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
Allen Capps
*Allen Capps
*Allen Capps died near the end of this Civil War on 14 Mar 1865 in Way Hospital No. 3, at Salisbury, North Carolina. He had joined the war 3 years before in April 1862 from Choctaw County. Allen was in the 3 Alabama Cavalry, Company F. And he was enlisted by Captain Cole as a private.
He is listed on the following company muster rolls:
30 Apr to 30 June 1863
31 Oct to 31 Dec 1863- This roll contains the following hard to read note: turned over to ---- Giod? county (or it could be company) in Ga 14 Oct 1863
31 Oct 1864
Allen appears on a report of Sick and wounded in Way Hospital No. 3, at Salisbury,
N. C. Discharged on surgeons certificate and cause of death listed as disease V. S. left lung. Date of death 14 March 1865.
At this point I have been unable to locate Allen's family.
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. Alabama Department of Archives and History, Alabama Confederate Service Cards.
, 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.".
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By Susette Cook