Autauga Roll Of Honor
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Due to the lack of resources to develop and issue medals of valor, the Confederate government was never able to supply an equivalent to the US Medal of Honor. Thus the CS Congress passed an act on October 13, 1862 providing that a "Roll of Honor" be published afer each battle in lieu of medals.
The idea was to stimulate the morale and performance of the Confederate soldier. Any officer, non-commissioned officer, or private who was "conspicuous for courage and good conduct on the field of battle" would have his name inscribed on the roll.
The act also specified that the list of names be read at dress parades, published in at least one newspaper in each state, and filed in the offices of the adjutant and inspector generals.
The members of each company voted for the men in their company to be on the "Roll of Honor" after each engagement. The men so honored had their names read at assemblies of the Regiment. The names on the "Roll of Honor" were also published in the Journal of the Confederate Congress.
The "Autauga Roll Of Honor" listed here does not reflect any official "Roll Of Honor" as described above. It is merely a list of those Autaugians who died in service of the Confederacy, on or off the battlefield. This Roll is my "Tribute Of Honor" to our Autauga ancestors who made the supreme sacrifice.
(NOTE: Some men included on this list may have resided in neighboring counties to Old Autauga.)
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ALCORN, J.W. - Co.E 53rd Alabama Partisan Rangers. Died in 1863 at Tuscumbia, AL. Death claim filed on July 14, 1863 by Marshall S. Alcorn, father, at Kingston, Autauga County, Ala. Burial unknown.
ALDRIDGE, Ruben - Cox's Shaprshooters, Oliver's Company, Co.K 58th Alabama Infantry Regt. Death Claim filed on December 28, 1863 by Elender Aldridge, widow, Chestnut Creek, Alabama. Burial unknown. Probably died of disease in a hospital at Chattanooga, TN. May be buried in an unmarked location at the Chattanooga Confederate Cemetery on Third Street.
ANDERSON, Joshua - Fitzpatrick Blues, 2nd Battalion Hilliard's Legion, Company E, subsequently Company B of the 59th Alabama Infantry Regiment. Killed on July 30, 1864, Shell forehead and right side slight. Burial unknown.
ANDERSON, M.G. (Samuel C.?) - Wetumpka Light Guards, 3rd Alabama Infantry Regiment, Co. I. Killed at Fredericksburg 1863. Burial unknown.
ANDERSON, W.S. - 61st Alabama Infantry Regiment, Company I. Enlisted Septemper 1863. Mortally wounded at the Battle of Cold Harbor, Virginia. Died on June 2, 1864 at Genreal Hospital No.9, Richmond, Virginia. Burial unknown.
ATKINS, Josiah T. - Sallie Ratcliffe Guards, Co.E 44th Alabama Infantry Regt. Death claim filed on September 8, 1863 by Temp C. Atkins, widow, care of Wm. Gray in Wetumpka, Ala. Burial unknown.
ATTAWAY, William A. - Sallie Ratcliffe Guards, Co.E 44th Alabama Infantry Regt. Killed at Cold Harbor, Virginia on June 1, 1864. Burial unknown.
AVARY, Benjamin F. - Autauga Rifles, Co. G 6th Alabama Infantry Regt. Died in hospital in Richmond Virginia August 16, 1863. Burial unknown.
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