Sept 18, 1999 Sara Hightower Library, Rome Ga
Found this bio of William Musgrove in:
Confederate Military History Extended Edition
Vol VIII Alabama
c 1899 by Confederate Publishing Company
p. 719
Captain William H. Musgrove, of Bangor, Ala., a veteran of General
Clanton's old regiment, the First Alabama cavalry, is a native of Alabama,
born near his present residence. He entered the Confederate service in the
fall of 1861, as a private soldier in Company C, commanded by his kinsman,
Capt. W. H. Musgrove, Twenty-ninth regiment Alabama infantry. After about a
year's service at Pensacola, Fla., he re-enlisted in the First Alabama
cavalry, and was elected second lieutenant of his company, a rank from
which he was promoted to captain in September, 1863, by the resignation of
the former captain and the death of the first lieutenant. Captain Musgrove
served under Generals Martin, Hagan and Joseph Wheeler in the great
campaigns of the army of Tennessee, including numerous engagements, and in
all the raids in which his regiment had a part. The First was a part of
General Wheeler's original brigade in the Kentucky campaign of 1862, and
was with him at the front in every position of danger until the close of
hostilities. Among the great battles in which Captain Musgrove took part
were Murfreesboro, Missionary Ridge, and Peachtree Creek. Throughout his
career he fortunately escaped wounds, and he also had the good fortune,
though in many a dangerous situation, to avoid capture by the enemy until
near the end of the war, when he was made prisoner in North Carolina. His
captivity was brief, as he was retaken by General Wheeler's forces about
ten days later. Since the war Captain Musgrove has resided in his native
county, where he is held in high esteem as a citizen. He has served several
terms as justice of the peace, and now has the position of deputy clerk of
the county. He was married September 27, 1866, to Rhoda Chamblee, of Blount
county, and they have had ten children, of whom two daughters and five sons
are living.