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Cornelius Autrey enlisted in the Confederate Army 31 August 1861 at Camp Monroe, Louisiana. He served as a Private in Companies B and E in the 12th Louisiana Infantry. His regiment was assigned to duty in the Western Department in Mississippi and East Louisiana. In the spring of 1862, he saw action at Island No. 10, Tennessee, where the regiment was captured and exchanged not long afterwards. He fought in the operations on the Mississippi Central Railroad from Bolivar, Tennessee to Coffeeville, Mississippi. He saw action in the battle against Fort Pemberton and Greenwood, Mississippi and in the Baffle of Champions Hill. He was captured by the enemy 2 June 1863 at Vicksburg, Mississippi. He was sent to the Military Prison, Alton, Illinois 8 June 1863. He was exchanged on 12 June 1863. Cornelius was sent to City Point, Virginia 21 June 1863. The rolls indicate that for much of his military service, he was on detailed service as sharpshooter by order of General Buford. At the end of the war, Cornelius Autrey was paroled at Greensboro, North Carolina.⁴

I.          Sarah Ophelia Autrey b.4-1870 d. 1-6-1938 m. 6-22-1887 C. L. Seward b. 1862 d. 1-6-1939. 6 children.

2.         James J. Autrey b. 1873 m. 12-27-1893 Ellen Doyle.

3.         Eliza O. Autrey b. 1876.

THIS COMPLETES THE FAMILY OF CORNELIUS AUTREY AND AMANDA F.

8.         James Jackson Autrey b. 2-23-1837 d. 1863. Never married. The 1860 Union Parish, Louisiana U.S. Census shows James Jackson as a school teacher.

James Jackson Autrey and his brother, Robert Martin Autrey, enlisted in the Confederate Army 11 May 1861 in New Orleans, Louisiana. lie served as a Private and as a Sergeant in Company K, Second Louisiana Infantry. His regiment was sent to Yorktown, Virginia and placed in the Department of the Peninsula. It became a part of the Army of Northern Virginia in the spring of 1862. From April to September 1862, he fought in battles at Warwick, Virginia; Yorktown, Virginia; engagements at Lees Mills and Ellison's Mills near Mechanicsburg, Virginia; Battle of Peach Orchard near Fair Oaks, Virginia ,Battle of Savage Station, Virginia; Malvern Hill, Virginia action along the Rappahonnock; Battle of Groveton, Virginia and the Battle of Second Bull Run. He was captured by the enemy and was received at Aikens Landing on 7 September 1862. He was exchanged 21 September 1862.

In September and October 1862, he was in the hospital in Winchester, Virginia. In November and December 1862, he was in the hospital in Stanton, Virginia and in January and February 1863 he was m the hospital in Richmond, Virginia. From March 1863 until June 1863 he was sick in a hospital, place unknown, lie remained hospitalized until his death, of an unknown disease, in July or August 1863 in Mt. Jackson,