and the help of others like you that this site will continue to grow and be a "PLACE OF HONOR"
for our ancestors. If you have a photo of your ancestor that you would like to add to this site please
contact George Wright (E-MAIL). All Comments and replies are welcome.
Burgess enlisted April 1, 1862 at Maysville, Alabama and was wounded
at the Battle of Champion's Hill. He was taken by ambulance wagon to
the hospital in Vicksburg Mississippi and ended up in the Seige of
Vicksburg. He was paroled at Vicksburg July 11,1863. The 35th slipped
away and fought till the end of the war.
After the war he was Sunday School Superintentant at Paul's Chapel
near Ryland, Alabama. He was a Cumberland Presbyterian. He died April
25, 1917 near Ryland in Madison County, Alabama and is buried at
Ryland Cemetery
photo courtsey of Berns Miller
Company A.
buried in Lauderdale County,Alabama
courtsey of great grandson
Lloyd C. "Bill" Clemmons
