THE EASLEY FAMILY PAGE
THE GENEALOGY OF ROBERT (ROBIN) EASLEY, THE FRENCH HUGUENOT IMMIGRANT AND ANN PARKER
THROUGH GEORGE WOODSON EASLEY AND DELLA JEANETTE WHITTON AND THEIR FAMILY
MILITARY SERVICE
Not one of our American Easley males, in direct descent from Robert Easley to present, has died in the military.
| One member of
the family, serving in Confederate forces was captured at Vicksburg,
Mississippi, and
paroled because the Union army had no food left to feed prisoners. [He
was William Elbert, son of
William Easley
and Emily Alice (Ellington)
Easley].
[William Elbert was the brother of our John Ellington
Easley, our direct
ancestor. William's first enlistment was with the Alabama 4
(Russell's) Cavalry, 4th Regiment, Company H. He later re-enlisted
with Company C, 36th Infantry Regiment, Georgia] After
rejoining the Confederacy, he was killed at the Battle of New Hope Church in
Georgia. His body was returned to Talladega, Alabama for burial.
His name appears on the war memorial for those who lost their lives.
Carlos Easley see memorial below |
4th Alabama (Russell's) Cavalry RegimentRussell's 4th Alabama Cavalry Regiment was formed at Murfreesboro, TN in December 1862 by a consolidation of four companies from Nathan B. Forrest's Old Tennessee Cavalry Regiment, and six companies from the 4th Alabama Battalion. (Recruits were from Cherokee, Jackson, Lawrence, Madison, Marshall, Monroe, and Wilcox counties). Forrest's old companies had been with him for 15 months and had fought at Fort Donelson, Shiloh, and many other engagements. Shortly after its organization, the regiment was sent with Forrest on a raid into west Tennessee, fighting in the battles of Lexington, Trenton, and Jackson. It also served in John T. Morgan's and William Wirt Allen's brigades, at Parker's Cross Roads, and Chickamauga. It also was in the Knoxville and Dalton-Atlanta campaigns. Later it skirmished in the Tennessee Valley and served under Gen'l James R. Chalmers in Alabama. After the Battle of Nashville, the 4th was assigned to Forrest's Corps and was included in the surrender on 4 May 1865. Col. A. A. Russell was twice wounded and was early placed in command of a brigade, thus the regiment was under the command of Lt. Col. Joseph M. Hambrick. Field and staff officers: Col. Alfred A. Russell (Jackson County; wounded, twice); Lt. Col. Joseph M. Hambrick (Madison County; wounded, Calhoun, GA); Major F. M. Taylor (Madison County); and Adjutant Harry F. Christian (Madison) Captains, and counties from which the companies came:
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Talladega, Alabama Civil War Veterans' Memorial
| Warham Easley [our direct ancestor, Benjamin Easley's brother] went with General Jackson in 1812 to fight the British in New Orleans. Benjamin stayed in TN and took care of both families until Warham got back. Benjamin and Warham were married to the Irish, Murphree sisters. Carlos Easley |
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