6th Alabama Infantry - Demarus Family

~~ 6^th Alabama Infantry Regiment ~~
Photo Album

DERAMUS FAMILY

DERAMUS, Derrill F. (Private, Company G, 6th Alabama Infantry Regiment)

DERAMUS, J. H. (Private, Company G, 6th Alabama Infantry Regiment)

DERAMUS, James M. (Private, Company G, 6th Alabama Infantry Regiment) James Milford Deramus - enlisted June 2, 1861 at Corinth, Mississippi for one year. Milford was a 17 yr old single farmer from Autaugaville. He is the son of Ketusa R. and James M. Deramus who came to Alabama from South Carolina around 1820. Milford is a brother to John Frank Deramus, also of Company G. James was present at Manassas and the Siege of Yorktown. He is shown captured at the battle of Seven Pines, Virginia on May 31, 1862, and listed "absent captured" through the battle of Sharpsburg, Maryland, September 17, 1862. He was apparently released, as he is shown "absent on detail for the battle at Fredericksburg and once again "present" at Chancellorsville May 2, 1863 where he was wounded. He is shown "absent wounded" thereafter, through October 1863. Milford is present for duty again at Morton’s Ford, Virginia in November 1863. Tragedy fell upon Milford one final time at the battle of the Wilderness on May 4, 1864, he was wounded and captured once again, and died from his wounds at Point Lookout, Maryland in July 1864 and is buried at Point Lookout, Maryland. Barry N. Wyatt

DERAMUS, John F. (Private, Company G, 6th Alabama Infantry Regiment) , John Frank Deramus Enlisted for one year on August 14, 1862 at Autaugaville, Alabama. Frank was a 17 yr old single farmer from Autaugaville. He is the son of James M. and Ketusa R. Deramus who came to Alabama from South Carolina around 1820. Frank is a younger brother to James Milford Deramus, also of Company G. Company records show Frank present at the Battle of Fredericksburg, December 14, 1862. The following spring at Chancellorsville, May 2, 1863, Frank was severely wounded and had his leg amputated. He is show "absent wounded" for the remainder of the war. Frank made a crutch from the forked limb of a tree and walked back to Alabama from Virginia. Picture from "A Look Back" A Pictorial History of Autauga County 1818-1959, by Jeannie Rainwater Johnson; Contributed by Barry N. Wyatt

DERAMUS, Joseph B. (Private, Company G, 6th Alabama Infantry Regiment)

DERAMUS, William S. E. (Private, Company G, 6th Alabama Infantry Regiment)

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.

Home ~ Unit History/ Maps ~ Company Rosters ~ Battles/Timeline ~ Pictures ~
~ Bibliography ~ Officers ~ Brigades ~ Letters / Documents ~ Uniforms ~
Alabama Regiments - Links and Contactsc

Last Updated: Friday, April 25, 2003