Near Midway in Barbour County, Alabama — The American South (East South Central)

Fort Browder
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15th Alabama Infantry

Fort Browder Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by David J Gaines, October 20, 2012

1. Fort Browder Marker

Inscription. Fort Browder Approximately one mile south-southwest of here stood Fort Browder, a small wooden fortification built in 1836 for protection in the last war with the Creek Indians and named for Isham Browder, a prominent local planter. In 1861, the fort witnessed the formation of a Confederate infantry company known as the Fort Browder Roughs initially commanded by Captain Moses Worthington. The Roughs were subsequently enrolled as Company D, 15th Alabama Infantry. Of the 106 officers and men of Company D, 21 were killed in battle (including 1 captain and 2 lieutenants), 46 were wounded but survived, and 26 died of disease.

15th Alabama Infantry The 15th Alabama was recruited from Barbour, Dale, Henry, Macon, Pike, and Russell Counties and organized at Ft. Mitchell in Russell County in the summer of 1861. The unit fought in many skirmishes and battles including:
Winchester, Va. May 25, 1862
Fredericksburg, Va. Dec 23, 1862
Cross Keys, Va. Jun. 8, 1862
Gettysburg, Pa. Jul. 2-5, 1863
Cold Harbor, Va. Jun. 27, 1862
Chickamauga, Ga. Sept. 19-20, 1863
Malvern Hill, Va. Jul. 2, 1862
Wilderness, Va. May 6, 1864
Cedar Mountain, Va. Aug. 9, 1862
Spotsylvania CH, Va. May 8-19, 1864
Second Manassas, Va. Aug. 28-30, 1862

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North Anna, Va. May 25, 1864
Chantilly, Va. Sept. 1, 1862
2nd Cold Harbor, Va. Jun. 3, 1864
Sharpsburg, Va. Sept. 17, 1862
Vicinity of Petersburg, Va. Jun. 1864-Apr. 1865

Of the 1612 officers and men who joined the 15 Alabama, 279 were killed in battle, 599 were wounded and 459 died of disease. Only 172 remained to surrender with General Lee at Appomattox CH on Apr. 9, 1865.

Erected 2009 by Historic Chattahoochee Commission; United Daughters of the Confederacy Chapter 2669, Capt. S. H. Dent; and Sons of Confederate Veterans Camp No. 486, Dent’s Artillery.

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Forts and Castles • War, US Civil • Wars, US Indian. In addition, it is included in the Sons of Confederate Veterans/United Confederate Veterans, and the United Daughters of the Confederacy series lists. A significant day of the year for for this entry is May 31.

Location. 32° 0.935′ N, 85° 18.684′ W. Marker is near Midway, Alabama, in Barbour County. It is on U.S. 82 close to County Road 79, on the left when traveling west. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 2475 US-82, Midway AL 36053, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in the American South,

specifically in the Deep South,

in the Black Belt,

and in the Wiregrass.

Globally, it is in North America,

a Gulf of Mexico state,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 8 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Providence Methodist Church & Schoolhouse (here, next to this marker); a different

15th Alabama Infantry Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by David J Gaines, October 20, 2012

2. 15th Alabama Infantry Marker

marker also named Fort Browder / 15th Alabama Infantry (approx. half a mile away); Batesville Church - 1837 (approx. 0.6 miles away); Election Riot of 1874 (approx. 4.3 miles away); Unknown Soldiers (approx. 4.7 miles away); Spring Hill United Methodist Church (approx. 4.8 miles away); Eufaula-Montgomery Roadway (approx. 6.6 miles away); Ramah Baptist Church & Cemetery (approx. 8 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Midway.

Another marker is no longer nearby. Braxton Bragg Comer (was approx. 4.1 miles away but has been confirmed missing).

Additional commentary.
1. Two markers.
There are two markers of Ft Browder, this one on Hwy 82 and one near Batesville United Methodist Church, on Woody Johnson Road, off Barbour County Road 79.

— Submitted January 13, 2021.

Wide view of marker area. image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mark Hilton, October 19, 2014

3. Wide view of marker area.

Looking west on U.S. Highway 82 towards markers image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mark Hilton, October 19, 2014

4. Looking west on U.S. Highway 82 towards markers

Credits. This page was last revised on October 17, 2022. It was originally submitted on November 5, 2012, by David J Gaines of Pinson, Alabama. This page has been viewed 4,363 times since then and 95 times this year. Last updated on October 16, 2022, by James L.Whitman of Eufaula, Alabama. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on November 5, 2012, by David J Gaines of Pinson, Alabama. 3, 4. submitted on October 19, 2014, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama. • Mark Hilton was the editor who published this page.

Fort Browder⎯⎯⎯15th Alabama Infantry

Fort Browder
⎯⎯⎯
15th Alabama Infantry