His name was, Thomas Taylor Farrow (my 4th great-uncle), the brother of my 3rd great-grandfather, Ransom. Tom was in the 14th Alabama Infantry, Company H, Jackson's Avengers. 

I am so lucky that he told his Civil War stories to his grandson, Frank Farrow. He said he traded tobacco with Yankee soldiers by floating it across on bark and leaves while guarding the Chickahominy River. He said that in or around Fredericksburg, they were in a big snow. They cut Cedar trees and lay them under their blankets to use as a mattress so when the snow covered them, it wasn’t quite as bad. He said in the mornings, you could rise up and see little holes all around where the men were breathing. 

This is a historic image, if you notice his buckle is "AVC" for Alabama Volunteer Corps, which is seen here backwards (as a negative) because it appears here in an ancient ambrotype or tintype. 

The knife he is holding was known as an “Alabama Toothpick”.

Two of his other brothers, George and Wesley also served in the 14th and, Ransom served in the 1st Alabama Conscripts.

Thomas Taylor Farrow ~ 1841-1926