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- From Floyd H. Lawson, November 1998:
Robert Milburn Ingle and Margaret Elizabeth Herndon married in 1860. No day of month, or month known. Winston County was a "no-man's-land" in the year 1863. Mahem was being commited upon the population of that poor county, and in the Counties of Walker, Marion, Franklin, and other contiguous counties of the area. The Confederates had what were called "Impressment Officers" who would find an eligile man for military, arrest him, keep him tied to a tree for five days in which time he had to make up his mind to join the Confederate Army. If he decided not to join, he was shot. That amounted to "heads I win, and tails you lose." Either way, he lost.
There are some cases that could be cited here; however, the most illustrative one of which I am more familiar is the case of John Byrd Norris, the husband of Lodusca Darthula Frances Ingle, the daughter of George Washington Ingle, grandaughter of Peter Ingle, and g. grandaughter of Paulser Ingle. John Byrd Norris deliberately refused to join. He was taken to the Jasper, Alabama area and held for the five days, and shot "seven times in the back, where the "gallowses crossed". (gallowses are the across-shoulder suspenders for men who wear overalls). That case, in my opinion, is what stirred up rebellion in the Confederate ranks and caused 9000-12000 Confederate troops to desert their units and find their way to the 1st AL Cav, USA, which was organized in Glendale, MS, and had some troops stationed in Mooresville, and Decatur, AL.
I am positive that the reason for my grandfather, Robert Milburn Ingle, going to the USArmy was the fact that the Impressment Officers descended upon him and Wiley Dodd, a next-door neighbor, when they were errecting a barn. Wiley was injured in the arm before the escape was completed. They did, however, escape toward what is now Lynn. Also, Wiley Dodd injured his chest area when he ran into the end of a log protruding from the corner of the barn. He suffered from that all of his life. Shortly thereafter, my grandfather enlisted as shown under military. In my research, I have found many others who joined the Confederate Army with full intentions, so I believe, of desertion on first opportunity.
Margaret Elizabeth Herndon Ingle, my grandmother, who lived with her mother-in-law, Catherine "Caty" Tune Ingle, was left with a child, Andrew Jackson "Andy" Ingle, born 1862, and pregnant with Sarah Elizabeth "Liza" Ingle, b. 1864. Robert Milburn was not heard from untill he walked into the home of his mother, and wife and two children. He had never heard from them either, except by word-of-mouth as recruits would come through who had been in the area more recently.
Grandmother would tell the stories of how "Old Stoutt" came and took everything in provisions from them; how she told him that she wished that he would "fall dead" before he got out of her yard. She said that she had heard that he "went blind" during the Civil War. She would tell us how her husband, Robert Milburn took the shirt of Wiley Dodd and wrapped his wound to get the blood to clot.
Wiley Dodd made his way to the 1st ALA CAV, Decatur, AL and was kept awhile but never mustered-in. He was released by the 1st AL CAV to live out his life without serving during the Civil War. The Dodd and Ingle connection was rather strong at my house because Robert Milburn Ingle and Wiley were next-door neighbors for several years. (Story confirmed and expanded by: William Alonzo Dodd, Jr, of Birmingham and Lee Pershing Dodd, g. grandson of Wiley Dodd, Golf Course Rd, P.O. Box
451, Double Springs, AL., tel (205) 489-2475
When Wiley Dodd's son, W. A. Dodd, "Uncle Will" Dodd - we called him- was old, and a few months before his death, he was home in bed. I decided that I would go by to see him. He inquired as to whom I was. "Who was your grandpa?" I told him. That is another story which applies to Goulder Fields "Dude" 'Lawson, my paternal grandfather. Briefly stated: My gf Lawson sat/nursed Wiley Dodd when he had typhoid fever. "Uncle Will" Dodd provided him with hats and suits of clothes so long as Goulder Fields Lawson lived, according to Pervie Lee Dodd, a son of Uncle Will. The story of the "sitting" of Goulder Fields Lawson with Wiley Dodd was well known at our house. However, the story of the hats and suits was vague until Pervie Lee Dodd refreshed my memory. Before I left "Uncle Will", he said, "Son, if you ever need anything, just let "Uncle Will" know. That was the last time that I saw him until I drove from Decatur, Alabama, to his funeral at Nauvoo, Alabama. . He was not my uncle, but that was a name of respect. Source: Personal knowledge, and much from PETER INGLE, by William Dee Ingle - - - - -FHLawson
The following men joined that unit:
James Carroll Cooner, Jesse Jackson, Martin V. Guttery, Joseph G. Guttery, Abraham Guttry, William David Logan, Thomas Davis, W.J. Cooner, J. R. Davis, M. T. Davis, Newton W. Guttery,(Imprisoned at Rock Island, ILL;) Robert F. Guttery, Andrew Jackson Guttery, Captain, captured 18 Jan 1864, transferred to Louisville, KY, 20 Jun 1864, then to Johnson Island, ILl. On 14 Jul 1865, Andrew Jackson Guttery to the Oath of Allegiance. He said that he was from Holly Grove, AL. He was released after he took the Oath. FHL
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