leigh R.?] [1835-1864] 2nd Lt.; Capt. (appointed, Asst Adjutant Gen'l, Staff; transferred to 47th AL Regt as Lt. Col; KIA || Coles; NARS D roll; Hudson; Oates)
JONES, Bushrod [1836-27 September 1872] QM, 2nd Lt. (promoted Lt. following 1st Manassas; elected Capt., 9th AL Regt (Coles says 58th AL), 62; enlisted, aged 24; a lawyer; resigned, 21 April 62 || Coles; NARS D roll; bio: CMH; Hudson)
LOWELL, L. R., 2nd Lt.
MORGAN, Lewis Allen [-March 1915] 2nd Lt. (appointed Inspector General in General Perry's staff, rank of Capt || NARS D roll; CV XXIII: 365; Hudson)
PITTS, David W., 2nd Lt. (wounded, 1st Manassas; died of wounds, 1 Aug 63 || Bham Age; NARS D roll; Hudson)

HUDSON, William O., 1st Sgt. (appt'd regimental, then brigade, surgeon; discharged for illness, 14 Nov 61; a merchant || Coles; Hudson; Oates)
BUCH, J. D., 5th Sgt. (|| Hudson)
CHRISTIAN, Thomas L., Orderly Sgt., 2nd Lt. (enlisted, aged 23; a clerk; promoted, Capt., 2 Nov 63; served as Asst Inspector Gen'l on Law's Staff; captured, Gettysburg and exchanged, 64 || Coles; NARS D roll; Hudson)
CORNEGAY, J. H., Sgt.
De LORME [DELONNE?], Frank M., 4th Sgt.(|| Hudson)
HUDSON, William H., 2nd Sgt. (|| Hudson)
MARKHAM, George S. [George L.?], Sgt. Co. D (Hudson)
MURPHY, Josiah J. [J. Josiah?], Sgt. (|| Hudson)
PARKER, William F., Orderly Sgt., 1st Sgt. (enlisted, aged 26; bookkeeper; wounded, Gettysburg || Coles)
STEELE, Benjamin F., Sgt. (|| Hudson)
THOMAS, George W., Sgt. (saved from a wound at Gettysburg by a Bible belonging to Harrison Patton REID and found earlier. The bullet hit the Bible but not the men || CV XIX:214; Hudson)
TURNER, David A. J., Sgt.
WALKE, John P., Sgt.
WALKER, J. T., 3rd Sgt. (|| Hudson)

BULLER, M. H., Cpl.
BONDURANT, Samuel Francis, Cpl. (enlisted, 18 Aug 61, aged 18; a student; residence: Perry Co.; wounded, Gettysburg || Nancy B. Grimenga)
CHAMBERS, William A., 2nd Cpl. (|| Hudson)
GRAVES, Henry C., Cpl. (|| Hudson)
LONG [LONH?], William H., 1st Cpl., Sgt. Co. D (wounded, 1st Manassas || Bham Age; Hudson) McMILLER, Phineas K., Cpl. (wounded, Knoxville || Hudson; obituary notice: CV V:557)
TERRELL, Cleveland A., 3rd Cpl. (|| Hudson)
WARE, J. Edgar, 4th Cpl. (|| Hudson)

Privates:

ABRAHAMS, William T.
ADAMS, J. U.
ADAMS, James Young
ADAMS, Pat Y. (|| Hudson)
ADLER, Emanuel
ATKINSON, W. H.
AYCOCKE, Austin C. (|| Hudson)
BAPTIST, Powhattan R. (killed probably on 7 July 61 by accidental discharge of pistol || Hudson)
BAPTIST, William H. (|| Hudson)
BASIER, J. T.
BOGGS, Joseph N.
BOOKER, Edmund W. (|| Hudson)
BOWMAN, Daniel (also in Co. "B")
BRASHEAR, D. P.
BRASHEAR, R.
BROWN, Ephram
BUCK, John D.
BUCKALOW, James
CARNISH, J. V.
CARR, Lewis
CARROL, Henry
CASHER, R.
CHAMBERS, Andrew
CHAMBERS, Robert T. (died in service, 18 Sept 62; burial: Warrenton, VA, Cemetery)
CHAMBERS, Samuel T. (|| Hudson)
CHRISTIAN, Edward F. [Edmund F.?] (wounded, 1st Manassas || Bham Age; Hudson)
CLARY, James
CLARY, R. W.
CLERY, G. E.
COLEMAN, S. L.
CORNISH, Leonard
CUNNINGHAM, Augustus H (|| Hudson)
CURRY, James M. (|| Hudson)
DARDEN, Richard W. (|| Hudson)
DAVIDSON, Alex C.
DAWSON, G. W.
DESEAR, James
DOLLINS, John R.
DOYLE, James
DRISSER, J.
EDWARDS, Thomas B. (wounded, 1st Manassas || Hudson)
ELKIN[S], John H. (|| Hudson)
ELLIOTT, William H.
ERVIN, H. R.
FITTS, John D (|| Hudson)
FORNIS[S], Philip D.
FORNISS, T. D (|| Hudson)
FORNIS[S], Thadeous K( Hudson)
FOWLER, John Douglas (wounded, 1st Manassas || Bham Age; Hudson; bio: Civil War Times Illustrated, XXVI, Feb 1988, p.30-45)
FOX, W. W.
GOULDMAN, Edward F. (a student; wounded, 1st Manassas || Bham Age; Hudson)
GRAVES, William W. (|| Hudson)
GRAY, Willis W. (wounded, 1st Manassas || Bham Age; Hudson)
HAMERSLY, James William (enlisted, 4 March 62, aged 30; a teacher; wounded, Sharpsburg; KIA, Chickamauga || CSR)
HAMERSLY, Thomas (substituted for J. W. HAMERSLY, 1 Aug 62-25 March 63 || CSR)
HAMMON, John
HARRIS, E. P.
HARRIS, John W.
HARRISON, James (enlisted, aged 37; a merchant; at Gaines Mill, fell into a ditch with 23 Yankees, shot one, and captured 22 men, with one captain! enlistment expired, 25 July 62 || Coles; NARS)
HARRISON, Josiah H. [Josiah W.?] (|| Hudson)
HARRISS, J. W. (|| Hudson)
HARWOOD, James A. (wounded, 1st Manassas || Bham Age; Hudson)
HASTON, D. W.
HAYES, C. C. (also in Co. "B")
HENL[E]Y, Robert H. (wounded, 1st Manassas || Bham Age; Hudson)
HILL, William H. (KIA, 1st Manassas || Bham Age; Hudson)
HOBLEY, J. W.
HOOPER, Thomas K. (|| Hudson)
HOPKINS, Thomas H.
HOUGHS, Young
HUDSON, James G. (a merchant; chaplain; treasurer of Co. "D" || Hudson)
HUDSON, Joseph W., AQM
HUDSON, Thomas (POW after 1st Manassas; listed as missing || Bham Age; Hudson)
HULL, Davison L.
HUMPHRIES, J. E.
HUNGERFORD, Walter H. (||Hudson)
HUNGERFORD, William H. (|| Hudson)
HUTCHERSON [HUTCHINSON?], James R. (|| Hudson)
HUTCHERSON, Pat (|| Hudson)
HUTCHINS, James M.
JACKSON, Solomon P.
JACKSON, S. T (|| Hudson)
JETT, D. P.
JOHNSON, B. W.
JOHNSON, Joseph P.
JONES, A. B.
JONES, Joel T. (wounded, 1st Manassas || Hudson)
JONES, Joseph P. (wounded, 1st Manassas || Bham Age)
JONES, Richard, jr.
JONES, William Burleigh
KELLEY, Thomas C.
KITCHELL, Frank N.
KORNEGAY, James H.
LANE, Levin B.
LEE, S. Y.
LLOYD, J. W.
JONES, Richard (enlisted, aged 23; a merchant; wounded, 17 Sept 62 and 19 Sept 63 || Coles)
JONES, William B. (|| Hudson)
KITCHELL, F. N. (|| Hudson)
LANE, Levine B. (wounded, 1st Manassas || Bham Age; Hudson)
LOCK, Thomas
LOCKET, Benjamin N. (wounded, 1st Manassas || Bham Age; Hudson)
LONGEST, H.
McCULL, C. O.
McINTOSH, John M (|| Hudson)
McREY, C.
MANIX, James W. (|| Hudson)
MARABLE, George F. (Hudson)
MARTIN, John H.
MATHEWS, J. W.
MATKIN, J. M.
MITCHEL, Robert (|| Hudson)
MITCHELL, Robert M. (KIA, 1st Manassas || Bham Age; Hudson)
MONAGHAN, Andrew J. [Andrew P.?] (|| Hudson)
MONAGHAN, James D. (|| Hudson)
MONAGHAN, T. S. (|| Hudson)
MONTGOMERY, James H. (wounded, 1st Manassas || Bham Age; Hudson)
MOODY, William R.
MORAN, Frank
MORGAN, Samuel
MORGAN, Thomas
MUSE, Joseph M. (wounded, 1st Manassas || Bham Age; Hudson)
NARMOR, Wiley J.
NIC[H]OLSON, Gilbert S. (|| Hudson)
NIC[H]OLSON, Robert W. (|| Hudson)
NORMAN, A. J.
NORTON, Thomas J. (enlisted, aged 22; a grocer; wounded, Gaines' Mill || Coles; Hudson)
NORWOOD, Samuel L. (|| Hudson)
NORWOOD, W. A.
PEGRAM, William E., Surgeon, Staff (|| NARS; Hudson)
PERKINS, Doc A.
PERLEE, Walton
PHIL[L]IPS, James (|| Hudson)
PICKERING, Samuel S.
PITTS, John D.
POPE, Frank A.
POPE, William P. (wounded, 1st Manassas || Bham Age)
PROWELL, David M.
PROWELL, T. W.
RAM[E]Y, Thomas J. (|| Hudson)
REDDING, James M. (|| Hudson)
RICHARDSON, Noah T. (|| Hudson)
RICKARD, J. O.
RIECK, Lewis
ROBINSON, Thomas J. (died in service, 6 Sept 62; burial: Warrenton, VA, Cemetery)
RUSSELL, J. D.
SAUNDERS, Cap (|| Hudson)
SAUNDERS, Henry W (|| Hudson)
SAUNDERS, Walter W.
SAYRE[S], George H. (wounded, 1st Manassas || Bham Age; Hudson)
SAYRE, S. M.
SCHERER, Jacob
SHERMAN, George W (|| Hudson)
SHIELD, Benjamin T.
SHOPE, Moses
SHUMAKE, Jeremiah R (|| Hudson)
SIMMS, Ludolphus A (|| Hudson)
SLEDGE, Alexander
SMITH, A. F.
SMITH, G. D.
SMITH, Robert N. [Robert H.?] (wounded, 1st Manassas || Bham Age; Hudson)
SMITH, Thomas B.
STEGALL, James
STEGALL, Samuel
STITH, F. Eppes (|| Hudson)
TEGIL, S.
TEGRAM, William E., Surgeon (|| Hudson)
TERRELL, F. B.
TERRELL, James Leonidas
TERRELL, William F. (|| Hudson)
TERRY, George A.
THOMPSON, E. W (|| Hudson)
TICHERING, Samuel S. (|| Hudson)
TINSLEY, Augustine Wood (|| Hudson)
TOPE, William T. (|| Hudson)
TORLIENS, D. A. (|| Hudson)
TROWELL, David (|| Hudson)
TUCKER, J. C. (also in Co. "B")
TUCKER, W. P.
TURLEE, Walton (|| Hudson)
TROWELL, David (|| Hudson)
TUCKER, J. C. (also in Co. "B")
TUCKER, W. P.
TURLEE, Walton (|| Hudson)
TURNER, F. G.
TURNER, William M.
VANDEFORD, O. B.
VARNER, B. F.
VARNER, Frank
VARNER, Samuel
VAUGHAN, Lemuel WHITE, Duse
WALKER, Anderson W. [Andrew W.?] (wounded, 1st Manassas || Hudson; Bham Age)
WALKER, John M.
WALKER, Mims (|| Hudson)
WALTON, Timothy (|| Hudson)
WARE, Joseph E.
WARE, William H. (enlisted, aged 20; a student; KIA, Fredericksburg || Coles; Hudson; Ward, "Battlefield at Fredericksburg")
WATKIN, J. M.
WELLS, W. L.
WEST, Fulton W. (|| Hudson)
WHITE, Thomas (|| Hudson)
WHITE, William
WHITT, Thomas J. [Thomas I.?] (|| Hudson)
WILSON, John T. (|| Hudson)
WOODFIN, David
WRIGHT, Cargil M.

Sources of roster information: This roster of the Fourth Alabama Infantry Regiment is taken from several sources, most of which concern themselves with only one company in the regiment. All, other than the National Archives and Records Service records, may be considered secondary and subject to error. Corrections to the roster are welcomed, so long as a source of information is provided.

• Robert T. Coles, From Huntsville to Apomattox : R. T. Coles's History of 4th Regiment, Alabama Volunteer Infantry, C.S.A., Army of Northern Virginia, edited by Jeffrey D. Stocker, Knoxville: University of Tennessee Press, 1996 (Coles)
• Compiled Services Records, National Archives (CSR)
• Confederate Military History [Alabama] (CMH)
• Confederate Veteran [periodical] (CV)
• "Honor Roll of the Fourth Alabama Regiment of Volunteers," Birmingham Age-Herald, v.20, no.139 (25 April 1894) (Bham Age)
• Jackson County [AL] Historical Association, "Civil War rolls of soldiers of Jackson County, Alabama" (Jackson County Roll)
• Alice N. McCravey, "Confederate soldiers of Madison County, Alabama." Huntsville, AL ; 1959 (Huntsville roll)
• National Archives and Records Service. [4th Alabama Infantry files] (NARS roll)
• Alice V. D. Pierrepont, Reuben Vaughan Kidd: soldier of the Confederacy. Petersburg, VA ; 1947 (Pierrepont roll)
• Benjamin Riley, History of Conecuh County, Alabama. (Riley)
• Smith Papers, Judson College, Marion, AL [includes scrapbooks with newsclippings, including muster rolls] (Smith papers)
• Southern Historical Society Papers (SHSP)
• The Tennessee Civil War veterans Questionnaires, Easly, SC: Southern Historical Press, 1985
• Mamie Yearie, Recollections of the boys in gray, 1861-1865, Dayton, OH: Morningside Books, 1986 (Yearie)

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