Colonel W. Capers Bird (CSA)

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Service Records of Confederate Soldiers MyHeritage Collection 10027 MH:S500049 https://www.myheritage.com/research/record-10027-441989/william-cap... 4 William Capers BirdBirth: Circa 1837Year: 1861Age: 24State: 1861 - Florida, USAMilitary unit: First Infantry (A-B)Roll: 0025 Record 10027:441989-:

U.S. Civil War Soldiers, 1861-1865 W. Capers Bird Side Confederate Regiment State/Origin Florida Regiment 1st Regiment, Florida Infantry Company L,C Rank In First Lieutenant Rank Out Captain Alternate Name William C./Bird Film Number M225 roll 1 Other Records 1st Regiment, Florida Infantry Source Information Title U.S. Civil War Soldiers, 1861-1865 Author National Park Service Publisher Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2007.Original data - National Park Service, Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System, online <http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/&gt;, acquired 2007.Original data: National Park Service, Civil Wa Repository Information Name Ancestry.com The 1st Florida Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment raised by the Confederate state of Florida during the American Civil War. Raised for 12 months of service its remaining veterans served in the 1st Battalion, Florida Infantry from April 1862 on. In August the depleted battalion was consolidated with the 3rd Battalion into the reorganized 1st Florida Infantry Regiment again. In December 1862 it merged with the 3rd Florida Infantry Regiment and received the form it kept till the war's end as the 1st and 3rd Consolidated Florida Infantry Regiment. Fighting as part of the Army of Tennessee in the Western Theater of the American Civil War it was surrendered on April 26, 1865.

1st Regiment, Florida Infantry - Overview: Formerly the 1st Florida Infantry Battalion, was assembled in March, 1861, at Chattahoochee Arsenal. Its members were from the counties of Leon, Alachua, Madison, Jefferson, Jackson, Franklin, Gadsden, and Escambia. The unit was involved in the conflict on Santa Rosa Island, then fought at Shiloh, Farmington, and Perryville. Later it was placed in General Preston's, Stovall's, Finley's, and J.A. Smith's Brigade, and in December, 1862, it was united with the 3rd Florida Infantry Regiment. This command fought at Murfreesboro and Jackson, participated in the campaigns of the Army of Tennessee from Chickamauga to Nashville, and was active in North Carolina. The 1st/3rd lost twenty-six percent of the 531 engaged at Murfreesboro, had thirty-four percent disabled out of the 273 at Chickamauga, and totalled 240 men and 119 arms in December, 1863. Few surrendered on April 26, 1865. The field officers were Colonels J. Patton Anderson and William Miller, Lieutenant Colonels William K. Beard and Thaddeus A. McDonell, and Major Clover A. Ball. William Capers Bird was wounded both at Shiloh (1st Florida Battalion) and at Perryville and was promoted to Captain in 1862 and to Colonel in 1864.

2nd cousin 4 times removed of Stephen Wesley Kendall via the Brooks ancestors. DNA Connection confirmed by Ancestry.com "Thru Lines"

This marriage of William Capers Bird to Caroline Harper Brooks is a cousins to cousins marriage. They both share Brooks ancestors. His mother maiden ancestry is Brooks, and his wife Caroline Harper Brooks father is Preston Smith Brooks.The common ancestor is Lt. James William Brooks b. 1725 NC & d. 01/07/1812 - Franklin, Ga. He is my 5th great Grandfather - by Stephen Wesley Kendall