Marcus Glyn Herring

He was 8 years old when his father died. He moved to Alabama with his widowed mother in about 1856 and in 1860 was an unmarried 16 year old mechanic living with her and his sister Frances at Gold Ridge/Rockdale in Randolph County, AL. He enlisted on 6 September 1861 in Eastville, AL and mustered as a Private in Company E of the 13th Alabama Infantry. He was promoted to 5th Sergeant about February 1862 and 2nd Sergeant by April. He was appointed First Sergeant on 1 September.

He was with his company in action at Turner's Gap on South Mountain on 14 September and was wounded at Sharpsburg on 17 September 1862.

He was wounded again, by a gunshot at Davis' Farm near Petersburg, VA on 18 August 1864 - his "skull was fractured which necessitated the removal of a piece of bone 2 inches square." He was furloughed home from the hospital for 30 days on 30 August with no later military record.

He went to Mississippi in 1865 and had a blacksmith and carriage shop, then went to Hood County, Texas in 1866. He moved to Erath County, TX in 1867 and was a farmer and stockman there to at least 1900. He had retired there by 1910.

His service from his Compiled Service Records,1 online from fold3, and from the Alabama Archives.2 Personal details from family genealogists, notably Roger Lee Metcalf, and the US Census of 1860, 1880-1920. His gravesite is on Findagrave.

He married Melissa Frances Hightower (1846-1928) in October 1864 and they had 10 children. Her brother William was in Company K of the 13th Alabama, but was discharged for disability in July 1862.

05/03/1844; Fayette County, GA

02/14/1928; Morgan Mill, TX; burial in Hightower Cemetery, Morgan Mill, TX