Horatio Gates Perry

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Memories by W. O. (William Oliver) Perry, Dallas & Perry, Alabama

I had two brothers in the army, Gates, who was killed at the siege of

Vicksburg, and L. J. Perry. L. J. Perry was in Arkansas when the war started and

was the first man to enlist in Co. A. First Regiment. He served nearly the

entire four years. He was wounded in Virginia in January 1865 and came home. Drs

Moore and Vaughan got him a place in the government stables in Selma. He was not

able to do field service as he was still on crutches. When the battle line

reached Selma, L.J. put the government mules and horses across the river near

Cahaba and saved them. He took a fine saddle horse belonging to Capt. Burke who

had organized a regiment of Summerfield men. On it, L.J. ran the Northern lines

and joined Forrest's men across the Cahaba river from Fike's Ferry. He kept the

horse until after the surrender when he returned it to Capt. Burke.