Hayes Lowe
40th Infantry, Co. A
Wed Sep 6 16:16:28 2000


I have found a reference that Company A of the 40th consisted of men from Pickens County and Mobile Counties. This reference is the only source that states a tie to Pickens County for Company A that I have been able to find. Can anyone confirm this connection to Pickens County?

Here is the pertinent part of the document (origin of the document is unknown):

"Hiram [Steele Fincher] enlisted as a private in Company A, 40th Alabama Infantry Regiment, when he was not yet 20 years old. Company A consisted of men primarily from Pickens and Mobile Counties, Alabama. Hiram had gone to Mobile to enlist in May, and the unit was mustered into the Confederate services at Fort Morgan, Alabama in late May, 1861."

Mr. Fincher was the son of Hilliard Judge Fincher of Sumter Co. He travelled to Mobile, presumably from Sumter Co., to join the 40th Ala. Inf.

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