History of the First Regiment, Alabama Volunteer Infantry, CSA by Edward Young Mcmorries

History of the First Regiment, Alabama Volunteer Infantry, CSA by Edward Young Mcmorries

Edward Young Mcmorries

1844-1906

Edward Young McMorries was born in Pike (now Bullock) County, Alabama. He received his education from the Perote Institute in Pike County. McMorries joined the "Perote Guards," made up of students from Perote Institute and young men from the surrounding area, in 1859. The Perote company was mustered into the service of Alabama in February 1861 and into Confederate service in April 1861. McMorries also served in the First Alabama Regiment at Pensacola, Island No. 10, in Port Hudson. He became a prisoner in Illinois in 1862, and then he was exchanged in September 1862. After the war, McMorries taught at Arcadia (now LaPine), Plantersville, and Clanton, Ala. He founded and operated Clanton University Training School, a private school that prepared male students for college. He earned an honorary doctorate from the University of Alabama. McMorries passed away in 1906.

Alabama Authors of the 19th & 20th Centuries, edited by Beverley Park Rilett, http://alabamaauthors.org

1904

History of the First Regiment, Alabama Volunteer Infantry, CSA Montgomery, AL; Brown Printing Co, 1904.

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Mcmorries, Edward Young, “History of the First Regiment, Alabama Volunteer Infantry, CSA by Edward Young Mcmorries,” Alabama Authors of the 19th & 20th Centuries, accessed November 8, 2026, https://www.alabamaauthors.org/items/show/24740.