John ALEXANDER1
M, b. 12 August 1842, d. 5 May 1864
- Relationship
- 2nd cousin 3 times removed of John Kennedy BROWN Jr.
John ALEXANDER, son of William Edmund ALEXANDER Jr. and Caroline Sager, was born on 12 August 1842 in Lowndes County, Alabama.1
During the War Between the States, John ALEXANDER enlisted in Co. H, the "Lowndes Beauregards", 3rd Alabama Volunteer Infantry Regiment on 24 March 1862 in Lowndesboro, Alabama. He was recruited as a private by Captain Bonham and was later promoted to corporal. John was captured 14 Sep 1862 at the Battle of South Mountain in Boonsboro, Maryland. On 27 Sep 1862 he was admitted to Satterlee USA Hospital in West Philadelphia with a complaint of febris typhoides (typhoid fever) and returned to prison November 14th. He was paroled from Fort Delaware in Delaware to Fortress Monroe, Virginia on 15 Dec 1862. He was killed in action during the Battle of the Wilderness in Virginia.
John ALEXANDER was killed in action on 5 May 1864 in the Battle of the Wilderness, Virginia, at age 21.1
John's obituary was printed on 13 July 1864 in the Alabama Journal newspaper, published in Montgomery, Alabama. It read: "John Alexander, son of Edmund Alexander of Lowndesboro, Ala. John was born the 12th of August 1842, and fell on the field on May 5th, when charging the enemy. He was a member of the "Beauregards", attached to the 3rd Regiment of Alabama Volunteers."1
During the War Between the States, John ALEXANDER enlisted in Co. H, the "Lowndes Beauregards", 3rd Alabama Volunteer Infantry Regiment on 24 March 1862 in Lowndesboro, Alabama. He was recruited as a private by Captain Bonham and was later promoted to corporal. John was captured 14 Sep 1862 at the Battle of South Mountain in Boonsboro, Maryland. On 27 Sep 1862 he was admitted to Satterlee USA Hospital in West Philadelphia with a complaint of febris typhoides (typhoid fever) and returned to prison November 14th. He was paroled from Fort Delaware in Delaware to Fortress Monroe, Virginia on 15 Dec 1862. He was killed in action during the Battle of the Wilderness in Virginia.
John ALEXANDER was killed in action on 5 May 1864 in the Battle of the Wilderness, Virginia, at age 21.1
John's obituary was printed on 13 July 1864 in the Alabama Journal newspaper, published in Montgomery, Alabama. It read: "John Alexander, son of Edmund Alexander of Lowndesboro, Ala. John was born the 12th of August 1842, and fell on the field on May 5th, when charging the enemy. He was a member of the "Beauregards", attached to the 3rd Regiment of Alabama Volunteers."1
Last Edited=17 Sep 2010
Citations
- [S752] Larry E. Caver, Montgomery Newspapers Vol. I, pg. 71.
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