President Jefferson F. Davis (1808 - 1889) General Robert E. Lee (1807 - 1870)



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Soldier of the Confederate States of America






Name: John Flannery

Born: circa 1837 in Ireland

Died: n/a


Enlisted: 23rd May 1861 in Guntersville, Alabama aged 24

Discharged: n/a

Unit(s): 9th Alabama Infantry, B Company ("Railroad Guards" from Jackson and Marshall Counties)

Commanding Officer/General: General Kirby Smith; General J. H. Forney; General Cadmus M. Wilcox; General Sanders; General W. H. Forney

Unit Battle History: Siege of Yorktown, April 1862; Williamsburg, May 1862; Seven Pines, June 1862; Gaines Mill, June 1862; Frazer’s Farm, June 1862; 2nd Manassas, August 1862; Sharpsburg, September 1862; Fredricksburg, December 1862; Salem Church, May 1863; Gettysburg, July 1863; Bristow Station, October 1863; Mine Run, December 1863; Wilderness, May 1864; Spotsylvania Church, May 1864; Hanover Junction, May 1864; Athens Station, May 1864; Siege of Turkey Ridge, June 1864; Wilcox Farm, June 1864; Weldon Railroad, June 1864; Reams Station, June 1864; Crater, July 1864; Fassils Mill, August 1864; Weldon Railroad, August 1864; Reams Station, August 1864; Burgess Mill, October 1864.


Notes: (if any)

Rank: Enlisted as Private; discharged as Private

Wounds: Wounded at Sharpsburg on 17th September 1862; wounded at Gettysburg on 3rd July 1863.

Other: Occupation: farmer; not married


Acknowledgement
Data furnished by Walter H. Flannery of Hudson, Massachusetts (Flannery Clan researcher).
Sources include NARA microfilm ref. M374 roll 14.