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Pvt Michael Mauzy

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Pvt Michael Mauzy

Birth
Tennessee, USA
Death
31 Dec 1862 (aged 18)
Murfreesboro, Rutherford County, Tennessee, USA
Burial
Warren County, Tennessee, USA Add to Map
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Michael Mauzy

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.


Michael Mauzy

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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  • Maintained by: Cindy King
  • Originally Created by: Bev
  • Added: Mar 22, 2007
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/18554513/michael-mauzy: accessed ), memorial page for Pvt Michael Mauzy (28 May 1844–31 Dec 1862), Find a Grave Memorial ID 18554513, citing Eureka Church of Christ Cemetery, Warren County, Tennessee, USA; Maintained by Cindy King (contributor 46817864).