MILITARY - Ira D. Alberson served during the Civil War as a volunteer in the Choctawhatchee Rangers. Organized January 12, 1863, by Captain William Bush in Geneva County, Alabama, this unit was a typical local Confederate Home Guard Company and had over 40 men in its service. Most of these enlistees were older than 40 and some were in their seventies.
The duties of units like the Rangers were the defense of the home front and provost-type duties that included locating and returning Confederate Army deserters. Due to the sparse population of the area in which the Rangers operated, they were used to capture men who had illegally abandoned the Confederate Army and were hiding in isolated swamps along the Choctawhatchee and Pea Rivers in southeastern Alabama.
Sometimes, when the Union Army moved into the local area in which these home guard units served, they became active and necessary participants in military campaigns. For instance, the Rangers played a role in defense against the Union Army's invasion of southeastern Alabama in March 1865. This offensive resulted in the battle of Newton, Alabama, where local Confederate home guards—like the Rangers—saved the town from destruction.
Name: Ira D Albrison
Birth Date: abt 1818
Enlistment Date: 15 Jan 1863
Enlistment Place: Alabama, USA
Enlistment Age: 45
Military Branch: Militia
Company Unit Name: Choctawhatchie Rangers
Enlistment Info: Age 45, Alabama, Geneva, Private
Author: Muster roll dated Geneva, Ala January 15, 1863
Alabama, U.S., Civil War Soldiers, 1860-1865
The duties of units like the Rangers were the defense of the home front and provost-type duties that included locating and returning Confederate Army deserters. Due to the sparse population of the area in which the Rangers operated, they were used to capture men who had illegally abandoned the Confederate Army and were hiding in isolated swamps along the Choctawhatchee and Pea Rivers in southeastern Alabama.
Sometimes, when the Union Army moved into the local area in which these home guard units served, they became active and necessary participants in military campaigns. For instance, the Rangers played a role in defense against the Union Army's invasion of southeastern Alabama in March 1865. This offensive resulted in the battle of Newton, Alabama, where local Confederate home guards—like the Rangers—saved the town from destruction.
Name: Ira D Albrison
Birth Date: abt 1818
Enlistment Date: 15 Jan 1863
Enlistment Place: Alabama, USA
Enlistment Age: 45
Military Branch: Militia
Company Unit Name: Choctawhatchie Rangers
Enlistment Info: Age 45, Alabama, Geneva, Private
Author: Muster roll dated Geneva, Ala January 15, 1863
Alabama, U.S., Civil War Soldiers, 1860-1865
MILITARY - Ira D. Alberson served during the Civil War as a volunteer in the Choctawhatchee Rangers. Organized January 12, 1863, by Captain William Bush in Geneva County, Alabama, this unit was a typical local Confederate Home Guard Company and had over 40 men in its service. Most of these enlistees were older than 40 and some were in their seventies.
The duties of units like the Rangers were the defense of the home front and provost-type duties that included locating and returning Confederate Army deserters. Due to the sparse population of the area in which the Rangers operated, they were used to capture men who had illegally abandoned the Confederate Army and were hiding in isolated swamps along the Choctawhatchee and Pea Rivers in southeastern Alabama.
Sometimes, when the Union Army moved into the local area in which these home guard units served, they became active and necessary participants in military campaigns. For instance, the Rangers played a role in defense against the Union Army's invasion of southeastern Alabama in March 1865. This offensive resulted in the battle of Newton, Alabama, where local Confederate home guards—like the Rangers—saved the town from destruction.
Name: Ira D Albrison
Birth Date: abt 1818
Enlistment Date: 15 Jan 1863
Enlistment Place: Alabama, USA
Enlistment Age: 45
Military Branch: Militia
Company Unit Name: Choctawhatchie Rangers
Enlistment Info: Age 45, Alabama, Geneva, Private
Author: Muster roll dated Geneva, Ala January 15, 1863
Alabama, U.S., Civil War Soldiers, 1860-1865
The duties of units like the Rangers were the defense of the home front and provost-type duties that included locating and returning Confederate Army deserters. Due to the sparse population of the area in which the Rangers operated, they were used to capture men who had illegally abandoned the Confederate Army and were hiding in isolated swamps along the Choctawhatchee and Pea Rivers in southeastern Alabama.
Sometimes, when the Union Army moved into the local area in which these home guard units served, they became active and necessary participants in military campaigns. For instance, the Rangers played a role in defense against the Union Army's invasion of southeastern Alabama in March 1865. This offensive resulted in the battle of Newton, Alabama, where local Confederate home guards—like the Rangers—saved the town from destruction.
Name: Ira D Albrison
Birth Date: abt 1818
Enlistment Date: 15 Jan 1863
Enlistment Place: Alabama, USA
Enlistment Age: 45
Military Branch: Militia
Company Unit Name: Choctawhatchie Rangers
Enlistment Info: Age 45, Alabama, Geneva, Private
Author: Muster roll dated Geneva, Ala January 15, 1863
Alabama, U.S., Civil War Soldiers, 1860-1865
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