Governor Oates's roster of Alabama commands at Chickamauga names Capt. W. D. Walden
16 August 1895 · Birmingham Age-Herald (Birmingham, Ala.)
Named here: Westley D Walden
Transcription
The Gracie's Brigade entry, read from the image (line breaks not kept):
Gracie's Brigade.
Forty-third Alabama, Col. Young M. Moody commanding; First Alabama battalion, Lieut.-Col. John H. Holt commanding; Capt. George W. Huguley commanding; Second Alabama battalion, Lieut.-Col. Bolling Hall, Jr., Capt. W. D. Walden; Third Alabama battalion, Maj. John W. A. Sanford commanding; Fourth Alabama battalion, Maj. John D. McLennan commanding.
The governor's introduction, from the page's OCR text (outside the clipped image; checked for sense, not against the print):
Montgomery, Aug. 15.—(Special.)—Governor Oates, before his departure for Cape May, today gave the press the following communication:
To the Confederate soldiers from Alabama who participated in the battles of Chickamauga and Missionary Ridge:
On the 19th and 20th days of September—the thirty-second anniversary of the battles of Chickamauga and Missionary Ridge—there will be a grand meeting on these fields and at Chattanooga of the soldiers who participated in these battles on the Union and Confederate sides. The occasion is the dedication of a national park covering these fields. […] Below is a roster of all the commands from this state known to have participated in the battles. I also give a list of the names of at least one man, so far as I can recollect, from all of the commands which I know to have participated in the battles. Those named and all others who participated and desire to attend the dedication are requested to send their names and postoffice address to Maj. W. J. Vaiden [?], my private secretary.
Citation: Governor William C. Oates, "To the Confederate soldiers from Alabama who participated in the battles of Chickamauga and Missionary Ridge" (Montgomery dispatch of 15 August 1895, printed under a heading ending "Hotel Rates—Roster of Alabama Troops"), Birmingham Age-Herald (Birmingham, Ala.), Friday 16 August 1895, p. 3; image, Chronicling America, Library of Congress (https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn84020639/1895-08-16/ed-1/?sp=3).
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| Person | Fact | Document says | Tree says | Assessment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Westley D Walden | Military service | "Capt. W. D. Walden", named with Lieut.-Col. Bolling Hall, Jr., for the Second Alabama battalion of Gracie's Brigade, in the governor's roster of the Alabama commands at Chickamauga and Missionary Ridge (September and November 1863) | Captain, Company B, 60th Alabama Infantry (Hilliard's Legion, 2nd Battalion), 1862; death 10 October 1863, Marietta, Cobb, Georgia | agrees on the battalion (the 2nd Battalion of Hilliard's Legion) and places him at Chickamauga; on the regiment see the notes |