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Asylum from the effects of a sabre wound on the head by a Federal Major when a half mile inside of the Federal lines, and an hour after he had surrendered.
Lieutenant W. H. Matthews. Promoted to Second Lieuten- ant, then to First Lieutenant, and was not elected at the reor- ganization of the army at Corinth ; accompanied Gen. John H. Morgan on his Ohio raid, and now lives in Nashville.
Joel A. Battle, Jr. Promoted to Adjutant ; wounded at Fish- ing Creek ; killed April 7, 1862, at the battle of Shiloh.
Orderly Sergeant M. M. Hinkle was promoted to Commissary of the Regiment, with rank of Captain. Died during the war.
Second Sergeant B. F. Holland died at Nolensville after the war.
Third Sergeant John F. Guthrie. Promoted to Orderly Ser- geant, then to Captain, then to Major, and was killed Aug. 31, 1864, at the battle of Jonesboro, Ga.
Fourth Sergeant W. H. Doyle. Was badly wounded at the battle of Shiloh ; died after the war, in West Tennessee, from ' the effects of the wound received at Shiloh.
First Corporal Harding Bostick. Died near Triune, Tenn., after the war.
Second Corporal W. S. Battle. Killed April 6, at the battle of Shiloh.
Third Corporal James Gambrill, afterwards made Lieutenant ; now lives at Lebanon, Tenn.
Fourth Corporal E. L. Jordan, afterwards promoted to Regi- mental A. Q. M., now lives in Nashville, Tenn.
Andrews, Win. Died since the war.
Baker, Frank. Died after the war.
Baldridge, Wm. Living in Nashville.
Barnes, Bolen Dead.
Barnes, T. H. Living near Allisonia.
Barnes, Geo. Dead.
Battle, I. J. Now living near Nolensville, and a farmer.
Battle, John. A farmer living near Nolensville, Tenn.
Battle, Robert I. A practicing physician near Cartersville, Ga.
Battle, Frank. Was promoted to Captain. After the war was appointed superintendent of the capitol by Gov. Turney ; now lives near Clarkesville.
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Battle, Wm. Captured and held in prison until the close of the war, where he contracted chronic diarrhea, from which he died a few days after his return home.
Britton, Jack. Died near Rock Springs, Rutherford County, about the close of the war.
Burke, Sam. Died near Nolensville after the war.
Buttery, John. Dead.
Crocker, J. M. Badly wounded in · battle of Murfreesboro. Now dead.
Crocker, T. W. Dead.
Chadwell, George. Living near Clover Croft, Williamson County.
Castleman, John F. Dead.
Castleman, Geo. W. Living at Cairo. Crockett County, Tenn.
Cunningham, Wm. Dead.
Clay, Jack. Dead.
Carmack, Robert. Dead.
Edmundson, John. Promoted to Chaplain of the Regiment ; after the first year of the war disowned his cause, and now living in the North.
Ezelle, Lafayette. Living in Knoxville, Tenn.
Ezelle, James. Dead.
Eaton, Joe. Living in Rutherford County, near Sumner's Knob.
Fly, John. Promoted to Color Bearer ; badly wounded at Chickamauga ; died since the war.
Falvy, Timothy. Dead.
Gooch, Robert. Dead.
Guthrie, James. Living in Nashville. Surrendered at Greens- boro.
Guthrie, Henry. Living near Nolensville.
Guthrie, Wm. Living in Nashville.
Griggs, Thos. K. Dead.
Griggs, Meredith. Dead.
Griggs, John. Dead.
Gaunt, Wm. Living in Texas.
Gaunt, James. Dead.
Green, Ed. Appointed Commissary Sergeant. Dead since close of the war.
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Green, Sherwood. Killed in front of Atlanta, in 1864.
Hamlet, Wm. Dead.
Hamlet, Jack. Surrendered at Greensboro. Dead since the war.
Hay, W. A. Killed at battle of Baton Rouge, La.
Hay, Jas. L. Promoted to Assistant Surgeon C. S. A. ; as- signed to hospital duty, and died later in the war, while on duty.
Hall, Thomas. Living near Nashville, Tenn. Surrendered at Greensboro.
Herbert, John O. Dead.
Herbert, R. N. Practicing medicine at Campbell Station, Maury County, Tenn.
Hamer, Lee. Dead.
Hamer, Robert. Dead.
Irwin, A. J. Dead.
Jones, A. J. Living near Lavergne.
Jordan, John A. Dead.
Jordan, Thomas. Living at Thurber, Texas.
Jordan, Wm. Dead.
Jordan, John H. Dead.
Johnson, Milton. Killed September 19, 1863, at battle of Chickamauga.
Johnson, Timothy. Surrendered at Greensboro ; elected Sheriff of Davidson County ; living near Cain Ridge, Davidson County.
Johnson, C. S. Promoted to First Lieutenant, then Captain ; now living in Nashville.
Johnson, Wm., Sr. Dead.
Johnson, Wm., Jr. Living near Rocky Fork, Rutherford County.
Johnson, Ben. Dead.
· Jenkins, Lewis. Dead.
Jenkins, Green. Died at Tullahoma, March, 1863.
Keith, John. Killed at Fishing Creek.
King, Wm. Living at Smyrna, Tenn.
King, John. Killed in front of Atlanta, 1864.
King, Thomas. Living in the Eighth District of Davidson County.
King, David. Killed September 19, at Chickamauga.
Kellow, Nat. Living near Nolensville.
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Kellow, Wm. Killed Dec. 31, 1862, at Murfreesboro.
Lane, Alford. Dead.
Lane, G. W. Dead.
Little, W. D. Living near Concord, Williamson County.
Safley, Lewis. Unknown.
Moss, H. C. Living at Lewisburg, Marshall County.
Moss, John. Dead.
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McDowell, David. Dead.
Matthews, James F. Detailed for duty with Engineer Corps in 1865, and paroled at Charlotte, N. C., May 5, 1865; living in Nashville.
Matthews, Wm. Living in West Tennessee.
McClure, W. H. One of the best of soldiers. Died since the war.
Martin, Wm. Dead.
McKinley, Wm. Living in Nashville.
McGahey, G. W. Dead.
McLean, Wm. Died Sept. 1, 1861.
Mitchell, Monroe. Living in Nashville.
Mitchell, Wyatt. Dead.
McMurray, W. J. Promoted to First Lieutenant ; lost left arm near shoulder August 5, 1864, in front of Atlanta ; prac- ticing physician in Nashville.
Nevins, James. Killed Sept. 19, 1863, at Chickamauga.
Nevins, W. R. Lost a leg in Breckinridge's charge at Mur- freesboro ; now living near Nolensville.
O'Neal, Dan. Living in Soldier's Home, Missouri.
Pogue, J. J. Dead.
Pogue, Bunk. Died June, 1861.
Pogue, J. N. Dead.
Page, S. W. · Dead.
Peebles, James. Living in Nashville.
Peebles, Uriah. Died since the war.
Peebles, H. C. Living in Dickson, Dickson County.
Peay, Geo. Promoted to Lieutenant ; surrendered at Greens- boro, N. C. Dead.
Peay, H. Cannon. Killed at Dalton, Ga., in 1864. ,
Peay, John. Living near Triune.
Patterson, E. M. Living in Nashville.
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Potts, J. H. Died June 25, 1861.
Potts, J. N. Died July 20, 1863.
Parsley, Jordan. Unknown.
Peel, Robert. Killed Dec. 31, 1862, at Murfreesboro.
Roach, S. H. Living near Lavergne.
Roach, T. B. Living near Lavergne. Severely wounded at Chickamauga.
Rains, B. R. Dead.
Rains, W. R. Living near Paragon Mills.
Russell, Berry. Severely wounded in elbow at Murfreesboro. Living in West Tennessee.
Stewart, James. Dead.
Street, Eugene. Killed Sept. 20, at Chickamauga.
Smith, John. Color Bearer, killed Dec. 31, 1862, at Murfrees- boro.
Scales, D. C. Living in Nashville.
Stanfield, Edward. Dead.
Sanders, Wm. Died at Tullahoma, 1863.
Sanders, Alford. Dead.
Saferly, Thomas.
Sloan, R. D. Dead.
Sneed, John R. Living in Nashville.
Sneed, A. E. Badly wounded at Chickamauga ; died 1902. Stanfield, Henry. Dead.
Stewart, Jordan. Dead.
Sanford, Marion. Dead.
Taylor, Wm. G. Dead.
Taylor, Thos. L. Dead.
Vaughn, Richard. Dead.
Williams, T. G. Promoted to Third Lieutenant, then Second Lieutenant ; lives near Nolensville.
Williams, Thos. G. Sr. Dead.
Williams, Sylvester. Promoted to Orderly Sergeant. Living near Nashville.
Williams, Powell. Living in West Tennessee.
Waller, James. Dead.
Waller, Richard. Dead.
Waldron, Henry. Dead.
Watson, Jas. Living near Nolensville.
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Walton, Sam. Living in Nashville.
Walton, Edward. Killed at Nashville, 1864.
Wright, Gus. Living in Williamson County, Tenn.
Wright, Andrew. Living in Williamson County, Tenn. Ware, J. P. - Living. Ware, W. W. Dead. Warren, Andrew. Dead.
Warren, Henry. Dead.
Waldron, Robert. Dead.
Warren, William. Dead. Zachery, John. Dead.
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Bill King was a negro man owned by Mr. Jack King, of Wil- liamson County, and was sent by him to wait on his sons, John, Thomas, and William, who were members of Company B. "Bill" accompanied them throughout all their campaigns, making a faithful servant and cook, rendering many invaluable services to the members of the company until the surrender in North Carolina.
Reuben and Bob, negro men owned by the Battle boys, mem- bers of Co. B., are equally deserving of mention in this History for faithful services from 1861 to 1865. They were regular at- tendants at the annual regimental re-unions until the death of Reuben in 1901.
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COMPANY "C"
Company C of the 20th Tennessee Volunteer Infantry Regi- ment was raised in and south of Nashville in the spring of 1861 ; some thought this Company to be a Nashville Company but as a matter of fact, the greater part of this Company came from the Mill Creek Valley about Antioch and south of Nashville on the Murfreesboro Pike, in what is known as the Nubbin ridge Coun- try as far south as Lavergne. James L. Rice, was elected Cap- tain. Jas. A. McMurray, Ist Lieutenant. J. C. Thompson, 2nd Lieutenant. M. H. Cox, 3rd Lieutenant. E. E. Gray, Or- derly Sergeant. A. E. Mclaughlin, 2nd Sergeant. James W. Thomas, 3rd Sergeant. J. E. Ellis, 4th Sergeant. Thomas W. Shumate, Ist Corporal. Aaron V. Brown, 2nd Corporal. J. T. Bland, 3rd Corporal. E. B. Johnson, 4th Corporal.
This Company was named the Sewanee Rifles, and had by far the handsomest uniform of any 'Company in the Regiment, but when they got tired of packing this heavy uniform around, they ordered the regular Confederate grey jackets like the rest of us.
Company C was reckoned the third best drilled Company in the Regiment and was given the third post of honor which was the color Company, and well and nobly did they carry and defend the colors of this gallant Regiment for four long and bloody years.
The Color Guard was attached to and formed a part of this Company, it was composed of eight select men from the different Companies of the Regiment. Viz : -
Jas. E. Patterson, Company A, Color Bearer.
R. W. Calhoun, Company C.
Sam. M. Cowan, Company E.
Thomas Duncan, Company K.
Geo. Greenfield, Company C.
J. B. Jones, Company I.
Win. M. Shy, Company H.
Joel A. Battle, Jr. Company B.
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either killed or wounded and their place had to be taken by other select men from the Regiment at large. At the battle of Murfreesboro there were six of the Color Guard present for duty, and five of the six were either killed or wounded, and the Color Staff was twice shot in two. At Fishing Creek, the brave Jas. Patterson was among the first to go down almost fatally wounded.
This Company was with the Regiment in all of its meander- ing around to Shiloh, where it lost heavily in killed and wounded and at the re-organization an entirely new set of officers were elected, Viz : -
H. C. Lucas, Captain. Jas. W. Rawley, Ist Lieutenant. Alfred Gregory, 2nd Lieutenant. J. Woods Greenfield, 3rd Lieutenant.
Lieutenant Greenfield soon resigned and T. W. Shumate was promoted to 3rd Lieutenant.
In and around Corinth was the first service this Company saw under their new officers. They were not disappointed, for the gallant and knightly Lucas was not acquainted with the word "Fear," and the balance of the Regiment was perfectly willing to trust their colors in the hands of Captain. Lucas and his Company.
After we had been through the first siege of Vicksburg and Battle of Baton Rouge, and had gotten around to Murfreesboro, the 20th Tennessee Regiment was brigaded with the 60th North Carolina Regiment and three Florida. Regiments. The 60th North Carolina Regiment was fresh from home and had never seen any service, and was encamped next to the 20th Tennessee. The 20th Tennessee Regiment thought whatever the North Caro- lina boys had was legitimate prey as they had their homes behind them, and the homes of a great many of the 20th's was inside of the yankee lines. One night after the boys of Company C. had cooked and eaten their supper and were squatting around their camp fires, they heard a rooster crow over in the North Caro- lina camp. Jas. Stevens said to John Savage, his messmate, "did you hear that rooster crow?"Savage said "Yes, and M. T. Smith has gone after him; " and in a few minutes Smith came in with one hand on the rooster's throat and the other holding his wings to keep him from fluttering, and then Jim Stevens made John
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Savage go over into the North Carolina camp and steal a piece of bacon and a sack of flour to make dumplings with the rooster for the next day. It was a good thing for the 60th North Carolina, that the battle of Murfreesboro came off as soon as it did, if it had been two weeks off the North Carolina boys would have had nothing left.
The 20th Regiment made such an impression on the members of the 60th North Carolina that 33 years afterward, at the great re-union at Richmond, Virginia, Tennessee had a battalion of old Confederates dressed in full Confederate Regulation uniform, with their State Colors flying, and when the Tennessee boys marched out and lined up on one side of the street and a North Carolina Command took position on the opposite side of the street, the officer who commanded the North Carolina Command rode over and saluted the Tennessee Command, and said ; "I see from your colors that you are Tennesseans." He was an- swered by half a dozen voices at once. "Yes." "Well," said the North Carolina officer, "I would like to know if there are any of the 20th Tennessee Regiment in your command?" He was told that there were about eight of the old 20th there. "Well," he said again, "I was brigaded with that regiment a part of the war and I want to say, that they could out fight and out steal any set I ever saw."
Company C. went the rounds with the Regiment and at Tulla- homa in the spring of 1863, the Breckinridge Flag was presented to the Regiment and Company C. took charge of it; a detailed account of which will be given in our Regimental history.
At Hoover's Gap and Chickamauga, Company C. as usual lost heavily. During the first day's fight at Missionary Ridge, the Regiment was laying down while it was being heavily shelled from a fort in the outskirts of Chattanooga. A 24-pound shell came bouncing along through the underbrush and struck Jas. Mitchell, a member of Company C in the head, scattering his brains over a good portion of his Company, and that night after the firing had ceased, his Company dug a shallow grave in an orchard near a house and buried him in the darkness of the night without any light, for they were too close to the yankee sharp shooters to have a light. and as the boys were covering the body of the soldier boy with old mother earth, Captain
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Lucas stood by the grave and there in the darkness of the night repeated the Burial of "Sir John Moore," and a more fitting tribute could not have been given.
When the Georgia Campaign opened in 1864, the remnant of Company C. was on hand with the colors, and the deeds of daring of this Company in that long Campaign would make a book of itself.
At the battle of Resaca,. the 20th Regiment was crowded in behind some little earthworks, every one trying to protect him- self as best he could. John Savage and Lieut. Jas. Rawley, who had previously had some differences and had not spoken to each other for six months were piled in together. John Savage's head was laying on Lieut. Rawley's hip, when a shell exploded right at them and took John Savage's head off and drove his old white hat into a black gum log, and tore about three pounds of flesh from Lieut. Rawley's hip from which he never recovered, so just before death they made friends, only to be separated for- ever. Such is war!
There was another unique character in Company C. Dave Montgomery was a tall, beardless, gangling young fellow, about six feet four inches high. Every man in the regiment knew Dave Montgomery, and his fame had even gotten into the Yankee lines, for at times when in close quarters on the picket line, some Yankee sharpshooter would hollow out, " Where is Dave Mont- gomery ? look out Dave." Dave took great delight in cursing and abusing the Yankees when on the skirmish line. He was chuck full of wit and would always press himself forward to "sass" someone. He was the wit of the regiment and the life of his company. Dave was not only quick with his wit, but he was quick with his gun. On the 6th of August, 1864, Smith's brigade was sent out about three miles west of Atlanta on de- tached service. The enemy found out that we were there, and a heavy force was sent after us and made three assaults on our little brigade of about eight hundred men, and they were driven back each time, and when the last charge -was repulsed their main force fell back and a lot of sharpshooters remained in the woods behind them to annoy us. The 20th Regiment was or- dered forward to clean out the woods, and as the regiment ad- vanced you could see the Yankee sharpshooters running from
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tree to tree falling back, and it was here that Dave Montgomery killed two of them in less than two minutes.
After the Georgia Compaign, Company C. came with Hood into Middle Tennessee and fought at Franklin, Murfreesboro, and Nashville, and then followed Joe Johnston into the Carolina's. I would like to say this of Company C, while I did not belong to it, that I believe that it had more talent in it than any other Company in the Regiment.
As I was not with this Company, I will not attempt to trace up every member, only those that I can. The roster is as fol- lows, as taken from an old Company book by Jas. Cooper, who was at one time Sergeant of the Company.
Jas. L. Rice, Captain, not re-elected at the re-organization and never returned to service, he was a lawyer of note. Died in Nashville, in 1898.
Jas. A. McMurray, elected Ist Lieutenant, resigned in June 1861 at Camp Trousdale, and raising a Company, was elected its Captain and went into Churchhill's Regiment, which was the 4th Confederate, and was elected Lieutenant Colonel, and at the death of Col. Churchhill was promoted to Colonel, then to Brig- adier General while on the field of Chickamauga only a few hours before he received his death wound. He was also a lawyer.
J. C. Thompson, elected 2nd Lieutenant, after the first years service was attached to the staff of Major General A. P. Stew- art, and died in Nashville after the war. He was a lawyer of more than ordinary ability.
M. N. Cox, 3rd Lieutenant, not re-elected at the re-organiza- tion, joined Gen. Jno. H. Morgan's command, was taken pris- oner and died at Camp Chase. He was a lawyer.
At Lieut. McMurray's resignation in 1861, Duval McNairy was elected Lieutenant of Company C, and after the re-organiza- tion he raised a battalion of Cavalry and operated in the coun- ties of Cheatham, Hickman, Perry, and Wayne, to the great terror of the Federal Scouts.
E. E. Grey, Orderly Sergeant, badly wounded at the battle of Fishing Creek, and afterwards died.
A. C. Mclaughlin, 2nd Sergeant, severely wounded at battle of Shiloh, died near Nashville after the war.
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Jas. W. Thomas, 3rd Sergeant, promoted to Adjutant and received a compliment from Adjutant General Cooper at Rich- mond as sending in as good Regimental reports as any that came to his office. Adjutant Thomas was almost mortally wounded at the battle of Hoover's Gap and never returned to the service, and after the war was elected Treasurer of the State of Tennessee, and died an accomplished soldier and Chris- tian gentleman at his home in Nashville, in 1889.
J. E. Ellis, 4th Sergeant. Living near Nashville, but blind.
T. W. Shumate, Ist Corporal, promoted to Lieutenant and afterwards acted as Adjutant of the Regiment, and yet lives in the Nubbin Ridge Country.
A. V. Brown, 2nd Corporal, was a son of Ex. Gov. A. V. Brown. Dead.
J. T. Bland, 3rd Corporal.
E. B. Johnson, 4th Corporal.
Allison, R. V. Killed Aug. 31st, 1864, at Jonesboro, Ga. Andrews, Jno. Living near Antioch.
Austin, J. E.
Anderson, J. W.
Baker, J. W.
Bigly, Thos.
Baxter, J. S. It is said, he was the only married man in the Company, never missed a battle, never severely wounded and was never heard to complain, and fought from Wild-cat to Bentonville.
Barnes, J. W. Living near Antioch.
Barnes, C. W. Killed at Murfreesboro.
Barnes, P. Dead.
Burnett, Jas. H. Living in Nashville.
Burnett, A. G.
Brown, A. S. Brown, J. F.
Blair, G. M.
Blair, H. C.
Bugg, Sam. Dead.
Bundy, J. H. Killed at Fishing Creek.
Bostick, Lytton, Transferred and killed at Atlanta.
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Cooper, Jas. L. Promoted to Sergeant, then to staff of Gen. Tyler, lives near Nashville.
Curde, Samuel, Killed at Murfreesboro.
Callender, Jas. T. Killed at Hoover's Gap. Cross, Jas. Dead.
Collins, Tom, Dead.
Collins, J. C. Dead. Carter, J. D.
Campbell, J. H. Dead.
Caldwell, J. D.
Dennison, John. Living in the Nubbin Ridge Country.
Dennison, W. Dead.
Daily, J.
Dann, W. L. Living in Nashville.
Davis, G. W. Dead.
Elkin, Milton S. Developed into a fine lawyer after the war. Surrendered in N. C., in 1865. Dead.
Ewin, H. Promoted to staff duty, killed at Murfreesboro.
Fitzhue, J. A. Dead.
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Fox, Thos. Dead.
Felts, J. M. Dead.
Felts, Julien.
Greenfield, J. Woods. Promoted to Lieutenant at re-organi- zation and soon resigned. Dead.
Gregory, Alfred. Promoted to 3rd Lieutenant at reorganiza- tion and survived the war. Died July, 1903, in Tennessee Soldier's Home.
Greenfield, George. Promoted to Color Guard, was the best Banjo picker in the Regiment. Dead.
Goss, A. C. Living in Nashville.
Goss, T. J. Living in Indian Territory.
Goodrich, Jno. A. Killed at Shiloh.
Hood, G. W. Killed at Shiloh.
Hollister, T. B. Killed at Chickamauga.
Huggins, J. W. Killed at Fishing Creek.
Huggins, Jas. In Soldier's Home. Harrison, W. R. Dead.
Horton, L. Killed at Atlanta, July 22nd, 1864.
Horton, Benj. Dead.
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Hunt, J. Jones, W. A. Jones, J. W. Jones, T. W. Jones, Henry .. Living near Nashville.
Johnson, C. G. Johnson, A. H. Dead.
James, Benj. Dead. Knight, R. B. Dead.
Lucas, H. C. Promoted to Commisary Sergeant, then to · Captain, then to Major, died near Donaldson, Tenn. in 1874. Mitchell, J. W. Killed at Missionary Ridge. Mclaughlin, W. M. Killed at Shiloh. Mize, W. T. Dead. Matlock, W. G. Dead.
Mason, L. H. Montgomery, Dave. Died after the war. McInturff, John. Manier, Frank G. Living in Nashville, totally blind.
Meadows, L. G.
Park, W. H. Dead.
Perry, Robt. Pritchett, J. B.
Peel, L. D. Dead. Rawley, J. W. Promoted to Lieutenant, died in Nashville, 1896.
Roberts, W. H. Roberts, Geo. W.
Russell, Hardin. Dead.
Stephens, Henry. Dead.
Stephens, J. R. Living near Brentwood.
Stone, M. Dead. Stone, S. M. Dead. Smith, M. T. Dead.
Savage, John. Killed at Resaca, Ga. Swain, L. P. Dead. Simpson, W. D. At Soldier's Home. Shields, Evan B. Killed at Fishing Creek, one of the most talented men in the Regiment.
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Shumate, J. C. Living at Donaldson, Tenn.
Spain, W. H. Dead. Sanders, E. A. Wright, J. A.
Watson, E. E. Died in Nashville, 1896.
Watson, George. Killed in Breckinridge charge at Murfrees- boro. Your writer saw him after he was shot in the root of the neck, just before he died.
Watson, Rufus, Living in Nashville.
Watson, A. L. Living in Nashville. Young, Wm.
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COMPANY "D"
Company D of the 20th Tennessee Volunteer Infantry, 'C. S. A., was raised in the east end of Williamson County, in and around the four little villages of College Grove, Bethesda, Peytonsville, and Triune, in the spring of the year 1861. These four hamlets are located in one of the best sections of this rich Middle Tennessee basin, and were inhabited by a people that was a credit to such a country, for they were intelligent, edu- cated, wealthy, and patriotic. It was near the little town of College Grove, where lived that eloquent orator and statesman, Meredith P. Gentry, who was in the Federal Congress at the beginning of the war, and who afterwards became a member of the Confederate Congress.
Company D was made up mostly of college boys right out of the school room, their professor, A. R. Winn, going with them. At its organization this Company was named the "Webb Guards" and elected the following officers : -
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