Name: BROOKS, ALPHEUS W.
Rank: Private
Enlisted: 3 July 1861 at Westville, Dale County
Service History: Absent sick: Winchester, Virginia; Cross Keys, Virginia; Manassas Junction, Manassas Plains, Chantilly, Fredericksburg; Present at: Cold Harbor, Harpers Ferry, Sharpsburg, Shepards Town, Suffolk, Gettysburg, Dandridge, Wilderness, Spotsylvania, Cold Harbor, Chester Station, Deep Bottom; Absent on detail: Malvern Hill, Cedar Mt., Hazel River, Battle Mount, Chickamauga, Raccoon Mt., Lookout Valley, Camel Station, Knoxville; Deserted: Fussel Mill; Absent without leave: Ft. Gilmer, Ft. Harrison, Darbytown, Williamsburg Road.
Date of Birth: abt 1834	Place of Birth: Georgia
Date of Death: 1865 (shot for desertion)	Place of Death:
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Father: Capt. Esau Brooks
Mother: Martha P. McCoy
Spouse(s): Not married
Children: None
Occupation: Farmer
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Other: Deserted his Colors at Fussell Mill 1864/08/16. Came back under Guard 1864/09/20. "I was not in command of the regiment at (the time Brooks was shot), or I would have interposed and tried to save him from such a sad fate. He was a very weak-minded man, and scarcely responsible for what he did; should have been properly punished, but never have been shot. He was a son of Captain Brooks. Colonel Lowther should never have sent him before a general court martial." (Oates, The War Between the Union and the Confederacy, Appendix A) Brother of Andrew Brooks and Lawrence Brooks
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Submitter: Georgia V. Fleming	E-mail: hyacinth@ala.net