Mobile Rifles diary, 1861-1862.

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Mobile Rifles diary, 1861-1862.

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Diary, 1861-1862, describes the troop movements of the "Mobile Rifles" after their regiment was formed in 1861. Ryder describes the trip to Lynchburg (Va.), the enthusiasm for secession in Ala. and Va., and his eventual stationing at Norfolk (Va.). Ryder adds some personal sketches to his narrative including being mistaken for a Yankee spy while surveying for maps, sneaking into Norfolk without leave, dinners and dances, and the Battle of Seven Pines.

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Alabama Department of Archives and History

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SNAC Resource ID: 6696822

Alabama Department of Archives and History

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Lomax, Tennent, 1820-1862

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Lomax was born in Abbeville, S. C. on 1820 Sept. 20, son of William and Eliza Tennent Lomax. Both died while he was still a child. He graduated from Randolph Macon College (Ga.), receiving the A.M. degree in 1841. He read law in Ala., and was admitted to the bar after which he engaged in both the practice of law, and in planting in Eufaula, Barbour Co., Ala. He raised a company of troops at the outbreak of the Mexican War, returning to civilian life in 1848, when he move...

Withers, Jones Mitchell, 1814-1890

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Ryder, C. A.

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C. A. Ryder served as a private in the "Mobile Rifles", Company K, 3rd Alabama. He enlisted when the regiment was formed in April, 1861, and served as a surveyor and drawer of maps while the regiment was in Virginia. From the description of Mobile Rifles diary, 1861-1862. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122380720 ...

Confederate States of America. Army. Alabama Infantry Regiment, 3rd. Company K.

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