Edward Sims Ready

He was commissioned Captain of Company I, 3rd Alabama Infantry in April 1861. He was wounded at Seven Pines, VA in June 1862.

He commanded his Company in action near Turner's Gap on South Mountain on 14 September 1862 and was wounded and captured there.

He was promoted to Major on 30 May 1863 and assigned to command several companies of conscripts and reserve troops at Camp Watts near Notasulga, AL. They fought as Ready's Battalion at Beasley's Tank near Chehaw, AL on 18 July 1864 and elsewhere in Alabama that year, and surrendered at Montgomery, AL in May 1865.

His service from the State of Alabama.1 His command on South Mountain from a casualty list for Rodes' Brigade in the Montgomery Weekly Advertiser of 8 October 1862. Personal details from family genealogists. His gravesite is on Findagrave.

He married Amanda Sledge (1833-1896) in June 1853 and they had 5 children.

See an excellent online exhibit from William G. Wilson on the action at Beasley's Tank.

09/27/1830; Tuscaloosa County, AL

06/30/1875; Wetumpka, AL; burial in Wetumpka City Cemetery, Wetumpka, AL