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CLARK FAMILY
| CLARK, William P. (Private,
Company G, 6th Alabama Infantry Regiment)
William P. Clark was a single 21 year old farmer from
Mulberry, Alabama when he enlisted at Corinth,
Mississippi. Records show William was present at
Yorktown, Seven Pines, Cold Harbor and Fredericksburg but
absent sick or furloughed during most of the early part
of the war. He is shown present after Gettysburg at
each battle thru Bell Grove Virginia. on October 19, 1864.
William was born in Alabama, the son of Nelson
& Elizabeth Clark. "On the 2nd day of April 1865, Petersburg was evacuated and the re-treat began. On the night before, W. P. Clark, one of our company's best men, received a dangerous wound in the neck. He reached Richmond, had the bullet extracted, left the city the next morning in company with myself and one or two others and reached home after weeks of hard marching....." Sources: Reminiscences of The Autauga Rifles by Lt. James Monroe Thompson. After the war, William married Dorothy Louise Holmes on October 10, 1865. The family photo is of William Perry Clark & his wife Dorothy Louise Holmes with two of their daughters. Dorothy Louise Holmes is a sister to Henry D. & Henry L. Holmes of Co. G. I got the photo from L. M. Clark of Autaugaville, AL...a gg-grandson. William & Dorothy are buried in the Rocky Hill Cemetery just west of Autaugaville on Alabama State Highway 14. Contributed by Barry N. Wyatt
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On Feb. 5, 2003, James D. Allen, creator of this website passed away
There is no doubt that he would want the work on the
6th Alabama Infantry to go on.
With that in mind, this site is dedicated to him.
We miss you, Jimmy.
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