1	Amariah Swanner
2	Amariah Was Born Amariah Was born in North Carolina on July 4, 1823 and lived there for 10 years.
3	10 Years Later At 10 years of age Amariah Swanner was of course still living with his parents, but they moved to Pike County, Alabama. He lived there until 1847, which was when he married Margaret.
4	When the Regiment was Organized Amariah was in the 17^th Regiment and was in the infantry. The 17^th Regiment was organized at Montgomery, Alabama in August, 1861. Amariah was also in Companies B & K.
5	900 Men The Regiment had 900 men and moved to Pensacola, then in March, 1862, it was sent to West Tennessee and got assigned to J.K. Jackson’s Brigade.
6	Jackson
7	"Amariah was in the Battle..." Amariah was in the Battle of Bentonville and still served under General Cantey at this time. This battle was active from March 19-21, 1865.
8	Battle of Shiloh Amariah also took place in the Battle of Shiloh. The regiment reported 125 casualties. The result was a Union victory. The date was April 6-7, 1862.
9	"This was one of the..." This was one of the last battles Amariah was in. Peachtree Creek had 130 casualties. This battle also resulted in a Union victory.
10	Lost Men Amariah took place in Franklin and Nashville. Two-thirds were captured at Franklin and numbers were also captured at Nashville. Amariah was not captured that I know of.
11	Leaders Colonel Officers: J.P. Jones, Virgil S. Murphey, and Thomas H. Watts; Lieutenant Colonels Robert C. Fariss, Edward P. Holcombe, and John Ryan; and the Majors Thomas J. Burnett and S.A. Moreno.
12	Death Amariah Swanner died at ExRay in October 1906. He died at the age of thirty-nine years of age and stood five feet eleven.
13	References http://www.thewildgeese.com/pages/cleburne.html http://www.fred.net/stevent/home.html http://ngeorgia.com/history/peachtreecreek.html http://americancivilwar.com/statepic/nc/nc020.html