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HISTORY OF FENTRESS COUNTY, TENNESSEE,
GENERAL WILLIAMS.
"When General Williams left Sparta for the Army of Ten- nessee at Atlanta all of the independents and bushwhackers in that part of the State went out with him. It got so hot thereabout, and the Federals were swarming so in Tennessee (like bees), that they concluded the better part of valor was to get away. Champ Ferguson on the one side and David Beaty on the other, both I believe from Fentress County, were the respective leaders. A warfare had been raging in this part of the State and in southern Kentucky since the beginning of the war.
"Champ Ferguson and his followers participated actively at Saltville. After the battle was over a Lieutenant Smith of the Federal army was left with others wounded. He was taken to Emory and Henry College, which was made a hospital for both armies. When Ferguson heard the fact, he went over and killed Lieutenant Smith. It was said that dur- ing the war Smith had killed a Colonel Hamilton, who was a comrade, neighbor and personal friend of Ferguson; that Smith had captured Hamilton after a fight between members of the two clans and had been ordered, with a squad of soldiers, to take him to headquarters over in Kentucky; but that after starting with his prisoner, and going a short distance, he or- dered his men to take Hamilton to the side of the public road, where he was stood up by a tree and shot to death."
FERGUSON EXECUTED.
General Guild, continuing, says: "A short time after the Confederates had returned from the surrender, in May, 1865, Ferguson, who had surrendered to the Federals, was under- going trial by court martial at Nashville.
"He had been arrested at Saltville, Virginia, by order of General Williams, the Confederate commander, for the alleged killing of Smith and sent to Richmond, as we understood it, and we saw him no more afterwards. The war terminated a short time after this. I presume, in the confusion of things, he was permitted to return to his home in Tennessee. I was told that frequent attempts had been made to capture him, but
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finally, after being advised, and on being assured by Federal authority that if he would surrender he would be given the same terms that had been extended to other Confederates, he gave up. After this he was placed on trial by a military court martial at Nashville to answer various charges of murder. Among them was the charge of the murder of Lieutenant Smith, at Emory and Henry College in Virginia. He was con- victed and executed by hanging at Nashville."
Champ Ferguson was in jail at Jamestown when the war came up, awaiting trial on the charge of murder. Both he and his victim had lived near Chanute, in what was then Fen- tress County, now Pickett. When the war broke out he was released and was never tried for this offense.
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CHAPTER XII
SHERMAN'S MARCH TO THE SEA, NOV. 15, 1864.
S HERMAN was about five weeks in the celebrated march from Atlanta to Savannah. The Fourth Tennessee Cav- alry, under Wheeler, followed him in obedience to orders from General Hood. They were engaged with a part of Sher- man's army at Macon, also at Waynesboro. Several were killed in these engagements. At Buckhead Church, Wheeler attacked Kilpatrick's Cavalry, losing several men and more horses than in any other battle of the war.
After Sherman had taken Savannah, and began his march through South Carolina and North Carolina, Wheeler's com- mand followed and did what it could to prevent Sherman from destroying the property along the line of march.
On February 16, 1865, a battle was fought near Fayetteville, N. C., known as the Kilpatrick fight. (Kilpatrick was the Federal commander.) Several were killed and wounded on each side. Among them were Lieut. Paul Anderson, of the Fourth Tennessee. B. P. Harrison, of Company I, was also wounded. Lieut. Massengale, of Co. B, was among the killed.
After this battle Major Scott Bledsoe became the com- mander of the Fourth Tennessee, succeeding Paul Anderson, who was severely wounded. Lieut. Eb Crozier was made adju- tant of the regiment.
BENTONVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA.
The battle of Bentonville was fought on March 20, 1865. The Fourth Tennessee was ordered forward at the opening of this engagement. They were fired upon by Sherman's men and returned the fire. Several of the regiment fell before they received orders to fall back. In this battle it is said that the Fourth Tennessee and the Eighth Texas saved Johnson's army from capture by a successful charge upon the Federals, driving them back several hundred yards from a bridge that spanned Mill Creek, and kept them back some time, thus mak- ing it possible for the Confederate army to cross the bridge and escape.
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CHAPTER XIII
THE SURRENDER.
T HE Fourth Tennessee, which at first had about eleven hundred men, at its surrender at Charlotte, N. C., on May 3, 1865, had only two hundred and fifty men. More than half of these were battle-scarred. Many of them had been wounded more than once and in different engagements.
When the news came that the Confederates were to surren- der, the Third Arkansas and the Eighth and the Eleventh Texas left the brigade for the West, where they intended to join another command for the purpose of further fighting.
While the news was being circulated that an armistice had been agreed upon, pending arrangements to allow all to return to their homes, the sad news came one night that Lincoln had been assassinated and that the armistice was over. The Fourth was ordered to Rufin's Bridge to guard the road to Raleigh. Silently, it is said, they moved to their post of duty, After placing their pickets for the night, a courier came with the news that another armistice had been agreed upon. So again / they went to their camp and were never again called to do duty in the field. In a short time they received their discharges and were soon on their way homeward. The infantry were discharged at Greensboro, North Carolina, the cavalry at Charlotte.
GENERAL WHEELER'S FAREWELL ADDRESS.
Headquarters Cavalry Corps, April 28, 1865.
Gallant Comrades :
You have fought your fight, your task is done. During a four years fight for liberty you have exhibited courage, forti- tude and devotion. You are the victors of more than.two hun- dred strongly contested fields; you have participated in more than a thousand conflicts of arms; you are heroes, victors and patriots. The bones of your comrades mark the battlefields
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upon the soil of Kentucky, Tennessee, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi and Virginia.
You have done all that human exertion could accomplish. In bidding you adieu, I desire to tender to you my thanks for your gallantry in battle and your devotion at all times to the holy cause you have done so much to maintain. I desire also to express my gratitude for the kind feelings you have seen fit to extend towards myself, and to evoke upon you the bless- ings of your heavenly father, to whom we must always look for support in the hour of distress.
JOE WHEELER, Major General.
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CHAPTER XIV
MAJOR SCOTT BLEDSOE.
W HEN the war broke out, Scott Bledsoe was practicing law at Jamestown. He and his brothers were all prominent as well as their father, Wm. M. Bledsoe. They held various official positions in the county before the war. The old house in which the Bledsoe's lived is still stand- ing. This family is related to the Bledsoe's of Sumner County.
Bates Bledsoe was killed in the Mexican War, and Captains R. H. and A. Bledsoe were killed at Sparta during one of Wheeler's raids, in which they were participating. Scott made up a cavalry company at Jamestown early in 1861 and was elected captain. Later he became a major. He took part in all the engagements in which the Fourth Tennessee Cavalry took part, and received his discharge at Charlotte, N. C., May 3, 1865.
Scott Bledsoe died at Cleburne, Texas, a few years ago a highly respected and well-to-do citizen.
Very few of this company ever returned to Fentress County to make their homes after the war, owing to the local warfare that existed for some years. The feeling was very bitter in this county between the Confederate and Union sympathizers, the Union side being greatly in the majority.
At present all evidences of the old feeling is entirely gone, and members of Bledsoe's company, on recent visits to the county, have found their old enemies among those who made them feel welcome back in their native county.
One of the survivors, B. Porter Harrison, has spent most of his time for several years at Jamestown with his son, G. E. Harrison, and his daughter, Mrs. E. M. Shelley.
Robert H. Bledsoe succeeded his brother as captain of the company at Nolensville, Tennessee, in October, 1862, when the regiment was reorganized, and served in this capacity until he was killed at Sparta the next year.
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COMPANY D, EIGHTH TENNESSEE VOLUNTEERS.
In addition to those who served in the Confederate army under Bledsoe, several enlisted in other commands. Among them were the following who served in Capt. Calvin E. Myer's company, known as Company D of Eighth Tennessee:
Robt. Boles, Third Sergt .; Van Huddleston, Dode Stephens, Miles, Nick and Elijah Stephens, and Hilery and Peyton Smith.
(There were probably others in this company from Fentress, these are all I could find.)
Nick, Miles and Elijah Stephens and Peyton Smith were re- ported as killed in battle. Dode Stephens was killed while at home near the close of the war. His widow, "Aunt" Sally Stephens, lived on Indian Creek, and drew a State pension until her death in 1913 at the age of about one hundred.
Company D took part in the following battles: Cheat Moun- tain, Va., Port Royal, S. C., Corinth, Miss., Perryville, Ky., Murfreesboro, Chickamauga, Missionary Ridge and Kings Mountain, near Dalton, Ga .; Resaca, New Hope Church, Burnt Corner, Powder Springs, Marietta, Atlanta, Eastport and Jonesboro, Ga., Franklin, Tenn., and Nashville, and surren- dered at Asheville, N. C., in 1865.
CAPTAIN CALVIN E. MYERS.
Capt. Myers of Company D, Eighth Tennessee, resides at Livingston. He was a soldier in the Mexican War, and was a comrade of J. F. Adkins and the Bledsoes and the other Fen- tress countainians in this war. He is one of the few survivors of the war.
Sergeant Robert Boles lived at the Andy Garrett place south of Jamestown when the war came up. His widow now lives on Spring Creek in Overton County.
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CHAPTER XV
UNION COMMANDS AND COMMANDERS.
CAPTAIN MITCHELL R. MILLSAPS.
C APTAIN MILLSAPS was a native of Fentress, being a son of Hiram and Marsha Millsaps. On the 10th day of August, 1861, he was made captain of a company of in- fantry for the U. S. A., which he recruited in Fentress County. His company became a part of the Second Tennessee Infantry. After serving until November, 1863, they were captured at Rogersville. An account of their services appears elsewhere.
He resided in the Poplar Cove and followed farming and log- ging until his death several years ago.
CAPTAIN TINKER DAVID BEATY.
David Beaty, known as Tinker, was a native of Fentress County, and a son of George Beaty, who came from North Carolina with his brothers, John and David Beaty, in pioneer days, and settled on the East Fork, George Beaty settling what is now known as the Richard Smith place. Here David was born in 1823, and lived near the old home all his life and died in 1883.
He formed a company early in the Civil War, known as David Beaty's Independent Scouts and was made captain. Their pur- pose was to protect the mountain country from invasion by the Confederates. The author is indebted to C. Beaty, son of Tinker Beaty, for the information in regard to skirmishes herein described.
Tinker Beaty's Company-In 1861 they had a skirmish with Bledsoe's men, near the Albertson schoolhouse. Lieutenant Riddle, who lives near Monterey, and another man was wounded. The next engagement was near Glenoby, also near the home of Captain Beaty. Two or three were wounded in this engagement.
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This company met and defeated a Confederate force of fifty or sixty men at the Wash Taylor stand, nine miles south of Jamestown, about 1862. Two wagon loads of drugs and paper for striking Confederate money were being smuggled through from Kentucky with the intention of taking it to the Confed- erate government. The Confederates were forced to run off and leave the plunder in the hands of the attacking company. A man named Baldwin was seriously wounded.
In 1863 they fought a battle with some Confederates under Captain Hutchinson, near the George Boles place, in what is now Pickett County. Captain Hutchinson was killed and two or three others wounded. Among them was W. E. Linder, who was with Hutchinson. He was shot, a minnie ball passing through his body. Although the wound was a very dangerous one, he still survives, and lives near Poteet, Tennessee.
Another skirmish took place near Van Buren Academy in Poplar Cove. The Confederate lieutenant, Wm. Goggins, was killed and a few others wounded.
In 1864, Beaty's company attacked Col. Hughes' company, which had come up from the lower counties into Fentress on a foraging expedition. This fight occurred in the Buffalo Cove. Thomas Culver and Jop Moody of Tinker's company were killed and several Confederates wounded.
This company was engaged in many other skirmishes in Fentress, Overton, Clay, Pickett, Cumberland and White coun- ties in Tennessee, and in southern Kentucky.
After the war was over Champ Ferguson came to Jamestown and attempted the arrest of Capt. Beaty. Beaty mounted a race horse and ran off and left him, receiving three wounds, from which he soon recovered. He was a leader in Fentress . during reconstruction days and until his death in 1883. He was a very clever, hospitable man among his neighbors and was generally liked by them.
CAPTAIN RUFUS DOWDY.
Rufus Dowdy lived on Wolf River at the breaking out of the war. He was forty-three years old at the opening of the war. He assisted in recruiting a company for the Union service. It
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became Company D of Eleventh Tennessee. He was made lieutenant December 4, 1863, and captain February 20, 1864. The roster of officers and men appears elsewhere.
His son, O. P. Dowdy, resides now in Pickett County.
At first he was captain of a company known as the Home Guards. Their principal service in this capacity was in op- posing Confederate forces entering their territory.
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CHAPTER XVI
THE SECOND EAST TENN. VOL. INF.
T HIS regiment was recruited at Camp Dick Robinson in Kentucky, September 28, 1861, and left there October 18, 1861; fought the Confederates at Wildcat, Ky., Lon- don, Somerset and at Mill Springs. Left Mill Springs January 21, 1862, and marched to Cumberland Ford, Ky. On the 7th of March they left Cumberland Ford and marched across the mountains via Boston, Ky., to Big Creek Gap, where they routed and captured a Confederate force under the command of Lieut. Col. J. F. White, destroyed a large amount of quarter- master and commissary stores, captured eighty-nine horses and mules and a large amount of small arms, ammunition, etc. Remained at Cumberland Ford till the first of June, 1862, then marched back to Cumberland Gap, reaching there June 18th, and remained there till September 17th, when the Federal forces, under George W. Morgan, evacuated the gap and marched through the eastern part of Kentucky to the Ohio River, then through southern Ohio to Saline Salt Works in Kanawha Valley, W. Va. Left there November, 1862, and marched to Point Pleasant on the Ohio River; then they went by water to Louisville, Ky. From Louisville they went by land to Murfreesboro and took part in this battle. Remained at Murfreesboro till March 10, 1863, then returned to Kentucky for the purpose of being mounted, which was done about the first of June, 1863. Remained in Kentucky and participated in divers engagements with the Confederate forces under Pegram, Scott and others, until the Fourth of July, when they left Somerset in pursuit of the Confederate, General Morgan, in his raid through Kentucky, Indiana and Ohio. Was present at Salineville, W. Va., when Morgan was captured. Returned to Kentucky by way of Cincinnati, joining General Burnside's forces at Stamford, Ky., for the East Tennessee campaign. Led the advance forces at Wolf Creek and at Loudon. Went from Loudon to Knoxville, and to Cumberland Gap, where they de-
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feated the Confederate forces under General Phrasier. Re- turned then to Knoxville and took the advance of the column that moved into upper East Tennessee. This regiment brought on and participated in the battle of Blue Springs, pursued the retreating Confederate forces under Gens. Jones, Williams and Jackson until it drove their pickets in at Abingdon, Va .; de- stroyed a large amount of stores, etc .; also destroyed the rail- roads about Bristol; returned to Rogersville, where the regi- ment was captured on the 6th of November, 1863, by the forces under the Confederate General Jones.
A few of the regiment escaped and reported at Knoxville, taking part in the siege. All that was left of the whole regi- ment (106) was mustered out at Knoxville October 6, 1864.
Officers and enlisted men, Fentress and adjoining counties, 1861 to 1865. (Partial list) U. S. Army :
Capt. John C. Wright, Co. D, 11th Tenn. Cav. Reg.
Lieut. Lemuel C. Wright, Co. D, 2d Tenn.
Lieut. David F. Huddleston, Co. D, 2d Tenn.
Lieut. J. W. Gaudin, 11th Tenn. Cav., later became Q. M. of Reg. Lieut. Elias Carroll, Co. B.
Lieut. Wm. Stone, Co. D.
Capt. Wiley C. Huddleston, 11th Tenn. Cav.
Lieut. Wm. H. Williams, Co. H, 10th Cav.
Chap. Sam Greer, 11th Tenn. Cav. Reg.
Lieut. Joseph S. Chatman, Co. A, 11th Tenn. Cav.
Lieut. Wm. J. Norrod, Co. D, 1st Tenn. Mtd. Inf.
Lieut. Elijah Garrett, 1st Tenn. Mtd. Inf.
Lieut. Wm. A. Overstreet, Co. A, 11th Tenn. Cav.
Maj. Abraham E. Garrett, 1st Tenn. Mtd. Inf., Pro. Lieut. Col. 3/20/64.
Capt. Wade Jones, Co. C.
James W. Wright, Sergt. Maj. 1st Regt. Mtd. Inf.
OFFICERS 1ST. REGT. MTD. INFT.
Lieut. Col. A. E. Garrett, Pro. Lieut. Col. 3/18/64, Maj. 6/28/64.
Maj. Francis M. McKee, Pro. 8/19/64.
1st Lieut. and Adjt. L. P. Martin, 3/24/64.
1st Lieut. and R. Q. M. Luke P. Gillem, 1/31/64.
Surg. Chas. C. Shoyer, 3/7/64.
Surg. Lem. A. Robeson, 2/19/64.
Surg. Chris. C. Clements, 4/16/64.
Sergt. Maj. Jas. W. Wright, 9/25/63.
Com. Ser. James S. Palmer, 10/21/63.
Hosp. Steward Joseph A. Pendarvis, 1/21/64.
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ROLL CO. D, 1ST TENN. MTD. INF. (Copied from Military Records.) Officers.
Name
Age
Enlisted
Promoted
Capt. Rufus Dowdy ... . . .43
1st Lieut Lem C. Wright ... 26.
9/10/63 in this Co. 2/20/64
2d Lieut. Wm. J. Norred ... 26.
10/10/63
2/20/64
Sergt. Geo. W. Franklin. .23 9/ 1/63. 2/20/64
Sergt. Joel L. Reagan .22
9/25/63.
2/20/64
Sergt. Oliver P. Dowdy .... 19
1/ 1/64 Cor. 2/20/64.
8/31/64
Sergt. Moses H. Jackson ... 19
8/20/63
2/20/64
Sergt. James P. Gunnels ... 21.
8/10/63.
2/20/64
Corp. Thomas P. Mathews. . 32. 10/10/62 2/20/64
Corp. Joel G. Huddleston ... 18.
1/25/64
2/20/64
Corp. Freeling H. Ogletree.19.
8/ 1/63.
2/20/64
Corp. James A. Ashburn ... 23
2/ 8/64.
2/20/64
Corp. Anderson Jones .. .18
1/25/64.
2/20/64
Corp. George W. Taber. ... 21
10/10/63
2/20/64
Corp. James A. Hunter ... .18
2/10/64.
8/31/64
Musc. Charles H. Marshall. . 18. 2/12/64
Musc. James Wright. .18 2/12/64
Corp. Preston B. Robbins .. 20. 2/ 9/64 Killed in Overton
County 6/15/64
Private Soldiers, Co. D.
Name
Age
Enlisted
Mustered in
Franklin Ausbern
.27.
8/29/63.
1/23/64
Sam Bowman
24
8/10/63.
1/23/64
William Bowman 27 8/10/63 1/23/64
John H. Burton
42. 12/27/63
1/23/64
Thomas Breeding
17
12/26/63
1/23/64
Jas. K. Beaty.
.20
1/25/64.
3/18/64
Andrew J. Beaty 18.
1/25/64
3/18/64
Elijah Brummett
.30
2/12/64
3/18/64
James Clark 23
1/ 1/64.
3/18/64
Isaac Derwese
18
1/ 1/64
1/23/64
Jack Franklin
29
2/25/64.
3/18/64
Ambrose M. Grace
19
9/10/63
1/23/64
Jesse Garner .20.
12/23/63
1/23/64
Elijah Garrett .18 1/25/64
3/18/64
J. W. Huddleston. 22. 8/10/63
1/23/64
Wm. E. Huddleston. 20 8/10/63
1/23/64
Sandy E. Hicks. 21.
.12/23/63
1/23/64
Thos. Huddleston
34. 1/25/64.
3/18/64
David Hall 43 1/25/64
3/18/64
12/ 4/63
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Name
Age
Enlisted
Mustered in
Thomas C. Jackson
20.
1/ 3/64
6/23/64
George W. German.
20.
1/21/64
6/23/64
Sperry C. Jackson.
18.
2/12/64
3/18/64
Wm. Jones
18
2/12/64.
3/18/64
John A. Lewis. 19
1/ 3/64
1/23/64
Nathan Mainerd
.23
12/31/63.
1/23/64
James Mullins
23.
8/10/63
1/23/64
Wintan Mullinax
18.
1/25/64.
3/18/64
Andrew J. Maxfield
22.
8/21/63
1/23/64
Alex. Norred .33.
10/10/63
1/23/64
Lewis Norred
10/10/63
1/23/64
Benj. Norred
18
10/10/63
1/23/64
Thos. Norris
.20
.10/10/63
1/23/64
Francis M. Padgett.
19
10/10/63
1/23/64
Sam Prior
18.
8/19/63
1/23/64
Moses Phillips
27.
1/25/64
3/18/64
Geo. W. Polston.
19.
2/15/64
3/18/64
James Pennycough
18.
1/25/64
3/18/64
William Ritch
.44.
8/10/63
1/23/64
Thomas Reagan, Jr
18.
2/12/64
3/18/64
John Reeder
21.
8/12/63
1/23/64
John Smith 18.
8/23/63
1/23/64
Henry Stewart
19.
12/31/63
1/23/64
Thos. Spyey
20.
10/20/63
1/23/64
Francis M. Smith 19.
2/10/64
3/18/64
Oliver Spencer
23.
1/23/63
3/18/64
Thomas Harrison 18.
1/23/63
6/23/64
Thomas Henderson
30.
12/18/63
6/23/64
Alex. Whited
26.
10/10/63
6/23/64
William Way
18. 12/31/63.
6/23/64
James Willis
18. 12/27/63
6/23/64
Mantin Woolbright 19.
12/10/63
6/23/64
Wm. Whited .19.
1/ 3/64.
6/23/64
Joshua Wright
18.
2/12/64
3/18/64
James K. Zachary
18.
8/10/63
1/23/64
Chas. C. Burton. .45 12/27/63 Killed 4/28/64 at Car- thage, accident
Francis M. Derewese 34. .12/31/63 Killed 5/7/64 by guer- rillas in Smith Co.
William H. Garrett. .28. .10/10/63 Died 6/2/64 of disease
Thos. McDonald
19. 9/15/63 Died 5/30/64 of disease
Geo. H. Owen 18. 2/20/64 Captured and killed 6/15/64, Overton Co.
James K. Reagan 18 9/25/63, 1/23/64, Died 10/16/64 of disease
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HISTORY OF FENTRESS COUNTY, TENNESSEE,
Name
Age
Enlisted
Robert White
.37.
.10/10/63, 1/23/64, Killed in ac- tion 2/13/64
Joseph Brummett 23.
8/10/63
Thos. Franklin
18.
1/25/64
Andrew J. Fletcher
18. 2/12/64
Daniel Gibson
18. 12/23/63
Jasper Phillips
10/10/63
ROLL CO. D, 2d TENN.
Name Age
Enlisted
Capt. Sam C. Honeycutt. .30
9/23/61
Serg. David H. Walker. .52
6/19/62
Corp. Sam Thompson. 18. 11/17/61
John Barger 18. 3/10/62
Jas. M. Beaty. .25 .12/15/61
Hubbert Blalock. 18. 6/10/61
William Brannon
29 12/15/61
John K. Brient 18 3/ 9/62
John Burk
7/16/63
Not mustered in
Wm. E. Brient 16. 3/ 9/62
Pleas M. Burk.
7/16/63
Not mustered in
Jas. M. Chilebass
2/11/62
*Philip Conatser
1/10/62
Thos. C. Conner. 20 1/ 3/62
Willis W. Cope
1/20/62
Robt. Dobson
8/15/63
¡Samuel Evans
33. 12/15/62
Hiram Lindley
21. 5/11/63
Andrew J. Garrett.
Discharged for disease 8/10/63. Re-
jected for reinlistment
Nathan Halbert 21 12/15/61
Marion Hix .21 12/21/61
David C. Honeycut 17
3/ 7/62
Joel G. Huddleston 44. 12/15/61
George W. Jones 36. 5/11/63
Silas Jones
5/11/63
Jas. W. Keer
.19 5/11/63
Jas. F King.
18 5/11/63
Thomas Knight 18 5/11/63
¿Samuel Evans remained a prisoner at Bells Island for thirteen months, was released and died in the service at Murfreesboro, 1865.
*Philip Conatser of Co. D died in prison at Andersonville, Ga., on March 28, 1864, and was buried in grave No. 216.
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