Josiah B. Athey

First Name: Josiah
Middle Name(s): B.
Last Name: Athey
Unit: 
15th Batallion, Alabama Partisan Rangers (later merged into the 56th Regiment Alabama Partisan Rangers)
Biography: 

Son of Henry Athey (b. ca. 1809 in South Carolina), J. B. Athey was born in Alabama, served in the 15th Battalion Alabama Partisan Rangers, and died at Columbus, Mississippi in 1863 from measles.

Authored Letters

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ID Letter Date Author Recipient From To
11951 Athey4 April 26, 1862 Josiah B. Athey Emily Athey Mobile County, AL Montgomery County, AL
11957 Athey9 May 18, 1863 Josiah B. Athey Emily Athey , James Athey Okolona, Chickasaw County, MS Montgomery County, AL

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