William Jophet Newton Taylor
WJN was the Confederate veteran of the family. He wrote a short column in
Vol. X of Confederate Veteran magazine in 1902 describing his time in the War:

W.J.N., Taylor, of Union, Ala., who served in Company I, Twenty-First Alabama, and Company C, of the Second Alabama Cavalry, says he has noticed all sorts of claims from Confederates on their records, but none exactly like his:
"I joined the army in April, 1862, and was paroled at Meridian, May, 1865; obtained one discharge and three furloughs during the war; was in only two sieges, Fort Gaines and Spanish Fort; was in hospital about four days, at a private house several weeks; in prison at New Orleans and Ship Island six months; was not sick a day from July 1, 1862, until surrender; was not in an open fight or skirmish during the war; did not march one hundred miles during the serivice; answered every roll call when not excused."
married: Mary Thompson
      buried at Bethel Church, Ralph, AL

Children:

Dr. William T.

Mollie Brown

Nannie

Maderson

Pearl

Perrin

Alma
By:
He was being slightly modest however. The siege of Fort Gaines was in reference to Farragut's attack on Mobile Bay.The fort still stands, and Spanish Fort was a holding action against a massive Northern force in the final days of the War. Mobile was one of the last great cities to fall. Perhaps he never came under direct fire, but he was certainly close.
He signed the amnesty oath in Tuscaloosa County upon returning home.
I do not yet have information on the cavalry tour of duty. 		Scott Taylor Morris
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