John Purteman Corley, 24th Ala Regiment

[rickvox79]

I wanted to see if someone could give me more information on John Purteman Corley with the 24th Alabama Infantry Regiment. He shows listed as Purteman Corley or I even saw a misspelling with Burteman Corley. Just curious what Fold3 has and if there is any info indicating how long he served. Thanks as always!

 

[DixieRifles]

Hmm. Here are the names that I see in 24 Alabama.

Corley, Charles L.
Corley, David M.
Corley, E H
Corley, E M
Corley, Harvey L
Corley, J M
Corlise, W T
Corry, R E
Corsey, David
Corsey, J
Corskercy, J.L. and other variations
Coskney, Jame L and other variations

then there is
Carley, D M

 

[DixieRifles]

Next I tried a search for all of Alabama for John Corley.
John Corley 21 Alabama
John Corley 3 AL Reserves & 3 Battalion Reserves
Several John Corley's with other middle initials: A, M, K, W.

Ahh!
Then a search for Purteman Corley turned up a hit in 24 Alabama as you said. Wonder why I didn't see his name in the alphabetical listing? I must have been browsing in the wrong regiment. IGNORE my previsous post.

Purteman Corley
24 Alabama Company F
Nov- Dec 1862 Present
Jan - Feb 1863 Present
APril 1, 1864 Camp near Dalton, GA
Paroled Greensboro, NC 1865

 

[rickvox79]

Next I tried a search for all of Alabama for John Corley.
John Corley 21 Alabama
John Corley 3 AL Reserves & 3 Battalion Reserves
Several John Corley's with other middle initials: A, M, K, W.

Ahh!
Then a search for Purteman Corley turned up a hit in 24 Alabama as you said. Wonder why I didn't see his name in the alphabetical listing? I must have been browsing in the wrong regiment. IGNORE my previsous post.

Purteman Corley
24 Alabama Company F
Nov- Dec 1862 Present
Jan - Feb 1863 Present
APril 1, 1864 Camp near Dalton, GA
Paroled Greensboro, NC 1865

Thanks that appears to be correct. Seems to be some misspellings that make it a little more difficult to find. So looks like he was probably at Chickamauga, very nice to know thanks again!

 

[DixieRifles]

So looks like he was probably at Chickamauga

Here is a brief history. I thought they were the Alabama regiment that was defending on top of Lookout Mtn. Not so.

Twenty-Fourth AlabamaInfantry Regiment
This regiment was organized at Mobile in August 1861, and remained at Fort Morgan till April 1862. It then moved to Corinth, and was brigaded under Gen. J.K. Jackson of Georgia. The regiment was first under fire at Blackland and Farmington, with trifling loss. It shared the privations of the Kentucky campaign, but was not engaged. Placed in the brigade of Gen. Manigault of South Carolina, with the Twenty-eighth and Thirty-fourth Alabama, and two South Carolina regiments, the Twenty-fourth took part at Murfreesboro, where it lost about 100 killed and wounded. It moved back with the army to the line of the Chattanooga. In the grand forward movement at Chicamauga, the regiment bore its flag "high and haughtily in the face of Death," and lost 200 killed and wounded. It was engaged at Mission Ridge, with about 25 casualties. Having wintered at Dalton, the regiment fought all the way down from Crow Valley to Jonesboro, losing about 300 men, principally in the casualties of battle. With the army, the Twenty-fourth moved into Tennessee, and was engaged at Columbia, Franklin, and Nashville, but without severe loss in either. The regiment was part of the army that proceeded to the Carolinas, and was in the fight at Salisbury. Just before the surrender, it was consolidated with the Twenty-eight and Thirty-fourth Alabama regiments, with J.C. Carter of Montgomery as colonel, Starke H. Oliver of Mobile as lieutenant colonel, and P.G. Wood of Dallas as major. At the time of the surrender, near High Point, N.C., it was in Sharp's brigade, of D.H. Hill's division, S.D. Lee's corps, and numbered about 150 men.

Oh. When you see where two regiments consolidate, it never hurts to check the records of the other regiment to see if his name now appears in that roster. I checked the 28 AL & 34 AL and could not find a matching name.

 

[shanniereb]

I wanted to see if someone could give me more information on John Purteman Corley with the 24th Alabama Infantry Regiment. He shows listed as Purteman Corley or I even saw a misspelling with Burteman Corley. Just curious what Fold3 has and if there is any info indicating how long he served. Thanks as always!

Working on it!

 

[shanniereb]

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