Aliff American Civil War Connections
Vicksburg National Cemetery Park Botetourt (Virginia) Artillery
In the 1860's it looks as if my great-
grandfather, Asa Aliff may have been involved in the Civil War and fought with the Confederates.
Asa's name appears on the Vicksburg National Cemetery Park Confederate Parole list:
http://www.nps.gov/vick/parole/csp_indx.htm
| Last Name | First Name | Rank | Unit | State | Paroled |
| ALIFF | ASA | PVT | BOTETOURT/ART | VA | FIELD |
There is no other document to substantiate that this is the same Asa Aliff of our ancestry. The age is right and the area of Virginia is close to where he lived (Botetourt
County) is next to Roanoke and Bedford Counties VA.
It appears that the only Virginia troop at Vicksburg was the Botetourt Virginia Artillery.
Additional information concerning the Botetourt Unit.:
http://www.nps.gov/vick/cs_reg/cstroops.htm
http://www.nps.gov/vick/va/botetourt.htm
Units at Vicksburg:
Organization of the Confederate Army at Vicksburg,
MAY 19-JULY 4, 1863.--The Siege of Vicksburg, Miss.
O.R.-- SERIES I--VOLUME XXIV/2 [S# 37]
Lieut. Gen. John C. Pemberton, Commanding
STEVENSON'S DIVISION.
Maj. Gen. C. L. STEVENSON.
First Brigade.
Brig. Gen. S. M. BARTON.
40th Georgia, Lieut. Col. R. M. Young.
41st Georgia, Col. William E. Curtiss.
42d Georgia, Col. R. J. Henderson.
43d Georgia, Capt. M. M. Grantham.
52d Georgia, Maj. John Jay Moore.
Hudson's (Mississippi) battery, Lieut. Milton H. Trantham.
Pointe Coupee (Louisiana) Artillery, Company A (section), Lieut. John Yoist.
Pointe Coupee (Louisiana) Artillery, Company C, Capt. Alexander Chust.
Second Brigade.
Brig.. Gen. ALFRED CUMMING.
34th Georgia, Col. James A. W. Johnson.
36th Georgia, Maj. Charles E. Broyles.
39th Georgia, Lieut. Col. J. F. B. Jackson.
56th Georgia, Lieut. Col. J. T. Slaughter.
57th Georgia, Col. William Barkuloo.
Cherokee (Georgia) Artillery, Capt. M. Van Den Corput.
Third Brigade.
Brig. Gen. S. D. LEE.
20th Alabama, Col. Edmund W. Pettus.
23d Alabama, Col. F. K. Beck.
30th Alabama, Capt. John C. Francis.
31st Alabama, Lieut. Col. T. M. Arrington.
46th Alabama, Capt. George E. Brewer.
Alabama Battery, Capt. J. F. Waddell.
Fourth Brigade.
Col. A. W. REYNOLDS.
3d Tennessee (Provisional Army), Col. N.J. Lillard.
39th Tennessee, Col. William M. Bradford.
43d Tennessee, Col. James W. Gillespie.
59th Tennessee, Col. William L. Eakin.
3d Maryland Battery, Capt. John B. Rowan.
Waul's Texas Legion.
Col. T. N. WAUL.
1st Battalion (infantry), Maj. Eugene S. Bolling.
2d Battalion (infantry), Lieut. Col. James Wrigley.
Cavalry battalion, Lieut. Thomas J. Cleveland.
Artillery company, Capt. J. Q. Wall.
Attached.
1st Tennessee Cavalry (Carter's regiment), Company C, Capt. R. S. Vandyke.
Botetourt (Virginia) Artillery, Lieut. James P. Wright.
Signal Corps, Lieut. C. H. Barrot.
FORNEY'S DIVISION.
Maj. Gen. JOHN H. FORNEY.
Hebert's Brigade.
Brig. Gen. Louis HEBÉRT.
3d Louisiana, Maj. David Pierson.
2lst Louisiana, Lieut. Col. J. T. Plattsmier.
36th Mississippi, Col. W. W. Witherspoon.
37th Mississippi, Col. O. S. Holland.
38th Mississippi, Capt. D. B. Seal.
43d Mississippi, Col. Richard Harrison.
7th Mississippi Battalion, Capt. A.M. Dozier.
2d Alabama Artillery Battalion, Company C, Lieut. John R. Sclater.
Appeal (Arkansas) Battery, Lieut. R. N. Cotten.
Moore's Brigade.
Brig. Gen. JOHN C. MOORE.
37th Alabama, Col. J. F. Dowdell.
40th Alabama, Col. John H. Higley.
42d Alabama, Col. John W. Portis.
1st Mississippi Light Artillery, Col. William T. Withers.
35th Mississippi, Lieut. Col. C. R. Jordan.
40th Mississippi, Col. W. B. Colbert.
2d Texas, Col. Ashbel Smith.
Alabama battery, Capt H. H. Sengstak.
Pointe Coupee (Louisiana) Artillery, Company B, Capt. William A. Davidson.
SMITH'S DIVISION.
Maj. Gen. M. L. SMITH.
Baldwin's Brigade.
Brig. Gen. W. E. BALDWIN.
17th Louisiana, Col. Robert Richardson.
31st Louisiana, Lieut. Col. James W. Draughon.
4th Mississippi, Capt. Thomas P. Nelson.
46th Mississippi, Col. C. W. Sears.
Tennessee Battery, Capt. Thomas F. Tobin.
Vaughn's Brigade.
Brig. Gen. J. C. VAUGHN.
60th Tennessee, Capt. J. W. Bachman.
61st Tennessee, Lieut. Col. James G. Rose.
62d Tennessee, Col. John A. Rowan.
Shoup's Brigade.
Brig. Gen. FRANCIS A. SHOUP.
26th Louisiana, Lieut. Col. William C. Crow.
27th Louisiana, Capt. Joseph T. Hatch.
28th [29th] Louisiana, Col. Allen Thomas.
McNally's (Arkansas) battery, Capt. Joseph T. Hatch.
Mississippi State Troops.
Brig. Gen. JOHN V. HARRIS.
5th Regiment, Col. H. C. Robinson.
3d Battalion, Lieut. Col. Thomas A. Burgin.
Attached.
14th Mississippi Light Artillery Battalion, Maj. M. S. Ward.
Mississippi Partisan Rangers, Capt. J. S. Smyth.
Signal Corps, Capt. Max. T. Davidson.
BOWEN'S DIVISION.
Maj. Gen. JOHN S. BOWEN.
First (Missouri) Brigade.
Col. FRANCIS M. COCKRELL.
1st Missouri, Col. A. C. Riley.
2d Missouri, Maj. Thomas M. Carter.
3d Missouri, Maj. J. K. McDowell.
5th Missouri, Col. James McCown.
6th Missouri, Maj. S. Cooper.
Guibor's (Missouri) battery, Lieut. Cornelius Heffernan.
Landis' (Missouri) battery, Lieut. John M. Langan.
Wade's (Missouri) battery, Lieut. R. C. Walsh.
Second Brigade.
Col. T. P. DOCKERY.
15th Arkansas, Capt. Caleb Davis.
19th Arkansas, Capt. James K. Norwood.
20th Arkansas, Col. D. W. Jones.
21st Arkansas, Capt. A. Tyler.
1st Arkansas Cavalry Battalion, Capt. John J. Clark.
12th Arkansas Battalion (sharpshooters), Lieut. John S. Bell.
1st Missouri Cavalry, Maj. William C. Parker.
3d Missouri Cavalry, Capt. Felix Lotspeich.
3d Missouri Battery, Capt. William E. Dawson.
Lowe's (Missouri) battery, Lieut. Thomas B. Catron.
RIVER BATTERIES.
Col. ED. HIGGINS.
1st Louisiana Artillery, Lieut. Col. D. Beltzhoover.
8th Louisiana Heavy Artillery Battalion, Maj. F. N. Ogden.
22d Louisiana, Capt. Samuel Jones.
1st Tennessee Heavy Artillery, Col. A. Jackson, jr.
Tennessee Battery, Capt. J. B. Caruthers.
Tennessee Battery, Capt. T. N. Johnston.
Tennessee Battery, Capt. J.P. Lynch.
Vaiden (Mississippi) Battery, Capt. S.C. Bains.
MISCELLANEOUS.
54th Alabama (detachment), Lieut. Joel P. Abney.
City Guards, Capt. E. B. Martin.
Signal Corps, Capt. C. A. King.
It appears that Asa's brother, Thomas, may have been in the Confederate
Army.
54th Virginia Infantry Roster
Transcribed by Jeff Weaver
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ABBOTT, SAINT CLAIR CALVIN: Co. K
ABBOTT, WILLIAM: Co. K
ADAMS, THOMAS H.: Co. E
AGEE, W. J.: Co. E
AKERS, AMOS: 3rd Lt., Co. F
AKERS, BURWELL: Capt., Co. I
AKERS, DANDRIDGE: Co. F
AKERS, DAVID: Co. I
AKERS, FRANCIS MARION: Co. E
AKERS, GORDON F.: Co. E
AKERS, LINDSAY C.: Co. E
AKERS, MADISON TEXAS: Co. E
AKERS, MICHAEL: Co. B
AKERS, MOSES: Co. F
AKERS, ROBERT: Co. C
AKERS, SOLOMON: Co. I
AKERS, WASHINGTON BURDINE: 3rd Corp., Co. E
AKERS, WILLIAM: Co. A
ALCORN, JOHN B.: Co. K
ALDERMAN, SOLOMON: Co. G
ALDERMAN, THOMAS: Co. D/K
ALDERMAN, WILLIAM: Co. D
ALDRIDGE, JAMES P.: Co. I
ALDRIDGE, WILLIAM H.: Co. I
ALIFF, THOMAS: Co. E
It has been confirmed with reliable sources
that Asa's brother-in-law, Aaron Altizer, MD served in the Confederate Army. One
can be assured that this is Asa's brother-in-law by the information that is
given concerning the wife of Dr. Altizer.
Logan County, West Virginia Biography of Aaron Edson ALTIZER, M. D.
CNIDR Isearch-cgi 1.20.06 (File: a4320001.txt)
"AARON EDSON ALTIZER, M. D. Altizer is one of the oldest family names in the Buffalo Valley District of Logan County. . . . He was a Confederate soldier and a prisoner of war. His service was with a Virginia regiment. . . . After the death of his first wife Aaron Altizer married Mary Aliff, of Roanoke County, Virginia, and she died in 1907."
Confederate Pension Rolls, Veterans & Widows: NAMES
Virginia Confederate Rosters (Unofficial) : CATALOG CARD
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Date this page last edited: 01/26/2003