Lawson Dudley Ford

In 1860 he was an unmarried 21 year old farmer living with his parents, 6 siblings, and 4 slaves on their farm at Roanoke in Randolph County, AL. He enlisted in Montgomery, AL on 19 July 1861 and mustered as 3rd Sergeant of Company I, 13th Alabama Infantry. He was 2nd Sergeant by February 1862 and was appointed Junior 2nd/3rd Lieutenant on 10 July.

He was with his company in action at Turner's Gap on South Mountain on 14 September and was wounded at Sharpsburg on 17 September 1862.

He was promoted to 2nd Lieutenant to date from 17 September, and to First Lieutenant on 5 January 1863. He was captured at Gettysburg, PA on 1 July 1863 and a prisoner at Fort Delaware by about 4 July. He was promoted to Captain while a prisoner, to date from 3 July and was transferred to Johnson's Island near Sandusky, OH on 20 July 1863. He was sent to City Point, VA on 24 February 1865 for exchange with no later military record.

In 1870 he was a mail contractor at Chambers Court House, AL but by 1880 and to at least 1900 was a shoe & boot maker in Bell County, TX. In 1910 he was farming there and by 1910 had retired and lived with his son Aubrey and his family at Little River, TX.

His service from his Compiled Service Records,1 online from fold3, and the Archives.2 Personal details from family genealogists and the US Census of 1860-1920. His gravesite is on Findagrave.

He married Antoinette Johnson (1844-1900) and they had 8 children between 1868 and 1887.

His brother Chesley was also at Sharpsburg. Brother William D Ford (b. 1844) enlisted in Company I in March 1864 but died of disease in June 1864.

01/1839 in VA

06/28/1925; Temple, TX; burial in Little River-Wilson Valley Cemetery, Little River, TX