Editing Samuel Moore Echols (section)

== Other individuals with the same name ==

Multiple records indicate the existence of a Samuel M. Echols, born around 1816. Notably, the [[Satterwhite Family Book]] and [https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/9950589/samuel-moore-echols findagrave]) make this claim. He is said to be from Alabama and a solder in the Confederate States Army ([https://www.nps.gov/civilwar/search-soldiers-detail.htm?soldierId=38AB3599-DC7A-DF11-BF36-B8AC6F5D926A NPS]); however, this must be a separate individual due to the following reasons:
* Samuel Moore Echols' father would have been 80 in 1816; the supposed year of Samuel M. Echols' birth
* Samuel Moore Echols' wife was born in 1783
* Samuel Moore Echols would have been 83 in 1864; a year in which Samuel Echols was a PVT, Co. B, 29th Alabama

=== Timeline ===

{| class="wikitable"
! Date !! Event
|-
| Circa 1816
| Born, likely in Alabama
|-
| May 16, 1864
| Captured in Resaca, Georgia as a PVT, Co. B, 29th Alabama (per tombstone)
|-
| June 29, 1864
| Died as a result of Typhoid Malaria (per tombstone)
|}

=== Tombstone ===

Samuel's tombstone, in the Confederate Cemetary of Alton, Madison County, Illinois, is inscribed with the following:

{{Quote|
Echols, Samuel

PVT, Co. B, 29th Alabama

Captured; 05/16/64, Resaca, Georgia

d. 06/29/64 Typho Malaria

Buried; State Ground
}}

Source: [https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/9950589/samuel-moore-echols findagrave]