Michael Cooley

In 1860 he was a 26 year old farm worker living with his parents, 3 younger siblings, and 2 slaves on their farm at Newton in Dale County, AL. He enlisted at Franklin, AL on 10 May 1862 and mustered as a Private in Company I, 38th Georgia Infantry.

He 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 and transferred for exchange. He was wounded by a gunshot to his arm in action at Fredericksburg, VA on 13 December 1862, and furloughed home from a Richmond, VA hospital on 8 January 1863. He was furloughed again, on 5 June 1863, with no later military record.

By 1870 and to at least 1900 he was a farmer at Geneva, AL.

His service from his Compiled Service Records,1 online from fold3. He's also on the Confederates In Frederick List.2 Personal details from family genealogists and the US Census of 1860. His gravesite is on Findagrave.

He married Mary Jane Register (1828-1905) and they had 2 sons (born 1853, 1855). There was a John Register who enlisted in 1862 with Michael; perhaps brother or other relation to Mary Jane.

02/06/1836 in AL

07/30/1907; in AL; burial in Big Creek United Methodist Church Cemetery, Dothan, AL