Tom Elmore
Alabama Color Bearers
Sat Jun 9 17:38:47 2001
Color Sgt. L.P. Ragsdale, 8 AL, was conspicuous for gallantry at Gettysburg (Source: Supplement to the O.R., pt. II, vol. 1)
Charles D. Stewart, Company H, 4 AL was listed as Ensign (A History of Lauderdale County by Jill K. Garrett)
Private? William Randolph, Company D, 44 AL, served as color bearer at Gettysburg, where he was killed (Devil's Den, by Charles E. Boyd)
Ensign Sgt. B.F.C. Russell, Company C, 47 AL, was slightly wounded at Gettysburg (Montgomery Mail, 26 July 1863)
W.A. Castleberry, 13 AL, claims to have been color bearer at Gettysburg and Chancellorsville (Confederate Veteran, vol. 19, p. 338). Three color bearers from the 13 AL were shot down on July 3, 1863 at Gettysburg and the flag was captured (Official Report)
Ensign Andrew Ecterlin, Company A, 12 AL (Partial List of Mobile Companies .. Serving in the Confederate War)
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