Francis Edward Bayol

He enlisted as a Private, Company I (later D), 5th Alabama Infantry on 9 August 1861 in Greensboro.

He was wounded in action near Turner's Gap on South Mountain on 14 September 1862.

He was wounded again, at Chancellorsville, VA on 3 May 1863. Disabled for field service, he was detailed to the CS Quartermaster's Department at Demopolis, AL by March 1864 to at least November.

By 1880 he was a teacher in Hollow Square, Hale County, AL.

His service from the State of Alabama.1 His wounding on South Mountain from a casualty list for Rodes' Brigade in the Montgomery Weekly Advertiser of 8 October 1862. Personal details from family genealogists and the US Census of 1880. His gravesite is on Findagrave, source also of his picture, from a photograph contributed by user Kricket.

He married the widow Elizabeth West Melton Torbert (1837-1901) in 1864 and they had 10 children.

His brother Julius Honore "Jules" Bayol (1838-1862) was also in Company D of the 5th Infantry, but was killed on 1 July 1862 at Malvern Hill near Richmond, VA.

Wartime letters home from Ned and Jules, along with other family papers, are in the collection of the Virginia Historical Society [finding aid].

04/1835 in AL

1900; Greensboro, AL; burial in Greensboro Cemetery, Greensboro, AL