Pvt. (CSA) William M. Bailey

When the Civil War broke out in April 1861, their oldest son, James Ernest, wasted no time in answering President Jefferson Davis' call for volunteers. In 1863, another son, William, 17, joined his brother James' company. That same year, James Ernest Bailey died in the Battle of Chancellorsville in VA. With General Robert E. Lee calling for every able-bodied man to come and serve in the Confederate Army.

In July 1863, Green Berry and yet another son, John, hardly 16, signed up in the Alabama Infantry. Green Berry Bailey joined Company G, 61st Alabama Infantry regiment with his son John B. Wilburn Bailey on 17 July 1863. The last record of his service was on 15 October 1864. He served as a private (Civil War Record). By January 1865, Green Berry had returned to Coffee County. John and William were back home by the Fall of 1865.

William Bailey served in Company G, 61st Regiment, Alabama Infantry in the Confederate Army during the American Civil War.