Albert Boult Fall (1841 - 1862)

Born 17 Sep 1841 in Poplar Hill, Fayette, Kentucky, United States

Ancestors

Died 14 Feb 1862 at age 20 in Fort Donelson, Stewart, Tennessee, United States

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Albert Fall was Killed in Action during the United States Civil War.

Biography

Albert was born in 1841, the ninth child and sixth son of Philip Slater Fall and Ann Apperson Bacon. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

He served with Morton's Company, Tennessee Light Artillery ^[4] and was killed in action serving as gun captain during a Union assault on his battery at the Battle of Fort Donelson, ^[5] Capt. Thomas Kennedy Porter, commanding. ^[6] He was buried at Mount Olivet Cemetery in Nashville, Tennessee. ^[7]

Sources

1. ↑ Philip & Ann Fall family Bible, Kentucky, started ca. 1821
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M653-FMF : 12 April 2016), Albert B Fall in household of Philip S Fall, Franklin county, Franklin, Kentucky, United States; citing family 317, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8YM-Z9Z : 12 December 2017), Albert B Fall in entry for Philip S Fall, 1860.
4. ↑ "United States Civil War Soldiers Index, 1861-1865," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F9V1-GMZ : 4 December 2014), A.B. Fall, -, Company , Morton's Company, Tennessee Light Artillery (Porter's) (Burns' Light Artillery), Confederate; citing NARA microfilm publication M231 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 14; FHL microfilm 880,068.
5. ↑ Civil War Letters of Albert Boult Fall, Gunner for the Confederacy, The Register of the Kentucky Historical Society, Vol. 59, No. 2 (April, 1961), pp. 150-168
6. ↑ The Battle of Fort Donelson, Tennessee, taken from "The Confederate Military History."
7. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #55305556 for Albert B. Fall (unknown–30 Mar 1862), citing Mount Olivet Cemetery, Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee, USA ; Maintained by Cousins by the Dozens (contributor 46904925) .