John M Elam
Birth: 31 May 1839
Death: 25 Apr 1922
(Aged 82 years, 10 months, 25 days.)
Burial: Goodwater Cemetery
Meehan, Lauderdale County, Mississippi, USA
Served in Company H, 20th Inf., Alabama as Pvt
Residence was not listed; 23 years old. Enlisted on 8/24/1862 as a Private. On 8/24/1862 he mustered into "H" Co. AL 20th Infantry He was transferred out on 4/9/1865 at Smithfield, NC On 4/9/1865 he transferred into "H" Co. AL 20th Cons Infantry He was Surrendered on 4/26/1865 at Durham Station, NC Other Information: born 5/31/1839 in Alabama died 4/25/1922 in Meehan, MS Buried: Goodwater Baptist Cemetery, Meehan, MS Sources used: - Index to Compiled Confederate Military Service Records - Mississippi Confederate Grave Registry
Residence was not listed; 23 years old. Enlisted on 8/24/1862 as a Private. On 8/24/1862 he mustered into "H" Co. AL 20th Infantry He was transferred out on 4/9/1865 at Smithfield, NC On 4/9/1865 he transferred into "H" Co. AL 20th Cons Infantry He was Surrendered on 4/26/1865 at Durham Station, NC Other Information: born 5/31/1839 in Alabama died 4/25/1922 in Meehan, MS Buried: Goodwater Baptist Cemetery, Meehan, MS Sources used: - Index to Compiled Confederate Military Service Records - Mississippi Confederate Grave Registry
Unit Details:
20th Infantry Regiment completed its organization in September, 1861, at Montgomery, Alabama. The men were recruited in the counties of Jefferson, Greene, Bibb, Perry, Dallas, Hale, Tuscaloosa, Washington, and Russell. After serving at Mobile the unit was brigaded under Generals Barton, Tracy, and S.D. Lee. It moved to Kentucky, but prior to the Battle of Murfreesboro it was ordered to Mississippi. Here it took an active part in the conflicts at Port Gibson and Champion's Hill and was captured on July 4, 1863, when Vicksburg fell. Exchanged and reorganized, the 20th was placed in General Pettus' Brigade, Army of Tennessee. It was involved in various battles from Chattanooga to Nashville and ended the war in North Carolina. This unit contained 836 men in December, 1861, sustained 58 casualties at Chattanooga, and totalled 526 men and 376 arms on December 14, 1863. During January, 1865 there were 305 present, and it surrendered with about 165. The field officers were Colonels Charles D. Anderson, James M. Dedman, I.W. Garrott, and Edmund W. Pettus; Lieutenant Colonels John W. Davis and Mitchell T. Porter; and Majors John G. Harris and Alfred S. Pickering.- This family tree contains 1 known Confederate soldier.
- Isaac Parker