Deatherage, Abner J. Son of William Deatherage, (1807-1889) and Rosanne Buster Deatherage, (1814-1860)
Served in the WBTS, with the TN 26th Inf. Co. I, CSA.
Was in the battle of Fort Donaldson, enlisting July 22, 1861, at Roane County, Tennessee. He was wounded at Fort Donaldson and taken to Clarksville, Tennessee, where he died of his wounds February 15, 1862.
Abner J. Deatherage is described as being 27 years old, black eyes, dark hair, light complexion and was five feet eight inches tall.
William Deatherage signed as his father.
Contributed by Gene Lacey, A young girl named Miss Blanche Lewis sat down beside Abner as he was dying and recorded this information as she nursed him until his death "A J Deatherage, of the 26th Tennessee Regiment, was from Ten Miles Stand, East Tennessee, died." Abner was buried behind the Clarksville Female Academy, Clarksville, Tennessee, in a mass grave. It was one of the largest buildings in Tennessee at the time. It was used by the Confederacy as a hospital and over 305 Confederates were buried behind the building in a mass grave. [Source: Randy Ruble a historian in Clarksville, Tennessee, 2003]
Served in the WBTS, with the TN 26th Inf. Co. I, CSA.
Was in the battle of Fort Donaldson, enlisting July 22, 1861, at Roane County, Tennessee. He was wounded at Fort Donaldson and taken to Clarksville, Tennessee, where he died of his wounds February 15, 1862.
Abner J. Deatherage is described as being 27 years old, black eyes, dark hair, light complexion and was five feet eight inches tall.
William Deatherage signed as his father.
Contributed by Gene Lacey, A young girl named Miss Blanche Lewis sat down beside Abner as he was dying and recorded this information as she nursed him until his death "A J Deatherage, of the 26th Tennessee Regiment, was from Ten Miles Stand, East Tennessee, died." Abner was buried behind the Clarksville Female Academy, Clarksville, Tennessee, in a mass grave. It was one of the largest buildings in Tennessee at the time. It was used by the Confederacy as a hospital and over 305 Confederates were buried behind the building in a mass grave. [Source: Randy Ruble a historian in Clarksville, Tennessee, 2003]
Deatherage, Abner J. Son of William Deatherage, (1807-1889) and Rosanne Buster Deatherage, (1814-1860)
Served in the WBTS, with the TN 26th Inf. Co. I, CSA.
Was in the battle of Fort Donaldson, enlisting July 22, 1861, at Roane County, Tennessee. He was wounded at Fort Donaldson and taken to Clarksville, Tennessee, where he died of his wounds February 15, 1862.
Abner J. Deatherage is described as being 27 years old, black eyes, dark hair, light complexion and was five feet eight inches tall.
William Deatherage signed as his father.
Contributed by Gene Lacey, A young girl named Miss Blanche Lewis sat down beside Abner as he was dying and recorded this information as she nursed him until his death "A J Deatherage, of the 26th Tennessee Regiment, was from Ten Miles Stand, East Tennessee, died." Abner was buried behind the Clarksville Female Academy, Clarksville, Tennessee, in a mass grave. It was one of the largest buildings in Tennessee at the time. It was used by the Confederacy as a hospital and over 305 Confederates were buried behind the building in a mass grave. [Source: Randy Ruble a historian in Clarksville, Tennessee, 2003]
Served in the WBTS, with the TN 26th Inf. Co. I, CSA.
Was in the battle of Fort Donaldson, enlisting July 22, 1861, at Roane County, Tennessee. He was wounded at Fort Donaldson and taken to Clarksville, Tennessee, where he died of his wounds February 15, 1862.
Abner J. Deatherage is described as being 27 years old, black eyes, dark hair, light complexion and was five feet eight inches tall.
William Deatherage signed as his father.
Contributed by Gene Lacey, A young girl named Miss Blanche Lewis sat down beside Abner as he was dying and recorded this information as she nursed him until his death "A J Deatherage, of the 26th Tennessee Regiment, was from Ten Miles Stand, East Tennessee, died." Abner was buried behind the Clarksville Female Academy, Clarksville, Tennessee, in a mass grave. It was one of the largest buildings in Tennessee at the time. It was used by the Confederacy as a hospital and over 305 Confederates were buried behind the building in a mass grave. [Source: Randy Ruble a historian in Clarksville, Tennessee, 2003]
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