General Notes

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Daniel Littleberry Woodville "Coon" Ledbetter was a veteran of the Civil
War and had been captured and later paroled at Port Hudson, LA. He
married Mahaila Moon (Some records say no children; another says one
child) and Martha Stapler (children: Jimmie Ruth M., Daniel Hopson, and
John Wilson) and around 1875 married Mary Elizabeth "Sis" Kirkland. They
had twelve children.
"Ledbetters From Virginia" by Roy C. Ledbetter is a book which mentions
this line of Ledbetter(s).
Ledbetter Hollow is located in Marshall County, Alabama. According to
Donna Dixon; Ledbetter Hollow was on land owned by Daniel L. W. (Coon)
Ledbetter and was named after him and his family. It was back in a valley
closed in on three sides. This made it easy for him to see anyone coming
to see him long before they saw him. Arbert Ledbetter said it was a very
peaceful lovely grass covered place with a lot of story behind it. Daniel
(COON) lived there and was very much a private man. His grandson Arbert
L. Ledbetter was still alive at age 89. Daniel L. W . Ledbetter was the
brother of John H. (JACK) Ledbetter. John Daniel Ledbetter, the son of
John H. Ledbetter and nephew of Coon, had to flee Alabama in 1889 along
with his wife and 2 children. They first went to Ledbetter Hollow where
Coon helped them leave Alabama to Texas. John Daniel Ledbetter was never
to see any of his family again.
It was initially known as Hale's 31st Alabama but changed to the 49th
Alabama shortly before the Battle of Shiloh. The unit was organized near
Nashville, TN
in January, 1862. They participated in the Battles of Shiloh, Corinth,
Vicksburg, and eventually surrendered with the fall of Port Hudson, LA.
Ledbetters who served in the 49th Alabama, CSA
Ledbetter, Daniel L. -  Co. H, Pvt.
Leadbetter, Burton -  Co. C,   Pvt.
Leadbetter, Martin Van Buren - Co. C,  Pvt.
Ledbetter, Gardener C. - Co. H, 1st Lt./Captain, From Madison Co., AL
died in the service. Ledbetter died of disease (1)  He served as New
Hope, Madison Co., AL Postmaster 1859. Researched by Ron Bridges on 25
Sep 2000.
Ledbetter, Paschal E. - Co. H, Pvt.
Ledbetter, Reuben B. - Co. H, Pvt.
Ledbetter, Reuben H. - Co. H, Pvt.
Ledbetter, Silas M. - Co. H., Pvt.
The Forty-ninth regiment was organized at Nashville early in the year
1862, and brigaded in April, under Colonel Trabue, in Breckenridge's
division. It was first known as Hale's Thirty-first, and some confusion
has arisen in the documents of the War Records between the Forty-ninth
and Hundley's Thirty-first regiment, but great pains have been taken in
collecting the extracts below.
The first battle of this regiment was Shiloh, April 6 and 7, 1862, when
it was commanded by Lieutenant-Colonel Gilbreath and fought nobly, losing
quite a large number. It was warmly praised by Colonel Trabue. It formed
part of the defense of Vicksburg during 1862, when Lieut. W.H. Boggess
was killed, and again at Baton Rouge, August 15th, where it lost
severely. It followed Van Dorn to Corinth, and there again met heavy loss
in the attack on that place. The winter of 1862-63 was spent in the
vicinity of Port Hudson. for a short time General Beall commanded the
brigade, the General Buford. At the long siege of Port Hudson, the
regiment lost a number of its men; the balance were captured.
The regiment, when exchanged, was reorganized at Cahaba, and assigned to
General Scott's brigade with the Twenty-seventh, Thirty-fifth,
Fifty-fifth, and Fifty-seventh Alabama. Sent to Johnston's army, the
brigade, then in Loring's division, wintered at Dalton, taking part in
the Dalton-Atlanta campaign, continually fighting and skirmishing, but
with comparatively small loss until it came to Atlanta, where many were
sacrificed on the altar of patriotism.
The regiment, reduced to a paltry number, was merged into the
Twenty-seventh, in July, 1864, by consolidation with the Twenty-seventh
and Th