Francis Marion Washington

GEDCOM Note

MARRIAGE: 22 Nov. 1857 Coosa Co. Ala. to Louisa Archer.

MILITARY: 18th Alabama Infantry Company I Confederate Private Microfilm: M374 Roll 47 Died in camp, Corinth MS 22 Apr 1862 According to Civil War researcher Alan Pitts, Francis Marion Lee Washington was probably listed as E. Washington in muster rolls. Found F.M. WASHINGTON and Marion WASHINGTON; probably one in the same.

18th Regiment, Alabama Infantry

18th Infantry Regiment completed its organization in September, 1861, at Auburn, Alabama. The men were recruited in the counties of Coffee, Pike, Coosa, Butler, Jefferson, Tuscaloosa, Shelby, Talladega, and Covington. It was attached to the Department of Alabama and West Florida, then in March, 1862, moved to Tennessee. Assigned to J.K. Jackson's Brigade, the unit took an active part in the fight at Shiloh. Later it was ordered to Mobile and placed under the command of Generals Slaughter and Cumming. The 18th moved again in April, 1863, and attached to General Clayton's and Holtzclaw's Brigade fought with the Army of Tennessee from Chickamauga to Nashville. Returning to Mobile in January, 1865, it participated in the defense of Spanish Fort. The regiment totalled 858 men in January, 1861, but lost 20 killed and 80 wounded at Shiloh and fifty-six percent of the 527 engaged at Chickamauga. It sustained 209 casualties at Chattanooga and had a force of 275 effectives in November, 1864. The unit was included in the surrender of the Department of Alabama, Mississippi, and East Louisiana. Its field officers were Colonels E.C. Bullock, James T. Holtzclaw, Eli S. Shorter, and James Strawbridge; Lieutenant Colonels Peter F. Hunley and R.F. Inge; and Majors William M. Moxley, Shep. Ruffin, and Bryan M. Thomas.

Children: Sarah J. Washington, Mary F. E. Washington raised by step-father Wm. Blackerby of Shelby County Alabama.

Listed in same company: Isaiah WASHINGTON and John C. ALFORD.[washington2006cousins.FTW]

MARRIAGE: 22 Nov. 1857 Coosa Co. Ala. to Louisa Archer.

MILITARY: 18th Alabama Infantry Company I Confederate Private Microfilm: M374 Roll 47 Died in camp, Corinth MS 22 Apr 1862

Listed in same company: Isaiah WASHINGTON and John C. ALFORD. Francis Marion Washington CSA Records http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=document&guid=57814e0b-b328-4a76-8b0...