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Re: AL Regiment at Pensacola Naval Station

There was a William H. Betts that served in the 5th Alabama Infantry Regiment and was present at Pensacola. The following is what appears in his Compiled Service Record:

William H. Betts was enlisted as a Private in Company D on May 27, 1861, at Pensacola, Florida, by Colonel Robert Rodes. He appears on the Company Muster Rolls for 1861 listed as “Present”. He appears on a Regimental Return for October 1862 listed as “Absent – Left sick at Frederick City, Md.10th Sept.” He appears on a List of Confederates admitted into U. S. A. General Hospital No.1, Frederick, Maryland. He was transferred there on September 19, 1862. He appears on a List of Prisoners of War confined September 23, 1862. He was received at Aiken’s Landing, Virginia, on September 27, 1862, paroled for exchange. He appears on a List of Prisoners confined in Military Prison at Wheeling, Virginia, on July 24, 1863. He had been captured at Martinsburg on July 19, 1863, by the 54th Pennsylvania Infantry. He was sent to Camp Chase, Ohio, on July 30, 1863. He was described as being twenty-seven years of age, 5’11” tall, with florid complexion, grey eyes, dark hair, and by occupation a farmer. He appears on a Company Muster Roll for December 31, 1863, to June 30, 1864, listed as “Absent – Prisoner since July 20, 1863.” He appears on a descriptive Roll of Prisoners of War at Camp Chase, Ohio, which states that he was transferred to Fort Delaware, Delaware, on February 20, 1864. He appears on a register of Prisoners of War at Fort Delaware, Delaware, which states that he was received from Camp Chase on March 4, 1864. His name appears as signature to an Oath of Allegiance to the United States subscribed to at Fort Delaware, Delaware. He was released on June 10, 1865.

If this is your man, I would be interested to learn more of his post-war life.

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