Soldiers of the 33rd Alabama Volunteers
From Butler County

contributed by Homer Jones

These are some of the men of the 33d, certainly not all who are buried in Butler:

Samuel Adams

Lt, Co G, 9th Ala Inf/Col, 33d Ala Inf; Mar 25, 1829, k. by a Sniper at Atlanta Jul 21, 1864; remains returned, interred Pioneer Cemetery, Greenville.

Charles J. Armstrong

Sgt, Co C; Apr 3, 1834; a Tax Collector, robbed and k. Dec 17, 1892; lost leg in the war; Magnolia Cemetery, Greenville.

Elkanah L. Black

Private, Co. D, 33rd AL Infantry Born Dec. 12, 1841 Enlisted Marc. 8, 1862 Paroled June 16, 1865 in Montgomery Died April 2, 1905 Buried Providence Cemetery

L.S. Black

Lytle S. Black - Private, enlisted Montgomery, May 14, 1862. Sent to Oliver Hospital, Dalton, GA, Jan. 12, 1863 Injury was "severe in left knee." Paroled May of 1865.

Robert L. Black

Born abt. 1831 Enlisted in Co. D of the 33rd March 8, 1862 Private/4th Corporal Captured Nov. 30, 1864 at Franklin, Tenn. Prisoner of War at Camp Douglas, Chicago, Ill. Died April 5, 1865 Buried Chicago City Cemetery--Block 3, Grave 1034

Levi Burkett

Corp, Co D; Sep 15, 1834-Dec 29, 1915; Union Church Cemetery, east of Georgiana.

James Cain

Co C; no dates; Oakey Streak.

W. H. Cheatham

Pvt, Co C; no dates; Fort Dale Cemetery.

Thomas Dewberry

Co C; Oct 22, 1830-Dec 29, 1917; Milner Cemetery, Jane Ave. and Morgan St, Georgiana.

James N. Dunklin

Capt, Co C/ Lt Col; Nov 15, 1834-May 20, 1877; Pioneer Cemetery.

William M. Flowers

Corp, Co C; Sep 4, 1842-Apr 29, 1907; Magnolia.

John Gamble

Capt, Co H; Aug 2, 1833- Dec 27, 1895; Magnolia.

Julius Gardner

Pvt, Co D; Aug 31, 1837-Mar 23, 1875; Magnolia.

James H. Gilbert

Co C; Apr 7, 1829-Jan 20, 1888; Damascus Baptist Church Cemetery, SE of Greenville.

James M. Goldsmith

Pvt, Co C; Apr 2, 1826-Mar 11, 1895; Magnolia.

Henry Goolsby

Pvt, Co K; Sep 2, 1830-Aug 22, 1908; Pioneer.

Isaac M. Grant

Pvt, Co C; Oct 22, 1842-Nov 29, 1922; Fort Dale.

Anderson C. Hartley

Pvt, Co I; med discharge, served later in Co K, 17th Ala Inf; Dec 30, 1832-Aug 2, 1913; Magnolia.

Cecil E. Henry

Pvt, Co C; no dates; Pioneer.

Simeon D. Jackson

Sgt, Co C; Aug 19, 1832-Oct 4, 1862; Pioneer.

Louis J. Jernigan

Co G; no dates; Mt. Carmel Baptist Church Cemetery, SE of Greenville.

William Jernigan

Pvt, Co C; 1815-1865; Oakey Streak Methodist Church Cemetery.

Samuel K. McCormack

Corp, Co H; Dec 26, 1836-Feb 9, 1912; Mt. Zion Church Cemetery, E of Greenville.

Levi Garner

Born 29 July 1836 in Garland, Butler County, Alabama. PVT, Co. D; Enlisted 14 May 1862 at Montgomery, Alabama and was honorably discharged because of a medical disability on 25 May 1864. Died 26 March 1920, buried at the Garner Cemetery.

Nathaniel M. McKellar

Pvt, Co H; Sep 18, 1839-k. Ringgold Gap, Ga Aug 31, 1863; Pioneer; d. date on marker Nov 27, 1863; Pioneer.

Edward Nix

Pvt Co C; 1817-k. in train wreck Cleveland, Tenn Nov 4, 1862; memorial marker, buried Cleveland; Oakey Streak Methodist.

John E. Nix

Pvt, Co C; 1844-k. Franklin, Tenn Nov 30, 1864; memorial, buried McGavock Family Cemetery, Franklin; grave there marked John Enix; memorial at Oakey Streak.

Stephen T. Pruett

Pvt, Co C; Apr 25, 1842-Mar 14, 1911; Oakey Streak.

Hillary J. Shine

Corp, Co C; May 6, 1842-Sep 10, 1895; Oakey Streak.

William (Willie) Jason Smith

Sergeant, Co. H, July 24,1845-August 28, 1902, enlisted 03/17/62 Greenville, AL, age 20. Present muster Mar-Dec . On list at General Hosp. Cleveland, TN, Dec 1862.

Archie R. Stallings

Pvt, Co C; Jan 12, 1831-May 18, 1898; Fort Dale.

George Washington Vickrey

Co. D, Captured Nov 30, 1864, Franklin, TN. Sent to Camp Douglas in Chicago, IL. where he died Dec 26, 1864, age 38. Buried in Grave No. 309, Block 2, Chicago City Cemetery.

Napoleon D. Vickrey
Co. D, Corporal, enlisted Mar 14, 1862, age 24. Paroled Jun 19, 1865, Montgomery, AL. Living in Monterey, Butler Co. in 1880.

John Duren Vickrey

Co. D, Sergeant, enlisted Mar 10,1862, age 26. Paroled Jun 19, 1865, Montgomery, AL. Living in Butler Co. in 1870 and 1880. Date, place of death unknown. Memorial stone erected Little Escambia Baptist Church Cemetery, Flomaton, AL.

James M. Whitehead

Pvt, Co B; Feb 21, 1839-Aug 10, 1898; lost leg in the war; Magnolia.

Frank M. Williams

Corp, Co C; Apr 9, 1839-Nov 25, 1933; Fort Dale.

James M. Young

Rgtl Orderly; Jan 27, 1846-k. near Resaca, Ga May 15, 1864; Pioneer.

Thanks to Cheryll Sumner for listings on Elkanah. Lytle S. and Robert L. Black.

Thanks to Duke Vickery for listings on George W., Napolean and John D. Vickery.

Thanks to Jo Ann McKay for the listing of Levi Garner.

If you know the name of a soldier who served with the 33rd during the Civil War who is buried in Butler County, please send the information to Mildred Stinson Brown to his name may be added to this list.

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