William HAMNER
Taken from: The Hamner Page Familytreemaker.genealogy.com/scv/users/h/a/Hamner-Darrell-L My gggrandfather,Henley W. J. Hamner was 33 when he enlisted. He is listed as a corporal on the company muster roll dated 12 June 1862. He served in Co.F (The North River Tigers) 38th Alabama Infantry Volunteers. His regiment was one of the many that did not cover itself in fame and glory during the war; even though it saw action at Chicamauga, Missionary Ridge, Rocky Face Mt. Resaca, New Hope Church, Atlanta, covered Hood's retreat from Tennesee, and Spanish Fort. Only 80 men survived to surrender the regiment at war's end. My gggrandfather was not one of them. He fell 21 July 1864 defending Atlanta from the hirelings of William T(orch) Sherman. By the time of his death he had been promoted to rank of 2nd Lt.
He married Elizabeth Jane Henley 9 Jun 1804 at Oglethorpe, Georgia . Elizabeth Jane Henley was born at Albemarle, Virginia 2 May 1789 .
They were the parents of 13
children:
Elvira Hamner
born 9 Jun 1807.
Mary Ann Wingfield Hamner
born 4 Nov 1808.
Martha Henley Hamner
born 14 Jun 1811.
Turner Pendleton Hamner
born 6 Oct 1813.
Nancy Moore Hamner
born 12 Sep 1815.
Samuel Richardson Hamner
born 2 Jan 1818.
John Smith Hamner
born 30 Aug 1820.
Elizabeth Jane Hamner
born 25 Feb 1823.
Lucy Patterson Hamner
born 2 Jan 1825.
William Walter Hamner
born 6 Jan 1827.
Gabriel Moore Hamner
born 27 Nov 1829.
Henley W. J. Hamner
born 22 Dec 1832.
Sarah Martin Hamner
born 25 Feb 1835.
William Hamner died at Tuscaloosa, Alabama .
Elizabeth Jane Henley died Abt 1850 at Tuscaloosa, Alabama .