History of Coosa County: Company A, 59th Alabama, with E. J. Carlisle, 3rd sergeant
1942 · George E. Brewer, "History of Coosa County, Alabama," The Alabama Historical Quarterly, vol. 4, nos. 1–2 (Montgomery, Alabama, Spring and Summer 1942)
Named here: Edmon Carlisle, W. B. Carlisle, 4th sergeant of the same company
The book at the Internet Archive
Transcription
Page 148, headed "Fifty-ninth Alabama Regiment," opens Brewer's account (checked against the page image):
This was formed by the consolidation of the Second and Fourth Battalions of Hilliard's Legion. The Legion was composed of five battalions, organized by Col. Henry W. Hilliard at Montgomery, in June, 1862. […] They were in East Tennessee and Kentucky, at Chicamauga and Knoxville, but did most of their service in Virginia after the Spring of 1864.
After Companies C and K, page 149 continues:
Company A. was mostly from Coosa, with some from Tallapoosa. John H. Porter, captain; Alpheus Goga, 1st Lt.; W. H. Huitt, 2nd Lt.; A. J. Smith, 3rd Lt.; F. M. King, 1st Sergt.; N. H. Benners, 2nd Sergt.; E. J. Carlisle, 3rd Sergt.; W. B. Carlisle, 4th Sergt.; A. A. Collins, 1st Corpl.; G. W. Reeves, 2nd Corpl.; A. C. Honor, 3rd Corpl.; and 52 privates; 17 killed and died from wounds, 24 died of disease, 9 deserted, all after February, 1865. Captain Porter died 1902, in Coosa.
The next heading on the page is "The Sixtieth Alabama Regiment", so Company A belongs to Brewer's account of the 59th, which his page 148 heads ("Fifty-Ninth Alabama Regiment"; see the W. D. Walden record).
Citation: George E. Brewer, "History of Coosa County, Alabama," The Alabama Historical Quarterly 4, nos. 1–2 (Spring and Summer 1942): 148–149; Internet Archive item histcoosacobrew, scans n300 and n302 (confirmed from the page images), https://archive.org/details/histcoosacobrew/page/n302/mode/1up?q=Carlisle.
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| Person | Fact | Document says | Tree says | Assessment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Edmon Carlisle | Military | E. J. Carlisle, 3rd sergeant, Company A (Capt. John H. Porter), a company "mostly from Coosa, with some from Tallapoosa," in the 59th Alabama (formed from Hilliard's Legion, raised June 1862) | — | new |