BATTLE FLAGS (L-R)

15th, 33rd, 57th Alabama Infantry and 6th Florida Regiments

THE WAR BETWEEN THE STATES

WORKING LIST OF JOHN RILEY, SR., DESCENDANTS SERVING IN THE CSA

"To tar the sacrifices of the Confederate  soldier as simple racism, and reduce  the battle flag under which he fought to nothing more than the symbol of a racist heritage, is one of the great blasphemies  of our modern  age."

Senator James Webb (U.S. Secretary of the Navy, 1987-1988)

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Son of John, Sr.

1. Abraham (b. 1798 d. 1865)-  Pvt., Co. F, 7th Alabama Infantry Regiment

Sons of Edward

1. Emanuel (b.1825 d. 1864)- Company E, 57^th Alabama Infantry Regiment., casualty, Paulding Co., GA
2. Gillum (b. 1829 d. 1909)-  Company G, 15^th Alabama Infantry Regiment, wounded Darbytown Road and disabled
3. Wesley (b. 1832 d. 1904)- Company B, 33^rd  Alabama Infantry Regiment.
4.  John (b.1837 d. 1915) – Company G, 15^th Alabama Infantry Regiment
5. George (b. 1841 d. 1863)- Company G, 15^th Alabama Infantry Regiment, casualty, died of disease, Lynchburg, VA
6. Edward, Jr.. (b 1843 d. 1862)-  Company G, 15^th Alabama Infantry Regiment, died of disease, VA

Sons of Needham

1. George Washington Riley  (b. 1833 d. 1892)-  Pvt., Co. K, 6^th Florida. Infantry. Regiment.
2. Daniel Riley (b. 1836 d. 1904)-  Pvt. Co. G, 15th Alabama. Infantry. Regiment, (enlisted, 15 Aug 62, aged 28; a county tax collector; wounded, Gettysburg; deserted, 64 || Oates)
3. Thomas Pinckney Riley (b. 1846 d. 1914)- Pvt. Co.  K, 6^th Florida Infantry Regiment.
4. John Edward Riley (b. 1832 d. 1862)– Company G, 15^th Alabama Infantry Regiment, died of disease, 1862,

Sons of Abraham

1. James Samuel (Samuel) (b.1834 d. 1863)- Pvt. Co. G, 15^th Alabama Infantry Regiment, died of disease, Richmond, VA 6/3/1863  
2. John (b. 1841 d. 1921)- Pvt., Co. G, 15^th Alabama Infantry. Regiment, (enlisted, 15 Aug 62, aged 23; deserted, Feb 1865 || Oates)

Sons of Daniel

1. William Robert (b. 1842 d. 1928) Company B, 33rd Alabama Infantry Regiment, Hawkins Sharpshooters. .
2. Jackson (b. 1844 d. 1919) Company B, 33rd Alabama Infantry Regiment, Hawkins Sharpshooters

Sons of Caron H. Riley and Aris Woodham, Jr.

1. John Alexander Woodham- Co. G, 15^th Alabama Infantry Regiment; captured and died 4 June 1864 at Elmira POW camp, Elmira, NY
2. Stephen Moses ('Mode') Woodham- Co. E, 15^th Alabama Infantry Regiment
3. Uriah Woodham- Co. G, 15^th Alabama Infantry Regiment; severely wounded in Battle of Chickamauga, Ga.; lost foot and part of leg.  Later re-enlisted in Co. H, 6^th Florida Regt. and served until end of war]

Sons of Elender Riley and John Grady Ward

1.  Robert Edward Ward(b. 1832 d. 1862)- Capt. Company B, 33rd Alabama Infantry Regiment- died Perryville, KY
2. William James Ward (b. 1834 d. 1886)- Pvt., Company. D, 57^th Alabama Mounted Infantry

"Sirs, you have no reason to be ashamed of your Confederate dead.  See to it they have no reason to be ashamed for you."

Editor's Note:  The list above was compiled from various sources, and subject to ongoing revision.  Also please see Ervin Riley's compilation of Riley Kin Civil War veterans elsewhere on this website.