| FLEMING, Edmond
Dismukes (Private, Company
K, 33rd
Alabama Infantry Regiment/ Private, Company D, 3rd
Battalion Florida Cavalry) Born 1845,
Harris County, Georgia – died 1932 in
Enterprise, Coffee County Alabama Buried Enterprise City Cemetery,
North Main Street, Enterprise, Coffee County,
Alabama. Son of Mary
Watson and William Walker Fleming (Private,
Clintonville Greys Home Guard, Coffee County).
Enlisted May 11, 1862 at Montgomery for a period
of three years. Certificate of Disability for
Discharge dated June 9, 1862 describes him as age
18, 5'8" in height, light complexion, blue
eyes, and light hair, occupation farmer. The
certificate was issued at Tupelo, Mississippi,
and is signed by Captain Lee and A. W. Griggs,
Surgeon, and states: "I certify that I have
carefully examined the said Edmond D. Fleming,
Private of Captain W. J. Lee's Company and find
him incapable of performing the duties of a
soldier because of epilepsy, several attacks of
which I have witnessed and am confident that it
is unfeigned and that in consequence thereof, I
recommend him to be discharged." His
military career continued in Florida, where he
apparently reenlisted without detection of his
previous medical discharge. He appears on the
Muster Roll of the 15th Regiment. Confederate
Cavalry, enlisting December 27, 1862 at Santa
Rosa, Florida, by Captain W. B. Amos for a period
of the duration of the war. Company Muster Roll -
Capt. W. B. Amos's Company of Partisan Rangers (Later
Company D, 3rd Battalion Florida Cavalry). Edmond
married Lucy Ann Flowers (b 1849 Johnston County,
North Carolina – d. 1925 in Coffee County,
Alabama. Edmond and Lucy are buried in the
Enterprise City Cemetery, Enterprise, Coffee
County, Alabama. my great-grandfather
George
Fleming |
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Submitted by George
Fleming
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