Samuel Childers   Age:  27 Birthplace:  Greenville, SC Rank at enlistment:  Private Company Assignment:  C   12/1/1862   Enlisted Corinth, MS 10/26/1863   Prisoner of War Vincent's Crossroads, MS Notes: On detached service as nurse May-October 1863. Held at Cahawba Prison before being moved to Andersonville. Sent from Andersonville to Charleston. Died in prison at Charleston, South Carolina, on or about October 1, 1864.

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Service records compiled by Glenda Todd and used with her permission. This and other information about the history of the First and the men who fought with the unit can be found in her book, First Alabama Cavalry, USA: Homage to Patriotism.

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