Residence was not listed;
Enlisted as a Private (date unknown).
"H" Co. TN 16th Infantry
Additional Information:
Enlisted 5/15/61.
Sick at Huntersville Va.
Killed at Murfreesboro 12/31/62.
Listed in Womack as being in Co. E.
Wrote a diary. Captain Womack brought him a book from Savannah in which he kept his diary on 2/13/62.
He was from Warren Co. Reports that his company left McMinnville for Camp Harris on 5/14/61 and mustered into service on 5/15/61. He acted as the Colonel's orderly on the retreat from Corinth in 5/62 and in Tupelo.
He apparently was married to or closely related to a woman named Sophia as he makes frequent mention of her and says he gave her his bounty on 9/3/62 in person while visiting with his "Pa" on the march to Kentucky.
He removed wounded from battlefield after Perryville. Capt. Womack loaned him $20 on 11/5/62 for use in his five day furlough.
He was killed on 12/31/62 at Murfreesboro. Buried in Eureka Church of Christ Cemetery in Warren Co.
Residence was not listed;
Enlisted as a Private (date unknown).
"H" Co. TN 16th Infantry
Additional Information:
Enlisted 5/15/61.
Sick at Huntersville Va.
Killed at Murfreesboro 12/31/62.
Listed in Womack as being in Co. E.
Wrote a diary. Captain Womack brought him a book from Savannah in which he kept his diary on 2/13/62.
He was from Warren Co. Reports that his company left McMinnville for Camp Harris on 5/14/61 and mustered into service on 5/15/61. He acted as the Colonel's orderly on the retreat from Corinth in 5/62 and in Tupelo.
He apparently was married to or closely related to a woman named Sophia as he makes frequent mention of her and says he gave her his bounty on 9/3/62 in person while visiting with his "Pa" on the march to Kentucky.
He removed wounded from battlefield after Perryville. Capt. Womack loaned him $20 on 11/5/62 for use in his five day furlough.
He was killed on 12/31/62 at Murfreesboro. Buried in Eureka Church of Christ Cemetery in Warren Co.
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