Noble Leslie DeVotie
(Obverse): First Alabama soldier to lose life in Civil War.
DeVotie graduated in 1856 from University of Alabama; Presbyterian Theological Seminary at Princeton in 1859. In 1856 at the University of Alabama, he was chief founder of Sigma Alpha Epsilon Fraternity, the only national social fraternity founded in the Deep South.
(Reverse): First Alabama soldier to die in Civil War.
Drowned Feb. 12, 1861 while on duty as chaplain of Alabama troops here. Before enlisting he was pastor of Selma Baptist Church. He was 23 at time of death.
Marker can be reached from Dixie Graves Parkway (State Highway 180) when traveling west.
Courtesy hmdb.org
