Carlos F. Alexander, private

Carlos F. Alexander:

Born 1842, Died 1920 in Poplarville, MS, Buried Juniper Grove Cemetery, Poplarville

Father: Francis (Francisco) Alexander
Mother: Anna Rester
Married 1^st: Mary Elizabeth Cooper 26 May 1864

Children:
·         Lemuel (1865 – 1942)
·         Jane (1867 -- )
·         Turner (1869 --)
·         Louisa Elizabeth (1871 – 1952)
·         Mazaline (1873 --)
·         George Rayburn (1875 -- )
·         James ? (1877 -- )
Married 2^nd: Elizabeth Jarrell 21 August 1889 (1900 census shows they had been married 11 years)

Civil War Record:
          Enlisted in Gainesville Volunteers at Shieldsboro in October 1861, Present on muster roll for July/August 1862; present October/November 1862; present January/February 1863; absent without leave since May 17 1863 on July/August 1863 return.
   May 17^th is the day after the Battle of Champion Hill (Baker’s Creek).  Several members of Company G are reported absent without leave since May 17^th. Many of those absent returned, however, some did not. Family tradition holds that Carlos was wounded and came home to Gainesville never to return.  Carlos may have been one of the 72 inside Vicksburg.  However, there is no record of his being paroled after the surrender of Vicksburg.  If he had been with the main body of the Third there should be additional muster roll records.  It is entirely possible, especially since he married Mary Cooper on 26 May 1864 (in Hancock County before the end of the war), that he just walked away from the war.