Civil War Bullseye canteen with the Soldier's name clearly carved into the pewter spout. The name Uriah Tidwell is easily discerned. The Civil War database shows only one soldier carrying that name in either the us or CS armies. It is Uriah Tidwell of Alabama.
He served as sergeant in the 1st and 12th Alabama Cavalry CSA.
The Twelfth regiment of Alabama cavalry operated in east Tennessee and was consolidated with the First Alabama near Murfreesboro. It fought at Murfreesboro and Chickamauga.Four companies were added to it, and it was attached to Hagan's brigade. It saw hard and continuous fighting in the battles of the Dalton-Atlanta campaign. One company lost 20 men in killed and wounded while defending a bridge near Rome.At Atlanta it was complimented on the field by General Wheeler. It lost 25 or 30 men in a melee with Stoneman, and fought at Campbellsville, repulsing Brownlow's brigade, with a loss of 45 men.It fought at Averysboro, and disbanded the night before the surrender.

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