Eralbun C. Reaves

He was an unmarried 18 year old farmer from Wedowee, Randolph County, AL when he enlisted in Montgomery, AL on 19 July 1861 and mustered as a Private in Company D of the 13th Alabama Infantry. He was wounded at Cold Harbor, VA on 27 June 1862 and afterward absent on 60-days wounded furlough.

He was still away from his company when they fought at Turner's Gap on South Mountain on 14 September, but rejoined them and was in action at Sharpsburg on 17 September 1862.

He was wounded again, by a gunshot too his right leg at Gettysburg, PA on 1 July 1863 and was captured there. He was treated on the field and at DeCamp General Hospital in New York Harbor, where he was paroled, date not given. He was in a hospital in Williamsburg, VA by 15 September and furloughed home on 21 September 1863. He was back on duty by February 1864 and was surrendered and paroled at Appomattox Court House, VA on 9 April 1865.

His service from his Confederate Compiled Service Records1 online from fold3, and the Alabama Archives.2 Personal details from family genealogists and the US Census of 1880-1920. His gravesite is on Findagrave.

His brother Whitfield was also in Company D, and brother Sidney was their Captain.

07/17/1843; Wedowee, AL

04/01/1924; Hot Spring County, AR; burial in Seventh Day Adventist Cemetery, Bonnerdale, AR