Athey Family Letters

George, Emily, and W. C. (Champion) Athey were from Ramah, Montgomery County, Alabama.   Their father, William Athey, was born in South Carolina about 1806.   The younger Atheys were all born in Alabama.  The 1860 census lists George’s age as 26, Emily’s as 20, and Champion’s as 15.  George served in Co. K, 22nd Alabama Infantry and was mortally wounded at the Battle of Nashville and buried at Mount Olivet Cemetery in Davidson County on December 23, 1864.  W. C. Athey served in Co. C, 3rd Battalion, Hillard’s Legion (which later became part of the 60th Alabama Infntry).  He was wounded and taken prisoner at Drewry’s Bluff, Virginia on April 6, 1865 and paroled on July 1.  Josiah B. Athey (b. ca. 1841) was from Mt. Ida, Pike County, Alabama.  His father, Henry Athey, was a younger brother of William Athey, and was born in South Carolina about 1809.  Like his cousins, J. B. was born in Alabama.  He served in the 15th Battalion, Alabama Partisan Rangers (later merged into the 56th Regiment Alabama Partisan Rangers) and died at Columbus, Mississippi in 1863 from measles. 

Archive: 
Alabama Department of Archives and History, Montgomery, Alabama
Other: 
Civil War Soldiers' Letters, LPR 78

Letters

Displaying 1 - 22 of 22
ID Lettersort ascending Date Author Recipient From To
11957 Athey9 May 18, 1863 Josiah B. Athey Emily Athey , James Athey Okolona, Chickasaw County, MS Montgomery County, AL
11956 Athey8 October 26, 1862 W. Champion Athey Emily Athey Montgomery County, AL
11955 Athey7 October 23, 1862 George W. Athey William Athey Knoxville, Knox County, TN Montgomery County, AL
11954 Athey6 August 2, 1862 W. Champion Athey Jane Athey , Emily Athey Chattanooga, Hamilton County, TN Montgomery County, AL
11953 Athey5 June 16, 1862 Wilson Athey Emily Athey Tupelo, Itawamba County, MS Montgomery County, AL
11951 Athey4 April 26, 1862 Josiah B. Athey Emily Athey Mobile County, AL Montgomery County, AL
11949 Athey3 February 26, 1862 George W. Athey William Athey , Jane Athey Mobile, Mobile County, AL Montgomery County, AL
11975 Athey22 January 22, 1876 D. C. Buckelew William Athey Jefferson County, AL Montgomery County, AL
11973 Athey21 George W. Athey Emily Athey Nashville, Davidson County, TN Montgomery County, AL
11972 Athey20 September 11, 1864 George W. Athey Matilda Athey Montgomery County, AL
11948 Athey2 February 20, 1862 P. O. Buckelew William Athey , Jane Athey Montgomery County, AL
11971 Athey19 September 5, 1864 George W. Athey William Athey Lovejoy, Clayton County, GA Montgomery County, AL
11970 Athey18 August 18, 1864 W. Champion Athey Emily Athey , Johnny Athey Petersburg, Dinwiddie County, VA Montgomery County, AL
11968 Athey17 August 2, 1864 George W. Athey Emily Athey Atlanta, Fulton County, GA Montgomery County, AL
11967 Athey16 November 12, 1863 George W. Athey Jane Athey Montgomery County, AL
11966 Athey15 November 11, 1863 George W. Athey Jane Athey Montgomery County, AL
11965 Athey14 October 27, 1863 George W. Athey Emily Athey Montgomery County, AL
11964 Athey13 September 29, 1863 W. Champion Athey Emily Athey Chickamauga, Walker County, GA Montgomery County, AL
11963 Athey12 September 23, 1863 George W. Athey William Athey , Jane Athey Chickamauga, Walker County, GA Montgomery County, AL
11962 Athey11 July 8, 1863 J. H. Lacy Emily Athey Morristown, Grainger County, TN Montgomery County, AL
11960 Athey10 May 25, 1863 W. Champion Athey Matilda Athey Cumberland Gap, Claiborne County, TN Montgomery County, AL
11946 Athey1 January 18, 1862 George W. Athey William Athey , Jane Athey Shelbyville, Bedford County, TN Montgomery County, AL

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