- Joined
- Jan 16, 2015
A few examples from my files:
(CSA) Company A, 4th Alabama: As of April 1861, the roll included 15 farmers, 15 soldiers, 12 merchants, 11 clerks, 6 lawyers, 6 students, 2 artists, 2 printers, 2 engineers, 1 editor, 1 physician, 1 “P.M.”, 1 teacher, 1 telegraph operator, 1 machinist, 1 mechanic and 1 dentist. (Reuben Vaughan Kidd, Soldier of the Confederacy, by Alice V. D. Pierrepont)
(CSA) Company G, 11th Mississippi: In the company were 51 farmers, 47 students, 20 clerks, 5 merchants, 3 mechanics, 3 lawyers, 3 professors or teachers, 2 medical students, 1 minister, 1 physician, 1 deputy sheriff, 1 telegraph operator and 1 tombstone agent. (Lamar Rifles, A History of Company G, Eleventh Mississippi Regiment, C.S.A., May, 1861 to April, 1865)
(USA) 149th Pennsylvania: 530 farmers, 340 laborers, 63 carpenters, 47 shoemakers, 39 lumbermen, 35 blacksmiths, 29 teachers, 21 clerks, 18 millers, 14 students, 13 bricklayers/masons, 13 tailors, 11 engineers, 11 saddlers, 10 boatmen, 10 plasterers, 10 teamsters, 9 moulders, 9 salesmen, 9 sawers, 8 miners, 7 cabinetmakers, 7 wagonmakers, 5 coopers, 5 machinists, 5 merchants, 5 tanners, 4 butchers, 4 nailers, 4 tobacconists, 3 bakers, 3 nailcutters, 3 railroad agents, 3 railroaders, 4 mechanics, 4 printers, 3 brickmakers, 3 millwrights, 3 painters, 3 stonecutters, 2 artists, 2 clockmakers, 2 coachmakers, 2 jewelers, 1 barber, 1 boatbuilder, 1 bookbinder, 1 builder, 1 carter, 1 cigarmaker, 1 distiller, 1 doctor, 1 druggist, 1 farrier, 1 fencemaker, 1 fireman, 1 gardener, 1 hosemaker, 1 hostler, 1 innkeeper, 1 lawyer, 1 minister, 1 potter, 1 quarryman, 1 roller, 1 sailor, 1 soapmaker, 1 tinker and 1 wheelright. (The 149th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry Unit in the Civil War, by Richard E. Matthews, Jefferson, NC and London: McFarland & Company, Inc., 1994)
(USA) Company F, 12th New Jersey: At enlistment, the company had 77 farmers, 4 shoemakers, 4 clerks, 3 millers, 3 carpenters, 2 wheelwrights, 1 harnessmaker, 1 tinsmith, 1 boatman, 1 painter, 1 basketmaker, 1 bartender and 1 undertaker.
(USA) 46th Pennsylvania: 16 farmers, 11 carpenters, 11 laborers, 5 blacksmiths, 5 shoemakers, 5 tailors, 3 boatmen, 3 millers, 3 students, 3 teamsters, 2 bricklayers, 2 clerks, 2 painters, 2 wagonmakers, 1 cabinetmaker, 1 clerk/machinist, 1 collier, 1 druggist, 1 gentleman, 1 lime burner, 1 moulder, 1 printer, 1 railroader, 1 saddler and 1 schoolmaster. (An Uncommon Look at the Common Soldier, by Benjamin E. Myers, Civil War Times, August 2016, p. 29)
(CSA) Company A, 4th Alabama: As of April 1861, the roll included 15 farmers, 15 soldiers, 12 merchants, 11 clerks, 6 lawyers, 6 students, 2 artists, 2 printers, 2 engineers, 1 editor, 1 physician, 1 “P.M.”, 1 teacher, 1 telegraph operator, 1 machinist, 1 mechanic and 1 dentist. (Reuben Vaughan Kidd, Soldier of the Confederacy, by Alice V. D. Pierrepont)
(CSA) Company G, 11th Mississippi: In the company were 51 farmers, 47 students, 20 clerks, 5 merchants, 3 mechanics, 3 lawyers, 3 professors or teachers, 2 medical students, 1 minister, 1 physician, 1 deputy sheriff, 1 telegraph operator and 1 tombstone agent. (Lamar Rifles, A History of Company G, Eleventh Mississippi Regiment, C.S.A., May, 1861 to April, 1865)
(USA) 149th Pennsylvania: 530 farmers, 340 laborers, 63 carpenters, 47 shoemakers, 39 lumbermen, 35 blacksmiths, 29 teachers, 21 clerks, 18 millers, 14 students, 13 bricklayers/masons, 13 tailors, 11 engineers, 11 saddlers, 10 boatmen, 10 plasterers, 10 teamsters, 9 moulders, 9 salesmen, 9 sawers, 8 miners, 7 cabinetmakers, 7 wagonmakers, 5 coopers, 5 machinists, 5 merchants, 5 tanners, 4 butchers, 4 nailers, 4 tobacconists, 3 bakers, 3 nailcutters, 3 railroad agents, 3 railroaders, 4 mechanics, 4 printers, 3 brickmakers, 3 millwrights, 3 painters, 3 stonecutters, 2 artists, 2 clockmakers, 2 coachmakers, 2 jewelers, 1 barber, 1 boatbuilder, 1 bookbinder, 1 builder, 1 carter, 1 cigarmaker, 1 distiller, 1 doctor, 1 druggist, 1 farrier, 1 fencemaker, 1 fireman, 1 gardener, 1 hosemaker, 1 hostler, 1 innkeeper, 1 lawyer, 1 minister, 1 potter, 1 quarryman, 1 roller, 1 sailor, 1 soapmaker, 1 tinker and 1 wheelright. (The 149th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry Unit in the Civil War, by Richard E. Matthews, Jefferson, NC and London: McFarland & Company, Inc., 1994)
(USA) Company F, 12th New Jersey: At enlistment, the company had 77 farmers, 4 shoemakers, 4 clerks, 3 millers, 3 carpenters, 2 wheelwrights, 1 harnessmaker, 1 tinsmith, 1 boatman, 1 painter, 1 basketmaker, 1 bartender and 1 undertaker.
(USA) 46th Pennsylvania: 16 farmers, 11 carpenters, 11 laborers, 5 blacksmiths, 5 shoemakers, 5 tailors, 3 boatmen, 3 millers, 3 students, 3 teamsters, 2 bricklayers, 2 clerks, 2 painters, 2 wagonmakers, 1 cabinetmaker, 1 clerk/machinist, 1 collier, 1 druggist, 1 gentleman, 1 lime burner, 1 moulder, 1 printer, 1 railroader, 1 saddler and 1 schoolmaster. (An Uncommon Look at the Common Soldier, by Benjamin E. Myers, Civil War Times, August 2016, p. 29)