Co. "B" (Tallapoosa Light Infantry; initial muster at Camp Shorter, near Loachapoka, AL, 7 April 1862, by Colonel James M. Oliver, for three years or duration of the war)
Officers:
JOHNSTON, Joseph, jr., Capt. (mortally wounded, Gettysburg, and died, 18 July 63 || Brewer; Burton; NARA; Oates)
McDONALD, Thomas J., jr., Capt. (wounded, Gettysburg; paroled, Appomattox || Burton; NARA; Oates)
BAKER, Eli[e]A., 1st Lt. (rwounded, Cedar Run; KIA, 26 May 64 || Burton; NARA)
GRAY, John, 1st Lt. [5 June 1833-8 Sept 1900] (resigned, 22 Aug 63; burial: Midway Cemetery, Coleman Co., TX || Burton; NARA)
KNOX, James H., 1st Lt.
JOHNSTON, John Y. [John J.?], 2nd Lt., Major [12 June1832-7 April 1886] (promoted, Major; resigned, 13 Sept 62; burial: Sardis Cemetery, Walnut Hill, AL || Burton; NARA)
HOWELL, John H., Jr. 2nd Lt., 2nd Lt. [-3 Oct 1898] (resigned, 16 Aug 62 [26 May 64?]; burial: Coffman Cemetery, near Anna, Collin Co., TX || Burton; NARA)
SIMMONS, Henry D., 2nd Lt. (KIA, Gettysburg, 3 July 63 || Burton; NARA)
MELTON, S. W., 2nd Lt.
GARRETT, Jesse N. , 1st Sgt. (wounded, 2nd Manassas; died of disease, 14 Jan 63, Lynchburg, VA burial: Confederate Section, Old City Cemetery, Lynchburg, VA, grave 3, row 3, lot 79 || Burton; NARA)
GRAVES, William N., 1st Sgt.
ELLIOT[T], Andrew, 2nd Sgt (paroled, Appomattox || Burton; NARA)
CROSSLAND [CRASSTANT?}, John A., 3rd Sgt., 1st Sgt. (paroled, Appomattox || Burton; NARA)
FLAN[N]IGAN, Colton W. [FLANAGAN, Carlton W.?], 4th Sgt. (paroled, Montgomery, 18 May 65 || Burton; NARA)
HAYNEY, Jesse B. [Jesse H.?], 5th Sgt.
MITCHELL, Robert L., QM Sgt.
NAIL[S], Robert W., Sgt. (paroled, Appomattox || Burton; NARA)
SMITH, Francis M., Sgt. (burial: Union Methodist Cemetery, Tallapoosa Co., AL)
TALTON, Joseph J., Cpl., Sgt. (wounded, The Wilderness; paroled, Montgomery, 18 May 65 || NARA)
TIPPETT, James F., Sgt. (wounded, 11 July 64; discharged || Burton; NARA)
GRIFFITH, William James, 1st Cpl., 3rd Sgt. (paroled, Appomattox || Burton; NARA)
HAYGOOD, George F. [George T.?], 2nd Cpl. (discharged, 15 Oct 62 || Burton; NARA)
GOLDEN, William N., 3rd Cpl. [23 Feb 1834-2 Oct 1916] (wounded, Aug or Sept, 63; paroled, Montgomery, 19 May 65; burial: Evergreen Cemetery, Ballinger, TX || Burton; NARA)
DAN, J. A., Cpl.
GRAY, William, Cpl.
HOLSTON, Joseph J., 4th Cpl.
LAW, James Alexander, Cpl. [5 July 1833-5 May 1907] (wounded, Gettysburg, captured, and
exchanged; discharged, Camp Watts, AL, 1 Sept 64; burial: near Primitive Baptist Church, Equality AL || Burton; NARA)
MULLIGAN, Andrew J., Cpl. (discharged for a substitute, William Hill, Oct 62 || Burton; NARA)
NIX, Thomas [Thomas I.?], Cpl. (wounded, 2 June 64; paroled, Appomattox || Burton; NARA)
Privates:
ADAMS, Zachariah P. (paroled, Appomattox || Burton; NARA)
ANTHONY [AUNTNEY?], Richard (died of disease, 11 Sept 62, Gen'l Hospital #21, Richmond, VA || NARA)
BAKER, Andrew J. (MIA, Gettysburg || Burton; NARA)
BALLARD, William J. R. (died of disease, about 64 || NARA)
BARNES, Isaac A. (paroled, Montgomery, 17 May 65 || Burton; NARA)
BENTLEY, B. C. (paroled, Appomattox || Burton)
BENTLEY, Martin Van Buren (wounded, Sharpsburg, The Wilderness; paroled, Appomattox || Burton; NARA)
BENTLEY, Pinckney C. (paroled, Appomattox || Burton; NARA)
BISHOP, Samuel W. (wounded, 3 June 64 || Burton; NARA)
BRICE [BUCE?], John
BROOKS, Isaac M. (wounded, Gettysburg, and captured; died of wounds, 21 Sept 63, Camp Letterman Hospital || Burton; NARA)
BROWN, James (paroled, Talladega, AL, 23 May 65 || NARA)
BUCE [BRICE?], John (mortally wounded, 2nd Manassas || NARA)
BULLARD, W. J. R. [W. J. P.?]
BURNSIDES, John C. (AWOL; enlisted in 61st AL Infantry || Burton; NARA)
BURSON, Isaac J. (wounded, Gettysburg, 2 July 63; wounded, 7 Oct 64; paroled, Montgomery, 24 May 65 || Burton; NARA)
BURSON, James Asbury [1836-28 April 1916] (wounded, Chickamauga; paroled, Montgomery,
19 May 65 burial: Sweet Home Cemetery, Union Co., AR || Burton; NARA)
BURSON, William J. (paroled, Talladega, AL, 24 May 65 || Burton; NARA)
CANADA, Melton [Milton?] E. (discharged, 62 || Burton; NARA)
CARROLL, Thomas J. (paroled, Appomattox || Burton; NARA)
CLAYTON, Thomas (wounded, 3 June 64; AWOL in Clanton's Brigade || Burton; NARA)
CLAYTON, William (paroled, Montgomery, 30 May 65 || NARA)
CRADOCK [CRADDICK?], Simeon W. (wounded, Sharpsburg and in March 63; paroled, Appomattox || Burton; NARA)
DAVIS, W. E. (paroled, Montgomery, 29 May 65 || NARA)
DEES, D. F.
DELPIN, J. F.
DOZIER [DOSIER?], Solomon B. (KIA, Sharpsburg || NARA)
DUPRIEST, James F. (paroled, Appomattox || Burton)
EARLS, James R. (discharged, 12 Aug 62 ||Burton; NARA)
EARLS, James S. (AWOL, 9 June 62 || Burton; NARA)
ELLIOTT, A. J. (paroled, Appomattox || Burton)
EVANS, Elijah C. (wounded, Cedar Run; detailed to Montgomery Hospital as nurse || Burton; NARA)
EVANS, William (died in hospital, 9 Aug 62 || Burton; NARA)
FINCH, James (died in service, 15 July 63, Gordonsville, VA || Burton; NARA)
FLANIGAN [FLANAGAN?], Russell J. [1826-Jan 1899] (paroled, Appomattox; burial: Refuge Baptist Cemetery, Red Hill, Elmore Co., AL || Burton; NARA)
FLORRENCE, Aaron (wounded, Cedar Run; paroled, Montgomery, 18 May 65 ||Burton; NARA)
FREEMAN, James L.
GATES, William (also in Co. "K")
GOLDEN, Joseph (detailed as teamster; died of disease, 3 Sept 64, Richmond, VA || Burton; NARA)
GOLDSMITH, Caswell (KIA, 27 July 64 || Burton; NARA)
GRAY, Columbus B. [1 Nov 1828-26 Dec 1900] (burial: Midway Cemetery, Coleman County, TX || NARA; Widow's Pension Application)
GRAY, William (wounded, Cedar Run || Burton; NARA)
GRIFFITH, Benjamin F. (KIA, Sharpsburg || Burton; NARA)
GRIFFITH, Elijah B. (died in service, Amissville, VA, 17 Sept 62 || Burton; NARA)
GRIFFITH, John Harvel (died of disease, 17 Sept 62 || Burton; NARA)
HAGOOD, J. F. (paroled, Augusta, GA, 22 June 65 || NARA)
HALL, Henry T. (discharged, 17 Jan 65 || NARA)
HALL, James H.
HAMBY, Melton [Milton?] Martin (paroled, Appomattox || Burton; NARA)
HAMBY, Thomas N. [Thomas W.?] (captured, Sharpsburg, and exchanged; died of disease, Lynchburg, VA, 17 Sept 62; burial: Confederate Section, Old City Cemetery, Lynchburg, VA, grave 9, row 4, lot 193 || Burton; NARA)
HAMBY, William M. [William W.?] (wounded, Sharpsburg, captured and exchanged || Burton; NARA)
HARLOW, Charles
HARPER, George W. (transferred in from 8th AL Regt; wounded, 25 May 64; burial: Confederate Cemetery, Spotsylvania, VA || NARA)
HARROLL, Thomas J.
HAYNIE, John A.
HAYGOOD, Franklin
HAYGOOD, William M. (captured, Suffolk, and exchanged; paroled, Montgomery, 17 May 65 || Burton; NARA)
HAYNIE, Jesse B. [HANEY, I. B.?] (detailed as regimental blacksmith; paroled, Appomattox || NARA)
HAYNIE, John A. [HANEY, J.?] (paroled, Appomattox || NARA)
HAY[S], James W. (died of disease, Gen'l Hospital #9, Richmond, 26 Jan 63 || Burton; NARA)
HILL, James H.
HILL, William (substituted for A. J. Mullican || NARA)
HITE, Wiley J. (captured, The Wilderness, and exchanged, 15 March 65; died of disese, Howard's Grove Hospital, Richmond, 1 April 65 || Burton)
HITE [HEITE?], William (KIA, Gettysburg || Burton; NARA)
HODGE, James M.
HORNBY, M. B. [M. M.?] (paroled, Appomattox || Burton)
HORNSBY, Leonard A. [Leonard B.?] (wounded, Cedar Run; paroled, Appomattox || Burton; NARA)
HOWEL[L], Jasper [-190l] (wounded, Suffolk; detailed to guard divisional supply train; burial: Cowlington, LeFlore Co., OK || Burton; NARA)
HOWELL, Joseph E. (KIA, 2nd Manassas || Burton; NARA)
HOWEL[L], Joshua (KIA, Gettysburg, 2 July 63; burial: Gettysburg, PA || Burton; NARA)
HUDSON, John C. (paroled, Burkesville Junction, VA, April 65 || NARA)
HULL, Henry T.
HUMPHRIES, John R. (wounded, Cedar Run; paroled, Appomattox || NARA)
JAMES, G.
JOHNS[T]ON, Berry D. (wounded, Suffolk; paroled, Appomattox || NARA)
JOHNS[T]ON, Martin K. (wounded, Chickamauga; paroled, Montgomery, 15 May 65 || NARA)
JOHNSTON, Thomas (died, Howard's Grove Hospital, Richmond, 31 July 64 || Burton; NARA)
JOHNSTON, W. H. (paroled, Montgomery, 19 May 65 || NARA)
JOINER, Seaborn J. M. (wounded, Cedar Run; detailed as Ward Master at Montgomery Hospital || Burton; NARA)
JORDON, Barron DeKalb [31 Aug 1843-2 July 1863] (wounded, Cedar Run; KIA, Gettysburg || Burton; NARA)
KANADY [KENADY?], John J. (paroled, Appomattox || Burton; NARA)
KESTLER, E. N.
KNIGHT, John W. (KIA, 2nd Manassas || Burton; NARA)
KNOX, H. T.
KNOX, James M. (paroled, Appomattox || Burton; NARA)
LAND, Thomas H. (discharged, 8 July 63 || NARA)
LANE, Thomas W.
LE[A]DBETTER, James B. (also in Co. "A")
LEADBETTER, James W. (wounded, 6 June 64; paroled, Appomattox || Burton; NARA)
McDONALD, Thomas J.
McIN[I]SH, Daniel (wounded, date and place unknown || NARA)
McIN[I]SH, Duncan H. (paroled, Montgomery, 18 May 65 || NARA)
McMANUS [McMANIS?] Hue L., [Hugh T.?] (died of disease, at home, about 63 || NARA)
McMORRIS, Hugh K.
MELTON [MOLTON?], Simeon W. [8 Oct 1825-20 Aug 1911] (paroled, Richmond, 6 May 65; burial: Rosehill Cemetery, Tallassee, Elmore Co., AL || NARA)
MITCHELL, Robert P.
MO[A]TE, William (wounded, Gettysburg, and captured, exchanged || NARA)
MOTES, Ezekiel (paroled, Montgomery, 18 May 65 || NARA)
MOTES, James R. (took oath of allegiance, Louisville, KY, March 64 || Burton; NARA)
MOTES, James W. (died of disease, Howard's Grove Hospital, Richmond, 10 Jan 63 || Burton; NARA)
MOTES, John J.
MULLIGAN [MILLICAN?], John W. (died of disease, Gen'l Hospital, Staunton, VA, 26 Jan 63 || NARA)
NAIL[S], B. Daniel (wounded, Cedar Run, and in June 64; paroled, Appomattox || Burton; NARA)
PARKER, Patrick [1841-1923] (burial: Chattanooga Confederate Cemetery, Chattanooga, TN)
PINKSTON, Kindry (captured, Greene County, TN, 15 Sept 64; died as POW, Camp Chase, OH, 29 Dec 64 || NARA)
PITMAN, Alfred (discharged, 3 April 63 || Burton; NARA)
PITMAN, Stephen E. (KIA, 17 June 64 || Burton; NARA)
PIT[T]MAN, Joseph (paroled, Montgomery, 23 May 65 || Burton; NARA)
PRITCHARD, A.
PUCKSTON, G.
REESE, David F. [David T.?] (paroled, Appomattox || Burton; NARA)
REESE, J.
REEVES, Andrew W. (also in Co. "A")
RUCK, W.
SAXON, William (also in Co. "D"; wounded, Cedar Run || NARA)
SIMMONS, Allen G. (captured, Gettysburg; died as POW, Ft. Deleware, 9 Oct 63 || Burton; NARA)
SMITH, Artar
SMITH, Francis M. (paroled, Montgomery, 24 May 65 || Burton; NARA)
SMITH, John (transferred to 8th AL Regt, Nov-Dec 62 || Burton; NARA)
TAILOR, McDonald
TALTON, Newton B. (mortally wounded, Cedar Run; burial at Thornrose Cemetery, Staunton, VA || Burton; NARA)
TAYLOR, McDonald (captured, Gettysburg, and exchanged; wounded, 12 May 64 || NARA)
THREADGILL, James Allen [16 Sept 1838-3 Sept 1916] (burial: Canada/Threadgill Cemetery, near Dadeville, Tallapoosa Co., AL)
THREADGILL, William H. (wounded, 2nd Manassas; detailed as steward to Jackson Hospital, Richmond || Burton; NARA)
TIPPETT [TEPPETTE?], Francis M. (paroled, Appomattox || Burton)
TIPPET[T], William H. (captured, 7 Oct 64 and never exchanged || Burton; NARA)
UMPHRESS [UMPHERS? HUMPRIES?], John R.
VINYARD, Joseph (paroled, Montgomery, 24 May 65 || Burton; NARA)
VINYARD, William J (paroled, Appomattox || Burton; NARA)
WALDROP [WALDRUP?, James K. P. (wounded, about Sept 63 || NARA)
WALDROP [WALDRUP?], Larkin (wounded, Gettysburg; paroled, Montgomery, 16 May 65 || NARA)
WARD, Elijah B. (discharged, 13 Jan 63 || Burton; NARA)
WHEELISS [WHEELESS?], Alsey P. [Alsey C..?] (mortally wounded, 2nd Manassas || NARA)
WHEELISS [WHEELESS?], Seaborn (died in service, Gen'l Hospital #1, Danville, VA, 4 Oct 62 || NARA)
WHELESS [WHEELESS?], James N.
ZACH[A]RY, William G. [William T.?]
Sources of roster information:
Information for this roster of the Forty-seventh Alabama Infantry Regiment is taken from several sources, but primarily from Joseph Q. Burton's Historical Sketches of the Forty-Seventh Alabama Infantry Regiment, C.S.A.. All sources, other than the National Archives and Records Service [Compiled Service] records, may be considered secondary sources and therefore subject to error. Corrections to the roster are welcomed, so long as a source of information is provided.