Jess Headley
26th / 50th Alabama
Sat Nov 18 09:30:57 2000


George Franklin Walker was a Civil War Veteran from Lauderdale Co Alabama in his Confederate pension application, his widow Lucretia stated that they moved in 1881 to Texas from Alabama..
George served in the Civil War.. Company H, 50th Alabama Infantry..Fellow members were James F. Coffman and W.H. Brakeen. They stated that George enlisted in November of 1861, was taken sick shortly after his enlistment at Huntsville, Alabama. He served until the end of the war.."He made a very fine soldier ..."
50th Alabama Infantry Regiment
The 50th Alabama (sometimes the 26th-50th) Infantry Regiment was organized at Corinth, MS, on 3 April 1862, by consolidating the 2nd (Davis'-Chadwick's) and 5th (Golladay's) AL Inf Battalions which were recently recruited. Originally mustered into Confederate service as the 26th (Coltart's) Regiment, its designation was changed to 50th in June, 1863 when it was learned that another 26th Infantry was already serving in Virginia. The men were raised in the counties of Calhoun, Jackson, Lauderdale, Blount, Limestone, Walker, Fayette, and Tuscaloosa. Ordered to Tennessee, the unit fought at Shiloh, saw light action in KY, and was then placed in Deas', G. D. Johnston's, and Brantley's Brigade, Army of Tennessee. It fought in many conflicts from Murfreesboro to Atlanta, spent the winter with Hood's campaign in Tennessee, and was active in North Carolina. At Shiloh, the regiment had 440 effectives, but because of casualties, sickness, and exhaustion, the number was fewer than 150 by the 2nd day. It lost 4 k and 76 w at Murfreesboro, 16 k and 81 w at Chickamauga, and totaled 289 men and 180 arms in Dec, 63. The regiment sustained 33 casualties in the Battle of Atlanta and was badly cut up at Franklin. Few survived to surrender in April, 65.