John Edward Riley CSA

ADAH Civil War Service Database Records Verify that John entered service in Company A, Alabama 37th Infantry Regiment, CSA, on 14 April 1862 at Abbeyville, Henry County Alabama. Muster-in roll, Auburn Alabama 13 May 1862. POW & WIA at the battles of Iuka-Corinth-Hatchie Mississippi. He was WIA at Corinth on 13 October 1862; WIA at Vicksburg and apparently died of his wounds. He is buried in an unknown grave in Soldiers Rest plot of Cedar Hill City Cemetery, Vicksburg Mississippi. A Report dated 18 September 1863 at Enterprise Mississippi listed him as killed or died of wounds or disease at Vicksburg. Charity Riley, his widow, filed a claim for benefits on 16 February 1864.

courtesy of Jim Riley