20th Al Inf., Co. G - "Cahaba Valley Guards"

The following are men that served in this company. If you have additional Civil War information about your ancestor in this company, please use the link below to submit to me to add to the "Soldiers" section.

Officers:

DAVIS, John W. Capt. (captured, Vicksburg, 4 July 63; exchanged there, 8 July 63; Appointed, Major, 11 Feb 64, to rank from 18 Sept 63)

NAVE, George Solon, Capt. (promoted, Capt., 17 May 64, to rank from 29 April 64; wounded, Kolb's Farm, GA, 22 June 64; retired to Invalid Corps, 15 Dec 64)

CROSS, A. J., 1st Lt. (resigned, 26 Nov 61) [Note: He was Sgt. A.J. Cross Jr. of company G, 20th Alabama Inf. He was a 1st Lt. but resigned after the battle of Bakers Creek, Miss. He reduced himself in rank to 4th Sgt. He was killed on December 17th, 1864 in rear guard action during Hood's retreat from Nashville. He was probably killed at or around Spring Hill TN. He was under Lt. Gen. Steven D. Lee's command. I am not sure but I think he is buried at the Mt. Olivet cemetery in Nashville. I'm still gathering info on his exact burial spot. Nobody in the Cross family has been able to find him in over 140 years. My Mother was a Cross and he was her Great Grandad. Submitted by Scott Swann

DESHAZO, Rufus M., 1st Lt., Capt. (promoted, Capt., 15 March 64, to rank from 18 Sept 63; resigned, 29 April 64, for health problems)

CAST [COST?], Henry H. [Henry W.?], 2nd Lt. (resigned, 11 March 62)

HARRIS, Joseph West, 2nd Lt., Capt. (promoted, Capt., to rank from 15 Dec 64; paroled, Talladega, AL, 29 May 65)
The Alabama state archives have two records which could be the same soldier:
1. J. W. Harris: Private, enlisted in G/21Ala 02/16/1861 (and nothing else)
2. Joseph Harris: “Letter dated 1933/04/14 from Adjutant General's Office, Washington DC to Director, Department of Archives and History, State of Alabama: "The records show that Joseph W. Harris, 1st Sergeant, Company G, 20 Regiment Alabama Infantry, Confederate States Army was enlisted September 9, 1861, at Montevallo, Shelby County, Alabama by John W. Davis. He was appointed 2nd Lieutenant April 14, 1862. He was captured July 4, 1863 at Vicksburg, Mississippi and paroled July 8, 1863, at same place. Hospital Muster Roll of French's Division Hospital, at Shelby Springs, Alabama, for July 1 to December 31, 1863, shows him present. He was paroled May 29, 1865, at Talladega, Alabama, with rank of Captain."

Harris married Josephine Wilson in Shelby County, Alabama on December 31, 1861. My grandmother knew that he had been an officer because his bride visited him at Vicksburg and was escorted by a more senior officer on the last train out before the siege. That escorting officer was carrying a request for relief to the Confederate cavalry. I have an image of the individual surrender (attached) that he signed at Vicksburg on July 8, 1863, witnessed by a major of the 20th Ohio Infantry Regiment.
submitted by: Michael Gray

LEE, Megs M. [Martin M.?], Bvt. 2nd Lt., 2nd Lt. (died in service, 10 March 62)

STEEDMAN, James J., 1st Sgt.

BENSON, S. H., Sgt.

BENSON, William, Sgt.

CROSS, A. J., jr., Sgt.

HARPER, Elifus, Sgt.

HARPER, John S., Sgt.

LEE, Edward, Sgt.

OLDHAM, John S., Sgt.

STURDERAN, James J., Sgt.

HOLLEY, James H., QM Sgt.

ACTON, Gaines, Cpl. (died of disease, Knoxville, 3 April 62)

BAILEY, Thomas, Cpl.

DANNELLEY, John P., Cpl.

FARRINGTON, Barney, Cpl.

HAWKINS, R. S., Cpl.

LEE, Ford N., Cpl.


Privates:

ACTON, A. C.

ACTON, J. J.

ACTON, L. M. (died in service, 10 Nov 61)

ANDERSON, Columbus C.

ATTAWAY, Ezekiel W. (5 Feb 1841-15 March 1883) (enlisted, 7 Sept 61, Montevallo; honorably discharged, 8 Aug 62)

BAILEY, James I.

BENTON, Columbus S.

BLAKE, John R. (wounded, Jonesboro, 14 Aug 64; application for relief, Shelby Co., AL, 1881-85)

BLANKENSHIP, John

BRANNON, John

BREWER, John

BRITTON, Benjamin F.

BUTLER, B. F.

CARROLL, Joseph

CASHATT, Frank

CHAMPION, Franklin

COATS, James A.

CRAWFORD, J. N.

CRIBBS, H. O.

DAILEY, John W.

DAVIDSON, C. T.

DELASHAW, G. W.

DESHAZO, Albert G.

DESHAZO, Columbus P.

DRAIPER, Thomas J.

DRAKE, H. W. E.

DUNHAM, James

EVANS, John

EVANS, Solomon

FARLEY, John B.

FERRELL, W. T.

FOUST, John R.

FRAZIER, A. R.

FRETWELL, A. J.

GOIN, William

HARPER, C. F.

HARPER, Hazel S.

HARPER, William H.

HARRELL, James L.

HASSELL, J. W.

HATCHER, Theophilus

HONEYCUT, Boling

INGRAM, A. C.

JACKSON, Jessee

JACOBS, James J.

JARVIS, A.

JARVIS, George

JARVIS, Newton J.

JOHNSON, Robert F.

JONES, Larkin R.

JONES, Thomas

KEITH, L. H.

LACEY, William N.

LANPHERE, C. C.

LEE, P. H.

LEE, Warren G.

LEE, William H.

LOLLEY, Henry

LOLLY, Newton J.

LOVELADY, Frank

LUCAS, J. N.

LUCAS, Samuel L.

LYLES, John N.

MALONE, Claiborne

McADOO, James William

McBURNETT, Henry

McGAUGHEY, W. H.

MILLER, ???

MILLS, Thomas N., Musician

MONYENY, D.

MOORE, James H.

NAISH, Thomas F. - The following information was edited from his military records and provided by his gg-grandson, Benjamin Noah. Thomas' surname is/was actually NOAH. Enlisted September 9, 1861, in Company G (Cahaba Valley Guards), 20th Regiment Alabama Infantry at Montevallo, Shelby Co, AL. Furloughed from hospital at Knoxville April 4, 1862, 20 days. April 30 - October 31, 1862: Thomas Naish detailed as Brigade wagonner August 31, 1862. Left sick in KY supposed to be at Camp Dick Robinson. Jan - Feb 1863: Thos F. Naish appears on Company Muster Roll as present. Remarks: sick in camp. June 23, 1863: Thos Noah appears on a Roll of Prisoners of War sent from Vicksburg, MS, roll dated July 28, 1863 at Vicksburg. Captured at Champion Hill, MS on June 1, 1863. July 7, 1863: Thomas Nash appears on a Roll of Prisoners of War received at Military Prison, Alton, IL. Remarks, Sent to Ft Delw. Apr/64. While at Alton he was hospitaled with varioloid (a mild form of small pox) and remittent fever. April 8, 1864: Thos Nash appears on a Roll of Prisoners of War received at Fort Delaware, Del., from Alton, Ill., Roll not dated. Where captured Champion Hill, MS. Died Aug 3, 1864 from a disease incised wound. April 15, 1864: T.F. Nash appears on a Report of prisoners of war who have died at Fort Delaware, Del., from August 1 to 15, 1864. Captured at Vicksburg on June 8, 1863. Died August 3, 1864. Cause of death incised wound. Locality of grave Jersey Shore. Remarks: Stabbed in an affray with a fellow prisoner. Thomas Franklin Noah was born in 1825 in Grainger Co., Tennessee. Moved to Benton County, Alabama before 1844. His occupation on the census roles is always "farmer." I had a discussion with the historian at Fort Delaware a few years ago. He said there was a big riot between the Alabama prisoners and prisoners from Louisiana - one man died during the riot - T.F. Noah. The Jersey Shore location is now Fort Mimms National Cemetery, NJ.

NELSON, Thomas J.

PAGE, Benjamin

PAYNE, A. J.

PAYNE, George J.

PAYNE, Thomas N.

PERREY, William

PICKETT, David

PITTS, Florence

POE, Marion

ROGERS, L. R.

SCOGGIN, H. J.

SCROGGINS, George W.

SCROGGINS, William

SNOW, Eli

SNOW, Jefferson

STAMPS, Marion F.

STURDIVANT, W. H.

SWAN, James

THATCHER, Theo

TYLER, J. M.

WALLS, Charles A. (died in service, Camp Memminger, AL, 28 Feb 62)

WALLS, Ellis Haley [16 October 1844, GA-2 April 1919, Jefferson Co., AL] (enlisted, 8 Oct 61, Montevallo, AL; captured, Vicksburg; furloughed, Enterprise, MS, 22 July 63; surrendered, 2 May 65, Salisbury, NC)

WHITTINGTON, A. P.

WILLIAMS, E. B.

WILSON, J. G.

WOOD, Willis

YEARBY, D. A. W.