Tom
Vails in 5th Alabama Inf.
Sun Jul 29 09:11:31 2001


Jerimah Vail and Mary Funderburk lost 4 of 5 sons in war with the 5th Alabama Infantry. These men were of Catawba Indian blood (1/4):

Jeremiah Bozier Vail: Company E, 5th Alabama Infantry, died 1862 in Jackson, VA, KIA

Martin Luther Vail: Company E, 5th Alabama Infantry, died June 1863 from wounds received at Battle of Chancellorsville, Va.

John Calvin Vail: Company E, 5th Alabama Infantry, Captured at Gettysburg July 02, 1863, Died in Union prison Point Lookout, MD 1865

Jacob W. Vail: Company E, 5th Alabama Infantry, Captured at Gettysburg 1863, Died of "caries" a bone disease probably related to a fracture in prison at Fort Delaware, DelawareDecember 16, 1863

Only one son, Michael E. Vail, survived the war. It's not known if he served.

Tom

• Other Vails. — Hayes Lowe, Mon Jul 30 09:08
• still other Vails — mark l. buckley, Tue Jul 31 07:56
• Re: other Vails — Tom, Mon Jul 30 09:16
• Fort Delaware and Finns Point National Cemetery — Hugh Simmons, Sun Jul 29 15:53
• Re: Fort Delaware and Finns Point National Cemetery — Tom, Sun Jul 29 16:42
• Another Fort Delaware POW — Jim Martin (Webmaster), Sun Jul 29 16:02
• Fort Delaware Queries — Hugh Simmons, Sun Jul 29 17:34
• Thanks, Hugh! n/m — Jim Martin, Mon Jul 30 08:44