Balam J. M. C. Smith

He enlisted as Private, Company A, 2nd Mississippi Infantry at Corinth in May 1861.

He was captured in action on South Mountain, MD on 14 September 1862.

He was held at Fort Delaware and paroled at Aiken's Landing, VA on 2 October, then exchanged on 10 November 1862 and returned to duty. He was wounded in action, place not given, and admitted to a hospital in Williamsburg, VA on 27 July 1863 and his big toe was amputated. He reenlisted and transferred to Company K, 26th Alabama Infantry on 11 September 1863 at Orange Court House, VA. He was captured at Nashville, TN in the Winter of 1864 and imprisoned at Camp Chase, OH until paroled 8 May 1865.

He was living in Fernbank, AL by 1907.

Service information from a casualty list/roster for the Campaign provided by Michael Brasher, from his research in Compiled Service Records, Company rolls, and other period sources. Further details from the Alabama Civil War Service Database.1

10/14/1829; Gwinnett County, GA