1st Regiment, Co. C, Alabama Volunteer Calvary

Shared note	1st Regiment, Co. C, Alabama Volunteer Calvary Enrolled Dec. 15, 1863 at Camp Davis Miss. Time of enlistment soldier was described as 5 feet 9 inches age 24, complexion fair, eyes blue, hair light, place of birth, Fayette Co. AL, occupation farmer. Filed for pension May 10, 1919, address Cloverdale, Al RFD # 2 Reported Aug. 12, 1919 to have only 1 arm. In a letter dated May 13, 1922 Washington Gardner, Commissioner, Bureau of Pensions, Washington D.C. Letter states that James deserted and that he never received a honorable discharge and that he could not draw a pension till this had been removed from his record. James states that at time of discharge and 2 months prior he was in a Federal Hospital at Camp Davis Miss. He gives this as the reason he did not receive a honorable discharge and denies that he deserted. Reported as being 88 years old in 1922 James lost his arm in a sawmill accident after the war. from the research of John Russell Butler, source: James Handley pension file.

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Enrolled Dec. 15, 1863 at Camp Davis Miss.

Time of enlistment soldier was described as 5 feet 9 inches age 24, complexion fair, eyes blue, hair light, place of birth, Fayette Co. AL, occupation farmer.

Filed for pension May 10, 1919, address Cloverdale, Al RFD # 2

Reported Aug. 12, 1919 to have only 1 arm.

In a letter dated May 13, 1922
Washington Gardner, Commissioner, Bureau of Pensions, Washington D.C.
Letter states that James deserted and that he never received a honorable discharge and that he could not draw a pension till this had been removed from his record. James states that at time of discharge and 2 months prior he was in a Federal Hospital at Camp Davis Miss. He gives this as the reason he did not receive a honorable discharge and denies that he deserted.

Reported as being 88 years old in 1922

James lost his arm in a sawmill accident after the war.

from the research of John Russell Butler, source: James Handley pension file.

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James C. Handley Father: George Handley Mother: Mary Earnest				about 1839	185	Fayette Co. AL	5				Never	M	YES	Y100
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