Orderly book, 1862-1863.

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Orderly book, 1862-1863.

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Orderly book, 1862 May 3 - 1863 March 18, containing notes on daily activities. The posting of the regimental picket guard received particular attention, and the name and rank of those posted on guard duty were listed, as well as where they were posted. The officer of the day was also noted. The book covered the time the regiment was in Fla. and generally the location was noted. Locations noted included Camp Lomax, Bluff Springs, Camp Lee, Camp Hall, Camp Hunter, and Camp Henderson, all in Fla. Some entries are not in chronological order, as there are 1863 entries interspersed among the 1862 entries. Among the officers of the day were R.W. Carter, B.J. Bonham, R.B. Lewis, D.H. Lewis, W.H. Jemison, J. Shackelford, J.W. Scarbrough, John P. West, and A.P. Wilson.

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Alabama Department of Archives and History

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Alabama Department of Archives and History

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Carter, R. W.

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Confederate States of America. Army. Alabama Cavalry Regiment, 2nd.

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This regiment was organized in Montgomery, Ala., 1862 May 1. It fought first in western Florida for ten months, then in Tennessee. The regiment then harassed Sherman, and joined Gen. Wheeler. The regiment fought in the Dalton-Atlanta campaign as well, and escorted President Davis to Georgia in 1865. Among the field and staff were colonels F.W. Hunter, R. Gordon Earle of Calhoun Co., Ala. killed at Kingston, Ga., and John N. Carpenter of Greene Co., Ala. ...

Bonham, Bethel J.

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Lewis, D.H.

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Jemison, W.H.

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Shackelford, J.

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Wilson, A. Paula

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Lewis, Burwell Boykin, 1838-1885

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President of the University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa. From the description of Papers, 1843-1894. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 19865936 Burwell Boykin Lewis was a Confederate officer from Alabama. He later served in the Alabama House of Representatives and the United States Congress, and as president of the University of Alabama. From the guide to the Burwell Boykin Lewis Papers, ., 1862 and undated, (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Li...

Scarbrough, J.W.

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West, John Pettigrew

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