Francis N. Fuller

A carpenter's son, in 1860 he was a 17 year old day laborer living with his parents and 3 siblings at Reeltown in Tallapoosa County, AL. He enlisted in Montgomery, AL on 19 July 1861 and mustered as a Private in Company F of the 13th Alabama Infantry.

He was with his company in action at Turner's Gap on South Mountain on 14 September 1862 but was captured nearby, at Boonsboro, MD, the next day.

He was held at Fort Delaware until 2 October when he was sent to Aikens' Landing, VA for exchange. He was admitted to a hospital in Richmond, VA and was furloughed home for 30 days on 20 October; he was officially exchanged on 10 November 1862. He was wounded at Gettysburg, PA on 1 July 1863 but returned to duty soon after. He was surrendered and paroled at Appomattox Court House, VA on 9 April 1865.

In 1900 he was a farmer in Reeltown, AL.

His service from his Compiled Service Records,1 online from fold3, and the Archives.2 Personal details from family genealogists and the US Census of 1860. His gravesite is on Findagrave.

He married Drusilla Elizabeth "Drue" Stewart (1852-1926) in 1882 and they had a son Homer (1890-1912).

c. 1843 in GA

05/11/1909; Tallapoosa County, AL; burial in Fuller Family Cemetery, Carrville, AL