Notes for 10 (iv) Henry D. T. Harless

Source: The follow is from the site named FROM the HEART of the HEART of DIXIE web site authored by Stephen P. Barber , and is printed here with the author's permission.

Company "C" 25th Alabama Infantry - "Shelby Confederates"  

This company was organized September 1, 1861 at Columbiana, Alabama. It was accepted in Confederate service on September 9, 1861. It later became Company "C" of Loomis's 1st Alabama Infantry Battalion.

 On January 8, 1862, the 1st Alabama Infantry Battalion and McClellan's 6th Alabama Infantry Battalion combined to form the 25th Alabama Infantry Regiment. On April 10, 1865, Company "C" merged with companies "A", "B", "D" and "E" to become Company "C" of the consolidated 22nd Alabama Infantry Regiment. This command surrendered at Greensboro, North Carolina on May 1, 1865.

HARLESS, HENRY D. T. - Enlisted at Fort Gaines, Alabama, September 7, 1861. Absent sick at Tyner's Station, Tennessee, July - November 1862 rolls. Discharged, chronic rheumatism, at Cleveland, Tennessee, September 29, 1862. Description: dark complexion, blue eyes, dark hair, five feet eleven inches tall, age forty-six. Born in Madison County, Alabama. Married Melinda M. Foust in Shelby County, Alabama, October 10, 1841.