Benjamin Austin | Richard Bailey | Enos W. Brazelton | William Blount | Burwell Boykin | Wesley Brown | William Bryant | James Brown | Thomas Caldwell | Benjamin Caraway | Allen Capps | George Carter | James Cathey | David Chapman | Henry L Chapman | John F. Chapman | T. W. Casay | William B Cathay | William L. Cathey
Thomas Caldwell
*Thomas J. Caldwell
*Thomas J. Caldwell joined Capt. Murphy's Company, Alabama Mounted Volunteers later called 3rd Alabama Cavalry, Company F on 6 Dec 1861 in Dallas County, Alabama at the age of 23 years. He was enlisted by Capt. Samuel Jennings Murphy as a 3 Corporal for 12 months.
*Thomas took his horse to war with him. His horse was valued at $225 and his horse equipment at $25.
On line at the Soldiers and Sailors System site http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/ , *Thomas was listed by the name Cadwell, Thomas J. Also he has been listed as Coldwell.
Thomas J Caldwell or coldwell
3corp out as private?
Thomas was a 3 Corporal when he went into service but if his rank changed durning the war, I am uncertain. Some of the cards in his Compiled Military Service record list him as a private toward the end of the war. I think it is possible that this is an error but I will have to check on it.
Thomas was sent to assist at the hospital in Chattanooga on 12 April 1863 and was still serving as assistant surgeon on 11 September 1863.
He was listed on the following muster rolls
18 nov to 31 Dec 1861
30 Apr to 30 June 1863
31 oct to dec 31 1863
*Thomas J. Caldwell was born in 1838. I do not know his family. I looked for him in Dallas county on the 1860 Federal Alabama census but I did not find him. Perhaps I will find them later.
Sources
1. United States. Record and Pension Office., Compiled Service records of Confederate soldiers who served in organizations from the state of Alabama., Washington C. C. : The National Archives, 1961-1962.Third Alabama Cavalry A-D 1861-1865 FHL#0880338.
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By Susette Cook