Young Alonzo Cole

In 1860 he was a 23 year old farmer living with his parents on their small place near Carrollton in Carroll County, GA. He enlisted in Bowdon, GA on 30 July 1861 and mustered as 2nd Sergeant of Company B, Cobb's Legion Infantry. He was reduced to Private, date not given.

He was captured in action at Crampton's Gap on South Mountain on 14 September 1862.

He was held at Fort Delaware to 2 October, then sent to Aikens' Landing, VA, where he was formally exchanged on 10 November. He was furloughed home to Bowdon on 15 October and was there to about the end of the year. He was again promoted to Sergeant, date not found. He was ill in Richmond, VA hospitals in May and June 1863, and again on furlough in August, but in the meantime had been appointed 2nd Lieutenant of Company B, 3rd Battalion Georgia Sharpshooters, dating from 8 June 1863.

He was again in a hospital in November, and returned to duty on 29 January 1864. He was wounded on 21 June 1864, probably at Petersburg, VA, by a gunshot to the bottom of his left foot, which resulted in amputation of his "last toe." He was sent home on 40 days' furlough on 11 July. He was in Virginia hospitals in October and November, returning to his company on 6 December. He was captured at Sailor's Creek, VA on 6 April 1865, briefly inn the Old Capitol Prison in Washington, DC, then sent to Johnson's Island near Sandusky, OH. He took an oath of allegiance to the United States there on 18 June and was released.

He moved to Jonesville, AR in 1869 (1867?) to join 3 brothers already there, and by 1870 and to at least 1900 was a farmer there. In 1902 he became a partner with his son Young, Jr. and a nephew G.B. Cole in the Jonesboro Wagon & Manufacturing Company; by 1910 he was president.

His service from his Compiled Service Records,1 online from fold3. Personal details from family genealogists and the US Census of 1860-1910. His gravesite is on Findagrave.

He married Sarah Haskey Stephens (1843-1914) in Jonesville in 1867 and they had 11 children.

09/23/1836; Carrollton, GA

05/08/1910; Jonesboro, AR; burial in Shiloh Cemetery, Jonesboro, AR