Albert Thomas Dean

In 1860, going by Thomas, he was a 26 year old farmer living with his parents and 5 siblings on their farm at Evergreen, Conecuh County, AL. He enlisted in Sparta, AL on 13 March 1862 and mustered as a Private in Company E, 4th Alabama Infantry.

He was with his company in Maryland and was sent to a hospital in Frederick, MD by 12 September, left behind, and captured there.

He was in US Army General Hospital #1 in Frederick, MD to 19 September then probably sent to Fort McHenry in Baltimore for exchange. He was admitted to a hospital in Richmond, VA on 7 October and furloughed home from Farmville, VA on 22 October 1862. He was sick in hospitals from June into August 1863, then listed as absent without leave to 20 February 1864, when he was declared a deserter to the enemy. There is no Federal record of his capture or later record with the 4th Alabama.

By 1870 he was again a farmer back in Evergreen, AL but in 1880 was farming in Choctaw County, AL.

His service from his Compiled Service Records,1 online from fold3 as A. Thomas Dean; the Frederick hospital record has him in the 14th Alabama. He's also on the Confederates In Frederick List.2 Personal details from family genealogists and the US Census of 1860-1880.

He married Caroline Roberts (1842-) and they had 5 children between 1867 and 1879.

c. 1834 in AL