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.
Enlisted 8- 7- 1862 at Tuscaloosa Alabama. At the Battle
of Missionary Ridge he was wounded and sent to the
hospital at Chattanooga, Tennessee. As a result of these wounds he lost the use of his right arm and leg and
hobbled around, with the use of a cane, the rest of his life.
He drew a pension from the State of Alabama. Pension
#5902
courtsey of grgr grandson Jimmy Beams
Born 1829 in Tuscaloosa County Alabama.
James Enlisted in the Tuscloosa County Plowboys.
While in camp at Tuscaloosa County, Alabama the
Company came down with the measles and could
not leave with their original outfit and was assigned
to the last Unit to leave camp, the 38th Tennessee.
The 38th served at Ft. Donelson,Shiloh, Chickamauga,
and the Battle of Atlanta. James was killed 22 July
1864 at the Battle of Decatur Road Atlanta
courtesy of grgrgr grand niece Carol Stone
