J.D.'s Civil War Ancestors
John Leonard Weeks Jeremiah Alexander Heatherly William Page
My Great Great Grandfather, William Alexander Rollo
William Alexander Rollo enlisted first in Co. A, 1st Regiment Alabama Conscripts and then Co. A, 61st Alabama Infantry. Six of his brothers also enlisted. They were Benjamin L. Rollo (captured at Fisher's Hill, VA), Jessie V. Rollo (killed at Petersburg, VA on last day of the war), Thomas H. Rollo (captured at Spottsylvania then to Elmira Prison), Miles G. Rollo, Milton A. Rollo, and James Rollo (captured at Murfreesboro, TN then to prison in Louisville, KY). Their father, Jessie G. Rollo, not only gave seven of his sons to fight but also lost his 6,000 acre plantation to carpetbaggers after the war.
Here is a list of my ancestors who fought in the Civil War (on both sides). This list will grow and is probably out of date even as you read this. NOTE: Not a single one of these listed ever owned slaves. The conflict was not about slavery. The slavery issue was used as a tool by politicians to justify the war.
John Leonard Weeks (My Great Great Grandfather) Pvt., Co. K, 16th Alabama Infantry Pvt., Co. A, Ferguson's Scouts, 1st Mississippi Cavalry Wounded 14 Oct 1863 and captured, Alton Prison 24 Oct 1863, Ft. Delaware Prison 4 Apr 1864 Pvt., Loy's Company, Roddy's 4th Alabama Cavalry Samuel Weeks (My Great Great Great Grand Uncle) 4th Sgt., Co. K, 16th Alabama Infantry Killed Apr 1862 at Shiloh, TN William Monroe Weeks (My Great Great Grand Uncle) Pvt., Co A, 5th Alabama Infantry Died 27 Mar 1863 in Prison Hospital, Nashville, TN Jeremiah Alexander Heatherly (My Great Grandfather) Pvt., Co. B, 13th Alabama Cavalry Batt., Partisan Rangers Pvt., Co. B, 56th Alabama Partisan Rangers Pvt., Co. B, 1st Alabama Cavalry (US) John William Heatherly (My Great Grand Uncle) Pvt., Co. B, 13th Alabama Cavalry Batt., Partisan Rangers Pvt., Co. B, 56th Alabama Partisan Rangers Pvt., Co. B, 1st Alabama Cavalry (US) William Page (My Great Great Grandfather) Pvt., Co. G, 41st Mississippi Infantry Wounded 19 Sep 1863 at Chickamauga William Alexander Rollo (My Great Great Grandfather) Pvt., Co. A, 1st Regiment Alabama Conscripts Pvt., Co. A, 61st Alabama Infantry Benjamin L. Rollo (My Great Great Grand Uncle) Pvt., Co. A, 1st Regiment Alabama Conscripts Cpl., Co. A, 61st Alabama Infantry Captured 22 Sep 1864 at Fisher's Hill, VA Jessie V. Rollo (My Great Great Grand Uncle) Pvt., Co. A, 1st Regiment Alabama Conscripts Cpl., Co. A, 61st Alabama Infantry Killed 9 Apr 1865 at Petersburg, VA Thomas H. Rollo (My Great Great Grand Uncle) Pvt., Co. A, 1st Regiment Alabama Conscripts Cpl., Co. A, 61st Alabama Infantry Captured 8 May 1864 at SpottsylvaniaFisher's Hill, VA, Elmira Prison 30 Jul 1864 Miles G. Rollo (My Great Great Grand Uncle) Pvt., Co. A, 1st Regiment Alabama Conscripts Cpl., Co. A, 61st Alabama Infantry Milton A. Rollo (My Great Great Grand Uncle) Record not Found-Was Listed on Pension Rolls James Rollo (My Great Great Grand Uncle) Cpl., 40th Alabama Infantry Captured Murfreesboro, TN Prison in Louisville, KY John F. Freeman (My Great Grandfather) 1st Alabama Cavalry (U.S.) Enlisted at Glendale, MS. Benjamin F. Freeman (My Great Grand Uncle) Co. B, 1st Alabama Cavalry (U.S.) Enrolled as Pvt. 18 May 1864, Decatur, AL (age 18) In Hospital 3 Feb 1865, Savannah, GA Mustered Out 9 Aug 1865, Washington, D.C. William Henry Weeks Pvt., Co. A, 16th Alabama Cavalry Joshua J. Weeks Pvt., Co. K, 16th Alabama Infantry Killed 24 Mar 1862 James A. Weeks Pvt., Co. F&H, Alabama Partisan Rangers Wiley Alexander Weeks (Cousin) Pvt., Co. B, 58th Alabama Infantry Pvt., Co. D, 5th Alabama Cavalry Captured, sent to Fort Delaware James Weeks Pvt., Co. K, 8th (Livingston) Alabama Cavalry James Weeks Pvt., Co.K, 42nd Alabama Infantry James T. Weeks Pvt., Co. H, 53rd Alabama Partisan Rangers Charles W. Weeks Pvt., Co. B, 58th Regt. Alabama Volunteers Henry Weeks Pvt., Co. A, 10th Alabama Infantry Aaron J. Heatherly (Cousin) Pvt., Co. B, 64th NC Infantry Captured at Cumberland Gap, KY 9 Sep 1863 Camp Douglas, IL 24 Sep 1863 Died at Camp Douglas 28 Dec 1863 Buried Chicago City Cemetery, grave #928 John Pickney Heatherly (Cousin) Pvt., Co. B, 64th NC Infantry Squire Heatherly (Cousin) Pvt., Co. B, 64th NC Infantry Captured at Cumberland Gap, KY 9 Sep 1863 Camp Douglas, IL 24 Sep 1863 Died at Camp Douglas 11 Sep 1864 Buried Chicago City Cemetery, grave #1100 Solomon W. Heatherly (Cousin) Pvt., Co. E, 63rd NC Infantry Captured at Cumberland Gap, KY 9 Sep 1863 Camp Douglas, IL 24 Sep 1863 Died at Camp Douglas 3 Jan 1865 Buried Chicago City Cemetery, grave #384, block 2 Pleasant Heatherly (Cousin) Pvt., Co. B, 64th NC Infantry Captured at Cumberland Gap, KY 9 Sep 1863 Camp Douglas, IL 24 Sep 1863 Died at Camp Douglas 5 Dec 1863 Buried Chicago City Cemetery, grave #883 Martin Taylor Pvt., Co. K, 16th Alabama Infantry James H. Butler Pvt., Co. K, 16th Alabama Infantry Bisha W. Tarwater Pvt., Co. K, 16th Alabama Infantry Wounded Apr 1862 at Shiloh, TN James Bussey (Cousin) Pvt., Co. K, 16th Alabama Infantry Zachariah Bussey (Cousin) Pvt., Co. F, 15th Alabama Infantry Jesse Sandlin (Great Great Grand Uncle) Pvt., Co. H, 58th Illinois Infantry (US) Daniel J. "Devil Dan" Sandlin (Great Grand Uncle) Pvt., Co. B, 65th Illinois Infantry James Jackson Vest (Great Great Grand Uncle) Confederate Izard Co. Arkansas George Washington Vest (Great Great Grand Uncle) Pvt., Co. K, 1st Alabama Cavalry (US) James Bussey (Cousin) Pvt., Co. F, 15th Alabama Infantry James R. Bussey (Cousin) Pvt., Co. F, 22nd Georgia Regt.
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