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Henry Warren Shows (b. May 09, 1838, d. 1876)

Henry Warren Shows (son of Joseph Daniel Shows, Sr. and Pheriba Caudle) was born May 09, 1838, and died 1876 in Bibb County, Alabama. He married Susannah Mitchell on March 09, 1859 in Bibb County, Alabama.

Notes for Henry Warren Shows:
1840 US census Butler Co, AL pg 135 2 wm <5, 1 wm 20-30, 1 wf <5, 1 wf 5-10, 1 wf 20-30
Moved from Butler to Bibb Co between 1845-1850
1850 US census Bibb Co, AL Sept 7, 1850 pg 6b 40 yo farmer 200 real property born in GA with Phiriba 34 born in SC, Nancy 15, Mary C. 13, Henry W. 12, John C. 10, Joseph B. 8, Geo. W. 7, Martha E. 6, James BL 5, Phiriba E. 3, Frances E. 1 all born in AL, Mary Caudle 73 born in SC
1860 US census Bibb Co, AL June 1, 1860 pg 649 as 22 yo farmer with 150 in real property and 72 personal property, Susannah 17, Nancy 4/12, Jane 5 all born in AL

CONFEDERATE ALABAMA TROOPS 20th Alabama Infantry
20th Infantry Regiment completed its organization in September, 1861, at Montgomery, Alabama. The men were recruited in the counties of Jefferson, Greene, Bibb, Perry, Dallas, Hale, Tuscaloosa, Washington, and Russell. After serving at Mobile the unit was brigaded under Generals Barton, Tracy, and S.D. Lee. It moved to Kentucky, but prior to the Battle of Murfreesboro it was ordered to Mississippi. Here it took an active part in the conflicts at Port Gibson and Champion's Hill and was captured on July 4, 1863, when Vicksburg fell. Exchanged and reorganized, the 20th was placed in General Pettus' Brigade, Army of Tennessee. It was involved in various battles from Chattanooga to Nashville and ended the war in North Carolina. This unit contained 836 men in December, 1861, sustained 58 casualties at Chattanooga, and totalled 526 men and 376 arms on December 14, 1863. During January, 1865 there were 305 present, and it surrendered with about 165.

Troops in the Defense of Vicksburg - Confederate 20th Alabama Infantry
During the Battle of Chickasaw Bayou, the regiment was assigned to Brig. Gen. Edward D. Tracy's Brigade of Maj. Gens. Martin Luther Smith's (until 30 Dec 1862) and Carter L. Steven's 2nd Military District in Lt. Gen. John C. Pemberton's Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana and was commanded by Col. Isham W. Garrott. This unit was attached to Brig. Gen. Edward D. Tracy's (killed in action 1 May 1863)

Battle of Port Gibson May 1, 1863
The morning hours witnessed Green's Brigade driven from its position by the principal Federal attack. Brigadier General Edward D. Tracy's Alabama Brigade astride the Bruinsburg Road also experienced hard fighting. Although Tracy was killed early in the action, his brigade managed to hold its tenuous line.
It was clear, however, that unless the Confederates received heavy reinforcements they would lose the day. Brigadier General John S. Bowen, Confederate commander on the field, wired his superiors: "We have been engaged in a furious battle ever since daylight; losses very heavy. The men act nobly, but the odds are overpowering." Early afternoon found the Alabamans slowly giving ground. Green's weary soldiers, having been reformed, arrived to bolster the line on the Bruinsburg Road.
The battle of Port Gibson cost Grant 131 killed, 719 wounded, and 25 missing out of 23,000 men engaged. This victory not only secured his position on Mississippi soil, but enabled him to launch his campaign deeper into the interior of the state. Union victory at Port Gibson forced the Confederate evacuation of Grand Gulf and would ultimately result in the fall of Vicksburg.
The Confederates suffered 60 killed, 340 wounded, and 387 missing out of 8,000 men engaged. In addition, 4 guns of the Botetourt (Virginia) Artillery were lost. The action at Port Gibson underscored Confederate inability to defend the line of the Mississippi River and to respond to amphibious operations.

Civil War Soldiers buried in Bibb County Alabama Based on 1907 Bibb County Pension Records
Shows, Henry W. born 1838, died 1876, member of the 20th Alabama Company H, buried Union
buried in the Union Cemetery.
Sources:
1. Henry W. Shows (First_Last)
Regiment Name 20 Alabama Infantry
Side Confederate
Company H
Soldier's Rank_In Private
Soldier's Rank_Out Corporal
Alternate Name
Film Number M374 roll 40
2. Title: Completed Family Sheet
Page: Denver Ragland
3. Title: Broderbund Family Tree Project
Media: Family Archive CD
Page: vol 21 tree 1594
Text: Date of Import: Dec 21, 1998
4. Title: Bibb Co, AL Cemeteries, Graveyards and Family Burial Plots
Author: Family Adventures
Publication: 1988
Dallas Public Library
pg: 294
5. Title: Haysop, A Church, A Community, A People of Haysop Creek, Bibb Co, AL
Author: Charles E Boyd
Publication: 1979
6. Title: Marriage Records of Bibb County, Alabama, 1820-1860
Author: Pauline Jones Gandrud
7. Title: 1907 Pension Records for Bibb County
http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/al/bibb/military/civilwar/buried.txt

More About Henry Warren Shows:
Burial: Union Church Cemetery, Bibb Co, Alabama.
Census 1: 1840, Butler Co, Alabama.
Census 2: 1850, Bibb Co, Alabama.
Census 3: 1860, Bibb Co, Alabama.
Military service: 1865, Confederate AL 20th Infantry Co D .

More About Henry Warren Shows and Susannah Mitchell:
Marriage: March 09, 1859, Bibb County, Alabama.
Performed: Rev. F. M. Hobson.

Marriage Notes for Henry Warren Shows and Susannah Mitchell:

SOURCE:

BIBB COUNTY, AL
MARRIAGE RECORDS
1820 - 1862

Children of Henry Warren Shows and Susannah Mitchell are:

Isabell Shows, b. April 03, 1857.
Mary Jane Shows, b. October 19, 1874.