{⋆★⋆} BG Reynolds, Alexander Welch

Alexander Welch Reynolds

Born: April 15, 1815
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Birthplace: Frederick County, Virginia

Father: Thomas Bird Reynolds 1784 – 1858
(Buried: Old Stone Presbyterian Church, Lewisburg, West Virginia)​

Mother: Agnes Nancy Welch 1786 – 1847
(Buried: Old Stone Presbyterian Church, Lewisburg, West Virginia)​

Wife: Mary Reeves Ash Unknown – 1876
(Buried: Saint James the Less Episcopal Churchyard, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)​

Children:

Lt. Colonel Frank A. Reynolds 1841 – 1875​
(Buried: Laurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)​
Sally Reynolds 1843 – 1943​

Education:

1838: Graduated from West Point Military Academy (35th in class)​

Occupation before War:

1838 – 1839: 2nd Lt. United States Army, 1st Infantry Regiment​
1839 – 1847: 1st Lt. United States Army, 1st Infantry Regiment​
1839 – 1840: Adjutant United States Army, 1st Infantry Regiment​
1840: Garrison Duty at Bedloe’s Island, New York​
1840 – 1841: Served in the Seminole War in Florida​
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1841 – 1844: Frontier Duty at Fort Atkinson​
1844 – 1845: Frontier Duty at Fort Crawford, Wisconsin​
1845 – 1846: Garrison Duty at Jefferson Barracks, Missouri​
1846 – 1847: Recruiter for United States Army​
1847: Captain United States Army, Assistant Quartermaster​
1847 – 1848: Quartermaster Duty in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania​
1848: Captain United States Army, 1st Infantry Regiment​
1848: Conveyor of Trains in Forts Washita and Towson​
1855: Dismissed from Army under Section 3 of Law of Jan. 31 1823​
1858 – 1861: Captain United States Army, Assistant Quartermaster​
1858: Quartermaster Duty at Fort Snelling, Minnesota​
1858 – 1859: Quartermaster Duty in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania​
1859: Quartermaster Duty in Washington, D.C.​
1859 – 1861: Quartermaster Duty in Texas​
1861: Dropped from Army having failed to Report on October 4th

Civil War Career:

1861: Captain in Confederate States Army Infantry​
1861 – 1863: Colonel of 50th Virginia Infantry Regiment​
1862: Participated in the Kentucky Campaign​
1863: Participated in the Vicksburg, Mississippi Campaign​
1863 – 1865: Brigadier General of Confederate Infantry​
1863: Participated in the Chattanooga, Tennessee Campaign​
1864: Wounded during the Battle of New Hope Church​
1865: Assistant Inspector General for State of Georgia​
1865: Paroled at Athens, Georgia​

Occupation after War:

1869 – 1876: Colonel and Staff Officer in the Egyptian Army​

Died: May 26, 1876

Place of Death: Alexandria, Egypt

Age at time of Death: 61 years old

Possible Burial Places:
  • Unmarked grave Patton Tomb, Lewisburg, West Virginia
  • Saint James the Less Episcopal, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
  • Possibly somewhere in Alexandria, Egypt
 
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7/10/61 promoted to Colonel of the 50th Virginia
3/24/62 Knoxville, K Smith to Gen Lee recommends A H [A W] Reynolds be made Brig Gen & assigned to him
5/25/62 The 50th Va reorganized
5/26/62 Col Reynolds & Lt Col Finney dropped

10/31/62 Vaughn's 3rd​ Tenn Regt was in Gen Heth's Div, Col A. W. Reynolds' Bgde, consisting of the 3rd Tenn (P A), 39th, also called 31st (W. M. Bradford), 43rd, 59th Tenn Infy Regts, 39th NC Infy, & 3rd Md Btry.

Dec 62-Reynolds' Bgde, with the exception of the 39th NC was ordered to Vicksburg & placed in Stevenson's Div

8/24/63 Athens, Tenn-Letter sent with Gen Vaughn's blessings-We the Col's of the Regts composing the 4th​ Tenn Bgde desire someone else as Bgde cdr. We feel we deserve someone with the rank of BG & for some reason the President declines to promote Col A W Reynolds. Also, he is a frequent free user of spirits rendering him unfit. As but few B Gen'ls have been appointed from E Tenn we desire to have one for our cdr.
We recommend Col Gillespie 43rd​ Tenn, of our own Bgde & also Col Lillard of the 26th​ Tenn, Col Walker formerly of the 19th​ Tenn
We further request to be assigned a different Maj Gen as there is great dissatisfaction with Gen Stevenson among the men & officers
"A Fit Representation of Pandemonium": East Tennessee Confederate SoldiersBy William D. Taylor


10/13/63 Reynolds was exchanged on Oct 13, 1863, and promoted to brigadier general to rank from Sept 14, 1863.

Nov 63 Vaughn's Bgde consisted of his own Bgde (60th, 61st & 62nd Tenn) & Reynolds' Bgde (3rd, 39th & 59th Tenn). Two weeks later the 43rd Tenn was added. These troops were Mtd in Dec 1863.

1869 Reynolds entered the Egyptian service as a colonel in the Egyptian Army.


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Captain Thornton post
Reynolds, Alexander Welch
Born in 1816 Listed a Resident of Greenbrier County. West Point Graduate of 1836. Served in both the federal Infantry and later reassigned to the Quartermasters Dept. in 1847.
Served in the Seminole Wars, he was dismissed from service in 1855 for account disputes but was later reinstated but with the reduced rank of Captain.
He joined the Confederacy on October 4, 1861 with the rank of Captain and later took the post of Colonel of the 50th Va Inf
Would later command a Brigade in the Western theater under various commands within the army of Tennessee until later during the Atlanta Campaign was wounded at New Hope Church and retired from active service
He would later serve as a colonel in the Egyptian Army under former Confederate William Loring and would die there in 1876.

Tar Heel post
…he did not resign from the United States Army. He just left, and was declared AWOL on October 4, 1861. I guess that little problem of being accused a thief in 1848 might have left him a little bitter.

Captain Thornton post
He had actually joined the Confederacy some seven months earlier while not submitting his resignation to the US Army. The date of October 4 is listed also in the references I came across as his date of commission as Captain CSA Not sure why the span of time noted


One minor point: Carter Stevenson did not resign. He mailed in a letter of resignation but joined the Confederates before it had been accepted. He was therefore dismissed and carried as a deserter, "it having been ascertained, to the satisfaction of the War Department, that he had entertained and expressed treasonable designs against the Government of the United States."

He and Dabney Maury, who also left before having his resignation accepted, spent a lot of time and energy postwar trying to get the "deserter" tag replaced by "resignation." The War Department refused, to their chagrin.
 
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