General Notes

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SPRADLEY, JOHN W. - Private, Co B 3rd Reserves & 4th Corporal, Co K 3rd
Reserves.  Shelby Co., AL from
http://www.rootsweb.com/~alshelby/shelby.html   under  Confederate
Soldiers, Sailors, and Marines from Shelby County Alabama and surrounding
counties. A site compiled and maintained by Stephen P. Barber.
In John's application for a pension he states he joined the 3rd Alabama
Reserves on July 1864 at Columbiana, Shelby Co., AL and was discharged
April 1865.
PVT Company "B" 3rd Reserves Organized April 15, 1864 at Columbiana.
Company "K" 3rd Reserves Organized April 21, 1864 at Columbiana. He was
4th Corporal, Company "K" 3rd Reserves Organized April 21, 1864 at
Columbiana.
3rd Infantry Regiment, Alabama Reserves:  The 3rd Alabama Infantry
Reserves Regiment was formed by the consolidation on 16 August 1864 of
independent companies which were mustered in between 15 April and 27 July
1864. Members of the unit were very young men, taken from Shelby,
Talladega, Wedowee,
Tuscaloosa County, Selma, and Columbiana. An election for field officers
was held at Selma on 5 Aug 1864, later set aside, where Major W. D.
Bulger claimed command. However, officers were later appointed by Maj.
Gen'l Jones Withers. Following the organization of the regiment at Selma,
it was sent to Mobile on board the steamer Coquette. They were first
involved in the defenses of Mobile, but they did not participate in any
fighting. In February 1865, the unit was ordered back to Selma where six
companies were assigned to guard duty at Cahaba, a POW camp. The
following month, it was reported to be at Montgomery, approximately 300
strong. As a part of the Department of Alabama, Mississippi and East
Louisiana, they were surrendered at Citronelle, AL, on 4 May 1865, by Lt.
Gen'l Richard Taylor, although some of the regiment had been transferred
in the mean time to Co. "I" of the 63rd AL Infantry, itself formerly the
2nd Infantry Regiment, Alabama Reserves.  Field and Staff Officers: Col.
William McLin Brooks (resigned, 24 Jan 1865); Lt. Col. William Douglass
Bulger; Major Whitfield Walker; Asst. Surgeons J. R. Coffman (relieved)
and John R. Little; Ass't Quartermaster Joseph D. Neeley; and Adjutant F.
M. Eckford.
SPRADLEY, HUGHEY K. - Private, Co I 18th Infantry - Died of pneumonia at
Rock Island, Ill., January 2, 1864 and is buried there. Grave #100 Out of
Shelby Co., AL.  He's most likely related to John W. Spradley.
Spradley, Uk, PVT CO I 18 ALA, Plot: 100, bur. 12/18/1964, *
Spradly, B F, PVT CO F PALMETTO, SCSS, Plot: 816, bur. 03/14/1864, *
Spradley, Benj F, d. 03/14/1864, PALMTO REGT CO L, Confed P/W, *
Spradley, H R, d. 01/02/1864, 18TH ALA REGT CO I, Confed P/W, *
Rock Island National Cemetery Moline, Rock Island County, Illinois
A record of Alabama Confederate Service Cards on microfilm, located in
Alabama Department of Archives & History, records H. H. Spradley (this is
Hughey K.) enlisting the Co. I, 18 Regt. Ala. Vols. on 19 Aug 1861
Harpersville, AL. (Harpersville is in Shelby Co., AL). Last paid: Nov.
30, 1861. The next card has him listed as buried at Rock Island Cemetery.
Grave # 100. Researched by Ron Bridges on 20 Jun 2000.
On 1 Oct 1860 John W. Spradley signed for the purchase of 160 acres in
Shelby Co., AL.  The legal land descriptions:  Nr. 1;  Allquot Parts: SE;
Sec/Blk: 6; Township: 18-S; Range: 2-E; Fract. Sect.: N; Meridian:
Huntsville; Acres: 160; and County: Shelby. The land office was in
Tuscaloosa.
John and his wife Nancy are buried near a large cedar tree. The cemetery
is located accross the road from Ebenezer Primitive Baptist Church. Ron
Bridges
Gravemarker inscription:
Weep not that his toils are done
Weep not that his road is run
God grant we rest as calmly
When our work like his is done
Ebenezer Cemetery, Shelby Co, Alabama
Spradley Post Office (historical)   Building
County:   Shelby Co., AL
See parents of James