20 comments

  1. Steve Mattson

    This is a good read

  2. Ellen Rogers

    Likes this.

  3. Jeanie Russell

    Hi there,

    I can’t read the names of the people in the picture because of the side bars. I am particularly interested because of the Wade McBride and would like to know the other names. McBride’s are in my ancestry.

    Thanks

    1. Robb Morgan

      Seated, left to right: Whitten; Higgins; M. B. Kirkpatrick; Ben Chapman; Leary;and Tom Scott.
      Standing, left to right: Frank Vickers; Tom Herbert; Finegan; Felix McManus; George C. Clisby; and Wade McBride.

    2. Joey Brackner

      6th Alabama Infantry reunion at Jackson’s Lake in Elmore County, Alabama. Seated, left to right: Whitten; Higgins; M. B. Kirkpatrick; Ben Chapman; Leary;and Tom Scott. Standing, left to right: Frank Vickers; Tom Herbert; Finegan; Felix McManus; George C. Clisby; and Wade McBride.

  4. Robert Kilpatrick

    There was no such thing as Elmore County until 1866, it would have been Autauga County

  5. William C. Mann

    The first line of the article is incorrect, by one word. It should say “SOME men who volunteered…” The regulations varied from state to state, and (since many units were privately raised militias) even from unit to unit in some cases. Numerous supply depots contracted with local manufacturers to produce uniforms and other goods on government contracts, and the CS government paid for the import of many goods from oversees.

    Many Confederate soldiers did have to provide much for themselves, especially toward the end of the war; but it is incorrect to imply that such was a universal norm throughout the war.

  6. Stan Boutwell

    And none of this was actually going to help.

  7. Damani

    Ms. Causes,

    I thought you’d find this article interesting: http://www.thestate.com/article135987178.html

  8. Martha Bryan

    Very interesting. Thank you.

  9. Lori Adams

    Nice one!

  10. Mary Gail Hall Thomas

    Thank you for reminding us of what our forefathers went through. I’m so proud of my Southern heritage.

  11. Alan Roach

    Direct descendant of 4th Alabama infantry veteran He surrendered at Appomattox. Walked home to Alabama

  12. June Dorsett

    Tim J. Dearinger

    1. Tim J. Dearinger

      Thanks June, love the reunion group photo.

    2. June Dorsett

      Glad you liked Tim! I thought it was neat too.

  13. Sandra Stickler

    Melanie Stickler Falconer

  14. Patrick O Sims

    I am curious and have no clue about the flannel band for dysentery. Can anyone explain? Thanks.

    1. Patrick O Sims

      Ok. I found an answer. Apparently, military doctors in particular at this time believed diarrhea and other gastrointestinal issues were caused by exposure of the abdomen to cold and a soldier catching a chill on his midsection. The band was to keep the abdomen warm.

  15. Bridget Fulmer

    Interesting

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