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O'NEAL, Alfred Moore.
Resides Florence, AL. Born 2 Sep 1844, Huntsville, Madison County, AL.
Enlisted Feb 1861, Florence, AL. 1st Lt. of Artillery, Regular Army, CSA, recruiting officer; Transferred fall 1861 to Fort Morgan, Mobile Bay, as Drill Master under Gen. Hardee, where he served until 1862; appointed by the War Department as Ordinance Officer for all fortifications in Mobile Bay and was chief of Artillery under Col. Harry Maury.
Served until the 2nd Alabama Inf. disbanded in 1862 because of time limit.
He then organized a battalion of Inf. under Col. George Forney, and was elected Capt. of Co A. Transferred to the Army of Northern Virginia, Feb 1864, and joined Davis' Mississippi Brigade, where he commanded the Sharp Shooters.
He was in all important battles from the Wilderness until 2 Apr 1865, when badly wounded and captured. Imprisoned at Old Capital Prison at Washington, and at Johnson's Island. Released 31 Jul 1865.
Service Record:
Commissioned an officer in Company E, Confederate States 1st Infantry Battalion.Promoted to Full Major.
Source: Historical Data Systems, comp, U.S., Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles, 1861-1865 (Provo, UT, USA, Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2009), Ancestry.com, Record for Alfred Moore O'Neal.
O'NEAL, Alfred Moore.
Resides Florence, AL. Born 2 Sep 1844, Huntsville, Madison County, AL.
Enlisted Feb 1861, Florence, AL. 1st Lt. of Artillery, Regular Army, CSA, recruiting officer; Transferred fall 1861 to Fort Morgan, Mobile Bay, as Drill Master under Gen. Hardee, where he served until 1862; appointed by the War Department as Ordinance Officer for all fortifications in Mobile Bay and was chief of Artillery under Col. Harry Maury.
Served until the 2nd Alabama Inf. disbanded in 1862 because of time limit.
He then organized a battalion of Inf. under Col. George Forney, and was elected Capt. of Co A. Transferred to the Army of Northern Virginia, Feb 1864, and joined Davis' Mississippi Brigade, where he commanded the Sharp Shooters.
He was in all important battles from the Wilderness until 2 Apr 1865, when badly wounded and captured. Imprisoned at Old Capital Prison at Washington, and at Johnson's Island. Released 31 Jul 1865.
Service Record:
Commissioned an officer in Company E, Confederate States 1st Infantry Battalion.Promoted to Full Major.
Source: Historical Data Systems, comp, U.S., Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles, 1861-1865 (Provo, UT, USA, Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2009), Ancestry.com, Record for Alfred Moore O'Neal.
h/of annie
O'NEAL, Alfred Moore.
Resides Florence, AL. Born 2 Sep 1844, Huntsville, Madison County, AL.
Enlisted Feb 1861, Florence, AL. 1st Lt. of Artillery, Regular Army, CSA, recruiting officer; Transferred fall 1861 to Fort Morgan, Mobile Bay, as Drill Master under Gen. Hardee, where he served until 1862; appointed by the War Department as Ordinance Officer for all fortifications in Mobile Bay and was chief of Artillery under Col. Harry Maury.
Served until the 2nd Alabama Inf. disbanded in 1862 because of time limit.
He then organized a battalion of Inf. under Col. George Forney, and was elected Capt. of Co A. Transferred to the Army of Northern Virginia, Feb 1864, and joined Davis' Mississippi Brigade, where he commanded the Sharp Shooters.
He was in all important battles from the Wilderness until 2 Apr 1865, when badly wounded and captured. Imprisoned at Old Capital Prison at Washington, and at Johnson's Island. Released 31 Jul 1865.
Service Record:
Commissioned an officer in Company E, Confederate States 1st Infantry Battalion.Promoted to Full Major.
Source: Historical Data Systems, comp, U.S., Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles, 1861-1865 (Provo, UT, USA, Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2009), Ancestry.com, Record for Alfred Moore O'Neal.
O'NEAL, Alfred Moore.
Resides Florence, AL. Born 2 Sep 1844, Huntsville, Madison County, AL.
Enlisted Feb 1861, Florence, AL. 1st Lt. of Artillery, Regular Army, CSA, recruiting officer; Transferred fall 1861 to Fort Morgan, Mobile Bay, as Drill Master under Gen. Hardee, where he served until 1862; appointed by the War Department as Ordinance Officer for all fortifications in Mobile Bay and was chief of Artillery under Col. Harry Maury.
Served until the 2nd Alabama Inf. disbanded in 1862 because of time limit.
He then organized a battalion of Inf. under Col. George Forney, and was elected Capt. of Co A. Transferred to the Army of Northern Virginia, Feb 1864, and joined Davis' Mississippi Brigade, where he commanded the Sharp Shooters.
He was in all important battles from the Wilderness until 2 Apr 1865, when badly wounded and captured. Imprisoned at Old Capital Prison at Washington, and at Johnson's Island. Released 31 Jul 1865.
Service Record:
Commissioned an officer in Company E, Confederate States 1st Infantry Battalion.Promoted to Full Major.
Source: Historical Data Systems, comp, U.S., Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles, 1861-1865 (Provo, UT, USA, Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2009), Ancestry.com, Record for Alfred Moore O'Neal.
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