The following data on Confederate soldiers from Hamilton County is taken from a book by Nat Hughes and John Wilson.
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DANIEL, J. B. Barry's Btry
DANIEL, R. P.
Born in GA. Died Nov. 21, 1908 in Chatt. and buried Cinteth, GA. [CT Nov. 22.08]
DANIEL, William Co. H, 26TN
Enl. July 8, 1861. Died in hospital, Bowling Green, KY, Dec. 13, 1861.
DARR, Samuel Curtis Co. D, 5AR
Born Shelby Co., TN, 1835. Enl. June, 1861 at Gainesville, AR. Fought at Belmont, Springfield, MO, Shiloh, M'boro (w). Teamster. Married (1863) Maggie Elizabeth O'Neal. Died at res. on Long St., May 11, 1918 and buried FH. [TWP, 199; TP8400; CT May 12, 1918]
DARRELL, John A, Co. D, 15/37TN
Born 1842. Enl. Sept. 1, 1861 at Knoxville. Company drummer. Wounded at Chickamauga. Promo. Cpl. Apr., 1864. Capt. on picket June 10, 1864. near Pine Mtn.at Big Shanty, GA and imp. Rock Island. 20 year old from Chatt. [Rudd, "City's Rufus Tankesley."]
DAVIDSON, Jasper J. Co. A, 5TN Cav. (McKenzie's)
Born c1839 in GA. He enl. Aug. 24, 1861 at Camp Cummings. At hospital Aug. 10, 1862 and home sick during fall, 1862. Deserted March 11, 1864. Age 22 on March 11, 1864 roll. 1870 farmer in Ooltewah, wife Sarah J.
DAVIES, David J.
Born Feb. 21, 1827 in Carmarthershire, Wales, he emigrated to the US at the age of 18 and learned the peddler's trade. He married Sarah Belle Ballard of Princeton, KY in 1857. A "strong Confederate," he did serve in army but was "impressed" into the iron industry where he worked throughout the war. Afterwards he was employed by the Roane Iron Co. here and in Birmingham. Old and thrown out of work by the Panic of 1892, he traded his Chattanooga home for farmland near Valley Head, AL. Perfect teeth and "as if to confound and confuse the diet seekers after longevity, he was alaways a hearty eater, eating everything and anything." He also began smoking at age 88. He was Senior Warden at Thankful Memorial in St. Elmo. Died in St. Elmo, March 24, 1917 and buried in FH. [CT March 3, 1917; FHR]
DAVIS, Albert
Born 1849, GA. 1910 house carpenter boarding in hh Lulu McGaka. [1910HC]
DAVIS, Alfred A. Co. H, 4TN Cav.
DAVIS, David
Born 1832 in Wythe Co., VA and married (1856 in Giles Co., VA) Rachel A. French. Died 1910 in HC. [TWP, p. 88]
DAVIS, Decatur Co. B, 1TN Cav. (Carter's)
Enl. Aug. 7, 1861 in Cleveland. Became teamster. Not found in 1860 HC.
DAVIS, Harvey L. Co. A, 5NC Cav. Bn.; Co. I, 6NC Cav.
Born Buncombe Co., NC, May 18, 1841. Enl. May 14, 1862 in Madison Co., NC; Winchester, KY, Kinston, NC, Goldsboro, NC. Paroled Raleigh, NC, April 26, 1865. Wife was Mahalie. To TN 1888. Res. 1913 in Chatt., 301 College St. Baptist. Odd Fellow. For past 35 years worked at shops of Cincinnati, New Orleans and Texas RR. Died March 11, 1920 and buried FH. [TP14,133; CT March 20, 1920]
DAVIS, Henry M. Co. C, 2GA
Born Sept. 21, 1845 in Macon Co., AL. Enl. Kingston, GA July 1, 1863 in 2GA. Died March 1, 1920; buried CSA Cem. [NBFM2; CT March 3, 1920]
DAVIS, J. W. Co. H, 26TN; 2d Co. I, 1CSA (GA)
Enl. July 8, 1861, Knoxville. Wounded and capt. Ft. Donelson, Feb. 15, 1862. Fr. cmplx, blue eyes, 5'9". Trans. to 2d Co. I, Nov., 1862. In Buckner Guards Cav., Dec. 31, 1862. Sgt., June 30, 1864. Capt. July 22, 1864 and imp. Camp Chase. Disch. and returned to duty, Oct. 18, 1864.
DAVIS, James Mack Co. H, 4TN Cav.
Enl. Aug. 11, 1861 at Chatt. Bugler.
DAVIS, Jerry Co. H, 4TN Cav.
DAVIS, John Co. H, 4TN Cav.
Born 1836 in TN, son of Hiram and Lucinda. Farm laborer with wife Mary and one child.
DAVIS, M. T. Co. D, 37TN; Huggins Arty. Btry.
Born c1844. Enl, Sept. 1, 1861 at Knoxville. Detached to arty. service, April, 1, 1862.
DAVIS, Robin E. Co. H, 4TN Cav.
DAVIS, Samuel Co. A, 19TN; Co. K, 43TN
Enl. Dec. 1, 1863, Dalton. Deserted March 3, 1864 and took USA oath following day. He made detailed report to Union officers on whereabouts of CSA troops around Dalton. He told of seeing Gen. Johnston "as I got off the train." Had three brothers in Union Army. [-z]
DAVIS, Thomas P. Co. A, 14GA
Born Oct. 8, 1842 in Monroe Co., GA. Enl. at Forsyth July, 1861. Wounded June 28, 1862 in Seven Days Battle and in Chancellorsville. Captured and released from service, March, 1864, because of wound in head which broke his skull. Wife was Sarah Elizabeth. Tenant farmer. Res. St. Elmo. Died March 22, 1911 at Tyner's and buried at Peavine Cem., 4 mi. east of Chick. Nat'l Park. [NBFM2; TWP4816; 1910HC]
DAVIS, W. Scott Co. H, 4TN Cav.
DAVIS, William M. Co. H, 26TN
Son of Jehu R. Davis of Catoosa Co., GA, he enl. July
14, 1861 at Knoxville; captured at Fort Donelson, Feb. 16, 1862; imp. Camp Douglas where he died March 7, 1862.
DAVIS, William P.
Born 1835, Smith Co., VA but spent most of life in TN. 2d cousin to Jefferson Davis. Methodist. Died Feb. 26, 1907 and buried Ooltewah. [CT Feb. 27, 1907]
DAWN, Ferdinand F. Co. K, 43TN
Enl. Dec. 1, 1861 at Ooltewah. 1870 res. Unicoi Co.
DAWSON, W. D. Co. G, 19VA
Res. (1902) on Montgomery Ave. Died 1903 and buried CSA Cem.
DAY, Edwin F. Barry's Btry.
Enl. Oct. 1, 1862 at Knox.; Dec. 1862-Aug. 183 on detached duty at Chatt.; paroled May 11, 1865 at Meridian, MS; Res., Atlanta.
DAY, Sgt. George M. Co. D, 37TN (Tankesley's Company)
Born c1843 in MA. To Chattanooga as child with father. Printer in Chatt. after 1848, "pioneer printer." Enl. Sept. 1, 1861. at Knox.; wounded in leg at Murfreesboro, Dec. 31, 1862; deserted Sept. 7, 1863 at Ooltewah. Married Amanda. Considered "original printer" of Times, also worked with S. A. Cunningham. Died March 5, 1907 in Chattanooga (65yrs). Buried FH. [CT, March 6, 1907]
DAY, John Co. D, 37TN
Enl. April, 2, 1863 at Chatt. as substit for M. Pope. Deserted Jan. 2, 1863 at Tullahoma, TN.
DAY, Dr. Sam Houston F&S, 5TN Cav.
Surgeon in Wheeler's Cav. Res. Bradley, 1870. Wife Mary Mee died July 26, 1915 in Chatt., age 72yrs. [CT July 27,1915; TWP1208]
DEADERICK, William Wallace 1Lt. Co. F, 37TN
Born Aug. 4, 1842 in Boyle Co., KY, he was son of Chief Justice James W. Deaderick. One of six brothers in CSA, he enl. on his birthday in 1861 at Knoxville. He fought at Murfreesboro, Chickamauga and Missionary Ridge. Wounded at Perryville and at Murfreesboro. Paroled as 1Lt. at Augusta, GA in May, 1865.
He died in Chatt. March 10, 1913 and was buried in CSA Cemetery. [CT March 11, 1913; NBFM2]
DEAKINS, A. L. "Ab" Co. H, 35TN
Born 1836, TN Res. 1910 with wife Edna in hh of son J.V. Deakins on Montague Ave. Died July 18, 1913 at Cedar Springs, TN (prob. long time resident). [1910HC; CT July 20, 1913]
DEAKINS, Frank
Born 1837 in Marion Co., TN. Married (1858) Mary D. (B.) Jones in Sequatchie Co. Enl. Sept. 5, 1861. Perryville. While home on furlough was captured and took oath of allegiance. Died Feb. 2, 1900 in Chatt. [TWP2324]
DEAKINS, Samuel D. Co. H, 4TN Cav.
Died Oct. 6, 1900 in Jasper, TN and buried there. [NBFM7]
DEAKINS, William Rogers "Frank" Co. H, 35TN
Born 1837 in Meigs Co. Married (1865) Mary E. Carney. Died 1879 in HC. [TWP, p.65]
DEAN, J. R. M. Co. E, 11SC
1901 res. of HC. [TP3541]
DEANE, James Co. I, 19TN
DEAN, John Robert Co. A, 17TN
Born June 15, 1840 in Bedford Co., TN. He studied law then became superintendent of schools in Bedford. Enl. April 27, 1861. Capt. at Petersburg. Following the war he came to Chatt. in 1880 and opened a law practice. Married (1884 in HC) Clara Stahlschmidt. NBF. Died at res. on Douglas St. March 5, 1906 and buried CSA Cem. [CT March 6, 1906; Applications for NBF Camp; TWP, 239; NBFM2,7]
DEAN, Robert Cpl. Co. K, 43TN
Born in Cocke County, TN, he was a 45 year-old farmer residing at Sale Creek when he enl. Oct. 17, 1861, at Ooltewah. He was discharged Nov. 5, 1862. He had a fair complexion, gray eyes and was 5'10" tall.
DEATON, Charles A.
Born 1841, VA, of VA parents. 1910 res. Harrison and Georgetown Rd., James Co., with wife Rebecca (m1884). Manager of flour mill. [1910James Co.]
DEBARDELEBEN, Daniel H. Co. A, 8AL Cav.
Born Autauga Co. AL, 1845. Enl. 1862. Served four years in Confederate Army. Married Ethel. Died in Chatt. Jan. 19, 1909, age 63. He was buried in Montgomery, AL. [CT obit, Jan. 20, 1909; TP8712]
DECOSTA, Aaron C. Co. D, 18SC Reserve
Born 1849 in Valdosta, GA (Charleston, SC). Enl. in 1864 in Co. D, 18SC Reserve. Married (1873 in HC) Julia Adeline Milliken. Railway Postal Clerk in Chatt. in 1887. Died at res on Bailey Ave, Jan. 11, 1921 and buried FH. [FHR; TWP, 295; NBFM2; 1910HC]
DEDMON, Joseph
Railroad crossing watchman, age 70 when he died Nov. 27, 1906. He was buried in Ringgold, GA. [CT Nov. 28, 1906]
DEFRESE, R. H. Co. E, 16VA
Res. Chatt. c1901. Member NBFC, 1915. Died March 31, 1915 at Bristol, VA and buried there. [NBFM4,7]
DEGALLEFORD, John
Born c1826 in KY. Res. St. Elmo, 1910 with wife Elizabeth (m. 1893). Mechanical engineer. [1910HC]
DEMENT, Thomas J. 6VA Cav.
Born Washington, D.C. in 1838. Prior to war was clerk in Treasury Dept. Enl. April 1, 1861 in the Beauregard Rifles, then transferred to the 6VA Cav. and was wounded at Cedar Run, VA. He had the "physique of Joe Wheeler." To Chatt. from Athens in early 1880's. Member of firm of Dement, Baird & Co. which sold farm implements and seeds. Appointed postmaster by President Cleveland. Exec. Comm., NBF Camp, 1894. Died Sept. 19, 1915 at his home on Wyatt St. and buried CSA cem. [CT Sept. 20, 1915; NBFM2,7]
DEMPSEY, William L. Co. K, 4th GA Cav. (Avery's)
[TP8060]
DENNIS, John Co. D, 43TN
Born in McMinn Co., c1840, son of James (German) and Matilda (Irish) Dennis. Attended school "about ten years." "Plowed and hoed and general farm work." Enl. April, 1862 in Meigs Co. Discharged July 12, 1863 at Vicksburg. Missionary Baptist. Farmer in Soddy in Sept., 1922. Died 2 April 1924, age 81. Active Baptist 58 years.[TVQ; CT April 3, 1924]
DENNISON, Barney Barry's Btry.
Enl. June 22, 1862. at Chatt.
DENT, Charles J. Co. H, 2TN Cav. (Ashby's)
The eldest son of Col. Jarrett Gray Dent, he ran away to join the Confederate army. He was 16 at the time the war started. Inseparable from his first cousin Lewis Shepherd, Dent also attended Aldehoff's and enl. at age 15 in a Texas cavalry regiment. Placed on detached duty as q.m. sgt. Aug. 1, 1861, but returned to 2TN Cav. Aug. 12, 1862 and disch. underage Sept. 15, 1862. Long after the war he was in charge of a saw mill at Kinder, LA and he died Aug. 25, 1910 in Alexandria. [CT Aug. 30, 1910]
DENT, Jarrett Gray Co. A, 4TN Cav.
He cast his lot with the Confederacy "at the first tap of the drum." He enl. along with other recruits of Capt. William Ragsdale on Aug. 1, 1861, at Knoxville. He was named as asst. q.m. for 4TN Cav. Bn. He was still serving as q.m. and as paymaster the following August when he resigned from the army. He said he was doing so because he and others "recenty contracted to make salt for the people of this state." Dent, before the war, was a railroad contractor who came to HC in the late 1840s to build the Western and Atlantic Railroad into town. Later, he helped construct the East TN and GA Railroad. After his first wife died, he married Mary Donahoo, sister of the wife of Col. Lewis Shepherd. In 1854, the Dents built a stately two-story home with a tall portico in front on his 250-acre "Bonny Oaks" farm near Tyner. After the war, he built levees on the Mississippi River and eventually moved to Dallas, TX, where he erected the Main Street Railroad. He died at Dallas in 1880.
DENTON, Isaac J. Co. C, 26TN; 2d Co. D, 1CSA (GA)
Enl. Feb. 2, 1863, Ringgold, GA. Transf. Claimed by 80TN as deserter, April 1, 1863.
DENTON, JAMES R. 2nd Co. K, 1st CSA Cav.
Enl. July 14, 1862 in HC Captured at Parker's Gap, Nov. 27, 1863 and imprisoned at Rock Island, IL. Enl. for USA frontier service, Oct. 17, 1864.[RI ledger]
DENTON, WILLIAM L. 2nd Co. K, 1st CSA Cav.
Born c1818, TN Enl. June 30, 1862 in HC 1870 farming Ooltewah, wife Martha. 1910 Res. Flat Woods Rd. in hh of dau., Caldonia Ledford. [1910HC]
DEPRISE, R. H. Co. F, 16VA Bn.
Born in 1845 in VA. Enl. at Abington, VA in 1863. Wounded at Saltville. Paroled April, 1865. 1901 employed by Fite Music Store in Chatt. Died at Bristol, VA, March 31, 1915 and buried there. [NBFM2]
DESHA, Hamilton 4GA Cav
Born in Richland District, SC June 30, 1848. Enl. 1864 with twin brother Hampton in Murray Co., GA. Baptist. Married (1933) in HC Edith Louise Royal King. Church of Christ. Died Oct. 1, 1935 at res. on Roanoke Ave. and buried CSA Cem. [NBFM2; TWP, 311; CT Oct. 2-3, 1935]
DESHA, Alexander Hampton 4GA Cav
Born in Richland District, SC June 30, 1848. Enl. 1864 in Murray Co., GA. Surr. Kingston GA, 1865. To Chatt. soon after. Baptist. Died Nov. 26, 1933 and buried CSA Cem. [CT Nov. 27, 1933]
DEVALCOURT, Alex 2nd Co., Washington Artillery of NO.
Born and raised in New Orleans, he was a 20 year-old clerk when he enl. March 10, 1862. He was detailed to the battalion ordnance train June 20, 1863 and paroled in May, 1865. He moved to Chattanooga after the war where he was a barber and sometime bookkeeper. Member of NBF Camp, 1895-96. Died April 14, 1914 in Birmingham, AL and buried in LA. [NBFM2,4]
DEVIN, Charles
Died Nov. 10, 1918 in Chatt. [NBFM7]
DEVOLI, John C. Clark's Independent Cavalry Co.
Born June 18, 1841 at Geneva [sic], Italy, son of Dumam and Catharine Devoli of Sardinia, Italy. His father was a merchant at Chattanooga prior to the war. Enl. Aug. 31, 1862 at Chatt. Orderly for Gen. S.B. Buckner and dispatch bearer at Chick. Capt. Dec. 13, 1864 in fight with Stoneman at Kingsport and imp. at Camp Chase. Released May 13, 1865. Awarded Cross of Honor by Gen. A.P. Stewart Chapter, UDC. Died May 9, 1922 at his home on Missionary Ridge. Bachelor. [NBFM2,7; CT May 10, 1922]
DEWITT, William Henry Co. I, 28TN
Born Oct. 24, 1827 in Smith Co., TN, the son of the Rev. Samuel Dewitt and a Miss McWhirter. A school teacher in Macon and Jackson Counties, he studied law and practiced in Carthage. He became a member of the General Assembly, 1855-57. He served in the Confederate Congress, 1861-62. Moving to Chatt. in 1875 where he died April 11, 1896. Married (1847) Emelia Price who died in 1863 as did two of their children. Married (1867) Elizabeth Wilson in Smith Co. Buried FH. [McBride, TN Gen Assemb.; CT April 12, 1896; GHT, 931-32]
DIAL, Jonathan Jackson Co. G, 35GA
Born at Walton Co., GA, 1845. Married (Milton Co., GA). Wife was Martha C. Yeargin. Enl. Feb. 27, 1862 and badly wounded near Hanover Junction, VA, May 22, 1864. He was an ambulance driver in early 1865 and capt. at Amelia Courthouse, April 5, 1865. Released from Point Lookout, June 26, 1865. He died in North Chatt., Oct. 6, 1920 and buried Tullahoma. [TWP7487; CT Oct 7, 1920]
DICKERSON, Arthur C. "Jack" Co. B, 1AL Rifles
Born in GA, 41yrs. Enl. Feb. 17, 1861 in Eufaula Rifles. Carriage trimmer in Chatt. in 1887. Married (1888, in Chatt.) Martha Emeline Burk who had been previously married. Sent to Soldiers Home at Nashville, where he died, Oct. 23, 1912. [NBFM2; TCSH; TWP 5884]
DICKEY, John P. Co. G, 43TN; Co. G, 2TN (Ashby's) Cav.
Born Jan 1, 1844 in Monroe Co., TN. Enl. June, 1862 at Charleston, TN. Afterwards joined Co. G, 2TN (Ashby's) Cav. Capt. Aug. 3, 1863 at Danville, KY. Released from prison at close of war. Married Adelia Bates, sister of Creed Bates. Teacher and Methodist minister in Chatt. for nearly 50 years. Died at Los Angeles. [NBFM2; CT Feb. 28, 1912]
DICKINSON, Laurence Thomsen Co. A, 2VA (1MD) Cav.
Born June 21, 1843 in Cumberland Co., MD, son of William T. and Laetitia Jones Dickinson, he enl. Aug. 25, 1862. After Sharpsburg, his company became part of a MD cav. battalion and served as scouts and couriers for Gen. Richard S. Ewell in the Gettysburg campaign. He was wounded at Morton's Ford, Oct. 11, 1863 and captured at Brandy Station. He was imprisoned at the Old Capitol prison and at Point Lookout. Upon his exchange he rejoined the MD cav. bn. and saw constant duty from Beaver Dam to Yellow Tavern. He participated in Early's invasion of MD and was severely wounded in right shoulder at Frederick July 7, 1864 and captured again while in hospital and imprisoned at Point Lookout. He was exchanged again at Savannah in Dec., 1864, returned to Richmond, but was too ill for field service. Finally had minie ball removed eighteen months after war.
After the war (Oct. 15, 1867) he married Mamie Hill Tidball and engaged in leather manufacturing. They moved to Chatt. in 1881 where he became supt. of the United States Leather Co. and president of the Board of Education. Episcopalian. Member of NBF Camp, 1895-96. Died March 31, 1923 in Keokuk, IA and buried CSA Cem. [CT Aug. 1, 1916; CV 2:207; NBFM4,7; Hist. St. Paul's, 173]
DICKS, Joseph Co. A, 1SC
Born Apr. 22, 1845 in Barnwell Dist., SC. Enl. Feb., 1862 in Co. A, 1SC. ANV. Wounded at Sharpsburg and Gettysburg. Capt. at Gettysburg. Released Sept. 1, 1863. Surr. Appomatox April 9, 1865. Married (1866) Emma I. Eubanks. Methodist and lived for some time in Williston, SC. Carpenter in St. Elmo. He died March 27, 1901 at res. on East 4th St. and buried CSA Cem. [TWP3492; CT March 28, 1901; NBFM2]
DICKSON, Cpl. Mike Clark's Independent Cav. Co.
Enl. Aug. 31, 1862 at Chattanooga. Aug. 31, 1863 Reduced from cpl. to sentinel by order Capt. Clark.
DICKSON, Richard West Co. E, 35AL; Co. H, 31TN Mounted Inf.
Born Greenville, TN, Nov. 28, 1843, and raised there. Fought in 12 battles including the siege of Port Hudson and Baker's Creek. Captured in Sept., 1864 following the Battle of Piedmont and imp. Fort Delaware. Unmarried. Presby. Lived at Tunnel Hill, GA, then moved to Chatt. in 1876, but "has never been able since the war to make a support." Died May 29, 1920 and buried White Oak Cem. [CT May 30, 1920; TP10,393]
DICKSON, Thomas Clark's Independent Cav. Co.
Enl. April 1, 1862 at Bridgeport, AL. Appt. 4th Cpl., June, 1862. Transf. to Clark's Co., Oct. 7, 1863. Roll for April 30, 1864 shows him present. [Henderson, p. 302]
DIE, Joseph Co. L, 35TN
Enl. Jan. 9, 1862 at Chattanooga.
DIETZ, OSWALD
Born Wiesbaden, Germany May 27, 1822, he studied at Karlsruhe, Munich and Berlin. Left Germany in 1848. Became an engineer in CSA army. Lived in AL, 1868-70, then to Chatt. where he became City Engineer, 1876-80. Moved to Cincinnati in 1881 where he died March 9, 1898. [CT03S]
DILL, John Calvin "Cal" Co. E, 62TN
Born Polk Co., Jan. 13, 1839. Enl. Aug., 1862. Vicksburg, Snyder's Bluff, Big Black. Captured at Vicksburg., paroled and exchanged but never returned to duty. Took USA oath, March 8, 1864. Res. in Harrison. Farmer, 1910 James Co., with wife Narcissus (m 1861). Died March 12, 1928 at home of son J.D. Dill, near Harrison and buried McDonald Cem. [TP14,598; CT March 13, 1928]
DILL, Thomas H. G Co., 3d TN Mounted Inf. (Lillard's)
Born Athens, TN c1844. Enl. Nov. 20, 1861. Engineeer in Chatt. Moved to Dalton in 1891. [NBFM2,7]
DILLAHUNTY, James Co. B, 1TN Cav. (Carter's)
Killed in action Sept., 1862.
DILLARD, James M. 5TN Cav.
Died Nov. 12, 1912 at his res. on Fort St. and buried FH. [CT Nov. 13, 1912]
DILLARD, John 19TN
Died July 12, 1913 and buried CSA Cem. [NBFM7; CT July 13, 1897]
DIVINE, Charles W. Co. B, 2AR
Born Montreal, Can. Jan. 1, 1849. Fought at Lookout Mtn. and Missionary Ridge. Carpenter in Chatt. Died Nov. 10, 1918 in Chatt. and buried in CSA Cem. [CT Nov. 11, 1918; NBFM2]
DIVINE, John Lowry
Employed by the CSA as guide and purchasing agent, he was captured after the battle of Missionary Ridge and placed in the prison at Fourth and Market. Later, he was released on parole through the influence of his former neighbor, William Crutchfield. Divine was a pioneer settler at Ross's Landing. Born in 1818 at Maryville, he was the son of Irish immigrants, Patrick and Mary O'Connor Divine. He married Elizabeth Williams first and then Rachel James. He built up a substantial fortune in real estate, livestock trading and a flouring mill. The Divine home was on West Ninth St.
DOAK, John Valentine
Died during war.
DOBBINS, Robert A. 2nd Co. K, 1st CSA Cav.
Enl. Sept. 24, 1862 in HC Captured near Graysville, GA in March, 1864 on scouting mission within Federal lines. Took USA oath, March 15, 1864. He resided in HC and had a light complexion, light hair, blue eyes and was 5'11" tall.
DOBBINS, WILLIAM Co. A, 5th (McKenzie's) TN Cav.
Enl. Aug. 24, 1861 at Camp Cumming. Age 25 on March 11, 1864 roll. Served throughout war and paroled May 3, 1865 at Charlotte, NC.
DOBBS, James M. Co. H, 2TN Cav. (Ashby's)
Born c1822 in GA, son of David and Elizabeth McMullen Dobbs who moved from Elbert Co., GA to Cobb Co., GA before coming to TN. Married Maria Stanley. Major, Cobb's Co., Georgia Rangers, Mexican War. Conductor on first Western and Atlantic Railroad train that arrived in Chatt., Dec., 1849. JMD had farm and estate of $48,000 at Chatt. (near Rossville), 1860. Enl. Feb. 11, 1861 at Chatt. Died Sept. 10, 1869. [Goodspeed, HC, p. 933]
DOBBS, Sgt. Joseph D. Co. H, 2TN Cav. (Ashby's); Co. A, 4TN Cav. Born Feb. 2, 1840 in Cobb Co. GA, son of James M. and Maria Stanley Dobbs. Educated at the military school in Marietta, GA and Burrett College. Married (1858) Nancy Roberts, and was farm laborer, 1860. Enl. Enl. June 17, 1861 at Knoxville. Member of County Court, 1882-1894 and chairman of workhouse commission. Built first pike road with convicts. Under his prodding, roads built on Walden's Ridge and to Rossville. 1910 res. in hh of son-in-law Albert Gifford. Unemployed. Died May 29, 1911. [GHT, 933; 1860HC; 1910HC; CT May 30, 1911]
DOBBS, Reuben T.
Born c1817 in SC. 1870 Chatt. policeman, wife Jane. Died Jan. 9, 1899 [CT Jan 10, 1899]
DOBSON, E. J. Co K, 22NC
Born 1836. Paroled at Appomattox. Died at res. on Gillespie St., March 5, 1903. Buried CSA Cem.[NBFM7]
DODD, Henry Clay "Clay" Co. C, 23TN
Born July 31, 1843 near Liberty, DeKalb Co., GA. Attended Mt. Vernon College in Wilson Co., Enl. Aug. 4, 1861 at Camp Trousdale. Shiloh, Corinth. Discharged 1862 underage. Married (1866) Aratia Missie Griffith. Presby. Res. on 14th St. in 1928. Died in Chatt. May 29, 1928 and buried FH. [TWP, 259; TP6103;; CT May 30, 1928]
DODD, James W. Co. K, 31TN
Born Anderson Dist. SC, Nov. 9, 1822. Enl. March 2, 1862. Disabled from typhoid and disch. March 20, 1863. Took USA oath because his section near Athens under martial law. In 1900 lived in HC near Dayton, an invalid, almost blind, supported by children. [TP2909]
DODGE, ALVIN
Died Dec. 11, 1907, age 71, in Chatt. and buried FH. [CT, Dec. 14, 1907]
DODSON, Maj. Elijah Mosely 2d Co. D, 1CSA (GA) Co. B, 36GA (Villepigue's)
Born in Dekalb Co., GA, Feb. 20, 1835, son of Samuel and Rebecca Gardner Dodson, he was in the thick of the fighting at Snodgrass Hill and Missionary Ridge. "Shot through the head just below the brain at Missionary Ridge." Wounded and permanently disabled at Kennesaw Mountain, June 19, 1864. After the war he practiced law in Ringgold, GA, and served in the GA Legislature. In 1871, he moved his law practice to Chatt. He was one of the founders of the Central Baptist Church. Dodson helped develop Sherman Heights in East Chattanooga, and Dodson Avenue was named for him. He was active in the early years of the Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park. Married Frances Garmany, June, 1866. He died April 21, 1904 in Chatt., and was buried FH. [JWilson Chattanooga's Story, CT April 22, 1904; FHR; NBFM4]
DONALDSON, William E. Co. F, 1TN (Turney's)
Born Aug. 25, 1842 in Franklin Co., TN. Grew up on farm near Belvedere. Enl. at Winchester Apr. 11, 1861. Wounded 4 times including Gaines Mill and Fredericksburg. Capt. at close of war. Studied law and practiced Winchester (1870), then Scottsboro, AL, then Jasper (1877). Elected dist. atty for 6th Judicial Circuit, 1896 and served till 1902. Married Nannie Graham, sister-in-law of Peter Turney. Invalid last 15 years of life from war wounds. Member NBF Camp, 1896. Died in Chatt. Apr. 20, 1919 and buried in Jasper. [NBFM2; CT Jan. 21, 1919]
DONONOO, Joseph Co. H, 2TN Cav. (Ashby's)
Died Aug., 1862 [Lindsley]
DOOLEY, Martin V. 2d Co. K, 1CSA (GA)
Disch. since last muster, Knoxville by order Gen. Sam Jones. Enl. July 31, 1863, Chatt. Capt. Nov. 25, 1863 at Missionary Ridge and imp. Rock Island. Enl. USN and transf. to Naval resid. at Camp Douglas, Jan. 25, 1864. May have been in 37TN.
DORRIS, William Willis 22TN Cav. (Nixon's)
Born Benton Co., TN, Feb. 14, 1843, he enl. spring, 1862 in Napier's Bn. which became Williams Co., Col. Nixon's regiment. In battle of M'boro and was captured at Moulton, AL, April, 1864 and imprisoned at Rock Island for nine months. Immed. after war "made a crop" then entered mercantile business. Married (1868) Susan Ellen Allen. With Singer Sewing Machine Co. for over 30y. Presby. Died May 23, 1935 in Chatt. and buried Chatt. Mem. Park. [NBFM2; TWP, 310; CT May 24-25, 1935]
DORSEY, John R. Co. F, 4GA
Born May 11, 1839 in Bartow Co. GA. Wounded in Wilderness, May 5, 1864. Presby. Merchant in Chatt. in 1888. Died Jan. 2, 1917 at res. (home for 34 years) on Bessie St. and buried FH. [CT Jan. 3, 1917; FHR; NBFM2,7]
DOUGLAS, Charles M. Co. H, 4TN Cav; 2TN Cav.
DOUGLAS (DOUGLASS), Cpl. James K. P. Barry's Btry.
Enl. March 6, 1863 at Pollard, AL; paroled May 11, 1865; res, Banks Co., GA. [Brown's Diary]
DOUGLAS, Silas M. Co. H, 4TN Cav.
Died 1864.
DOUGLAS, William C. 2nd Co. K, 1st CSA Cav.
Born 1844 in TN, he enl. July 14, 1862, then was captured at Chickamauga. His father, the Rev. Hiram Douglas of Ooltewah, was a prominent Unionist. He went to Gen. George Thomas in Chattanooga and was able to gain the release of William C. Douglas as well as Luke Arnett, who had married a daughter of Rev. Douglas. War records say that W. C. Douglas deserted in Ooltewah Valley on Sept. 26, 1863 and took USA oath. His mother was Caroline Warnock. The Douglas family sold their 200 acre farm at Ooltewah and moved to Arkansas along with the Arnetts after the war. [JWilson Douglas family; 1860 HC Census]
DOUTHIT, Anthony "Tony" C. Barry's Btry.
He enl. April 25, 1862 at Chattanooga. He was captured at Atlanta on Sept. 2, 1864, and imprisoned at Camp Douglas, IL. On March 26, 1865, enl. in Co. F of the Sixth USA Volunteers. His father, Ira Douthit, was a Baptist minister at Chattanooga prior to the war. His mother was Nancy Douthit. He was about 22 when he joined Barry's Battery. He was involved in railroading prior to the war.
DOUTHET, James Barry's Btry.
Enl. Feb. 1, 1864 at Morton, MS; paroled May Nov. 65 at Meridian, MS.
DOWLING, William Co. A, 16MS
Ran away from home in Queen's Co., Ireland at age 13 and outbreak of war found him in MS. Following the war he came to Chatt. and was employed by the US govt., then erected the first brick kiln in the city. Became a contractor and built the old courthouse, the auditorium for the University of Chattanooga and the first three story building in the city. He married (1867) Mary Sullivan (1848-1925). Catholic. Died March 4, 1916, age 76, at res. on West 3rd St. and buried at Mt. Olivet. [CT March 5, 1916]
DOWNING, John S. Co. K, 43TN
Captured at Winchester, TN Aug. 9, 1863; imprisoned at Camp
Chase.
DOWNS, Thomas J. Co. B, 1TN Cav. (Carter's)
Enl. Aug. 7, 1861 in Cleveland.
DOYLE, Charles Co. H, 2TN Cav. (Ashby's)
Born c1847, son of James P. and Mahala Childress Doyle. Capt. Thorn Hill, TN, Feb. 12, 1865. Imp. Camp Chase. Died of pneumonia March 14, 1865. Buried 1/3 mile south of Camp Chase.
DOYAL, J. H. 53GA
Born Sept., 1836 in Walton Co., GA and enl. at Griffin, GA, April, 1862. Wounded at Gettysburg on July 2, 1863 and captured. Released March, 1864. Died March 31, 1917 at Glass St. and buried in Hooker, GA. [CT April, 1, 1917; NBFM2; TP6420]
DOYLE (DOIL), John Co. D, 37TN
Enl. Sept. 1, 1862 and was transferred the following July to a dismounted cavalry unit. Records show he deserted Oct. 19, 1863, at Missionary Ridge.
DOYLE, John C. Cpl. Co. H, 2TN Cav. (Ashby's)
Born Dec. 19, 1836, son of James P. and Mahala Childress Doyle, he moved with his family to Ringgold in 1845 and in 1856 to Kansas. There Doyle's father and two brothers were murdered by John Brown and when Brown was to be hanged in 1859, Gov. Wyse of VA gave him the privilege of springing the trap of the gallows which Doyle declined. Doyle and his mother returned to Chattanooga and Doyle enl. June 17, 1861 at Knoxville. He was detailed as a teamster at one time and at another was sick in the hospital. Paroled April 1865. After serving four years under Wheeler and Ashby, Doyle located in Rome, GA and married (1867) Cleopatra Ann Clowdis. They moved to Chatt. in 1896. He died at res. on E. 10th St., Dec. 29, 1922 and was buried CSA Cem. [TWP, 223; CT Dec. 30, 1922; TP8499]
DRAKE, George M.
Described by Chatt. historian Charles McGuffey as a "practical printer, careful scholar, forceful and eccentric man, with strong convictions," he worked for the Chattanooga Commercial, then was in journalism in Knoxville. He worked in the Post Office in Washington, DC, then retired on Lookout Mtn. He married Mary Clarke (1860, Union Springs, AL). Mrs. Drake was born in AL and buried FH. [CT July 26, 1915; CT July 30, 1933]
DRAKE, George W. Co. E, 4VA Cav.
Born April 4, 1842 in Powhatan Co., VA, son of Samuel B. and Sarah J. Ball Drake. Attended Richmond College and joined Powhatan Troop, Stuart's Cavalry with which he fought at Bull Run and until he was badly wounded near Spottsylvania. After war studied medicine at Vanderbilt, graduating in 1876, after which he practiced in Chatt. and was President, TN Medical Society, 1896. Married (1) Elmira Wood, (2) Laura Whitehead. Mason. Surgeon, NBF Camp, 1894. Moved to FL, then to Kansas City where he died Nov. 3, 1916. [CT April 16, 1896, Nov. 4, 1916; GHT 934; NBFM7]
DRAKE, James A. McClung's Lt. Arty. Btry.
Born Iron City, TN, 1837. 1910 res. in hh of son John H. on Evans St. Died May 9, 1914 in HC and buried CSA Cem. [CT May 10, 1914; 1910HC]
DUCKWORTH, D. Frank Co. B, 5TN (McKenzie's) Cav.
Born March 10, 1849 in Rhea Co., son of John and Rebecca Snow. Enl. Aug. 1, 1861 in Knoxville. Fishing Creek, Wounded at Chickamauga. Wheeler's TN Raids. Atlanta Campaign, Carolinas Campaign, Paroled at Charlotte, NC, May 3, 1865. To TX immed. after war and picked cottton and drove cattle before returning to TN, 1868. Common laborer. Died March 6, 1924 in Chatt. and buried CSA Cem. [TP14318; NBFM2]
DUDLEY, Christopher Columbus "Chris" Co. K, 4TN
Born 1844 in Jackson Co., AL. Wounded at Murfreesboro and captured on retreat out of TN, 1863. Imp. at Rock Island till end of war. Married (1874) Catherine Gullatt. Also married Nannie M. Died 1908 in HC. [TWP, p. 66; TP5837]
DUDLEY, 2Lt. J. R. Clark's Independent Cav. Co.
Enl. July 16, 1861 at Camp Boone, TN. Deserted Nov. 25, 1863. near Chatt.
DUGGER, Benjamin Franklin Co. G, 21TN Cav. (Carter's)
Born 1825 in NC. Farmer at Harrison with wife Jane H. and four children. [1860HC]
DUGGER, J. A.
Bn. 1845, GA. Res. 1910 in Soddy with wife M. L. Liveryman. [1910HC]
DUITT, Thomas Co. A, 19TN
Killed in front of Atlanta, 1864.
DUNCAN, C. H. Co. H, 26TN; 2d Co. I, 1CSA (GA)
Enl. July 25, 1861, Knoxville. Left sick Cumberland City, Feb. 12, 1862. Absent without leave July 29-Aug. 3, 1863. Hospitalized Sept. 15, 1863. Absent sick, June 30, 1864; Deserted hospital, Aug. 31, 1864.
DUNCAN, Daniel Lewis Wise's Legion, 59VA and Dunn's Bn.
Born Dec. 22, 1834 in Amherst Co., VA. Attended UVA. Teaching at Allegheny College, Blue Springs, VA when war broke out and enl. there. Fought at Sewell Mtn., Kanawha Valley, Cotton Hill, Meadow Bluff, Lewisburg, Jackson's River, Giles Courthouse, Newburg, Jonesville and Fulton's Depot. To Barboursville, Cabell Co., WVA, where he married (1870) Ida J. McCorkle (Summers). Lived in WV, KY, MS, MS, LA, AL before moving to TN in 1885. Baptist. Contractor for coal, coke and iron in Chatt. Baptist. Died Jan. 7, 1929 at res. on N. Boynton and buried FH. [NBFM4,8; TWP9408; CT Jan. 8, 1929]
DUNCAN, Isaac N. 1st Co. H, 26TN; 2d Co. I, 1GA CSA (GA)
Pvt. Feb. 16, 1863. Served under Bragg in operations around Chatt. Deserted, 1863 and took USA oath at Louisville, Dec. 16, 1863. and released. Lt. cmplx, brn hair, grey eyes, 5'1 1/2" Name appears on USA oath, March 10, 1864, Chatt. Baptist. Resid. Walker Co. Died March 9, 1920 at home near Chickamauga, GA and buried Chick. Cem. [CT March 10, 1920]
DUNCAN, John E. "Red John" Co. F, 3TN Mtd. Inf. (Lillard's)
Born 1835, Blount Co. Wounded Wautauga River near Carter's Station. Paroled Kingston, GA, 1865. Wife was Martha Elizabeth. To Chatt. in 1903. [TP7494]
DUNCAN, Joshua Co. H, 26TN
Enl. July 14, 1861, Knoxville. Left sick Cumberland City, TN, Feb. 12, 1862.
DUNCAN, Robert Co. H, 26TN
Enl. Sept. 8.61, Knoxville. Left sick Nashville, 1861.
DUNCAN, Thomas A. Barry's Btry.
Enl. April 4, 1862 at Chatt.; Capt. Spanish Fort, April 8 1865; imp. Ship Island, MS.
DUNGEY, Henry (Harry) Co. H, 2TN Cav. (Ashby's)
Enl. June 17, 1861 at Knoxville. Was farrier for William Ragsdale's Company, then detailed as a butcher. Capt. Sumerset, KY March 30, 1863 and imp. at Louisville, then sent to City Point for exchange. Age listed as 50 in 1864. Paroled April, 1865. Died in TX, 1886, and buried CSA Cem.[NBFM2]
DUNLAP, William A. Co. A, 19TN
Enl. May 20, 1861 in Knoxville. He was killed at Fishing Creek on Jan. 19, 1862.
DUNN, William W. Co. B, Cobb's Legion
Born in NC in 1831, he enl. Sept. 1, 1861 at Atlanta. Wounded at Culpepper CH and captured at Salisury, NC. Disch. at Camp Chase, June, 1865. Married (1865) Martha J. Stowers. A tailor in Chattanooga in 1886, Dunn died Oct. 22, 1905 at the age of 73 and was buried in CSA Cem. Member of NBF Camp, 1895-96. Married Martha J. [CT Oct. 23, 1905; June 10, 1920; NBFM2]
DURHAM, Arch D. Co. H, 4TN Cav.
Died in GA, 1864.
DURHAM, Sgt. James Co. I, 26TN
DURHAM, John Co. D, 4GA Cav.; 12GA Cav.
Member of Ervin Durham family of Crown Point, Marion Co. Brothers Archibald and Daniel also CSA but believed to have lived in Marion. JD buried at Suck Creek Cem. [J. Wormsley info]
DUTTON, T. A. Co. A, 21VA; 1AL
Born June 30, 1848; Died Nov. 25, 1933.
DYER, D. W. Co. G, 26TN; 2d Co. K, 1CSA (GA)
Enl. July 8, 1861, Knoxille. Capt. Ft. Donelson and imp. Camp Morton, IN. Exchanged and disch. Oct. 13, 1862. Enl. May 1, 1863, Tullahoma, TN. Capt. Sept. 11, 1863 near Chatt. "Desires to be released at Nashville. Has taken Oath of Allegiance."
DYER, John C. Clark's Independent Cav. Co.
Enl. Aug. 31, 1862 at Chattanooga; farrier.
DYER, John (James) J. 11KY Cav.; Clark's Independent Cav. Co.
Born in Walker Co., GA, Sept. 28, 1846, and enl. Aug. 20, 1863 at Knoxville in Co. C, 2BN., 11 KY Cav. Also served in Clark's Independent Cav. Co. Captured May 12, 1865 at Macon, GA. Blacksmith in Chatt. [NBFM2]
DYER, Spill B. Co. H, 37TN 2Lt.
Born Feb. 4, 1828, Rhea Co., TN; prob son of R. H. and Caron Dyer of Chatt.; married (1850) Pellina Ellender Parker. Enl. Sept. 17, 1861 at Knox.; enl. Jan. 25, 1863 in Clark's Independent Cav. Co. at Tullahoma, TN. Wife Ellen and 6 children. Died Oct. 13, 1908, Chickamauga, GA [1860HC; CSA Patriot Index]
DYSMANY, 3d Lt. John Co. H, 4TN Cav.
Enl. Aug. 11, 1861 at Chatt. *E
EAKIN, Albert Co. F, 41TN
Born July 13, 1843 in Bedford Co., son of John and Lucretia Pearson Eakin. Educated at Yale and came home to enlist. Captured at Ft. Donelson and when exchanged became commissary in Wheeler's cavalry command. Married (1865) Cyrena Buford and in 1868 entered grain business in Shelbyville. He went to Nashville in 1881, after the death of his wife and married Laura Dayton. They came to Chatt. in 1882 and established a grain company and elevator. Died Chatt., July 6, 1891 and buried FH. [GHT, 937]
EAKIN, Alexander L. (1860 census says Aiken) Co. K, 43TN
He was a laborer on the Baker farm at Zion Hill south of Ooltewah prior to enlisting Oct. 17, 1861. He enl. at Ooltewah. He was born c1834.
EAKIN (AIKEN), Col. WILLIAM LYLE 1st (Eakins) East TN Cav. Bn., 59TN Mounted Inf.
Born in Blount Co., Jan. 25, 1824, he attended Hiwassee College, then practiced law in Madisonville prior to the war. Married (1854) Jane Vaughan Dyer, sister of Gen. John C. Vaughan. Engaged in April, 1862, as commander of Eakins BN with instructions "to arrest all Union leaders who circulate exaggerated reports of the military draft, thereby inducing ignorant men to fly their homes to Kentucky." He and Col. J.B. Cooke organized the 59TN in May, 1862. Part of A. W. Reynolds' Brigade in Oct., 1862. Captured at Vicksburg. Captured at Battle of Piedmont, June 5, 1864, he was imprisoned over a year at Johnson's Island. Came to Chatt. from Madisonville in 1866 and became a judge. Died Oct. 19, 1908 at his home on McCallie Ave. and buried FH. [FHR; CT Sept. 26, 1904; Jan. 13, 1908; Oct. 20, 1908; Nov. 6.10; 1890VetCensus]
EARP, S. Wesley
Enl. May 20, 1862 in Barry's Btry. at Chatt.; deserted
Feb. 6, 1863. [Brown's Diary]
EAST, A. J.
Served under Stonewall Jackson and captured at the Wilderness. Resident of Chatt. about 25 yrs., woodworker for Chatt. Coffin Co. Died June 2, 1915 at his home on Missionary Ridge and buried in Rockville, IN. [CT June 3, 1915]
EAVES, C. R.
EAVES, John F. Co. C, 8GA BN
Born June 29, 1845 in Union Dist., SC and enl. at Cass Station, GA, Jan. 1, 1862. Paroled May, 1865 at Kingston, GA. Merchant res. in St. Elmo in 1888. Died Dec. 25, 1909 at his home at Jessup, GA. Body returned to Chatt. by train for burial CSA Cem. Survived by second wife and nine children. [NBFM2; TP5859; CT Dec. 27, 1909]
EBLIN, J. Barry's Btry.
Deserted. [Brown's Diary]
ECKLES, John T. 11GA; 5GA Cav.
Born Social Circle, Walton Co., GA. c1840. Enl. June, 1861 in 11GA, contracting rheumatism during Chick. camp which led to his discharge. Reenl. in 5GA Cav (Avery's) in Forrest's command. Traveling salesman for Chatt. Plow. Married (1863) Susan Zuber. Died March 8, 1899 and buried FH. [FHR; CT Mar. 9, 1899; NBFM2; 1890VetCensus]
EDGEMAN, Bart Clark's Independent Cav. Co.
Born 1847, TN. Enl. Nov. 25, 1863 at Charleston, TN. Courier for Gen. Buckner. Farmer in James Co., 1910 with wife Malinda P.
EDMONDS, M. A.(J.) Co. B, 1TN Cav. (Carter's)
Enl. Sulphur Springs, TN, April 15, 1862.
EDWARDS, Benson L. Co. F, 35TN
Born c1821 in NC, he was a farmer living near Tyner at the start of the war. His children were Delia, Priscilla, Thomas, David, Noah, Temperance and Leatha. The family first lived in GA after leaving NC about 1850. He enl. Aug. 10, 1863, at Tyner's Station and was killed at Chickamauga on Sept. 20, 1863.
EDWARDS, Clayborne Barry's Btry.
Enl. June 27, 1863 at Bate's Bluff, MS; deserted Feb. 3, 1864. near Demopolis, AL. [Brown's Diary]
EDWARDS, J. B. Co. B, 1TN Cav. (Carter's)
Born c1840 in TN, he was a blacksmith at Ooltewah before the war, and was used by the army for blacksmithing. Enl. Aug. 7, 1861 in Cleveland, he was courtmartialed on Jan. 24, 1863. His wife, Easter J., was from Indiana. [1860 HC Census]
EDWARDS, James L. Co. K, 43TN
Enl. Oct. 17, 1861 at Ooltewah.
EDWARDS, Lt. James S. Co. A, 4TN Cav.
He was one of the Chattanooga merchants who joined the unit of fellow storeowner William Ragsdale. He also served as a lieutenant in the 19TN Infantry. Born in VA in 1815, he had come to Chattanooga (then Ross's Landing) in 1835 in a wagon train from Leesburg. One of his ventures was Edwards Pills "for the relief of chills and fever." He was a Chattanooga alderman on several occasions prior to the war. He lost much of his estate due to the war. Edwards died June 10, 1897 at the home of his son-in-law, William Lauter, at Bluff View. Burial was at Citizens Cem. [CT, June 11, 1897]
EDWARDS, Robert D. 2nd Co. K, 1st CSA Cav.
Born 1834, SC. Merchant at Chatt., 1860, with wife Martha. $2,400/4,000 assets. Enl. Aug. 15, 1862 in HC. [1860HC]
EIDSON, Edward Co. D, 4th (12th) GA Cav.
He enl. Oct. 4, 1862. He was absent at the end of Nov., 1863 and was believed to be in the hands of the enemy. An engineer, he was born about 1833 in Georgia. He and his wife, Elizabeth, were living in Chattanooga at the start of the war and was a machinest at Wauhatchie, 1870.
ELDER, Samuel Houston 2nd Co. K, 1st CSA Cav.
Born c1838, son of Robert S. and Matilda Elder of Limestone. He married Sarah H. White. Enl. Sept. 23, 1862 in HC. He and brother Robert had store boat that made calls at various river landings as well as general store at Snow Hill. Postmaster of Long Savannah. Died March 19, 1910 of heart attack while walking from Avondale to Snow Hill. Found dead on country road March 19, 1910 near Harrison by farmer. Mason. Buried FH. At time of death living with dau. Mrs. A.E. Smith in Highland Park. [CTMar 21, 1910; 1860HC]
ELDRIDGE, G. C.
Died about July 3, 1888 in Chatt., destitute. Former CSA soldier.
ELKINS, William J. H. Barry's Btry.
Enl. May 7, 1862 at Chatt.; $50 bonus; lost in Feb. on retreat. [Brown's Diary]
ELLEDGE, William Jarrett
Enl. Jan. 9, 1862 in Co. L, 36TN at Chattanooga; transferred to 35TN. In battle of Murfreesboro, but deserted July 4, 1863 and took USA oath.
ELLEN, G. H. 24GA
[TP15,000]
ELLER, Columbus C. Clark's Independent Cav. Co.; Co. I, 19TN
Enl. Aug. 31, 1862 at Chattanooga, TN. Courier for Gen. B.R. Johnson, April 25, 1864.
ELLER, Hampton Co. H, 4TN Cav.
ELLIS, D. Judson 26TN; Co. A, 5TN Cav. (McKenzie's)
He was living prior to the war near Tyner with his mother, Catharine Ellis, and his four brothers and one sister. The family was living in SC when he was born c1838. They lived in GA prior to moving to HC in the late 1840s. Catharine Ellis operated a farm herself for many years prior to the war. Judson Ellis and his older brother, John Ellis, were merchants.
ELLIS, D. M. 1CSA Cav.
Born in York Dist., SC c1845. Merchant in Chatt. Enl 1CSA Cav. [NBFM2]
ELLIS, I. D. 2d Lt., HC Home Guard, April 29, 1861
ELLIS, John E. Co. H, 2TN Cav. (Ashby's); Co. A, 4TN Cav.
Born c1837, SC, son of Catherine Ellis of Tyner's Station; merchant before the war. Enl. June 17, 1861 at Knoxville. Capt. Oct. 7, 1863 near Shelbyville, TN and sent to Louisville, then to Camp Morton, IN, then to Fort Delaware. Exch. Oct. 14, 1864 and paroled April 1865.
ELLIS, Lorenzo D. Co. I, 19TN
Born 1837. Miner in hh of Jos. Johnson, Soddy. Enl. May 20, 1861. Deserted May, 1862.
ELLIS, Samuel M. 2d Co. K, 1CSA Cav.
Born about 1839, he enl. July 14, 1862 in HC in 2nd Co. K, 1CSA Cavalry and was paroled May 3, 1865 in Charlotte, NC. He was one of the sons of G.W. Ellis, a farm laborer near Chatt. After the war became a prominent merchant at Chickamauga (now Shepherd, TN) and later a merchant in Chatt. Member of NBF Camp, 1895-96. Died June 27, 1918 in Chatt. and buried at Concord Church.
ELLIS, William A. 2nd Co. K, 1st CSA Cav.; Co. A, 5TN Cav.
Born July 19, 1841 in York Dist, SC. He enl. at Oxford, AL in 1862 and transferred to 5TN Cav. July 1, 1864 in Cobb Co., GA. Paroled May 3, 1865 in Charlotte, NC. He was one of the sons of Catharine Ellis. He was born in SC c1842. Member of NBF Camp, 1895-96. Grocery merchant in Chatt. Died July 24, 1925 and buried Concord Cem. [NBFM2]
ELLISON, William Clark's Independent Cav. Co.
Enl. Aug. 31, 1862 at Chatt., TN; captured June 27, 1863 at Manchester, TN.
ELY, John Alexander Co. E, 4KY Cav.
Born Nov. 21, 1844 in Trimble Co., KY. Enl. Sept. 10, 1862 in Trimble Co. Was wounded in Greenville, TN at time Gen. Morgan killed. Married Ruth Prigmore. Res. Hill City. Truck farmer. Died Jan. 11, 1915 and buried in Red Bank. [NBFM2,4,7; TP9927]
EMERSON, James W. Co. K, 43TN
He enl. Dec. 22, 1861, at Ooltewah. He was among those captured at Vicksburg, MS on July 4, 1863. Prior to the war, he was a farm laborer living at Zion Hill south of Ooltewah. He was born in Georgia c1828. His wife was Sarah.
EMORY, John Co. A, 4TN Cav. (Murray's)
Born 1815 in TN, son of William and Nancy of Soddy. Farmer at Double Branch. Res. Soddy with wife Nancy, 1860. Enl. June 14, 1863, Chatt. Prom. to sgt. [1860, 1870HC]
EMORY, WILLIAM Co. A, 4TN Cav. (Murray's)
Born 1825 in TN, son of William and Nancy of Soddy.
EPPINS, T. P. Co. D, 37TN
Died March 26, 1863.
ERWIN, Andrew Jackson Co. A, 1TN Cav. (Carter's)
Enl. Oct. 5, 1862 at Sulphur Springs, TN. Married Ella. [TWP1389]
ERWIN, George W. Barry's Btry
Born 1845, son of William and Saline of Zion Hill. Deserted June-July, 1864. [Brown Diary]
ERWIN, J. B. Co. A, 2TN Cav. Bn.
Killed in action Dec. 7, 1864.
ERWIN, James C. Co. H, 2TN Cav. (Ashby's)
Enl. July 18, 1861 at Big Creek. Paroled April, 1865.
ERWIN, Cpl. James L. M. Barry's Btry.
Enl. Sept. 24, 1862 at Chatt.; Paroled May 11, 1865 in Meridian, MS. Res. 1910 of Soldiers Home, Atlanta, GA.
ERWIN, William O. Co. A, 4TN Cav.
Enl. June 17, 1861, when he was 22. He was killed in action on Feb. 20, 1862. He was the son of William and Saline Erwin. The family lived on a farm at Ooltewah.
ESBY, Albert M. 22AL
[TP9174]
ETTER, Leonard L. 3Lt. C Co., 63TN
Born 1828. School teacher res. 1860 in hh of Michael Marbett.
EVANS, James Co. A, 19TN
Born 1839 in NC. Res. 1860 in Harrison with wife Mary. [1860HC]
EVANS, Lan
Born 1848, TN. Res. 1910 with wife Nan (married 1872). Blacksmith. [1910HC]
EVANS, Peter Solomon Co. C, 26TN
Son of Augustus and Mary Ann Sivley Evans. Enl. Oct. 18, 1862. at Taylorsburg.
EVITT, Charles W. Co. K,43TN; Co. B, 1TN Cav. (Carter's)
Enl. Oct. 17, 1861, at Ooltewah. Transf. to Co. B, 1TN Cav., June 1, 1862. He was the son of William and Rebecca Evitt. The family had a farm at Ooltewah. William Evitt was from Virginia. Charles and his older brother, Nehemiah Evitt, were blacksmiths. Charles W. Evitt was born about 1839.
EVITT, Sgt. Nehemiah Co. B, 1TN Cav. (Carter's)
Born c1837. A blacksmith, he enl. Aug. 7, 1861 in Cleveland. Hospitalized at Charlottesville, VA, June, 1864. Married Emiline Andrews Baird. Moved to Walker Co., GA after war where he was blacksmith, merchant and a Baptist preacher. Brutally attacked by Roscoe Marable, an ex-convict, Jan. 17, 1891, and died next day. Marable found guilty of first-degree murder and hanged in Walker Co. [Heritage of Walker Co.]
EWING, 1Lt. Calvin J. Co. K, 43TN
In the retreat from Port Gibson across Black River, Capt. J.N. Aikens reported that Ewing, ""who was in command of a small company of sappers and miners, in the face of a terrific fire from the advance guard of the enemy, cut up and destroyed the pontoon bridge upon which our army had just crossed the river. It was a daring act, gallantly performed." Before the war, he lived on a farm at Zion Hill south of Ooltewah with his wife Jane, their sons, John and Albert, and daughter, Mary. He had a worth of $10,000 in 1860. He was born about 1821.
*F
FACKLER, Charles W. Co. K, 4AL Cav., Forrest's Regt.; Co. F, 3rd TN Cav.
Born Aug. 8, 1836 in Huntsville, Madison Co., AL. Fought in Forrest's Cav. under Cols. Russell and Holman. Capt. near Huntsville, AL, in Sept. 1863 and released Feb., 1865. Bill clerk in Chatt. for Alabama Great Southern RaR until moved to watchman on King St. crossing due to health. Member, NBF Camp, 1895-96. Died Apr. 1, 1900 and buried in Huntsville. [NBFM2; CT April 2, 1900]
FAIDLEY, Archibald
FAIDLEY, Charles Fenton Co. F, 7TN Cav. Bn.
He wrote his wife, Susan Fothergill Faidley, from near Sparta when he joined the Confederate troops, "Take good care of yourself and Annie and hope for the best. I know you have a hard time and so do I, but I will not be gone always. The parting with you and Annie was a hard one with me. I could hardly keep from shedding tears, but you know I never do cry--even if I want to. I think of you and Annie every minute in the day and I know very well that you think of me all the time. When I am at home with you I may appear cold and gloomy, but it is not because I love you less than I always did. For no earthly objects were ever loved better than my wife and child are by me. So you must put your trust in God and hope that we may live a happy and better life yet."
Charles F. Faidley survived the war and returned to his wife
and Annie. They later had Dora, Rose and Arch. The Charles
Faidleys moved to Walden's Ridge after refugeeing there during
the Yellow Fever epidemic of 1878. Charles F. Faidley died
several years after this epidemic.
FAIDLEY, Edward Co. C, 7TN Inf.
Son of Archibald and Rose Young Faidley. He was only 19 when he enl. Later he was listed on the rolls as a deserter.
FAIDLEY, Henry
He married Matilda Lynch in May, 1863 when he was 23, but then he marched away to war. Four months later, he was among the casualties on the bloody fields of Chickamauga. He was a son of Archibald Faidley, a Virginian who was an early printer at Chattanooga. His mother was Rosanna Young.
FAIDLEY, Lt. Joseph Gates Co. C, 36TX Cav. 2Lt.
Born in Chatt., son of Archibald and Rose Young Faidley, he spent his early manhood in TX. Inmate TN Confed. Soldiers' Home, Nov. 17, 1902 and died there in Nashville, Nov. 15, 1917. [CT Nov. 18.17; TCSH]
FAIRBANKS, Richard Co. F, 35TN
Born in HC c1845, he lived at Snow Hill prior to the war. He was apparently the son of David and Nancy Fairbanks. David Fairbanks, a native of MD, was age 73 in the 1860 census. Nancy Fairbanks, a native of VA, was 56 in the 1860 census. Richard Fairbanks enl. Oct. 19, 1862. He had blue eyes, light hair, fair complexion and was 6' tall.
FARMER, John O. Barry's Btry.
Born Dec. 7, 1827, SC. Day laborer at Chatt, 1860, wife Sarah. Express office worker and watchman, 1870. Wife Sarah and three children. Died July 29, 1879 and buried in Citizens Cem. [1860, 1870HC]
FARMER, SHADRICK Co. H, 26TN; Barry's Btry.
Enl. July 8, 1861, Knoxville; Left btry. near Demopolis "before we crossed river." [Brown's Diary]
FARRIS, Charles Ambrose Driscoll Co. D, 11TN Cav.
Born 1846 in Rutherford Co., TN, son of the Rev. Charles B. Farris. He married (1902) Mary Hubbard and moved to Chatt. from South Pittsburg where he had been in lumber business for 25yrs. Methodist. Died Oct. 31, 1923 at res. on Vine St. and buried Murfreesboro, TN. [TWP, 227; CT Nov. 1, 1923]
FARRIS, Hugh Francis "Frank" Co. E, 26TN
Born Meigs Co., Sept. 2, 1842. His ancestry is said to date back to his great-great-grandfather, Matthew Norman, a lifelong friend of George Washington. Enl. "as a mere boy." Served throughout war (Ft. Donelson, M'boro, Chickamauga, Miss. Ridge, Atl. Camp., Franklin) and only received slight flesh wound. Capt. following Franklin and imp. at Camp Morton. Released at the close of the war, he stopped for water at the home of a widow of a Union veteran who had been killed at Resaca. After speaking with Cynthia A. Maddux Daughtery, he told her he would come back some day and marry her. He did so. Methodist, Mason. Res. Harrison. Died Nov. 12, 1912, age 70, and buried at McCaleb (Maddux) Cem. [CT Nov. 13, 1912; TP13,584]
FARRIS, J. L. Co. F, 39GA
Pvt. May 1, 1862. Appt. 1st Cpl. June, 1862. Deserted near Dalton, March 10, 1864. Took USA oath at Chatt. and releasesd, Mar. 14, 1864. [Henderson, 302]
FARRIS, Jasper Co. H, 63TN
Born 1836, TN. Farmer Long Savannah with wife Elizabeth, 1860. [1860HC]
FAXON, John Wellington Co. A, 14TN
Born in Buffalo, NY, May 24, 1840, he became a clerk in CSA Treasury for one year, then joined 14TN, serving in this unit until the surrender. Married Florence Herring. For nearly 18 years on staff of Louisville Courier Journal as Clarksville, TN correspondent. Moved to Chatt. in 1890. Member of NBF Camp, 1895-96. Employed by 1National Bank in Chatt and pres of Chatt. Chamber of Commerce. Died in Chatt. Aug. 22, 1917 and buried in FH. [CT Aug. 23.1917; FHR; Armstrong, HC; Mickle, Well Known Confederates, p. 38; NBFM2]
FEATHERS, Sgt. Alvin Marion Co. F, 63TN
Married Nannie Salena. In Obion Co., 1870. [TWP1977]
FELKINS, Logan 2nd Co. K, 1st CSA Cav.
Enl. Aug. 13, 1862 in HC. Deserted at Shelbyville, TN, Dec. 10, 1862.
FELKINS, Presley L. Barry's Btry.
Enl. at Chatt. March 16, 1862 and was paroled April 11, 1865, at Meridian, MS. He lived at Tynersville with his wife, Mararitha, and son, Henry, prior to the war.
FELKINS, William L. Barry's Btry.
Enl. March 11, 1863. at Chatt.; Aug.-Oct., 1864 in Ocmulgee Hospital, Macon, GA.
FERGUSON, Sgt. Benjamin H. Co. F, 35TN
Age 21 in 1862, he was born in Knox Co. before moving to
Chatt. where he enl., Oct. 1, 1862. Severely wounded at Chickamauga, he deserted at Tunnel Hill Jan. 19, 1864. Blue eyes, light hair, fair complexion, 5'6" tall. Charter member First Christian Church. Retail grocer, 1870, with wife Dorinda and 4 children. At time of death oldest steamboat capt. on TN River. Died on his boat and buried Citizens Cem. [CT April 26, 1921]
FERGUSON, James A. 32TN
Born May 2, 1837 in Warren Co., TN, he enl. July, 1861 in Pulaski, TN. He became a scout for Wheeler and was wounded near Franklin and Columbia and capt. at Franklin. He was a boot and shoe maker in Hill City in 1901. Died Aug. 4, 1904. [UCV applications for NBF Camp; CT Aug. 5.04]
FERGUSON, Samuel H. Co. A, 4VA
Born June 4, 1842 Bedford City, VA. Wounded at 1st and 2d Manassas. Resident of Chatt. 25 yrs., West 4th St. Real estate dealer. Died Dec. 4, 1917 in Chatt. and buried Citizens Cem. Wife was Bettie M. (1847-1932) whom he married 1870. [1910HC]
FIELDING, Isaac N. Sgt. Co. A, 8FL
Born 1833. Enl. April 1, 1862, Columbia, FL and was reduced soon after enlisting. Slightly wounded Dec. 11, 1862, Fredericksburg and taken to Richmond. Capt. July 17, 1863 near Hagerstown, MD and imp. Ft. McHenry. Exch. March 17, 1864. Deserted to USA Aug. 17, 1864 and was sent to Phila., PA. Found dead in his home at Long & Montgomery Sts., Chatt., April 12, 1906. [NBFM7]
FIELDING, Thomas J. Co. F, 14TN
[NBFM2]
FIELDS, Cornelius Sgt. 2nd Co. K, 1st CSA Cav.
Born 1832 in TN. Farm laborer with wife Mary and one child. Enl. Sept. 23, 1862 in HC. Paroled May 3, 1865 in Charlotte, NC. Living on farm at Stringer's Ridge, 1870 with wife Mary and dau. Mary.
FIELDS, John Co. H, 4TN Cav.
Born HC, 1829, son of Willis Fields, he enl. 1861 and surrendered at Charlotte, in April, 1865. In 1902 res. Hill City, indigent. [TP4458]
FIELDS, John Co. B, 5TN Cav.
Born c1838, he was a son of Willis Fields. Enl. Aug. 11, 1861.
FIELDS, 2Lt. Richard Co. H, 4TN Cav.
Enl. Aug. 11, 1861 at Chatt., son of Willis Fields.
FIELDS, Lt. William Co. H, 4TN Cav.
FILBY, R. R. Co. H, 26TN; 2d Co. I, 1CSA (GA)
Enl. July 8, 1861, Knoxville. Capt. Ft. Donelson and imp. Camp Douglas. Trans. 1CSA Nov. 8, 1862; Deserted at Chatt., Aug. 24, 1863. Capt. Chickamauga, Sept. 20, 1863. Took USA oath and released Oct. 16, 1863. Enl. in Union army.
FINE, John A. (TYNE) Co. F, 3TN Mounted Inf. (Lillard's)
Born Cocke Co., TN, 1838. Capt. Vicksburg. Res. Chatt. in 1907. [TP9026]
FINLEY, WILLIAM Bird Rangers
Son of Joseph W. Finley who lived near Chickamauga Station. Enl. in 1861 (widower with 3 small children) and "perished during the war." Sister Nan died in Chatt. Aug. 6, 1909 [CT Aug. 8, 1909]
FIRSTE (FOSTER), W. H. Co. F, 39TN
Res. James Co., 1912.
FISCHER, William F.
Born Mecklenburg, Germany, Aug. 19, 1846. Boyhood at Dalton, then joined CSA. To Chatt. in 1867 and founded W.F. Fischer & Brother Jewelers. Presbyterian. Died June 23, 1909 and buried FH. [CT June 24, 1909]
FISHER, Andrew J. Co. K, 3TN Mounted Inf. (Lillard's)
Born Monroe Co., TN, July 12, 1837. Enl. March, 1862. Vicksburg (capt.). Res. in Chatt., 1908. [TP10,150]
FISHER, Ireneaus (Irineus) F. Co. B, 16TN Cav. Bn.
Born Knox Co., TN, May 9, 1843. Served "under Gen. Pegram in all his engagements" and Jubal Early. Paroled Washington, GA, May 1, 1865. Married Anna E. Wilson. Minister at Zion Hill Methodist Epis. Church 50 yrs. 1909 res. Apison, James Co. Died Aug. 3, 1935 and buried Plowman Cem. [TP11,664; CT Aug. 4, 1935]
FITZGERALD, Coleman Co. B, 1TN Cav. (Carter's)
Born 1846 in TN, son of Nasa and Mary Fitzgerald. Prob. the C. B. Fitzgerald res. in Roane Co., 1870. Sulphur, OK, 1912. [1860 HC census]
FITZGERALD, William Co. F, 35TN
Born 1843 in TN, son of Nasa and Mary Fitzgerald. [1860 HC census]
FITZGERALD, Woodson Co. F, 35TN
He enl. Jan. 7, 1863, at Chatt. On the second day of the Battle of Chickamauga, Sept. 20, 1863, he was hit with a minie ball that passed through the upper part of his right leg, shattering two bones. His wife Nancy was able to reach him at Green's Lake and take him in an ox cart to their home at Ooltewah. He was captured while recuperating and took the oath of allegiance on Dec. 11, 1863. He had dark complexion, black hair, black eyes and was 5'11" tall. Woodson Fitzgerald was born in Franklin Co., GA, in 1827, the son of William Fitzgerald. He married Nancy Denny. He died in 1896. [JWilson Fitzgerald family; TP795]
FLEMING, J. W. Co. I, 5AL
Born Oct. 12, 1840 Clarke Co., AL. Enl. at Grove Hill, AL. Apr. 27, 1861. Wounded twice in battle of Spottsylvania. Farmer in Highland Park. Mason. Died Dec. 15, 1910 in Chatt. Buried FH. [FHR; CT Dec. 17, 1910; NBFM2]
FLEMING, William White Co. F, 43TN
Born 1844 Iredell Co., NC. Enl. Nov. 9, 1861. Perryville, Baker's Creek, Raymond, Vicksburg. Married (1866 in Roane Co.) Sarah Martha Davis. Former sheriff of Graham Co., NC and member of NC Legislature. Married (1868) Sarah Martha. Deputy sheriff, 1910. He died in Chatt. Jan. 21, 1918 and was buried in FH. [CT Jan. 22.1918; TWP, 199; 1910HC]
FLETCHER, J. E. (C.?) Co. H, 26TN
Enl. July 8, 1861 at Knoxville; drummer; died Dec. 5, 1861 in hospital in Bowling Green, KY.
FLINN, Benjamin F. Co. K, 36TN
Died in service ca. Aug., 1862; unmarried; mother was Rachael R. Flinn.
FLINN, William Griffith Co. I, 26TN; 39TN Mounted Inf.
Born Oct. 1, 1823, Carter Co., TN; enl. July 3, 1861; married Candace Ann. Res. Chatt., 1893 where he was carpenter with "infrequent work." Married Candace Anne McCall. He died March 22, 1898 and buried Citizens Cem. Member of NBF Camp, 1895-96. [TP1701]
FLORA, Theodore F. H. Co. L, 36TN; Co. L, 35TN
Born c1846 in Hawkins Co., son of Emaline who was a washer-woman in Chatt. He had four younger brothers and sisters. Enl. Jan. 9, 1862, at Chatt. in Co. L, 36TN and was transf. to Co. L of the 35TN. He was in the battle of Murfreesboro and was paroled on May 1, 1865, at Greensboro, NC. Married Mary Ann Morgan (1885). Mason, Baptist. Died June 5, 1923 in North Chatt. and buried in Citizens Cem. [TWP, 225; CT June 6, 1923]
FLORA, William Co. F, 35TN
Born c1833 in HC, son of Jacob and Mary. He farmed here until enlisting Oct. 1, 1862 at Chatt. Dark eyes, dark hair, dark complexion, 5'4" tall. In HC with wife and 4 children, 1870, 1880.
FLORANCE, W. E. 2d Co., Washington Artillery
Born LA. Occup. clerk when enl. April 29, 1861 in NO. At 23 yrs he was unmarried, residing in NO. After war bookeeper in Chatt. Member of NBF Camp, 1885. [NBFM2]
FLYNN, Benjamin Franklin Co. K, 36TN
Killed cAugust, 1862. He was 19. Before the war, he was a farm laborer living with his mother, Rachael Flynn, at Harrison.
FLYNN, George Washington Co. I, 26TN; Co. K, 43TN
Born c1840. He was a farm laborer living with his mother, Rachael Flynn, at Harrison prior to the war. After enrolling in Co. I, 26TN, he reenl. at Ooltewah, 43TN, on Oct. 12, 1862. Apparently also served with 3d Regt. of Engineers. NBF Camp, 1894. Died March 22, 1898 and buried CSA Cem. [NBFM2,7]
FOARD (FORD), J. H. 2nd Co. K, 1CSA Cav.
Enl. Sept. 20, 1862 in HC. Scouted behind Federal lines and never returned.
FORD, James Henry Co. B, 1TN Cav. (Carter's).
Born c1843 in TN, son of William Daniel Ford. Enl. Aug. 7, 1861 at Cleveland. Hospitalized May, 1862. He deserted and took the oath at Chattanooga on April 20, 1865. Farmer at Birchwood with his wife, Mary, before the war. Light complexion, brown hair, blue eyes and was 5'9" tall. [1860HC]
FORD, James H. Co. K, 1CSA
Born Sullivan Co., TN, March 24, 1835, son of Benjamin and Pensacola Hawley Ford. Family moved to Chatt. when he was a young boy. Afterward he returned to Chatt. and became a clerk. Married (1875) Rhoda Thomison. First wife Elizabeth Martin had died. For a while served as a member of the County Court. He died at his home on Dry Valley Rd. Jan. 20, 1913. [1910HC; CT Jan. 21, 1913].
FORD, Nathan C. 1Lt. Co. A, 21VA
Born Campbell Co., VA, March 6, 1833. enl. June 20, 1861. Not reelected 1Lt. so transf. to Stuart's horse arty. Fought in most of important battles of ANV. Came to Chatt. from Knoxville in 1870. He had married Mary S. Anthony Hancock in 1868. He was in the wholesale liquor business, then in wholesale tobacco, in Chatt. and was one of the first police commissioners under appointment from Gov. William Bate. Died at res. on Walnut St., July 6, 1903 and buried FH. [CT July 7, 1903; FHR]
FORD, Rhoda Thomison (Mrs. James H.)
Born near Washington in Rhea Co. Nov. 10, 1842. 3d Lt. in cav, . company organized by young ladies around Washington to carry clothing, food and "such other necessities and delicacies as able to procure" to nearby CSA camps. Arrested and "marched, a foot, in front of an armed guard of soldiers to Dayton, a distance of five miles, and from there to Bell's Landing" on TN River. There the 16 young ladies placed aboard US army cattle boat, the Chicken Thief, and brought to Chatt. where Gen. Steedman ordered their release. Married JHF in Nov., 1873. Cumberland Presby. Died at her home on Dry Valley Road Dec. 8, 1918 and buried White Oak Cem. [CT Dec. 9, 1918]
FORD, Cpl. Thomas J. Barry's Btry.
The son of newspaper editor John W. Ford, he was a printer at Chatt. when the war broke out. He enl. April 25, 1862. He died in Knoxville on Nov. 9, 1862, of pneumonia. A native of HC, he was 31 yrs. He had a light complexion and gray eyes and was 5'11" tall. His wife was Hetty Ford.
FORD, WILLIAM B. 4AL Cav
Enl. Sept., 1862. Married (1879) Mary Golden Tate. Episcopalian. Real estate in Chatt., 1889. Died Oct. 27, 1922 at res. on Lindsay St. and buried White Oak Cem. [CT Oct. 13, 1908; NBFM7]
FORT, Capt. Tomlinson "Tom" Co. H, 1GA Regulars.
Born in Milledgeville, GA, April 26, 1839, son of Dr. Tomlinson and Martha Low Fannin Fort, he graduated from Oglethorpe Univ. in 1857 and began the practice of law in Baldwin Co. Enl. Feb. 12, 1861 and elected Lt. Became Capt. of Co. L in May, 1862, and fought in VA, being wounded twice at Malvern Hill and once at Second Manassas. He was again wounded on John's Island, SC July 7, 1864. Capt. late 1864 and remained imprisoned until the surrender. His brother John Porter Fort was adjutant of the 1GA. In Oct., 1865 TF opened a law office in Chatt. He served as mayor, 1875-76. Died Dec. 7, 1910 at Res. on Chester St. and buried in Milledgeville, GA. [CWTI Collection, USAMHI; NBFM2,7]
FORTNER, Wiley Barry's Btry.
Enl. Oct. 4, 1862 at Chatt.; wounded at Jackson, MS; captured at Spanish Fort, April 8, 1865; imprisoned at Ship Island, MS.
FORTUNE, John W. Co. D, 21GA
Born Dec. 15, 1824 in Oglethorpe Co., GA. Enl. May, 1861. To TN, 1903. In 1909 res. E. 10th St., Chatt. [TP11,068]
FOSTER, A. D.
Born 1830, GA. Res. W. 7th St., 1910, in dau's hh. [1910HC]
FOSTER, A. H. Co. G, 26TN; 2d Co. K, 1CSA (GA)
Born c1809. Enl. July 8, 1861, Knoxville. Commissioned 1Lt., July 8, 1861. Capt. Ft. Donelson and imp. Johnson's Island. Exch. Vicksburg, Sept. 1862. After his capture at Richmond, KY, Oct. 1862, he resigned his commission on the 29th of that month.
FOSTER, A. S. 2nd Co. K, 1CSA Cav. (GA)
Enl. Sept. 23, 1862 in HC Detached by order Maj. Gen. Sam Jones at Chatt. Deserted Nov. 28, 1863.
FOSTER, A. T. Co. A, 19TN
Died just after leaving Vicksburg.
FOSTER, James Daniel Co. E, 33AL
Born March 28, 1830 in Wilkes Co., GA. Enl. at Greenville, AL in spring of 1862. Served at Pensacola, Battle of Corinth. Because of disability assigned to Arsenal at Montgomery. Lock and gunsmith in Chatt. Died Apr. 30, 1914 in HC and buried FH. [CT May 1, 1914. Buried FH. [FHR; NBFM2; TP4517]
FOSTER, F. B.
Born Liverpool, Eng. Enl. Nov., 1861 in Bragg's escort. Carpenter in Chatt. c 1895. [NBFM2]
FOSTER, J. C. Co. G, 26TN; 2d Co. K, 1CSA (GA)
Enl. Aug. 28, 1861, Knoxville. Capt. Ft. Donelson and imp. Camp Morton. Cpl., Oct. 13, 1862. Killed at Peachtree Creek, July 2O, 1864.
FOSTER, J. D.
Died April 30, 1914 and buried FH. [NBFM7]
FOSTER, James Co. B, 1TN Cav. (Carter's).
Before the war, he lived at Birchwood with his parents, John C. and Malinda Foster. John C. Foster was a brickmason. The Fosters were from VA. James Foster was born c1843.
FOSTER, James R. 2d Co. K, 1CSA (GA)
Enl. Aug. 3, 1863, Chatt. Deserted Aug. 16, 1864 at Atlanta. USA oath at Chatt., Aug. 23, 1864.
FOSTER, John Barry's Btry.
Enl. Sept. 27.62 in Chatt.
FOSTER, John A. Co. I, 19TN
1903 res, HC. [TP2517]
FOUST, Addison Taylor Co. A, 19TN
Born c1843, son of John and Matilda Hawley Foust. Enl. at Cumberland Gap. Died at Vicksburg. [CSR; Worsham; Lindsley, Military Annals of TN]
FOUST, 1Lt. Francis Marion Hawley Co. A, 19TN
Born Nov. 10, 1837, he was a son of John and Matilda Hawley Foust. The Fousts came to HC from Sullivan Co. by flatboat in 1843. He was sent out for recruiting services when the unit was at Corinth, MS, and he later was detached for special service with Gen. Bragg. Beginning in February of 1863, he was responsible for securing quarters and accumulating fuel for the soldiers around Chattanooga. He stayed in Chattanooga until early September when the Federal army arrived. At the battle of Franklin, he was wounded in the face. Died Mar. 8, 1888. [CSR; 1860HC]
FOUST, Nathan Polk Co. A, 19TN; 2nd Co. K, 1CSA Cav.
Enl. May 21, 1861 at Knoxville in Co. A, 19TN, then on Sept. 20, 1862, joined in HC the 2nd Co. K, 1CSA Cav. He was discharged in 1863, but reenl. again, being paroled May 3, 1863 in Charlotte, NC. The son of John and Matilda Foust, "Polk" Foust was born July 11, 1842. A bachelor, he left Chatt. in 1878 to move to AR. He died at Winthrop, AR, in June, 1903. His remains were brought back to the old Foust burial ground at Morrison Springs. [CT, June 12, 1903]
FOUST, William Henry
Like three of his brothers, fought with Co. A, 19TN. He also enl. Sept. 20, 1862 in the 2nd Co. K, 1CSA Cav. with his brother "Polk." He enl. just after he had married (1861) Elizabeth A. Wisdom, daughter of Abner Wisdom. Foust was born Dec 18, 1829 in Sullivan Co. and settled in Morrison Springs in 1843. After the war Foust lived in HC until moving to a farm near Charleston in Bradley Co. in 1883. He died there Dec. 15, 1903. [CT, Dec. 16, 1903]
FOUTS, Oliver Perry
He was the clerk at the Crutchfield House when the famed encounter between Jefferson Davis and William Crutchfield occurred in the hotel lobby. Fouts later joined the employ of the Confederate government during the war.
The Fouts family was originally from Fincastle, VA. He was the son of John R. Fouts and Lucinda Stever. O.P. Fouts was born
in 1813 and named for the famous naval commander. After the war,
Fouts helped operate the Stanton House and he was a partner in a
stockyard with A.J. Wisdom. A bachelor, he built up a sizable fortune. His home was at 508 West Ninth Street where he died March 9, 1899. [CT March 10, 1899; NBFM2]
FOWLER, ELIGA W. Co. E, 5TN
Fought at Missionary Ridge, Resaca, Franklin. Member of Cumberland Presby. Chruch. Resid. in 1890 of Brittsville, TN. Died at 72yrs. at his home in East Chatt., Aug. 26, 1915. [CT Aug. 27, 1915]
FOWLER, Sgt. J. M. Clark's Independent Cav. Co.
Enl. Aug. 31, 1862 at Chattanooga, TN.
FOX, Cornelius R. 36GA
Born Murray Co., GA, July 5, 1847. Enl. Feb. 12, 1864. To TN, 1901. Wife was Beckie. Res. Long St., 1926. [TP16,053]
FOX, David Co. D, 4th (12th) GA Cav.
He enl. Oct. 4, 1862 but disappeared from the unit about the time of the battle of Missionary Ridge, Nov. 25, 1863. He took the USA oath of allegiance in Jan. of 1864. He had a dark complexion, black hair, gray eyes and was 5'7" tall.
FOX, John B. Co. B, 5TN Cav.
Born c1834, he was a farmer living with his wife, Martha, near Chatt. prior to the war. Enl. Aug. 11, 1861, at Chatt.
FRAKER, William M. Co. C, 39GA
Born Washington Co., TN, Dec. 22, 1841. Wounded Baker's Creek. Capt. Sept 5, 1864 at McDonough, GA and imp. Camp Douglas until June 21, 1865. To TN 1884. With Queen and Crescent Railroad 31 yrs. Elder in Park Place Presby. Church. Res. 225 Magnolia St. Died June 26, 1914. [TP12,492; CT June 27, 1914]
FRANCIS, Eldridge G. Co. I, 19TN
Born c1842, son of William and Mary Francis. WF was miller who died in 1850's. Enl. May 10, 1861. Hospitalized. Capt. at Missionary Ridge, took USA oath and put to work at depot, Stevenson, AL. Married (1865) Elizabeth Jane Denton. Living on farm near Williams Island with Eliz. Jane and 2 children, 1870.
FRANCISCO, H. C. Co. A, 36TN
Born 1847, in TN. In 1910 farmer in HC with wife Matilda. [1910HC]
FRANKLIN, Benjinett J. Co. A, 1TN Cav. (Carter's)
Married Salena E. [TWP1400]
FRANKLIN, Jake
Born 1846, GA. Res. Glass St. with wife Mary. [1910HC]
FRAZIER, Capt. Samuel Joseph Abner Co. D, 19TN
Born in 1840 at Rhea Co., Frazier was the son of a prominent lawyer and attorney general Samuel Frazier. He graduated from East TN Univ. at Knoxville just prior to the war. He enl. April 6, 1861, at Knoxville and was was elected captain May 29, 1861. He saw service at Cumberland and Big Creek gaps in KY, then at Fishing Creek. The unit was at Corinth, MS, then fought at Shiloh. They fought at Baton Rouge, LA, then returned to TN for the Battle of Murfreesboro. At Vicksburg, his regiment "has the unique experience of charging one of the enemy's gunboats." At Chickamauga, Frazier was seriously wounded by a shot through the windpipe. Two of his comrades were shot as they attempted to carry him off the field, and he suffered two more wounds as he lay on the ground. He was captured by the enemy and taken to Chatt., where he stayed some weeks at the home of the Rev. T. H. McCallie. He later was imprisoned at Camp Chase, OH, and Johnson's Island. While in prison, he continued his study of law by paying 50 cents a week for an old edition of Blackstone. He earned the money by making gutta percha rings for visitors.
Frazier moved to Chattanooga in 1882 and began the Hill City real estate development. He gave $10,000 toward the Walnut Street Bridge that connected Hill City with Chattanooga. He married (1871) Anna Keith. Died Dec. 11, 1921 and buried CSA Cem. [CSA Hist, v. 10, 480-81; Worsham, 215; TCWVQ, 2:851; GHT, 942; NBFM7; 1910HC]
FREEMAN, Drewry Hutchinson "Hutch" Co. E, 2SC Rifles
Born 1838 in Pickens Dist., SC. Enl. 1862. Disabled by scurvy but still with army in VA at close of war. Married (1891), Walker Co.) Julie C. Carter. To Chatt. in 1902. Died at his res. in East Lake, Feb. 24, 1912. and buried CSA Cem. [TWP, 7850; CT Feb. 26, 1912; TP6183]
FREEMAN, Joseph Co. L, 36TN; Co. L, 35TN
Born c1822 in VA. Enl. Jan. 9, 1862 at Chatt. Transf. to Co. L of the 35TN. He fought at Murfreesboro. He was discharged on May 1, 1863 as "non-conscript." Prior to the war, he was a farm laborer living at Soddy, with his wife, Thursey (native of VA). In HC, 1870, with wife Thursey, 6 children. Farm laborer.
FRENCH, Bryon Brownlow Co. C, 15AR
Born 1834, son of Joseph Harvey and Nancy Benson French. Died soon after Chickamauga from wounds he received there (or at Chatt. immediately after the war from illness contracted in service). He was a nephew of the Chatt. merchant John L.M. French.
FRENCH, Joseph Harrison Co. H, 2TN Cav. (Ashby's)
Born 1840, son of Joseph Harvey and Nancy Benson French. His mother died in the 1840's and his father in 1850's so JHF and his 3 brothers came to Chatt. by 1860 to live with their uncle merchant John Lee McCarty French. Enl. Oct. 1, 1861 at Post Oak Spring. Promoted to Sgt. May 27, 1862. Killed at Chickamauga. [1860HC; JW French Family]
FRENCH, Timothy Allen
Son of Joseph Harvey and Nancy Benson French. Killed at Chickamauga and buried in the Confederate Cem.
FRICKS, Flavius J. Co. E, 39GA 2Lt.
Born 1829, Walker Co., GA, son of John and Sarah Dixon Fricks, pioneers in Walker Co. Capt. Vicksburg, July 4, 1863 and paroled there July 8, 1863. Deserted while on furlough Oct. 1, 1863. Wife was Sally A. Methodist. Mason. 1910 farmer res. in hh of nephew on Dodds Ave. Married Sallie M. Died July 9, 1923 and buried FH. [1910HC; CT July 10, 1923]
FRICKS, William Henry Harrison Co. H, 26TN; Co. E, 39GA
Enl. July 8, 1861, Knoxville. Transf. to 39GA, Nov. 11, 1862. Appt. Cpl. Nov. 11, 1862; Sgt., Sept., 1863. Killed Missionary Ridge, Nov. 25, 1863.
FRIERSON, Thomas A. Capt. Co. K, 23SC
Born Dec. 24, 1845 in Sumter, SC. Enl. Nov., 1861. Capt. Chatt. Associated in law practice with N. L. Mayes, his brother-in-law. Real estate auctioneer during Boom of 1887-90 in Chatt. Member, NBF Camp, 1895-96. [Died June 28, 1912 in Atlanta. [CT Aug. 3, 1912; NBFM7; NBFM2]
FRIST, Jacob Chester
Born Jan. 27, 1817, New Castle Co., DE. Carpenter. CSA. Wife was Mary Ann. Died March 18, 1879 in Chatt. and buried Citizens Cem. Married (2) Mary Ann Elizabeth Baldwin. Gt. Grandfather of TN Senator Bill Frist. [CT Feb. 22, 1920]
FRIST, Robert Harris Co. B, 4TN Cav. (McLemore's)
Born 1847, son of Jacob Chester and Mary Baldwin Frist. Enl. April 1, 1862, Chatt. Detailed with Lt. Havron for scout duty. Paid $24.40 extra duty pay for use of horse. Clothes receipt for May 4, 1864. He died 1903.
FRITTS, Thomas W.
Born c1850, TN. Retail merchant in hardware, 1910. Res. hh of son-in-law Leon Bailey. [1910HC]
FRY, GEORGE THOMSON Capt. Co. H, 37TN; Col., 7CSA
Born Nov. 12, 1843 in Jefferson Co., TN, son of Henry H. and Elizabeth Peck Fry. Enl. March, 1861 in Co. C, 37TN. Switched from Co. G to Co. H at Shiloh. Promoted to Capt. Co. H. Wounded at Jonesboro, Aug., 1864. Took leave, went to VA and married (1864) Mary A. Conley. After 4 day honeymoon returned to AofT; wounded at Jonesboro and left for dead. Carried off field by Rufus Tankesley. Ranked as Col. of 7TN at close of war. Studied law in VA, then moved to Atlanta, 1867. Gen. Mgr. of rr between Atlanta and Savannah. Resid. 1900 in Chatt. Occup. lawyer. Member First Baptist. Died May 30, 1897 and buried FH. [FHR; CV; TWP, p. 171; NBFM2; CT May 30, 1897]
FRY, Houston Greenberry
Born 1836 in Polk Co. and married (1856) Telitha Bidwell. He died 1891 in HC. [TWP, p. 18]
FRY, Hugh Lawson Co. G, 59MS
Born Union Co., TN, Jan. 9, 1833. Enl. Mar. 2, 1862. Res. TN all his life except 3 years in Walker Co., GA. Married Elizabeth E. Res. Chickamauga, TN., 1901. 1901 applied for admission to TN Soldiers Home from HC. [TWP2688; SAACH]
FRY, Martin Monroe Co. B, 3TN Cav.; 2TN Cav.
Born Aug. 19, 1844 in Giles Co., TN, son of Martin Fry. He enl. in spring, 1861 at Lynnville. Transferred early 1862 to Co. H, 1 Middle TN Cav. and fought at Shiloh, Farmington, Iuka and Corinth and cavalry fights at Coldwater and Coffeeville, MS. He also fought under Van Dorn at Thompson's Station and Forrest at Chickamauga and Sweetwater and under Wheeler on the latter's middle TN raid. He served under Henry Ashby in the Atlanta campaign. Again under Forrest he fought at Athens and Sulphur Trestle, AL and once again under Wheeler opposing Sherman's March to the Sea and Carolina Campaign. Accused of burning a bridge and killing a negro and held prisoner until Oct., 1865. Sentenced to be hanged but pardoned by Pres. Johnson. Farmer and contractor. Baptist. He moved to Chatt. about 1880 as a railroad contractor and lived in St. Elmo. Baptist. Died June 8, 1926 and buried CSA Cem. in joint funeral at Alton Meth. Ch. with his friend Alexander Manning.[NBFM2,7; CT June 10, 1926]
FRYAR (FRYOR), Franklin (Frank) Co. I, 19TN; Barry's Btry.
Enl. May 7, 1862, at Chatt. He was hospitalized at Atlanta in July, 1864 and was paroled in May 11, 1865 at Meridian, MS. Born in 1833, he was a son of Jeremiah Fryar Jr.
FRYAR, Jeremiah "Jerry" Co. H, 2TN Cav. (Ashby's)
Born 1836 in TN, son of John and Elizabeth of Lookout Valley. Enl. June 17, 1861. at Knoxville. Wounded and absent, Oct. 7, 1863. Paroled April, 1865. Killed by a kinsman Jan. 11, 1868. He left a daughter, Mary, and sons Sevier and William.
FRYAR, Sevier Co. H, 2TN Cav. (Ashby's)
Born 1839 in TN, son of John and Elizabeth of Lookout Valley and younger brother of Jeremiah. Enl. June 17, 1861. at Knoxville. Capt. Aug. 31, 1862. Exchanged Sept. 4, 1862 at Cumberland Gap. Later listed as being home suffering from wounds at Stone's River. Picked up in HC and sent to Louisville. Took USA oath and disch. July 16, 1864 to remain north of OH River. Married Julia Lovelady and, after her death, married her younger sister, Milly Lovelady. Died Dec. 31, 1897 and is buried in private cem. on Snow Hill Rd.
FRYAR, William Co. H, 2TN Cav. (Ashby's)
Born 1830 in TN, son of John and Elizabeth of Lookout Valley. Farmer at Harrison with wife Delila and three children. Enl. Oct. 4, 1862. at Chatt. Paroled April, 1865. Married Delilah Rogers.
FUELL, James Barry's Btry.
Enl. July 11, 1862 at Chatt.
FUGATE (FUGATT, FUGITT), Elias Co. G, 26TN; 2d Co. K, 1CSA(GA); Barry's Btry.
Enl. July 8, 1861 in Co. G, 26TN at Knoxville; teamster;
transferred May 31, 1862 to Barry's Btry. at Chatt.; paroled May 11, 1865 at Meridian, MS. In Hancock Co. before and after war.
FULLALOVE (FULLILOVE), J. H. Clark's Independent Cav. Co.
Enl. Aug. 31, 1862 at Chatt. Absent sick in Marietta, GA after Nov., 1863.
FULLALOVE (FULLILOVE), W. E. Clark's Independent Cav. Co.
Enl. Aug. 12, 1863 at Knoxville, TN. Sent to Provost Marshal, Atlanta Sept. 16, 1863. Charge murder.
FULTON, James Henderson Gartrell's Command
Born Aug. 31, 1846, Dade Co., GA, son of William Douglas and Sarah M. J. Henderson Fulton. Student at Univ. of GA when war began. Married Mary Morrow, dau. of John and Sarah J. Gilliam Morrow. JDF lived in Williamson Co., TN after war. Died April 14, 1914.
FULTON, William Douglass (1820-1882)
Born Athens, GA, Nov. 17, 1820, son of James and Mary Epsey Fulton. Practiced law in GA and was Mexican War veteran. Located in Atlanta where he became superintedent of Georgia State Railroad. Came to Chattanooga in 1852 and was elected mayor in 1857; founded and operated Bank of Chatt. until Federals occupied the city. Disappears until 1867 when he is found superintending the construction of the Maxwell House. Married Sarah M. J. Henderson. Moved to Williamson Co. in 1869 where he died Nov. 15, 1882. Represented Williamson and Maury cos. in TN Gen'l Assembly, 1877-79. [BDTA]