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Samuel V B Seals was b. ca. 1843-1844 Alabama[1], son of Wilburn Seale and Elizabeth Stracener
The 30th Alabama infantry took part in fights at Tazewell and Cumberland Gap, and later at Port Gibson Mississippi, May 1, 1863. They later fought at Baker’s Creek, then Vicksburg. Samuel was listed as a carpenter with the quartermaster in Vicksburg, and was there when the army surrendered to Gen'l U S Grant on July 4, 1863. [4]
Samuel was paroled[5], but rejoined the service in Chattanooga, serving with the 30th Alabama Infantry which fought at Rocky Face and Resaca in Georgia, moving on to Tennessee for the winter. [6]
Samuel, by then a sergeant, was captured again near Nashville, Tennessee, Dec 16, 1864. Captured prisoners, including Samuel were taken from there to the Military Prison in Louisville, Kentucky, and then transferred to the infamous Camp Douglas in Illinois., on 24 Dec 1863.
Samuel contracted smallpox and died 29 Jan 1865, 5 days after arriving at Camp Douglas, Illinois, buried in Oakwood Cemetery near Camp Douglas which is near Chicago. [7]
1850 Federal Census, St Clair Alabama "Elizabeth A, age 26"[8]
• Wilburn R Seales, age 28, farmer, born Alabama, cannot read or write
• Elizabeth A, 26, born Alabama, cannot read or write
• Samuel V, 8, born Alabama
• James, 6, born Alabama
• Lewis A, 4, born Alabama
• Jonathan, 1, born Alabama
1860 Federal Census, St Clair AL, Coosa Valley, p57, household #380, [9]
•Wilburn Seal, 39, born Alabama
• Elizabeth, age 38, born Alabama, cannot read or write
• Samuel V B, age 17, born Alabama
• James, age 14, born Alabama
• Lewis A, age 12, born Alabama
• Elizabeth, age 7, born Alabama
• Jasper N, age 2, born Alabama
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THE THIRTIETH ALABAMA INFANTRY
The Thirtieth was organized at Talladega in April, 1862, and reported for service at Chattanooga.It was later brigaded under General Tracy with the Twentieth, Twenty-third, Thirty-first and Forty-sixth Alabama regiments. It took part in the fights at Tazewell and Cumberland Gap, and went into Kentucky; then being sent to Mississippi, fought at Port Gibson, May 1, 1863, with severe loss, making a brilliant record there and at Baker's Creek; it was captured when Vicksburg fell, after having suffered untold hardships.When paroled, it recruited and joined the army near Chattanooga. It fought at Rocky Face and at Resaca, and was in the van of the army in the Tennessee campaign of the fall and winter of 1864.At New Hope, May, 1864; Atlanta, July 22nd, and Jonesboro, the regiment lost heavily; but it suffered still more severely at Nashville, whence it formed the rear guard in returning to Duck river.The regiment was transferred to the Carolinas, fought at Kinston and Bentonville, March 19, 1865, surrendering at last at Greensboro, with about 100 men.This regiment was noted for the number of its field officers killed. Its field officers were Col. Charles M. Shelley, who was made brigadier-general and who afterward served in the United States House of Representatives; Col. James K. Elliott, wounded at Bentonville; Lieut.-Cols. Paul Bradford, who resigned; A. J. Smith, who was killed at Vicksburg; John C. Francis, killed at Rocky Face; Thomas Patterson, killed at Atlanta, and William H. Burr; Maj. William Patterson, who was wounded at Baker's Creek and resigned.Capt. Henry Oden was killed at Vicksburg, Captain Peacock at Bentonville, Capt. David Anderson at Baker's Creek, Capt. William S. McGhee at Atlanta, and Capt. Jack Derrill near Atlanta.Source: Confederate Military History, vol. VIII, p. 152
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