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40th Alabama Infantry Regiment, CSA

40th Infantry Regiment, organized at Mobile, Alabama, in May, 1862, recruited its companies in Perry, Sumter, Morgan, Covington, Pickens, Colbert, Mobile, and Choctaw counties. It served at Mobile until December, then moved to Mississippi where under the command of J.C. Moore it was active in the operations on Deer Creek. Later four companies were transferred to General Extor's Brigade, which fought at Chickamauga. The other companies were part of the garrison at Vicksburg and were captured when that city fell. After being exchanged, the regiment was united and sustained 135 casualties at Chattanooga. Attached to A. Baker's, Gibson's, and Brantley's Brigade, it participated in the Atlanta Campaign, moved to Mobile, then returned to the Army of Tennessee in North Carolina. This unit had 332 fit for duty in January, 1863, and totaled 429 men and 338 arms in December. During the Atlanta Campaign, May 7-31, it lost twenty percent of the 416 engaged. Only a handful surrendered on April 26, 1865. The field officers were Colonels Augustus A. Coleman and John H. Higley, Lieutenant Colonels E.S. Gulley and Thomas O. Stone, and Major Elbert D. Willett.

Partial Roster

Company B

Anderson Elmore (1845-19885) Private. Son of Bowman Elmore and Sarah Ramsey. Enlisted 1 March 1863 and muster out on 1 January 1864. He is buried in Fellowship Church Cemetery, Pickens County, Alabama.

Bowman Elmore (c1825-1863) Private. Son of Elijah Elmore and Rebecca Shirley, husband of Sarah Ramsey. He was wounded and sent by troop train to Columbus, Georgia where he died from his wounds on 7 November 1863.

Charles S. Elmore (c1844-1864) Private. Son of Jordan W. Elmore and Rhoda Shirley Corbett. Enlisted 1 March 1862. Killed in action about 1 January 1864.

Jordan J. Elmore (c1837-c1864) Private. Son of Jordan and Teresa Elmore. Enlisted on 1 March 1864. Died in the service.

Jacob Elmore (c1827-1864) Private. Son of Elijah Elmore and Rebecca Shirley, husband of Frances C. Pate. Enlisted on 3 March 1863. He was captured and died in the Union POW Prison at Rock Island, Illinois on 8 January 1864.