Composite photograph of eight Confederate generals, with Jefferson Davis in the center. The generals are: A. P. Hill, Jeb Stuart, Braxton Bragg, Joseph E. Johnston, John Hunt Morgan, Stonewall Jackson, and P. G. T. Beauregard. (The general at the...
Confederate Chieftains: Jefferson Davis, President of the Confederate States of America; Alexander Hamilton Stephens, Vice-President of the Confederate States of America; Judah Phillip Benjamin, Secretary of State, Confederate States of America;...
During the war, Warrick served in the Coosa Home Guards, and he was a private in Company C of the 34th Alabama Infantry. In he letter he discusses his desire to go home: "...it is rumerd here in camps that the yanky is falling back to Nashville...I...
Dunlap entered the war as a private in Company K, 3rd Alabama Infantry, C.S.A. He was promoted to a sergeant major in August 1863, and he became first lieutenant and adjutant of the regiment shortly after that.
Murphree was a private in Company E of the 6th Alabama Infantry, C.S.A., and he later transferred to Company H of the 57th Alabama regiment as a second lieutenant.
James H. Bickerstaff later rose to the rank of lieutenant in Co.I, 34th Alabama Infantry, C.S.A. Photograph probably reproduced from image published in the Confederate Veteran magazine.
Image is from Confederate Veteran, vol. 5, pg 481, which says, "This engraving is taken from a picture while Lieutenant in Company B, 11th Alabama Regiment."
Polk was killed at Pine Mountain outside Atlanta on June 14, 1864. This sketch by J. Ricon (done in pencil, ink, and watercolor) is in the museum collection at the Alabama Department of Archives and History.
During the Civil War, Gutherz served in the First Tennessee Volunteer Regiment, C.S.A. This sketch (done in ink and watercolor) is in the museum collection at the Alabama Department of Archives and History.
Pencil sketch by Fred G. Gutherz, depicting a soldier (probably Gutherz himself) working on drawings or maps at a desk beside a wagon. The sketch is in the museum collection at the Alabama Department of Archives and History.
Private Augustus M. Gordon and fellow private. Gordon later became lieutenant colonel of the 6th Alabama Infantry, C.S.A., and was killed at Chancellorsville. Image from Confederate Veteran, vol. 6, pg. 376.
Vance became a sergeant in Co. G, 11th Alabama Infantry, but this photo was taken prior to that time. The image is of a daguerreptype reprinted in the Confederate Veteran, vol. 7.
William Bryan Hutton, attained the rank of 2nd Lieutenant, Co. A, 5th Ala. Battalion, C.S.A. He appears to be wearing a private's uniform in this image. He was killed at Chancellorsville. Image from Confederate Veteran, vol. 8, pg. 328.