| Name:
MIZELL, WILLIAM CAPERS |
| Rank:
Private |
| Enlisted:
June 1861 in Dale County, Alabama; Age 17 |
| Service History:
Present: Winchester 1862/05/25, Cross Keys 1862/06/08, Suffolk
1863/05/03, Gettysburg 1863/07/02-03, Battle Mount 1863/07/24,
Chickamauga 1863/09/19, Ft. Gilmer 1864/09/29, Ft. Harrison 1864/09/30,
Darbytown 1864/10/07, Darbytown Road 1864/10/13, Williamsburg Road
1864/10/27; Severely Wounded: Cold Harbor 1862/06/27, Chickamauga
1863/09/20; Absent Wounded: Malvern Hill 1862/07/02, Cedar Mountain
1862/08/09, Spotsylvania 1864/05/12, Cold Harbor 1864/06/03; Severely
Wounded: Spotsylvania 1864/05/08; Absent Furlough: Hazel River
1862/08/23, Manassas Junction 1862/08/27, Manassas Plains 1862/08/28-30,
Chantilly 1862/09/01, Harpers Ferry 1862/09/13, Present at: Sharpsburg
1862/09/17, Shepardstown 1862/09/19, Fredericksburg 1862/12/13, Raccoon
Mountain 1863/10/27, Lookout Valley 1863/10/28, Camel Station
1863/11/16, Knoxville 1863/11/20 & 29, Dandridge 1864/01/16, Chester
Station 1864/06/17, Deep Bottom 1864/08/14, Fussell Mill 1864/08/16;
paroled at Appomattox. |
| Date of Birth: 1
October 1844 |
Place of Birth:
Russell County, Alabama |
| Date of Death:
1934 |
Place of Death:
Dale County, Alabama |
| Buried:
Union Cemetery, Ozark, Dale County, Alabama |
| Father:
Hope Hull Mizell (b 20 September 1820 in Baldwin County, Georgia, d 2 March
1887 in Haw Ridge, Coffee/Dale County Alabama; son of William Mizell and
Mary Love) |
| Mother:
Martha Louise Edwards (b 20 July 1828 in Russell County, Alabama, d 9 August
1881; daughter of Ambrose Edwards and Emeline James Gaulding) |
| Spouse(s):
Roxanna Chalker (b 1848, d 1924; daughter of William W. Chalker and Rebecca Anderson
Land) |
| Children:
Roxanne Lee "Todie" (Goodbread), Elvira Amelia, Fannie Bell,
Mary Louise (Anderson), William C. Jr., Virginia L., Emmet N., Woodfin
G. |
| Occupation:
Farmer (Fruit Trees) |
| Residence(s):
Ozark, Dale County, Alabama |
| Other:
"There was no better soldier in the regiment than Billie Mizell.
Since the war he was been one of the most prominent and highly respected
citizens of Dale County. He has served one or two terms as county
treasurer." (Oates, The War Between the Union and the
Confederacy, Appendix A) |
| Photographs:
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| Submitter:
Georgia V. Fleming |
E-mail: hyacinth@ala.net |
