The James Russell Scoggins Web Site
James Russell Scoggins in civil war uniform
He
enlisted in the Confederate Army October 5, 1861 at Camp Moore Louisiana
and was assigned to Company B, 18th Louisiana Infantry. He was a
Regimental Wagoner and was captured and released when the war ended at
Natchitochus, Louisiana on June 9, 1865. His
residence at release was given
as Morgan County, Alabama
He was a Master and Royal Arch Mason
Census records show his occupation was Blacksmith, Farmer, Merchant, and cotton trader.
He married was married three times, first to Lavina Clarentine McLaren, then Elizabeth James, and, at the time of his death, to a Letha Mae Rogers.
