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Confederate Veteran, March, 1920, page 110.
JAMES A. "Man" STEVENSON died at his home,
near Jacksonville, Ala., on Jan. 7, 1920, at the age of 82. " Man"
Stevenson moved to this place with his father's family in 1853. He was
born in Union County, S.C.
In 1861 he joined Capt. Peter Forney's
company and went to Fort Morgan, Ala., later he joined the Rome Light
Guards, 8th Georgia Infantry, Bartow's Brigade.
He was severely wounded in the battle of
First Manassas, July 21, 1861 and was carried from the battle field to
the home of Congressman Barbour at Gordonville, Va. The good nursing and
kind treatment received at the hands of this patriotic family doubtless
saved his life.
While at home unfit for service Comrade
Stevenson heard that Col. Streight was marching up Coosa River to
attack, Rome, Ga. and to destroy the foundry and public works there. He
immediately raised a company of boys and old men, equipped with old
shotguns and squirrel rifles and mounted on mules and broken-down
horses, to march to Rome to help defend that city, but in the meantime
General FORREST had captured that Federal officer.
"Man" Stevenson was a brave and courageous
soldier. After the war he settled on his farm and remained there until
his death. He was a considered a good and honest man, esteemed by his
neighbors, and a member of the Presbyterian Church.
[ H.L. Stevenson, a comrade.]
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