Hayes Lowe
Asbury and R.B. Ledbetter
Sat Dec 9 08:53:11 2000


Here's a little of what I have:

40th Alabama Infantry Regiment

Nicknames:

“Coleman’s Regiment”
(Vice-Col. A.A. Coleman resigned to rank on 4/30/1863.)

“The Alabama Sharpshooters”
(Nickname is said to have been earned 5/22/1863 at Vicksburg.)

(see also the 37th Alabama Infantry Consolidated)

First mustered on March 13, 1862 at Speed’s Mill.

Engagements: Chickamauga, Vicksburg, Missionary Ridge, Lookout Mountain, skirmishes from Dalton to Atlanta including New Hope, and Bentonville.

Company B
LEDBETTER, Richard Baxter (Originally from S.C. Enlisted in Pickens Co. Captured & paroled at Vicksburg. Died after 1875.)

I don't have Asbury Ledbetter listed, but that does not mean that he was not in the 40th. (But, see below.) As does Homer, I recommend Willet's diary for much more information. I also recommend another book, but I can't remember the title/author off the top of my head. I'll have to look it up and post the information. It has much information on the 40th's companies B and G (also from Pickens County).


41st Alabama Infantry Regiment

Company D
LEDBETTER, Asbury (Enlisted at age 34.)

Company D was formed from the Pickens Grays (Alabama Volunteer Corps).

• Pvt. R.B. Ledbetter — Henry Seale, Sat Dec 9 22:26
• 40TH Ala. Inf. Regt — Henry Seale, Sat Dec 9 22:11
• A couple of clarifications. — Hayes Lowe, Sun Dec 10 08:29
• 40TH Ala. Clarifacations — Henry Seale, Sun Dec 10 14:52
• 40th organization and consolidation — Hayes Lowe, Mon Dec 11 20:11
• 40th consolidation — Alan Pitts, Mon Dec 11 13:31
• 40TH Alabama Consolidation — Henry Seale, Wed Dec 13 08:17
• 40th Alabama Consolidation — Alan Pitts, Fri Dec 22 11:21
• Parole of the 19th. — Hayes Lowe, Wed Dec 13 10:22
• Parole of 37th. — Hayes Lowe, Wed Dec 13 13:10
• 40TH and 46TH Ala. Inf. — Henry Seale, Thu Dec 14 12:39
• Consolidated 19th Alabama — Alan Pitts, Fri Dec 22 22:01
• 46th — Hayes Lowe, Thu Dec 14 14:35
• 46th Ala Inf. — Linda Nelson, Thu Jan 11 00:11
• James Wiley Horton, etc. — Henry Seale, Fri Dec 15 19:33
• I'll check into it and let you know. n/m — Hayes Lowe, Fri Dec 15 20:11
• 40th — Hayes Lowe, Sun Dec 10 21:36
• Plates — Bryan D. McRaven, Sun Dec 10 22:13
• 40th Ala. discrepancies. — Hayes Lowe, Sun Dec 10 07:35
• Ledbetters — B. Miller, Sat Dec 9 11:32
• Other Ledbetters. — Hayes Lowe, Sat Dec 9 08:54