B
Confederate Info.
The William Boswell that served as Pvt, Co F, 33d Ala; KIA Chickamauga, Ga Aug 20, 1863; mother Mary J. Boswell filed claim for effects.
Capt Alpheus Baker, commander of Co B, ( Eufaula Rifles) 1st Ala
Inf; owned 38 slaves, farmed more than
seven hundred acres, but his wealth was out-stripped by three of his Pvts,
Edward C. Bullock, James L. Pugh and Henry R. Shorter, men of tremendous wealth
and political power; needless to say, the three did not remain w/
the co for any length of time
