He enlisted in Company A of the 1st Alabama Cavalry, as a Private on January 3, 1864, at Camp Davies, Mississippi, and was mustered in February 5, 1864, at Memphis, Tennessee. He was mustered out October 20, 1865.
He filed for Pension 17 Jun 1886, App#577265, Cert#397015
Widows Pension Filed 24 Jun 1918, App#1122438, Cert#865829
He was enrolled by Lieutenant Hinds. The Muster and Descriptive Roll recorded him as 18 years of age, 5'-5 ½” tall, having a fair complexion, blue eyes, light hair, born in South Carolina, and a farmer by occupation. The February through June 1864 Muster Rolls stated he had never received any bounty, and was sick in the General Hospital in Memphis, Tennessee. The July and August 1864 Muster Roll recorded him as present. He was mustered out October 20, 1865, with the rest of the regiment, from Huntsville, Alabama at 18 years of age. He owed the US Government $25.73 for his Clothing Allowance and $2.02 due to a Stop placed on his pay for losing one carbine sling and swivel. He was recorded as being paid a bounty of $180 and due $120 to make up for the $300 bounty due him. His name appeared on the Gayoso USA General Hospital Muster Roll in Memphis, Tennessee as a patient until July 22, 1864, when he was returned to duty. Alexander C. Williams was able to sign his own name to his Enlistment Forms.
Alexander Campbell "Bud" Williams and his brother, Joseph, were the sons of John E. Williams of Virginia. He was really only 16 years old and his brother was 14 when they enlisted in this regiment. After the war they returned home to Huntsville, Alabama but found themselves living in a Confederate "hotbed", which was not a popular place to be after wearing the Union Blue. They finally settled in Bethel Springs, Tennessee where Alexander opened a store in the 1870's and later moved to Rose Creek. He remained a Union loyalist and staunch Republican all his life and was an active member of the GAR [Grand Army of the Republic] Chapter at Sandy Flats until his death in 1918. (GMT)
He filed for Pension 17 Jun 1886, App#577265, Cert#397015
Widows Pension Filed 24 Jun 1918, App#1122438, Cert#865829
He was enrolled by Lieutenant Hinds. The Muster and Descriptive Roll recorded him as 18 years of age, 5'-5 ½” tall, having a fair complexion, blue eyes, light hair, born in South Carolina, and a farmer by occupation. The February through June 1864 Muster Rolls stated he had never received any bounty, and was sick in the General Hospital in Memphis, Tennessee. The July and August 1864 Muster Roll recorded him as present. He was mustered out October 20, 1865, with the rest of the regiment, from Huntsville, Alabama at 18 years of age. He owed the US Government $25.73 for his Clothing Allowance and $2.02 due to a Stop placed on his pay for losing one carbine sling and swivel. He was recorded as being paid a bounty of $180 and due $120 to make up for the $300 bounty due him. His name appeared on the Gayoso USA General Hospital Muster Roll in Memphis, Tennessee as a patient until July 22, 1864, when he was returned to duty. Alexander C. Williams was able to sign his own name to his Enlistment Forms.
Alexander Campbell "Bud" Williams and his brother, Joseph, were the sons of John E. Williams of Virginia. He was really only 16 years old and his brother was 14 when they enlisted in this regiment. After the war they returned home to Huntsville, Alabama but found themselves living in a Confederate "hotbed", which was not a popular place to be after wearing the Union Blue. They finally settled in Bethel Springs, Tennessee where Alexander opened a store in the 1870's and later moved to Rose Creek. He remained a Union loyalist and staunch Republican all his life and was an active member of the GAR [Grand Army of the Republic] Chapter at Sandy Flats until his death in 1918. (GMT)
He enlisted in Company A of the 1st Alabama Cavalry, as a Private on January 3, 1864, at Camp Davies, Mississippi, and was mustered in February 5, 1864, at Memphis, Tennessee. He was mustered out October 20, 1865.
He filed for Pension 17 Jun 1886, App#577265, Cert#397015
Widows Pension Filed 24 Jun 1918, App#1122438, Cert#865829
He was enrolled by Lieutenant Hinds. The Muster and Descriptive Roll recorded him as 18 years of age, 5'-5 ½” tall, having a fair complexion, blue eyes, light hair, born in South Carolina, and a farmer by occupation. The February through June 1864 Muster Rolls stated he had never received any bounty, and was sick in the General Hospital in Memphis, Tennessee. The July and August 1864 Muster Roll recorded him as present. He was mustered out October 20, 1865, with the rest of the regiment, from Huntsville, Alabama at 18 years of age. He owed the US Government $25.73 for his Clothing Allowance and $2.02 due to a Stop placed on his pay for losing one carbine sling and swivel. He was recorded as being paid a bounty of $180 and due $120 to make up for the $300 bounty due him. His name appeared on the Gayoso USA General Hospital Muster Roll in Memphis, Tennessee as a patient until July 22, 1864, when he was returned to duty. Alexander C. Williams was able to sign his own name to his Enlistment Forms.
Alexander Campbell "Bud" Williams and his brother, Joseph, were the sons of John E. Williams of Virginia. He was really only 16 years old and his brother was 14 when they enlisted in this regiment. After the war they returned home to Huntsville, Alabama but found themselves living in a Confederate "hotbed", which was not a popular place to be after wearing the Union Blue. They finally settled in Bethel Springs, Tennessee where Alexander opened a store in the 1870's and later moved to Rose Creek. He remained a Union loyalist and staunch Republican all his life and was an active member of the GAR [Grand Army of the Republic] Chapter at Sandy Flats until his death in 1918. (GMT)
He filed for Pension 17 Jun 1886, App#577265, Cert#397015
Widows Pension Filed 24 Jun 1918, App#1122438, Cert#865829
He was enrolled by Lieutenant Hinds. The Muster and Descriptive Roll recorded him as 18 years of age, 5'-5 ½” tall, having a fair complexion, blue eyes, light hair, born in South Carolina, and a farmer by occupation. The February through June 1864 Muster Rolls stated he had never received any bounty, and was sick in the General Hospital in Memphis, Tennessee. The July and August 1864 Muster Roll recorded him as present. He was mustered out October 20, 1865, with the rest of the regiment, from Huntsville, Alabama at 18 years of age. He owed the US Government $25.73 for his Clothing Allowance and $2.02 due to a Stop placed on his pay for losing one carbine sling and swivel. He was recorded as being paid a bounty of $180 and due $120 to make up for the $300 bounty due him. His name appeared on the Gayoso USA General Hospital Muster Roll in Memphis, Tennessee as a patient until July 22, 1864, when he was returned to duty. Alexander C. Williams was able to sign his own name to his Enlistment Forms.
Alexander Campbell "Bud" Williams and his brother, Joseph, were the sons of John E. Williams of Virginia. He was really only 16 years old and his brother was 14 when they enlisted in this regiment. After the war they returned home to Huntsville, Alabama but found themselves living in a Confederate "hotbed", which was not a popular place to be after wearing the Union Blue. They finally settled in Bethel Springs, Tennessee where Alexander opened a store in the 1870's and later moved to Rose Creek. He remained a Union loyalist and staunch Republican all his life and was an active member of the GAR [Grand Army of the Republic] Chapter at Sandy Flats until his death in 1918. (GMT)
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