John Calvin Stovall

He enlisted at Columbus as a Private in Company K, 2nd Mississippi Infantry Battalion on 1 May 1862.

He was wounded by a gunshot in action at Sharpsburg on 17 September 1862.

He was admitted to a hospital in Culpeper, VA on 2 October. On 5 December 1862 he was detailed as a shoemaker at Columbus, GA, and was there to at least January 1865.

By 1870 and to at least 1880 he was a farmer in Morgan County, AL.

His service from his Compiled Military Service Records,1 via fold3, filed under 48th Mississippi Infantry. Personal details from family genealogists and the US Census of 1870 and 1880. His gravesite is on Findagrave.

After Sharpsburg he and others of his Company signed a petition on behalf of their Lieutenant, Thomas Lipscomb.

12/22/1830; Lawrence County, AL

06/02/1899; Attalla, AL; burial in McCauleys Chapel UMC Cemetery, Gadsden, AL