Name: COTTON, ELBERT A.
Rank: Private
Enlisted: 3 March 1862 in Westville, Dale County; age 39, 5'4", fair skin, blue eyes and dark hair
Service History: Present:Cedar Mt 1862/08/08; ManassasPlains1862/08/30; Fredericksburg, Va 1862/12/13; Suffolk, Va 1863/05/03; Gettysburg,Pa1863/07/02-03; BattleMount,Va 1863/07/24; Chickamauga, Georgia 1863/09/19-20; Raccoon Mt, Tenn 1863/10/27; Lookout Valley, Tenn 1863/10/28; Dandridge, Tenn1864/01/16; Wilderness, Va1864/05/06; Spotsylvania, Va 1864/05/08&12; Cold Harbor, Va 1864/06/03; Chester Station, 1864/06/17; Deep Bottom, 1864/08/14; Fussel Mill, 1864/08/16; Fort Gilmer, 1864/09/29; Fort Harrison, 1864/09/30; Darbytown, 1864/10/07; Darbytown Road, 1864/10/13; Williamsburg Road,1864/10/27. Absent sick: Winchester,Va 1862/05/25 Cross Keys,Va1862/06/27;Cold Harbor, 1862/06/27; Malvern Hill, 1862/07/02; Hazel River, 1862/08/23; Manassas Junction, 1862/08/27-29; Chantilly, 1862/09/01; Harpers Ferry, 1862/09/13; Sharpsburg, 1862/09/17; Sherpards Town,Va1862/09/18; Wounded: Knoxville, Tenn 1863/11/20. Absent wounded: Knoxville, Tenn1863/11/29
Date of Birth: 1824	Place of Birth: Chatham County, North Carolina
Date of Death:	Place of Death:  Geneva County, Alabama
Buried:
Father: Seth Joseph Cotton (b 1790 in Chatham County, North Carolina, d in Dale County, Alabama)
Mother: Mary King (b 28 June 1799 in North Carolina, d in Dale County, Alabama), daughter of Drewry King)
Spouse(s): (1) Sarah Ann Carter (married 29 January 1846 in Randolph County, Georgia); (2) Nancy Emaline Bigbee, daughter of Thomas Bigbee and Rebecca Robinson
Children: by (1) Frances, by (2) Malissa (Smith)
Occupation: Farmer
Residence(s): Dale County, Alabama
Other: Brother of Henry Cotton, John Cotton, and Joseph W. Cotton Another brother, Seth Aaron Cotton, served in Co D of the 53rd Alabama Cavalry, Partisan Rangers; lost his right arm in 1864; buried at Providence Baptist Church in Dale County. The William G. Cotton who enlisted on 8 March 1862 in Daleville in Co G of the 33rd Alabama Infantry, age 39, is probably another brother, William George Cotton.
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Submitter: Georgia V. Fleming	E-mail: hyacinth@ala.net