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=== Brief History === | === Brief History === | ||
Ellis Logan, who had resigned as captain of Co. H., 13th Ala., in May, 1862, on account of health, | |||
returned to Coosa and resumed his duty as sheriff. In May, 1864, under a special Act providing for | |||
the enlistment of such as were exemptfrom Confederate service, to form companies for home | |||
defense, thus supplementing the powerof the Confederate forces in the State for protection within | |||
the State borders, Ellis Logan raised a company of this kind, of which Logan was captain; | |||
"Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.<ref>National Park Service, [http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/ The Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System], (accessed 6 December 2010).</ref> | "Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.<ref>National Park Service, [http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/ The Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System], (accessed 6 December 2010).</ref> | ||