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Joseph Newton Nation

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Joseph Newton Nation

Birth
Murray County, Georgia, USA
Death
27 May 1921 (aged 77)
Zephyr, Brown County, Texas, USA
Burial
Zephyr, Brown County, Texas, USA
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Joseph Newton Nation moved to Zephyr Texas about 1890.He married Louisa Jane Hays in Murray County, Ga. on August 19.1863. Joseph was the son of Isreal and Virginia Jane Connally Nation. The article posted above the cemetery marker has a mistake concerning his Civil War Service. Joseph Newton Nation enlisted in Company "G", 36th Georgia Volunteer Infantry on April 1st, 1862 at Knoxville, Tennessee. His brother-in-law, D.H. Elledge was Captain. Co. "G" 36th Ga. was in battles around Vicksburg, Mississippi. His brother John Nation was killed at the battle of Champion Hill also refered to as Baker's Creek. The Unit was Surrendered at Vicksburg. They were soon exchanged and he returned to his home in Walker County, Georgia. The unit reformed under a Captain Cummings and they returned to action. They defended Missionary Ridge and held the Ridge through many charges by the Yankee Army. After that battle his unit went to Nashville, Tennessee and then to North Carolina where they served under General Johnston. When the war end he was forced to walk all the way from North Carolina to his home in Georgia. No one would give him food and he was nearly starved to death when he arrived home. This brief history was mostly taken from his Civil War Pension papers held at the Texas State Archives in Austin.
Joseph Newton Nation moved to Zephyr Texas about 1890.He married Louisa Jane Hays in Murray County, Ga. on August 19.1863. Joseph was the son of Isreal and Virginia Jane Connally Nation. The article posted above the cemetery marker has a mistake concerning his Civil War Service. Joseph Newton Nation enlisted in Company "G", 36th Georgia Volunteer Infantry on April 1st, 1862 at Knoxville, Tennessee. His brother-in-law, D.H. Elledge was Captain. Co. "G" 36th Ga. was in battles around Vicksburg, Mississippi. His brother John Nation was killed at the battle of Champion Hill also refered to as Baker's Creek. The Unit was Surrendered at Vicksburg. They were soon exchanged and he returned to his home in Walker County, Georgia. The unit reformed under a Captain Cummings and they returned to action. They defended Missionary Ridge and held the Ridge through many charges by the Yankee Army. After that battle his unit went to Nashville, Tennessee and then to North Carolina where they served under General Johnston. When the war end he was forced to walk all the way from North Carolina to his home in Georgia. No one would give him food and he was nearly starved to death when he arrived home. This brief history was mostly taken from his Civil War Pension papers held at the Texas State Archives in Austin.

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