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
Benjamin Caraway
*Benjamin F Caraway
On 18 Nov 1861 *Benjamin joined Capt. Murphy's Company, Alabama Mounted Volunteers later called 3rd Alabama Cavalry, Company F as a Private. He was enlisted by Capt. Samuel Jennings Murphy for 12 months. He was 24 years old.
Benjamin took his horse to war with him. His horse was valued at $175 and his horse equipment at $20.
I am not exactly sure which county he was living in when he enlisted. In 1860 he was in Marengo county and his Compiled Military Service records say he enlisted from Perry or Greene. In 1880 Benjamin is living in Hale county.
Benjamin was sent to the hospital at least twice. The first time was on 28 November 1862 and he was sent to the hospital in Dalton, Georgia with pneumonia. He returned to duty the next month, 17 December 1862.
A year and a month later, 27 January 1864 he was wounded near McNutte? Mill January 27 1864 sent to the hospital at Butts Gap. I am thinking that Butts Gap must have been near Montg. Springs VA. because in Ben's Compiled Military Service records there is a receipt for clothing dated 9 February 1864, gen. Hosp. Montg. Springs VA.
Ben was on the following company muster rolls:
18 Nov to 31 Dec 1861
30 Apr to 30 June 1863
31 Oct to 31 Dec 1863
There is a Compiled Military Service record for a B F Harroway and for a long time I thought that he was a different person but now I think that the clerk that created that card was in error. And that if I am able to see the original document I would be able to see that the name really was Carraway.
The compiled military service record for B F Harroway only has one entry
that lists him as paroled at Demopolis, Ala, June 14 1865.
*Benjamin F Caraway was born 1837 in North Carolina. At the age of 13 he was a student living with Cassandra Liey in North Carolina, Craven County, New Berne. It is possible that she was kin to him.
Ten years later *Benjamin was employed as Overseer in 1860 near Newburn post office, Marengo County, Alabama.
*Benjamin married Sarah T. --. Sarah was born in 1849 in Alabama. And in 1880 they were living in Hale county with three children:
i. Benjamin H Caraway was born in 1877 in Alabama.
ii. Charles Caraway was born in 1878 in Alabama.
iii. Thomas E Caraway was born in Mar 1880 in Hale county, Alabama.
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.
2. Alabama Department of Archives and History, Alabama 3 Reg file box Typed copy of Muster roll dated 31 October 1864, Alabama Department of Archives and History, Montgomery, Alabama.
3. 1880 Federal Census, Alabama, Hale county, Beat no 6 page 7.
4. 1860 Federal Census, Alabama, Marengo county, Township 18 R 5 E.
5. 1850 Federal census, North Carolina, Craven County, New Berne, page 299.
6. Alabama Department of Archives and History, Alabama Confederate Service Cards.Three cards with the names: Bnj. F, Benjamin F., B.F., Alabama Department of Archives and History, Montgomery, Alabama.Microfilm cards "From an 8 x 5 card file maintained by the Alabama Department of Archives and History from the early 1900s until 1982. As staff came across information related to Alabama individuals during the American Civil War a card was created. Information on individuals exempted from military service or who served in the militia or home guard is included. If new information was discovered from another source, another card was created. Multiple cards for an individual often exist. Sources include muster rolls, governors' correspondence, veterans' censuses, manuscript collections, newspapers and pension records. Names, places and events are often inconsistently spelled.".Bnj F. card lists the Enlistment Date: 1864/12/01 This must be a reenlistment or error.
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By Susette Cook