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Submitted: 3/8/16 • Approved: 3/9/16 • Last Updated: 3/25/18 • R117271-G0-S3
FIRST LIEUTENANT CSA
Company F 53 Alabama Partisan Rangers
Civil Confederate States Army
Dates unknown
Lucie F Dexter McIntosh applied for Confederate widows pension. See Louisiana Archives reel CP1.95 -- Microdex: 1 -- Sequence: 8
53rd Regiment Partisan Rangers was organized at Montgomery, Alabama, in November, 1862. Two of its companies had seen prior service with the 7th Alabama Infantry Regiment. Men of this command were from the counties of Autauga, Lauderdale, Macon, Pike, Coosa, Tallapoosa, Dallas, Monroe, Wilcox, Lowndes, Dale, Coffee, and Montgomery. It first served in the District of the Gulf and in December contained 517 effectives. The unit was later assigned to Roddey's and M.W. Hanno's Brigade, Wheeler's Corps. It saw action at Thompson's Station, Brentwood, and Town Creek, was involved at the Atlanta Campaign, then participated in the defense of Savannah and the campaign of the Carolinas. Only a small number surrendered in April, 1865. Colonel Moses W. Hannon, Lieutenant Colonel John F. Gaines, and Major Thomas F. Jenkins were in command. Info from National Parks Service nps.gov
Photo courtesy of Shirley Burks Wells
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