Tuesday, June 1, 2010
Joseph Pizzala, A Forgotten Italian Confederate from Montgomery, Alabama.
Joseph Pizzala was an Italian born business man in Montgomery, Alabama. He owned the very strangely named "The Rio Grande Restaurant", in 1861 and later in 1862 opened up a restaurant named "The French Restaurant". He enlisted in a local Militia Unit composed of Fire Fighter's known as the "FireMan Guards", which was only for local defense. He is listed as a Private and as having shown up for all drill's armed with "one shotgun" and helped in the local defense of the City of Montgomery. He is found listed as Joseph Pizalla and Joseph Pizzala, his real first name was likely Guiseppe, but was Americanized to Joseph., in the surviving record's. // If anyone has any more info on Joseph, such as birth and death dates, wife's name, children ect. please send me an email.
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Pvt. Harry Copp James, CSA, with kinsman Corp. G. Copp, served in Capt. John A. Hall's, Co. A or G, New Orleans Zoavue Fire Brigade Militia. Harry was born New Orleans August 7, 1848; as harbormaster, Biloxi, died there Sept. 9, 1923; a Freemason like his father LtCol Robert Wm. James (born Wilmington, N.C., 1811, died Biloxi 1882), civilian master of the army transport "Gen. Hamer" out of New Orleans in the Mexican War, and second wife, Jane Ann Nixon; daughter of New Orleans City Attorney, Adj. Lt. John (W.?) Nixon Freemason, De Jean's 1st Louisiana Militia, Battle of New Orleans, entombed Biloxi June 4, 1849. Questions: What units after the fall of New Orleans did Harry serve in? What did his father do (as a civilian?) after the fall of New Orleans; was he a blockade runner pilot?. Were either tasked with fitting-out cotton bale armor for Confederate river gunboats? James A. Miller Jr., Southport, N.C. focusoninfinity@hotmail.com
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