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Submitted: 10/26/17 • Approved: 10/26/17 • Last Updated: 3/26/18 • R136945-G0-S3
CAPTAIN Confederate States Army
Company G 40th Alabama Infantry
Civil War
February 1, 1842 - May 14, 1905
Born in Marion, Perry County, Alabama
and died in Mineral Wells, Palo Pinto County, Texas
Son of Joseph Pickens and Caroline J Henderson Pickens
Husband of Evelyn Sarah Polk Pickens Married Nov 12, 1890
Brother Andrew Calhoun Pickens
Military Information
Enlisted March 3, 1862.
Mustered Out 10 May 1865
Taken prisoner at Vicksburg, Mississippi
July 4, 1863
Holtzclaw Division Army, Tennessee
Participated in all battles in Tennessee
under General Johnston and General Hood.
Was Adjutant and Inspector General of
Holtzclaw's Division with Rank of Captain
from January 1864 to May 1865
Last man to leave Spanish Fort when it
was surrendered by General Gibson
Plot: Masonic 29/5/5
Contributed on 10/26/17
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Record #: 136945