Saturday, August 09, 2025

 My Great Great grandfather John J. Belcher was a Confederate soldier who died in Fulton County, Georgia during the battle of Atlanta.

John J. Belcher (1839-1864) - Find a Grave Memorial

Three of John J. Belcher's brothers also served in the Confederate army.

Sherrod enlisted in the 29th Alabama Infantry, Co. G on May 2, 1862 at Clayton. He participated in the battles of Atlanta, Dalton, Resaca, New Hope Church, Peach Tree Creek and Franklin. On Nov. 30, 1864 at Franklin, Sherrod was wounded and sent home for to recuperate. The tip of one of his fingers was shot off. He returned to duty in two weeks time. He was honorably discharged on May 17, 1865 at Hamburg, Aiken County, South Carolina.

Sherrod Jackson Belcher (1829-1921) - Find a Grave Memorial

Abner died while in the Confederate army. Abner P. Belcher (1827-1863) - Find a Grave Memorial

Love's Cavalry Battalion - Military Units Formed in Alabama - Research OnLine

His grave is unmarked and not confirmably at Mt. Aerial Cem.. He enlisted in the 4th (Love's) Alabama Cavalry in November, 1863; his date of death from CSA military record.

Love's Cavalry Battalion - Military Units Formed in Alabama - Research OnLine

Phillip Green Belcher (1840-1901) - Find a Grave Memorial

•CSA Veteran, Company G, 29th Alabama Infantry Regiment. Discharge Rank: Corporal.

    The 29th Alabama Infantry Regiment
    Company G, "Seal's Guards Barbour County
    Corporal: Phillip Green Belcher
    Privates: John D. Belcher AND Sherrod J. Belcher
    Belcher,

    Abner Co. C Private
    4TH BATTALION (LOVE'S) CAVALRY CSA

    29th Alabama Infantry Company G Atlanta - Google Search

    The 29th Alabama Infantry Regiment was organized at Pensacola in February, 1862. There is some confusion regarding the origin of the regiment. Some accounts show the 29th was created by the addition of two companies to the Fourth Alabama Battalion - a body of eight companies, which had been organized the autumn before at Montgomery. The 29th remained at Pensacola until it was evacuated, suffering much from diseases that usually afflict raw troops. It then lay between Pollard and Pensacola for over a year, when it was ordered to Mobile. The regiment was there from July 1863 to April 1864, except for a short time that it was at Pollard. The regiment joined the Army of Tennessee at Resaca with over 1,000 men, in time to initiate the Atlanta-Dalton campaign. It was brigaded with the 1st, 17th, and 26th Alabama, and 37th Mississippi regiments, commanded at different intervals by Col. Murphey of Montgomery, General O'Neal of Lauderdale, and General Shelley of Talladega. Companies Of The AL 29th Infantry Regiment The 29th Alabama regiment was recruited from Barbour, Bibb, Blount, Conecuh, Montgomery, Russell, Shelby, and Talladega counties. Company A - Captain Henry B. Turner - Talladega County Company B - Captain Duncan Dew - Blount County Company C-Captain William H. Musgrove-Blount County Company D - Captain Alfred Gardner - Bibb County Company E - Captain Samuel Abernathy - Shelby County Company F - Captain B. F. Sapp - Blount County Company G - Captain John F. Wagnon - Barbour County Company H - Captain Hugh Latham - Bibb County Company I - Captain J. B. Sowell - Conecuh County Company K - Captain John C. McNabb - Barbour County.

    My Great Grandfather John D. Belcher died in 1954. 
    John Daniel Belcher (1865-1954) - Find a Grave Memorial
    I met him but don't remember it. His wife's father,
    John T. Smith was a Confederate soldier.

Private, Company A, 5th Alabama Regiment, Infantry

Confederate States Army

John T. Smith (1830-1889) - Find a Grave Memorial


My Grandma Belcher's Grandpa Timothy Lee was a Confederate soldier. He was a private in Company G of the 29th Alabama Regiment. He served in the name unit as the four Belcher brothers.

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