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Re: Confederate deserter violence

Captain Brown participated in the Battle of Fairview

The Battle of Fairview - Coffee County, Alabama
http://www.exploresouthernhistory.com/fairview.html

The Battle of Newton
http://southernhistory.blogspot.com/2012/08/two-forgotten-alabama-battles-of-civil.html

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Winfield S. Dyess, Private, Captain John C. Brown’s Company (Confederate Guards),* [Barbiere’s Battalion, Alabama Cavalry], description: 46 year old Farmer, dark eyes, dark hair, dark complexion 6’ 1”, born in Wilkinson, George, enlisted September 25, 1863 in Coffee Co., Ala.by J. C. Brown for the war

* Organized for local defense and served with the Alabama Reserves

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George J. Dyess, Private, Captain John C. Brown’s Company (Confederate Guards),* [Barbiere’s Battalion, Alabama Cavalry], description: 19 year old Farmer, gray eyes, dark hair, dark complexion, 5’ 5”, enlisted September 25, 1863 in Coffee Co., Ala.by J. C. Brown for the war, discharged by Examining Board, 8th District no date,

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Company was enlisted September 25, 1863 in Coffee County and served as a support force to the Vol. & Conscript Bureau of Ala.

Company appears to have been in service in Jan & Feb, ’65

No muster rolls exist for this company

Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Alabama

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Dyess, George J.
He enlisted Mar-1863 Coffee County AL as a private in Brown’s Company of Cavalry. He filed for his pension in Coffee County.

Dyess, [Winfred] Scott
He died Oct 7, 1884.
He enlisted Mar-1863 Coffee County AL as a private in Brown’s Company of Cavalry. Widow filed for his pension in Coffee County
http://files.usgwarchives.net/al/coffee/military/civilwar/other/vetburials.txt

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George Jasper Dyess
Birth: Abt 1844
Marriage: 1870 - Victoria, Coffee, AL (Alabama)
Death: 1920 - Victoria, Coffee, Alabama, United States
Parents: Winfield Scott Dyess, Caroline Emiline Stricklin
Spouse: Narcissus Frances Hall

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