TUSCALOOSA PRISON GUARDS
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TUSCALOOSA PRISON GUARDS
by Beasey Hendrixs Jr.
on December 13, 1861, under Captain E. A. Powell, a local attorney. It was organized for local and special
service to guard the Federal prisoners confined at Tuscaloosa. The company was mustered into the service
by Captain Elias Griswold, then commanding the Post. It was organized under an order from Major
General John H. Winder, Inspector General of Prisons to Major I. L. Calhoun, in Montgomery.
Virginia. Most of these prisoners had been captured at First Manassas (First Bull Run) during July 1861.
The other prisoners had been captured at Shiloh, Tennessee, during the battle there on April 6-7, 1862.
the prison, but there remains a question as to its having been used. Captain Elias Griswold, who had
been ordered here from Richmond for duty with the prisoners, in a letter to General John H. Winder in
Richmond, wrote that the paper mill building was unsuitable for use for several reasons. Other papers
and letters show that the Washington Hall Hotel (First National Bank location) and the Drish Building (
across the street from the hotel, presently on the northwest corner of University Boulevard and Greensboro Avenue) were used to house the prisoners who arrived here in early December.
prisoners at Andersonville Prison in Georgia, was stationed here in Tuscaloosa, until they were removed
and sent across the lines near Chattanooga, Tennessee on June 6, 1862. It is not known if Captain Powell's Company guarded the prisoners on this removal or not, but our city was now without a prison to be guarded.
The company was disbanded and he returned to his law practice. Many of the men joined the newly
reorganized company under Captain C. D. Freeman.
1861 by Capt. E. Griswold for the duration of the War.
BURTON, E. M., 1st Lt. BROWN, James
POWELL, B. F., 2nd Lt. BOLTON, R. F.
OWEN, Robt. S., 3rd Lt. BOLTON, D. J.
FREEMAN, C. D. 1st Sgt. BOON, James M.
SMITH, Tbs. V., 2nd Sgt. BAGGETT, Silas J.
JONES, Ths. J., 3rd Sgt. BOLTON, P. A.
MITCHELL, W. P., 4th Sgt. BOYD, James R.
LUNCEFORD, A. W., 1st Corp. BOLTON, Lewis
LAWRENCE, C. A., 2nd Corp. BRADFORD, John B.
SHIRLEY, Eli W., 3rd Corp. BOLTON, W. S.
FOSTER, Thomas J., 4th Corp. BYRNES, D. D.
Privates CHILDERS, Abner
ATKINS, Abner CLEMENTS, Ths. J.
ABSTON, John CLEMENTS, Newton
ARNOLD, Bernard CLARK, W. I.
ARGO, John CLARK, Samuel
ATWELL, Benjamin CLARK, Newton M.
ATWELL, W.W. COCKER, M. F.
BRADFORD, E.W. CHRISTIAN, Edward
CLARK, Jesse MARONEY, Geo. W.
DURRETT, W.L. MATHEWS, L. T.
DILL, Ezekiel MOORE, A. S.
DOSS, Benj. A.H. MOORE, G. A.
DAVIS, W.C. NOLEN, M. M.
EMERSON, Wm. T. OLIVE, E. D.
ENGLEBERT, Rowland W. PEARCE, A. R.
ENGLEBERT, Young J. PEARCE, W. S.
ELLIS, E.C. PARKER, Isham Newton
FINDLEY, Evan PRICE, John
GRAY, John B.E. PRICE, Joseph
GRAY, James T. PLOWMAN, John W.
GEESLIN, A.J. PATTERSON, John G.
GEESLIN, J.M. ROBERTSON, Henry
GOING, DeWesley RATCLIFF, Mark
GRIM, R.A. RENFROE, John F.
HARRIS, Amos REED, W. F.
HILL, Levi L. SAVAGE, Wm.
HILL, W.L. SHIRLEY, Albert
HUGHS, Marion SIMS, James
HERING, Pinckney SHACKLEFORD, Joseph
HAMNER, Marion SIMMS, Kelly
JONES, W.Z. SNYDER, Samuel
JOHNSON, Thomas M. SEXTON, John
JONES, John Q. SHELBY, James R.
JOHNSON, E.B. SHIRLEY, John S.
LOGGINS, James N. STIERS, Henry
LANCASTER; E.R. STRICKLAND, Peyton
LANGLEY, Wm. STRICKLAND, Wm.
LANGLEY, E.M. THOMPSON, Robert
MAKEY, Daniel WATKINS, Howell A.
MOORE, B.D. WRIGHT, James A..
MURPHY, Cornelius WRIGHT, George W
