Captain Albert Taylor Goodwyn
58th Alabama Infantry Regiment
C.S.A.
Oakwood Cemetery, Montgomery, Alabama
Albert Taylor Goodwyn was born on December 17, 1842 at Robinson Springs in Old Autauga, the son of Albert Gallatin Goodwyn & Harriet Bibb. Albert Taylor was the grandson of Peyton Bibb, a younger brother to Alabama’s first Governor, William Wyatt Bibb.
Governor William Wyatt Bibb
Goodwyn attended the Robinson Springs Academy, and when the war broke out he was attending the South Carolina College at Columbia, SC. Having enlisted as a Private in January of 1861 as a member of the South Carolina College Cadets, he participated in the bombardment of Fort Sumter. Later he served a short term with the 45th Alabama Infantry and at one time served as Adjutant of that organization. He resigned from the 45th Alabama in July 1862. On the 20th of September 1862, Goodwyn enlisted at Montgomery, AL into Co. E, 2nd Battalion of the Georgia Sharpshooters at the rank of 1st Sergeant under Captain R. H. Whiteley. Later that same year at Chatanooga, TN the Company was transferred to the 9th Alabama Battalion, which afterward became Company K of the 58th Alabama Infantry Regiment, also known as Oliver's Company. Goodwyn was promoted to 2nd Lieutenant on March 13, 1863. He was “Acting Adjutant” of the 32nd and 58th consolidated at the battle of Lookout Mountain. He was captured at Missionary Ridge on November 25th, 1863 and sent to Johnson Island Prison in Ohio. While Goodwyn was imprisoned at Johnson Island, he was promoted to Captain. On June 13, 1865 he subscribed to the Oath of Allegiance, and was released. Upon his return home, Captain Albert Taylor Goodwyn was decorated with the Confederate Cross of Honor.
After the war, Goodwyn attended the University of Virginia at Charlottesville where he graduated in 1867. Albert Taylor Goodwyn married Priscilla Cooper Tyler on December 22, 1869 in Montgomery, AL. Priscilla is the granddaughter of the 10th U.S. President, John Tyler.
President John Tyler
Goodwyn engaged himself in agricultural pursuits near Robinson Springs.
During the years of 1874-1880, Goodwyn served as the State Inspector of Convicts. He was elected to the State House of Representative in 1886 and again in 1887. He served the State Senate from 1892-1896. Goodwyn successfully contested as a Populist, the election of James E. Cobb to the Fifty-fourth Congress of the United States, and served from April 22, 1896 until March 3, 1897. He lost his reelection bid to the Fifty-fifth Congress.
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On May 8, 1928 Goodwyn was elected “Commander in Chief” to the United Confederate Veterans. He was a member of his local camp at Robinson Springs, UCV Camp No. 396. His name is engraved on the Robinson Springs Camp UCV Monument with his fellow members.
Robinson Springs Camp 396 UCV Monument
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He resumed his agricultural pursuits near Robinson Springs and died while on a visit to Birmingham, AL on July 2, 1931. Albert Taylor Goodwyn is buried at Oakwood Cemetery in Montgomery, AL.
