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Hamilton and James County Military

First Battle of Lookout Mountain 1782

The Chickamaugas

     At the time of the arrival of the first settler in what is now Hamilton County the entire county was occupied by the Cherokees, but so far as is now ascertainable there were but few if any of these old settlers, who were slain by the red man's tomahawk or spear.

The warlike spirit of the Cherokee, originally as fierce as that of any other Indian, had become to a great extent subdued by long contact and numerous disastrous conflicts with the superior skill of his white brother, who, though an intruder, was determined and destined to possess the soil.

Though in the opening years of the nineteenth century this part of the Tennessee Valley was singularly free from hostile encounters, there had been previously an expedition undertaken, which had for its objective point a locality already famous, and since made more famous, in the military annuals of the country.

     This was the expedition of Cols. Evan Shelby and John Montgomery against the irrepressible Chickamauga's, whose town, Chickamauga, was nearly a mile in length and extended up and down Chickamauga Creek a few miles above its mouth.

This expedition, which, under the pilotage of a Mr. Hudson, came down the Tennessee, in 1779, entered the Chickamauga Creek, and, disembarking on its bank, captured an Indian, whom they compelled to guide them to the town.

     The Chickamauga's were taken so completely by surprise that, making no resistance, they fled to the fastnesses of the hills and mountains, and were pursued.

The number of the Indians thus attacked was about 500. They were commanded by the chiefs, Dragging Canoe and Big Fool, and were equal in numbers to the expedition under Shelby and Montgomery.

     Pursuit was made, a camp broken up on Laurel Creek, and Little Owl's Town and other towns taken and burned. The troops of Shelby and Montgomery were the first white men that had seen the rich lands of the Tennessee Valley, in what are now the counties of Hamilton, Rhea, Roane and Knox, and were the first to spread glowing accounts of their fertility and beauty; the consequence being that almost immediately a strong current of immigration was turned toward and into this fair and inviting region.

     Subsequently to this expedition against the Chickamauga's, a battle was fought on Lookout Mountain between the Indians, commanded by the great chief Wynca on the one side, and Tennessee volunteers commanded by Gen. John Sevier, on the other.

This was the first battle of Lookout Mountain of which there is any record or tradition, and was fought in 1782, Gen. Sevier being, as usual, victorious, compelling & truce and a surrender of prisoners and slaves.

     The second battle of Lookout Mountain was fought in 1788 by Gen. Joseph Martin, with Col. Robert Love commanding a regiment from Washington County, Col. Kennedy from Greene County and Col. Doherty from lower down. The forces under these officers were fired upon from every cranny and cliff and tree; three of their captains—Hardin, Fuller and Gibson—were killed, and Capt Thomas Gibson wounded.

This was six years before the famous Nickajack expedition.

History Of Tennessee - Nashville:  The Goodspeed Publishing Company, 1887


The Battle of Lookout Mountain, Tennesse


       Having been driven from the Field at Chickamauga, The Union Army took refuge in Chattanooga. Braxton Bragg's army quickly occupied the undefended heights south and east of the city and began limited siege operations. At the end of October Ulysses S. Grant assumed command in Chattanooga. Union reinforcements eventually secured tenuous supply lines then made preparations for an offensive. On the morning of November 24, the Confederate left, anchored on Lookout Mountain, came under attack. Three divisions commanded by Joseph Hooker crossed Lookout Creek at the base of the mountain and drove back Confederate pickets. Heavy skirmishing took place near Craven's Farm where the defenders, outnumbered four to one, slowly gave way, moving up the slope to another position. With reinforcements from the summit, Confederates under Carter Stevenson held Lookout Mountain until midnight, when they were ordered to join the rest of Bragg's army on Missionary Ridge.     A map made in November of 1863 by the New York Herald's correspondent, Sylvanus Cadwallader, accompanied Hooker at Lookout Mountain and sketched this bird's-eye-view. Missionary Ridge and the "Rebel camps' sit on the horizon (east). The map shows details of the Jeremiah Fryar, Jr. It shows the Fryar house just above the railroad and to the east of the Chattanooga Road going over the end of the mountain. The map shows a log house where the Fryar slaves lived. It was across the road from the Fryar place and was above a branch of the road that led toward Light's Mill (now Reflection Riding). A barn and cleared land are between the railroad and creek. There are cornfields shown between the railroad and below the creek to the east of the road. The road stayed close to a bend in the creek, while paths are shown on either side of "Bald Hill," where the Fryar Cemetery is located. A rail fence was between one cornfield and the path at the foot of Bald Hill. The map notes that a bridge over lookout Creek at the Fryar farm had been destroyed as had been a railroad bridge nearby to the West. It shows that Rebel pickets were on one side of the creek at the Fryar farm and Union pickets just across the creek on the North side.     The profile of Lookout Mountain, rising 1,100 feet above the Tennessee River, looms over the battlefield, which is drawn in perspective. The river appears to swing around the base of Lookout Mountain from the right, but in reality, it originates north of Moccasin Point, loops around the point, then flows north, away from Lookout Mountain. On either side of Lookout Creek, the Union and Confederate picket lines are indicated. The majority of Hooker's forces crossed near the destroyed bridge on the Chattanooga Road and drove Confederate pickets from their rifle pits and from the railroad embankment. The most severe fighting took place near Craven's Farm (the "White House" shown which was -- Jeremiah Fryar's house), farther up the slope. The map mistakenly places this White House too close to the railroad and on the wrong side of the road. A number of Confederate positions are shown, but no indication of troops appears in the contested areas above the railroad cut. 

Reports in U.S. War Department, War of the Rebellion: ser. 1, vol. 31, pt. 2. Maps in U.S. War Department, Atlas: pl. 50, no. 4.

Submitted by June Tanner-Cooper

Revolutionary War   Soldiers of Hamilton County 

    

     Hamilton County had no native soldiers of the Revolutionary War, as it took place some years before the county was settled. Many soldiers, however, settled in the county. Goodspeed says that many of the early traders among the Cherokee Indians were heroes of the Revolution. This list is compiled from men who applied for or drew a Revolutionary War Pension. Sequatchie County was a part of Hamilton County until 1857, Revolutionary soldiers who lived and died in Hamilton County but are buried in Sequatchie County are included in this list.

The following list was taken from Pension Roll Applications of Hamilton County


Alexander, William

Beck, David

Campbell, Joseph - Pvt; Virginia

Crawford, John - Service in South Carolina 

Cozby, James 

Davis, James - Service in North Carolina 

Goens, David - Service in Virginia

Gann, Thomas - Pvt; North Carolina Militia

Gregory, George Hardin, Capt. 

Hawkins, John Samuel - Private; Massachusetts

Henson, Daniel - Service in Virginia

Hernden, Reuben

Jones, Benjamin

Martin, Robert (Marion County)

Massengale, Andrew I.

Meaderis, John

Miller, Samuel

Palmer, Thomas 

Patterson, Robert

Reed, William

Rogers, William - Service in Virginia 

Roberts, William - Service in North Carolina 

Thomas, John

Tyner, Demsey - Service in South Carolina


Hamilton County Soldiers In The First Seminole War
James Cozby  William Talley

Hamilton County Soldiers In The Second Seminole War 

The following muster roll of Captain D. A. Wild’s Company, Tennessee Mounted Volunteers, Major William Lauderdale’s Battalion, in the Florida or Seminole War is taken from records in the War Department.

This company was enlisted at Ross’s Landing October 26, 1837         

Austin, James

Avery, John  

Boatman, Richard Jr.

Boyd, John Second Lieutenant

Branum, John  

Brambull, Jacob  

Buntin, Benjamin  

Candler, Thomas J

Chadwick, William J. 

Cobb, James  

Cobb, William

Cochran, Jonathan  

Compton, William  

Condray, Lillburn  

Conner, Thomas  

Conner, William

Cornett, John  

Cornett, William  

Davis, George R.  

Eastridge, Barney

Elliott, Thomas  

Fennell, Thomas

Fitzgerald, Martin

Freeman, Epperson Second Lieutenant  

Fryar, Jeremiah  

Fryar, Pleasant  

Fryar, Sevier

Fryar. William  

Gaut, William  

Gideon, John W.

Gowins (Goins), Dodson  

Gwathney, G. B. First Lieutenant

Hagler, George W.  

Hibbs, Jesse L.  

Hughes, Francis.  

Johnson, Andrew J.

Jones, William  

Love, Samuel M.  

Lovelady, William   

Lowry, William T.  

Marsh, John S.  

Mathis, J. T.  

McDonough, John  

Meroney, Walter  

Moon, H. H.  

Nelson, Moses A.  

Nickles, Isaac  

Parkison, Peter

Perry, A. D.  

Prewitt, Lewis C.  

Ramsey, James  

Ramsey, John  

Robbs, Edward  

Roberts, William    

Rogers, Jonathan C.  

Russell, William  

Smith, Archelius  

Smith, Calvin  

Smith, Edwin  

Smith, Green  

Smith, Jesse  

Smith, Jesse M.  

Smith, Thomas S.  

Smith, William  

Stafford, Daniel J.  

Starling, William  

Stringer, James  

Story, William  

Taylor, James  

Taylor, William E.

Tolbert, Thomas  

Tyner, Sevier  

Tyner, William  

Wadkins, Thomas  

Wadkins, Walter  

Wardlaw, James  

Walters, John  

Walters, William  

Webb, Lewis  

Wilds, D. A. Captain 

(Signed) Darlen A. Wilds , A. C. W. Fanning Lieutenant Colonel U.S. Army Inspector and Mustering Officer.

This company was mustered out at Baton Rouge, May 9, 1838  

Andrew, J.

Austin, James

Avery, John Second Lieutenant

Boatman, Richard Jr.

Boyd, John H. Second Lieutenant

Brambull, Jacob   

Branum, John  

Buntyn, Benjamin  

Candler, Thomas J.  died Jan. 24, 1838, wounded in battle.

Chadwick, William  

Cobb, James  

Cobb, William; died Feb. 27, 1838

Cochran, Jonathan  

Compton, William

Condray, L.  

Conner, Thomas  

Conner, William   died Feb. 28, 1838

Cope, David  

Cornett, John

Cornett, William  

Cowins (Goins), Dodson  

Davis, George R.  

Eastridge, Barney  

Elliott, Thomas  

Fennell, Thomas  

Fitzgerald, Mark  

Freeman, E. H.

Fryar, Jeremiah  

Fryar, Pleasant  

Fryar, Sevier   wounded in battle.

Fryar, William  

Gaut, William

Gideon, John W.

Gwathney, G. B. First Lieutenant

Hagler, George W.

Hibbs, Jesse L

Hughes, Francis  

Hughes, William

Johnson, Austin James; killed in battle Jan. 24, 1838

Jones, William

Love, Samuel M.

Lovelady, Joseph  

Lovelady, William  

Lowry, William T.: died Feb. 13, 1838  

Marsh, John S.  

Mathis, John T.  

McDonough, John  

Merony, Walter K.

Moon, Herbert H.

Nelson, Moses A

Nichols, Abram   

Nichols, Isaac; died Apr. 20, 1838

Parkinson, Peter

Perry, A. D.  

Ramsey, James  

Ramsey, John  

Ramsey, John  

Robb, Edward

Roberts, William  

Rogers, Jonathan C.  

Russell, William   

Smith, Archeleus  

Smith, Calvin; died Feb. 20, 1838

Smith, Edwin

Smith, Green  

Smith, James  

Smith, Jesse M.  

Smith, John (Substitute for James Wardlow)

Smith, Pryor A.

Smith, Thomas E.  

Smith, William  

Standifer, William J.  transferred from Captain Farris’ Company, Nov. 6, 1837

Stafford, Daniel   

Stafford, Daniel J.

Starling, William  

Story, William  

Stringer, James   

Stringer, James  

Taylor, James  

Taylor, William E. died Feb. 28, 1838

Tolbert, Thomas

Tyner, Sevier  

Tyner, William  

Wadkins, Walter

Wadkins, Thomas  

Walker, William J.  

Walters, William; died Mar. 7, 1838

Washington, Jasper

Webb, Lewis  

(The last 3 seem to have been transferred from Captain Farris’Company)

(Signed) Captain D. A. Wilds, Lieutenant Colonel W. L. Foster, United States Army

Harbord H. Moore was in the Second Seminole War (reference Goodspeed). John P. Long was in the Second Seminole War.

The History of Hamilton County and Chattanooga Tennessee – Volume I - By: Zella Armstrong

War of 1812 Soldiers of Hamilton County

Anderson, John - Lieut. Col.

Blackburn, Gideon

Bolton, Solomon At the age of 23 enlisted in the War of 1812 on October 8, 1814 at Richland District Columbia, SC. He was discharged on March 7, 1815 at Charleston, SC. He served as a Pvt. under Capt. William Taylor Jr's Company of Inf. 2nd Reg't SC Militia. Also in Captain
William Taylor Jr's Company under Col McQuilla commanded by Lt Col Adam McWillie in the Creek WAR.
Submitted By: Ivelyn Kay Skelton Blanton. Solomon was my 2nd g. grandfather. He received two 80 acre grants in TN for his service. He lived in Blount, Marion and Hamilton county before his move to Illinois and where he died. He is father of Jemima Ann Bolton Simmerman.k_blanton@yahoo.com
Campbell, James Cozby

James Cozby

Fryar, Jeremiah, Sr. Served in Capt. William Christian's Company of the East Tennessee Infantry of Roane County, Tennessee.

Gamble, James

Green, Samuel

Haven, Charles Kent’s 35 Reg’t Virginia Militia Submitted by Phebe Morgan. 

Henderson, William Lewis, Henry Private 5th Regiment (Booth's) East Tennessee Militia. b: June 8, 1780, VA; d: June 29, 1864, Hamilton Co., TN. Buried in Lewis Cemetery, Hamilton Co., TN. Son of Samuel & Ester Catherine Whitley Lewis. Married Eleanor E. Howard August 16, 1806, Knox Co., TN

McCallie, Thomas 

Morgan, Thomas Enlisted in Bunch's Regiment, Capt. Thomas Howell's Company, East Tennessee Militia. Submitted by Phebe Morgan. 

Parker, Elisha 

Peterson, John 

Poe, Hasten 

Sivley, Absolom Served in Captain Simeon Perry's Company of Mounted Infantry-East Tennessee Volunteers. Absolom Sivley was a pioneer settler in the King's Point area, of Hamilton County.
Information provided by Scott Guthrie.

Smithart, John  Brigadier General 

Stover, Isaac Appears on the roster of men from Wilkes County, NC that fought in the Tenth Company of Rifleman in the War of 1812.  For this service, Isaac receives a land grant for 156 acres in Marion County, Tennessee.  (E. Dist. Book 12, page 360; grant #11632.)  Submitted by Phebe Morgan

Thomas, Abraham 

Tunnell, Robert 

Mexican American War 1846 - 1848  Soldiers of Hamilton County

 

   Captain William J. Standifer organized a company of the Second Tennessee Volunteer Infantry for service in the Mexican War. It was mustered into service June 18, 1846. Company E of the Fourth Tennessee Volunteer Infantry was organized and mustered in at Harrison. Company H, of the Fourth Tennessee Volunteer Infantry was recruited by Capt. Richard Waterhouse near Harrison.


Bailey, Pleasant James -   Pvt/ Co A, 4th Inf. Enlisted Oct. 2, 1847 at  Harrison, age 23years.   Discharged July 31, 1848 at Memphis, TN. Submitted by Joyce Bailey Kent

Bell, John R. - 1st Lieut., Co E 4th TN Volunteer Infantry

Bell, Dr. William S.

Cannon, B. B.

Carney, Thomas

Clift, James Warren

Cowart, John -   3rd Lieut., Co E, 4th TN Volunteer Infantry

Dobbs, J R -   3rd Lieut., Co H 4th TN Inf

Dugger, Benjamin F.

Foster, James Anderson

Foster, Joseph Rogers

Fryar, William - Co.   A. 4th Infantry.  Enlisted 10/21/1847 at Harrison, TN at age   36.  Died in the war on 6/11/1848 at Jalapa, Mexico.   

Submitted by June Tanner   Cooper Penny0608@aol.com

Fryar, Jeremiah, Jr. - Wagon Master with D. A. Wild Co.  

Submitted by June Tanner Cooper Penny0608@aol.com

Fullton, Capt. William Douglass - Commanded   a company of Georgia Volunteers; later moved to Chattanooga.

Gillespie, David -   Lived in Chattanooga many years. His widow, Sarah Cleage Gillespie, drew a   pension.

Gilliland, William B. -   Sgt. Company H. Buried in Gilliland Cemetery Chattanooga, TN

Grant, Richard I. -   2nd Lieut., Co H, 4th TN Inf

Guthrie, Lawson -   Capt., Co E 4th TN Volunteer Infantry. Captain Guthrie raised Company E of   the 4th Tennessee at Harrison. He served throughout the war and was brevetted   for gallantry at the battle of Cerro Gordo. He was present at the surrender   of Mexico City.

 Submitted by R. Scott Guthrie

Hale, Enoch -   Served in Capt. Standifer's Co., 2nd TN Inf. Appointed assistant Surgeon   9/10/1846

Hardin, Thomas -   Co. H, 5th TN Inf. Died 8/8/1905. Buried in National Cemetery

Hodges, Howell

Kennon, E. W.

Malloy, James

McAllen, John -   2nd Lieut., Co E 4th TN Volunteer Infantry

McCallum, John -   1st Lieut., Co H 4th TN Vol Inf

Milliken, Alexander

Monds, Alexander Marion served in the US Army.  Co. A. 4th   Infantry.  His #C6606, he served from 10/2/1847 to   7/31/1848.  After his service time he lived in Chattanooga, Hamilton, TN and died here. In the book "Tennessee's In the War   with Mexico."... Vol. #2 by Reid Brock, Sr., Thomas Brock, Tony Hayes,   Page #41 -- second name...Alexander M. Monds, Sgt. Co. A 4th Infantry, etc.
Submitted by June Tanner   Cooper Penny0608@aol.com

Monds, James W. L. served in the U. S. Army.  Co. G. 2nd Infantry   was the unit in which he served.  His Pension/Bounty-Land File   number was #C18178.  He served from 6/18/1846 to   9/1/1846.  After his service time he lived in TN and MO and died in   MO.
Submitted by June Tanner   Cooper Penny0608@aol.com 

Monds, George Washington 1st enlistment George Washington Monds, Pvt. Co. G, 2nd   Infantry.  Enlisted 6/18/1846 at Chattanooga, Hamilton, TN. --   discharged 5/25/1847 at New Orleans, LA. 2nd enlistment Pvt. Co. A.   Infantry.  Enlisted 10/21/1847 at Harrison, Hamilton, TN at age 20   - discharged 7/31/1848 at Memphis, Shelby, TN.
Submitted by June Tanner   Cooper Penny0608@aol.com

Poe, Samuel -   Raised a regiment for service and was elected Major.

Powell, J. D

Pryor, Washington -   2nd TN Volunteer Infantry 

Ramsey, James Asbery -   b Hamilton Co., TN, Oct 4, 1811 - d Feb 16, 1878, Co E , Mounted Volunteer   Army, Tarkio Chapel Cemetery, Fortescue, Holt County, MO. 

Submitted   by Dennis M. Ramsey. dennis@act-iv.net 

Read, Dr. J. T. -   2nd TN Volunteer Infantry

Rogers, William J. -   Capt., Co H 4th TN Vol Inf 

Standifer, Capt. William J. - 2nd TN Inf

Stanford, Prince -   Co N, 2nd TN Inf. Buried in National Cemetery

Stringer, Capt. William

Wadkins, Carmon - Captain   J. Standifer's Co., 2nd TN In

Walker, Lieut. Francis Marion  Later became General  Walker

Waterhouse, Richard -   Capt., Co H, 4th TN Inf

Weeks, Thomas 

White, John Fletcher

American Civil War  1861 - 1865  Soldiers of Hamilton County 

                           Union & Confederate Soldiers


Submitted Information

Ables, John David - Corporal; Co I, 2nd TN Inf USA;  27; 28 Feb 1862 - 13 Aug 1862. Dishonorable discharge. Deserted 13 Aug 1862 at Cumberland Gap. Re-enlisted in Co K 4th Tenn Cav. Deserted again 27 Nov 1864. Returned 11 Mar 1865.

Alexander, Wm T. - Co B 30th AL Inf - CSA - Citizen Cemetery

Andrea, Max H. - Capt Co. G, 5th Tennessee Infantry, USA, Age 28, Carpenter.; born in Germany

Armstrong, M. V. - Co C, 5th TN Cav - Citizen Cemetery

Ashley, G. R. - 4th TN US Cav; Kirklin Cemetery

Bailey, Pleasant James - Enlisted Charleston, TN Nov 13, 1861 Co. I 43rd Regiment Tennessee Infantry, CSA; Served until May 8, 1962. Enlisted Lexington, KY April 16, 1863 1 Battalion Light Artillery, USA. Private
Mustered out at Cumberland Gap, KY  by Capt. W. P. Hargraves July 20, 1865, Sergeant.
Information courtesy of Joyce Bailey Kent

Baird, Lemuel M. - Co C 45th TN Inf - Citizen Cemetery

Barbee, LewisCo I 4th TN Cavalry - Old McDonald Cemetery

Barhee, G. F. - Co C 3rd TN Inf, CSA - Citizen Cemetery

Bare, James P. - Pvt E, 5th Tennessee Infantry, USA - Farmer

Bean, J. M. - Co. A 6th TN Mdt INF; McGill Cemetery

Beavers, John Born 1836; Pvt Co G 5th TN Died  7/16/1863 in Louisville, KY. Son of Spencer & Sarah Havens Beaver. Served with his uncle James Morgan. 

Courtesy of Phebe Morgan

Biggers, Lorenzo John 1848 - 1919 GA Cavalry CSA - Sawyer Cemetery

Bledsoe, A. S. - Lieut. C. I, 17th Inf CSA - Citizen Cemetery

Blevin, James - Co E 4th TN Cavalry - Old McDonald Cemetery

Bowers, Newton M. - Pvt Co. E, 5th Tennessee Infantry, USA  Lost arm from wound 09/15/62

Boydston, James Madison - 4th Georgia Cavalry, CSA

Brimer, William - Private, Co H, 9th TN Cavalry; Enlisted 10/1/1862; Captured at Lee Co. VA 2/22/1864; Confined at Richmond, VA 3/9/1864; Paroled at City Point, VA 3/21/1864; Wilcox Cemetery

Bradford, Col. W M - 39 TN Inf CSA - Citizen Cemeter

Brock, Marion C - 1842 - 1880 Brown's Chapel Cemetery

Brown, Garfield - Sgt Co E 30 US Inf - Red Bank Cemetery

Brown, J. S. - Co D 1st TN Cav CSA - Citizen Cemetery

Cagley,  IsaacPvt Co. B, 5th Tennessee Infantry, USA, 33, Chattanooga, Tn.

Carden, D D - Co D, 1st TN Light Artillery - Wallace Cemetery

Carden, Wright R. - Co A 4th TN Cavalry USA - Old McDonald Cemetery

Carr, Samuel M. - Enrolled in Company I, 2nd Regiment East Tennessee Volunteer Infantry, 11 Nov 1861 at Sale Creek, Hamilton Co., TN, mustered in 28 Feb 1862 at Cumberland Ford, KY and died from measles in quarters at Cumberland Ford, KY 08 Mar 1862. 

Submitted by Lola Allen

Carver, Thomas John - Private; Co I, 2nd TN Inf USA; 18; 28 Feb 1862 - 15 May 1862. Permanent desertion. Deserted at Cumberland Ford KY 15 May 1862.

Catron, George A - Co I VA, CSA - Citizen Cemetery

Chadwick, William O. - Private, 6th Tennessee Mounted Infantry Company B; Co H, 7th TN Infantry

Chancey, Matthew L. - Corporal Co. B, 10th Regiment TN Cavalry. Born in Georgia. Buried in Chancey Cemetery, Soddy Daisy, TN. 1870 and 1880 Polk Co., TN Census.

Clark,  Leonidas M. - Sgt Co. C, 5th Tennessee Infantry, USA, 19,  From Harrison

Clayton, J CCo D 5th TN Inf Jackson Chapel Cemetery

Clayton, James - Co B 1st TN Inf Jackson Chapel Cemetery

Clayton, Mack - Co C 5th TN Inf Jackson Chapel Cemetery

Clements, James - Private; Co I, 2nd TN Inf USA;  18; 28 Feb 1862 - 10 Apr 1865. Medical discharge. Born in Hamilton Co TN. Occupation blacksmith. 5 ft 6in, light complexion, gray eyes, brown hair. Captured at Rogersville. Confined at Belle Isle and Andersonville. Paroled at Aikens Landing VA 24 Feb 1865. Transferred to Baltimore and admitted to Newton Hospital 8 Mar 1865. Furloughed 13 Mar until 12 Apr 1865 and then issued medical discharge due to anasarca.

Clements, John W H - Private; Co I, 2nd TN Inf; 28 Feb 1862 - 28 Jul 1862. Permanent desertion. Application for removal of charge of desertion and for an honorable discharge was denied 20 Oct 1896.

Clements, William - Private; Co I, 2nd TN Inf; Hamilton Co TN; 00; 28 Feb 1862 - 7 Mar 1863. Non-combat death. Died 7 Mar 1863 at Murfreesborough TN. Cause of death unknown

Clingan, Elijah  - Pvt. Co. I, McKenzie's 5th Tennessee Cavalry, CSA. Buried in Birchwood Baptist Cemetery, Hamilton Co., TN

Clinton, George W. - 1st Lieut. Co A, 1 GA Inf. CSA - Citizen Cemetery

Clouse, Adam - Pvt Co.E, 5th Tennessee Infantry, USA

Clouse, James - Pvt Co. I, 5th Tennessee Infantry, USA, Age 16  
Detached as Provost Guard June 1864; trsfr. Co. H

Colville, R W - Capt, Co D 19th TN Inf CSA Chattanooga Memorial Park

Conner, Thomas  - Pvt Co. C, 5th Tennessee Infantry, USA

Crow, Solomon McCall  - Sergeant, Company I, McKenzie's 5th Tennessee Cavalry, CSA. Born in Hamilton County, TN where he lived until migrating to Texas after the Civil War.

 Information provided by Leah Ford-Sessum. lsessum@mesh.net

Davis, Thomas B. - Pvt Co. G, 5th Tennessee Infantry, USA, 30

Davis, William Wilson - 5th TN Reg Co G USA Age 29, Enlist 2/27/1862. Taken prisoner 9/15/1864 Marietta, GA Died 4/27/1865 aboard Steamship Sultana.

Denny, T. W - Lt. Co. C, 5th Tennessee Infantry, USA. Buried in Harrison Cemetery, Hamilton Co., TN

Devine, Charles - 3rd AR Inf, CSA - Citizen Cemetery

Daughtrey, Thomas J - 5th TN Infantry USA Personal: He was from Harrison, Hamilton County, Tennessee and married Cynthia A. [?] on March 29th, 1858. She remarried to Hugh F. Farris.
Letter from the Surgeon General's Office dated February 11, 1868: Sir: I have the honor to inform you that Capt. T. J. Dougherty Co. C, 5th Regiment Tenn Vols., is reported to this Office by records of Genl. Fld. Hospl., 23rd Army Corps as having died May 15th, 1864 at that Hospital, of wounds of left ilium, (pelvic viscera injured.) wounds received at the battle of Resaca, Ga." Buried in a cemetery on the Morning Star Dairy Farm in Harrison, TN.  After his death his mother and wife went to Resaca, Ga. in a wagon and brought the body back to Harrison for burial. He was married to Cynthia Avaline Maddux.  She is buried in the Maddux Cemetery, Harrison, Tennessee.

 Additional information submitted by Steven L. Smith slsmith@tva.gov

Doyle, John C. - Co H, 2nd TN Cav - Citizen Cemetery

Edwards, J. S. - Co H 2nd TN Cavalry, CSA - Citizen Cemetery

Ellis, Samuel M - Co K 1st Confederate Cavalry - Concord Cemetery

Emery, Benjamin A. - Civil War pension file # 863,939, born 06 Oct 1832 in Campbell Co., TN, which is different than the date and place recorded on his death certificate. Enrolled in Company I, 2nd Tennessee Infantry, at Sale Creek, Hamilton Co., TN on 11 Oct 1861. Honorably discharged at Gallipolis, Gallia Co., OH on 04 Feb 1863. Received a "Certificate of Disability For Discharge" upon his separation from the army.

Epley, William - Enlisted July 12, 1862 Greenville, TN as Private CO K Regiment Tennessee Infantry (then the unit became cavalry). Discharged Nashville, TN June 5, 1865. Age 30 years , 5'9' ,dark complexion, blue eyes and dark hair, born Burke CO, NC, farmer.

 Information courtesy of Joyce Bailey Kent

Everett, James R - Private; Co G, 2nd TN Inf; Ray Co TN; 21; 5 Nov 1861 - 6 Nov 1863. Died in captivity 3 May 1864 at Baltimore MD. Born in Hamilton Co TN. Residence Ray Co TN. Single. Captured at Rogersville. Confined at Belle Isle. Admitted at Hospital 21 at Richmond VA 21 Mar 1864. Paroled at City Point VA 16 Apr 1864. Admitted to Jarvis Hospital Baltimore MD 18 Apr 1864 where he died of phthisis, diarrhea and starvation. Buried in London Park Cemetery.

Farris, Hugh Francis - CSA - Maddux Cemetery

Fennel, Channer M. - Pvt Co. C,  5th Tennessee Infantry, USA, 17

Fennel, Samuel - Pvt Co. C, 5th Tennessee Infantry, USA, 19

Ferguson, S. K. - 4th VA Inf, CSA - Citizen Cemetery

Flinn, Columbus C - Cpl Co. C 5th TN Inf USA; 23; from Harrison

Flinn, George W - Pvt Co C, 5th TN Inf. USA; 22; From Harrison

Flinn, William Griffith - Co I 26 TN Inf, CSA - Citizen Cemetery

Flora, Theodore F. - Co L, 36th TN, CSA - Citizen Cemetery

Foster, John G. - Co. B, 10th Conf Cav, CSA - Tittle Cemetery

Freeman, Hastings - Pvt Co C 5th TN Inf USA; 16; Paroled 10/11/1862

Freeman, John - Pvt. Co C 5th TN Inf USA; 46; Paroled 10/11/1862

Freeman, Joseph - Pvt Co C 5th TN Inf USA; 23

Fryar, Franlin -  - Pvt. Barry's Co. TN Light Artillery CSA. Enlisted Chattanooga  May 7, 1862.  Hospitalized  Atlanta  July 1864.  Paroled  May 1865 Meridian, MS.  Buried in Fryar Cemetery

Fryar, JeremiahPvt. Second Cavalry under Henry Ashby CSA. Enlisted  Knoxville June 17, 1861.  Wounded October 7, 1863, returned to fight.  Paroled April 1865 at Charlotte.

Fryar, William - Pvt. Second Cavalry under Henry Ashby CSA. Paroled in April 1865 at Charlotte. 

Fryar, Sevier - Pvt. Second Cavalry under Henry Ashby. CSA. Enlisted Knoxville June 17, 1861.  Taken prisoner August 31, 1862, exchanged at Cumberland Gap, TN September 4. Wounded at Stone's River and went home to recover.  Took oath of allegiance and released July 16, 1864.

Fuller, John - Co E 3rd TN Mounted Inf - May Cemetery

Ghagan, Andrew J - Co. D, 1st TN Cavalry, USA

Gann, Elisha - Pvt. Co. C, 5th TN Infantry USA; died either 1 or 2/1904  (gravesite destroyed Daisy, Tennessee)   married Amanda Jane Maddux, died 8/16/1870. She was buried in Maddux Cemetery, Harrison, TN.

 Submitted by Steven L. Smith slsmith@tva.gov

Gann, Jarrett - Co A 6th TN Mounted Inf Jackson Chapel Cemetery

Gibson, Jeremiah - Co D, 37th NC Inf - Citizen Cemetery

Gillespie, William - Capt. Whites Co., 5th TN Cav.; Fourth GA Cavlary

Goin, Miller - Pvt Co. K, 5th Tennessee Infantry, USA, AWOL 01/20/64; bullet wound in left thigh

Grant, A C - Co H 4th TN Cav. CSA - Citizen Cemetery

Gray, Fieldings Wells, Jr. - Barry's Lookout  Light Artillery, Private, Buried Concord Cemetery Submitted by jhines72@comcast.net

Gray, William Archibald - Barry's Lookout  Light Artillery, Buglar, Age 18,  Buried Concord Cemetery. Married Adaline(Ada) Robinson, daughter of Eli and Betty Fisher Robinson. Ran A grocery store on Market Street. He built the railroad station between Chattanooga and Nashville, Tn. At the time of his death, he was working as a switchman at the round house and was killed by train 342.

Submitted by jhines72@comcast.net

Green, Samuel B. - Pvt Co. C, 5th Tennessee Infantry, USA, Captured enroute to camp; detailed as teamster 04/30/64

Green, William R. - Co C 4th TN Inf USA;  Mitchell Cemetery

Greer,  Isaac C. - Pvt Co. I, 5th Tennessee Infantry, USA, 31, farmer; transfer from Co.

Grey, Charles L. - Sgt Co. C, 5th Tennessee Infantry, USA, 32, farmer

Grubb, A. J. - Pvt. Co B, 1st Reg McKensie's 5th TN Cavalry CSA; Enlisted 11/1/1861 Decatur, TN; Beason Cemetery

Guthrie, James A. P. - Co. H, 2nd Ashby's TN Cavalry. Rank Private. Enrolled 3/1/1863 by Captain Ragsdale. Released on oath of allegiance after battle of Chattanooga. Residence Harrison. Burial Silverdale Cemetery.

 Information provided by Scott Guthrie guthries@usit.net

Guthrie, Lawson - Regimental Major of 43rd TN Volunteer Infantry. Raised Co. K 43rd TN at Ooltewah October 1861. Wounded and captured at Vicksburg 1863. Exchanged at Demopolis, AL 1863. Resigned due to sickness and wounds at Bulls Gap, TN January 1864. Resignation accepted by Gen. J. C. Vaughn. Lifelong resident of Bartlebaugh. Burial Smith Family Cemetery. Information provided by Scott Guthrie guthries@usit.net

Haines, General Jackson - Pvt Co G 5th TN Died 9/21/1863 Carthage, TN Wife: Ruth Stover (1833-1915) Children: James, Jerry & Jackson

Harden, Gilbert - Private Company B 1st Tennessee Cavalry CSA Captured at Cumberland Gap sent to camp Douglass, IL. Transferred to Point Lookout, MD for prisoner exchange. Took oath  of allegiance and returned to Hamilton County.

 Olsahardin77@aol.com

Hartman, Alfred - b. Aug. 16, 1843 in Dry Valley (Red Bank), Hamilton Co., enlisted in Co. C, 5th TN Inf., died of pneumonia due to measles, May 15, 1864 at Knoxville while in training. Buried in the Red Bank Cemetery, Red Bank, TN. 

Submitted by: John Hartman, hartmanband@charter.net

Hartman, George Sawyer - b. September 19, 1834 in Dry Valley, Hamilton County. Enlisted pvt. Co. H, 6th TN Mtd. Inf., discharged April, 1865. George was the first postmaster of Red Bank, TN, and as such, got the honor of naming the post office for the area, which later became the town of Red Bank. Died March 28, 1922, buried in the Red Bank Cemetary, Red Bank, TN.

 Submitted by: John Hartman, hartmanband@charter.net

Hartman, Madison - Pvt Co. K, 5th Tennessee Infantry, USA, 23, farmer - Red Bank Cemetery

Hartman, Thomas Jefferson - b. May 4th, 1837 in Dry Valley (Red Bank)   TN, pvt. Co. C, 5th TN Inf. Transfered to Co. K, 5th TN Inf. AWOL March 26, 1863 to Dec. 12th, 1863. Upon returning to his unit, was not court-martialed, but agreed to add time of AWOL to end of his enlistment. Was discharged June, 1865 in Nashville with rest of regiment. Died March 22, 1906, buried in Red Bank Cemetary, Red Bank, TN.

 Submitted by: John Hartman, hartmanband@charter.net

Hendricks, N.C. - Co. C, 5th Tennessee Infantry, USA. Buried in Birchwood Baptist Church Cemetery, Hamilton Co., TN

Hensly, William - Cpl Co. C, 5th Tennessee Infantry, USA, 33

Herald, Thomas - Co C 5th TN Mounted Cavalry - Maddux Cemetery

Higgins, J. D. - Co I 43rd TN Inf. Enlisted 11/13/1861 Charleston, TN; deserted 9/16/1862

Hix, James C - Co 1, 35th GA Reg. - Citizen Cemetery

Hixson, Henry - Private; Co I, 2nd TN Inf USA;  23; 28 Feb 1862 - 6 Nov 1863. Died in captivity 11 May 1864 at Andersonville GA. Captured at Rogersville. Confined at Belle Isle and Andersonville. Cause of death dysentery. Grave 1036 Andersonville

Hixson, Houston - Corporal; Co I, 2nd TN Inf USA; Hamilton Co TN; 18; 28 Feb 1862 - 14 Feb 1865. Honorable discharge. Enrolled as a Corporal. Deserted at Cumberland Gap 13 Aug 1862. Returned 25 Mar 1863. Reduced to Private.

Hixson, James M - Corporal; Co I, 2nd TN Inf USA; Hamilton Co TN; 24; 28 Feb 1862 - 6 Nov 1863. Died in captivity 14 Aug 1864 at Andersonville GA. Enrolled as a Corporal. Deserted at Cumberland Gap 13 Aug 1862. Returned 9 Jan 1863. Cause of death diarrhea. Grave 5604.

Hixson, Samuel - Private; Co I, 2nd TN Inf USA; Hamilton Co TN; 28; 28 Feb 1862 - 6 Nov 1863. Died in captivity 19 Sep 1864 at Andersonville GA. Captured at Rogersville. Confined at Belle Isle and Andersonville. Cause of death diarrhea

Hixson, Timothy S - Corporal; Co I, 2nd TN Inf USA; Hamilton Co TN; 19; 28 Feb 1862 - 1 Mar 1864. Permanent desertion. Enrolled as 4th Corporal. Reduced in rank to Private 9 Jan 1863 for being absent without leave. Deserted 1 Mar 1864 at Clinton TN. Enlisted in Co A 6th Tennessee Mtd Infantry 2 Aug 1864 in violation of the 22nd (later 50th) Article of War.

Holmes, John R. - 2nd Lt Co. C, 5th Tennessee Infantry, USA, 30

Hooper, Warren F - 1st Lieut. Co I 19 Inf CSA - Citizen Cemetery

Humphries, Henry Jefferson - Enlisted 43rd Tennessee Regiment, Company K as a private on Oct. 17, 1861. At the Siege of Vicksburg. Wounded in battle near Leesburg, Virginia in 1864 during the Shenendoah Valley Campaign. Captured Sept. 19, 1864. Sent to Fort McHenry, Maryland on May 9, 1865. Released upon taking an oath of allegiance June 10, 1865.

 Submitted by Brian Cantrell osuvol85@live.com

James, Tandy - Pvt Co. C, 5th Tennessee Infantry, USA, 21, Bullet wound in right thigh; mustered into 7th Tn.; trsfr. 02/25/62

Jenkins, Samuel Washington(1848 - 1933), Varner Cemetery, Soddy Corporal, Company L, Third Tennessee Cavalry USA. Enlisted 20 April 1864 at Knoxville - captured at Sulpher Trestle, Alabama on 25 Sept 1864 - sent to the Confederate prison, Castle Morgan, in Cahaba, Alabama -released from prison, he boarded the ill- fated Sultana on 26 April 1865; the Sultana's boilers exploded at 1.00 a.m. on 27 April 1865. Samuel survived the disaster and was discharged 10 June 1865 in Nashville. Submitted by Recs Jenkins.

Johnson, Ambrose - Co C 4th TN Cavalry - Jackson Chapel Cemetery

Johnson, W. D. - Co D 4th TN Cavalry - Sylar Cemetery

Jones, John T - Assistant Surgeon; Co F&S, 2nd TN Inf USA; Hamilton Co TN; 40; 1 Nov 1861 - 21 Jan 1862. Resignation. Appointed assistant surgeon effective 1 Nov 1861. Resigned due to ppor health 21 Jan 1862. Enlisted a second time in the 1st Tennessee Cavalry where he again became sick and resigned June 1863.

Jones, W. G. - Lieutenant, Co E 5th TN Mounted Inf - Old McDonald Cemetery

Julian, William I. - Private, Company A, 5th (McKinzie's) Tennessee Cavalry Regiment  C. S. A. His second wife, Elizabeth, applied for a Widows Pension on behalf of his service in Hamilton County. Burial, Blackwell Cemetery, Hamilton County, Tennessee.

 Information provided by Scott Guthrie

.Julian, Isham - Private, "Captain Robert L. Barry's Tennessee Light Artillery Company" also known as "The Lookout Battery" C. S. A.

 Information provided by Scott Guthrie

King, H. W. - Maj. A A M 61 TN Inf, CSA - Citizen Cemetery

Laymons, Thomas - Pvt Co. C, 5th Tennessee Infantry, USA, 22, AWOL, forfeit 21 days pay;  farmer

Lee, Robert   Company D, 37 Tennessee Inf

Lee, Samuel - Company D, 37 Tennessee Inf

Lee, Terrell - Company D, 37 Tennessee Inf

Levi, Gilbert Oscar - Born 6/20/1845, died 11/28/1934. Served as Private
in Company A, 6th Mounted Infantry, TN Volunteers. Discharged 6/30/1865. Had blue eyes, dark hair, dark complexion, stood 5' 10" tall. Brother of James Noah Levi and William Ryce Levi; only son of George Levi and Hiley Vandergriff to survive the war.
Submitted by Jean Kinzalow

.Levi, James Noah  Born 12/18/1833, died 6/3/1864, married Eunice "Nicey" Vandergriff. Served as a Private in Company I, Regiment 2, TN Infantry. Taken prisoner 11/6/1863 at Rogersville, TN. Died in Andersonville Prison on 6/3/1864 of smallpox - Grave No. 12934.

 Submitted by Jean Kinzalow.

Levi, Jasper Newton - CO. A. 4TH TN Cav. bn (Ragsdales) He was a farmer at Harrison prior to joining the Lookout Rangers, Aug 1,1861, at Knoxville, TN. Captured Stones River  Dec 1 1862. Imprisoned at Camp Dougles, IL exchanged and returned to duty, detailed as teamster  Aug 10,1863 as could no longer sit a horse due to injury. Paroled April 1865. Born in 1836 in Anderson County, TN. He was the son of WM. M. LEVI and ANNA LEVI. He married NANCY MCCULLOUGH in 1867 died in 1902 in Hamilton Co. 

Submitted by Barbara Morita

Levi, William Royce Born 12/4/1843; died of measles in Nashville, TN. Unit unknown.
Submitted by Jean Kinzalo

.Lusk, James M  1842 - 1907 Troop M 5th TN Cav USA - Red Bank Cemetery

Lusk, Monroe R - 1837 - 1897 Co M 5th Reg TN Cav - Red Bank Cemetery

Lyons, William - Sgt. Co G 5th TN died 6/2/1864 Kingston, GA Wife: Susannah Stover. Children: Margaret, Mary J, Sarah J, William & Isaac.

Maddux, John Campbell - Cpl. Co. C, 5th TN Infantry USA; Died 4/16/1924  Buried in Charleston, TN Methodist Cemetery (changed name to Maddox and is listed on tombstone as Maddox)  married 1st Mary Elizabeth Moon, died 1/18/1895  married 2nd Maggie Statum from South Carolina. Submitted by Steven L. Smith slsmith@tva.gov

Manning, William J.(1829 - 1884), Hughes Cemetery, Bakewell Private, Company C,  5th Tenn Infantry. 

Submitted by Recs Jenkins.

Martin, Gilbert - Co. H, 5th Tennessee Infantry, USA. Buried in Birchwood Baptist Church Cemetery, Hamilton Co., TN

Martin, William Augustin - Pvt Co K 1st AL Cavalry 5/181839 - 4/29/1887

Masterson, Monroe - Enrolled February 25th, 1862. Mustered in as  2nd Lieutenant to date March 6th, 1862 Company C 5th TN Infantry USA. Reported on rolls February 28th, 1863 as present. Honorably discharged Carthage, Tennessee  April 6th, 1863.
Personal: Married first to Leictia Igo. Married second Mary Frances McCoy on July 22, 1875 in Hamilton County, Tennessee. Lived at Igous Ferry, Hamilton County, Tennessee. He was 5'11" tall; fair complexion; brown hair; blue eyes.

Matthews, George W. - Lieutenant, Co F 4th TN Inf - Matthews Cemetery

McCamish, C. Achin - Pvt Co A 4th Tennessee Cavalry, USA 1/20/1843-1/27/1925 Buried in Bald Hill Cemetery, Hamilton County, TN

McCullough, B. R. Confederate. Pvt. Co. D 4th Reg't. GA Calvary. He was captured at Chattanooga Oct. 27, 1863. On Nov. 5 1863 he was taken to Camp Morton in Indianapolis, IN. He died there on April 14, 1864 of Chronic diarrhea and was buried in the Green Lawn
Cemetery #876. A few years later all the soldiers buried there were removed to Crown Hill Cemetery. Due to the conditions
of the graves at the time of removal, the men were moved in groups rather than as individuals and are now buried in a common grave known as the Confederate Mound. A special ceremony is conducted by CW re-enactors and the Crown Hill staff at the grave site every Memorial Day.
Submitter: Ivelyn Kay Skelton Blanton. B.R. was a citizen of Chattanooga at the time he entered the War. He was married to Sarah Ann Abigail Bolton at the time and left a 3-year-old daughter, Ellen. I descend through Sarah and her 2nd husband John Franklin Skelton.

 k_blanton@yahoo.com

McGill, William M. - Enrolled 8/15/1863 Company C, 5th TN Infantry USA. Discharged Nashville, TN 6/30/1865.  
Personal:  5'7" tall; 130 lbs.; dark complexion; dark hair; black eyes. Lived at Sale Creek, Hamilton County, Tennessee. Married Sarah Hunter November 22nd, 1855, at her father's in Hamilton County, Tennessee. He died January 1st, 1895. She died January 5th, 1904.

McMurray, C. C. - Co F 6th NC Cav - Citizen Cemetery

McVeel, Hemby - Co I 4th TN Cavalry - Old McDonald Cemetery

Middleton, Capt. Hugh M. - 39 GA Regt CSA - Citizen Cemetery

Miller, J. A. - Co F 4th TN Cavalry - Jackson Chapel Cemetery

Miller, J. H. - Co A 6th TN Infantry - Jackson Chapel Cemetery

Miller, J.P. - Co G 5th TN Mounted Infantry, USA Died 1872, Buried in Bald Hill Cemetery, Hamilton Co., TN

Millsaps, Jasper Newton - Pvt. Co. C, 5th TN Infantry USA; died 1/3/1905 married to Pheobe Caroline Maddux, died 7/30/1898.  Both are buried in the Millsaps Cemetery on Daisy Mountain. Submitted by Steven L. Smith slsmith@tva.gov

Montgomery, David - Son of George Montgomery, brother of George Washington Montgomery of Ooltewah, Tennessee. Inducted into Company B of the 3rd Tennessee Cavalry Battalion on August 7, 1861, at Cleveland, Bradley County, with men from Hamilton County. Captains William Snow, company commander, John B. King, and David N. Montgomery were principal officers.  David was 32 at the time the war began and was the husband of Snow’s daughter. The 1st Tennessee Cavalry Regiment (Carter's) was organized in November 1862, using the 3rd Tennessee Cavalry Battalion as its nucleus.  David served in the 1st Tennessee Cavalry Regiment during the remainder of the War. He was captured during the Battle of Piedmont (Virginia) on June 5, 1864

. Submitted by Keith Ott.

Montgomery, George Washington - Son of George Montgomery, brother of David Montgomery of Ooltewah, Tennessee, inducted at age 20 as a Sergeant into Company B of the 3rd Tennessee Cavalry Battalion on August 7, 1861, at Cleveland, Bradley County, with men from Hamilton County. Captains William Snow, company commander, John B. King, David N. Montgomery were the principal officers. The 1st Tennessee Cavalry Regiment (Carter's) was organized in November 1862, using the 3rd Tennessee Cavalry Battalion as its nucleus.  It was the 1st Tennessee Cavalry Regiment in which the Montgomery brothers served during the remainder of the War. Captured during the Battle of Piedmont (Virginia) on June 5, 1864, and interned at Camp Morton in Indianapolis, Indiana and thereafter forwarded to Point Lookout, Maryland for exchange.  He arrived there on March 23, 1865.  He was admitted the next day to the General Hospital at Howard’s Grove at Richmond, Virginia and released soon thereafter. 

Submitted by Keith Ott.

Morgan, James - Pvt Co. G, 5th Tennessee Infantry, USA, 39, a "good and faithful soldier" per Lt. Col. Nat Witt

Mullens, James 1847 - 1901 - Co E TN 5th Vol Inf - Concord Cemetery

Nash, James W. - Cpl Co. F, 5th Tennessee Infantry, USA, 34, wounded by shell fragment to right arm; buried at Chattanooga National Cemetery.  married to Nancy C.

Nesbet, J. C. - Capt. 21 GA A N D; Col 66 GA Inf, CSA - Citizen Cemetery

Nix, Joe John - Capt. Co B, 31 AL Regt. CSA - Citizen Cemetery

Norman, John - Co I 19 TN inf CSA - Concord Cemetery

Odom, Aaron - b: 1823 Buncombe Co., NC Served with the 4th TN Calvary Co. K. Volunteers. He enlisted in Jan. 1862 and died of disease in March 1865. Buried in Chalmette National Cemetery, New Orleans, LA   

Submitted by Jay Odom klo2000_2001@yahoo.com

Odom, William B. - b: 1843 Green Co., TN. Served with the 4th TN Calvary Co. K. Volunteers. Enlisted Jan. 1862. He was disabled during the war. Died in Oct. 1898 in TX. 
Submitted by Jay Odom klo2000_2001@yahoo.com

Palmer, A. W. - Co E, 31st GA Inf - Citizen Cemetery

Parker, Patrick - 47th AL Inf. - Citizen Cemetery

Parks, James - Co B 1st TN Light Artillery - Wallace Cemetery

Parrett, George - Pvt Co. C, 5th Tennessee Infantry, USA, 32, farmer; born in 1851 at Soddy.  He migrated to Milam Co., Tx.

Pearson, William J. - Cpl Co. F, 5th Tennessee Infantry, USA, 18, farmer

Penix, John - Pvt Co. G, 5th Tennessee Infantry, USA, 26, farmer

Penney, Andrew Jackson - Pvt. Co C, 5th TN Inf USA Farmer from Soddy-Daisy. Enlisted 2/25/1862. Wounded at battle of Resaca. POW

Penney, George Washington - Cpl. Co C; 5th TN Inf. Farmer from Soddy-Daisy. Enlisted 2/25/1862

Penney, James Isom - Pvt. Co. B TN Light Artillery Vol. USA. Farmer from Soddy-Daisy. Enlisted 10/22/1862

Penney, Miles Pinkton - Pvt. 6th TN Mtn Inf. Farmer Soddy-Daisy. Enlisted 10/24/1864

Posey, Wiley D - 2nd GA Mnn Inf - Wallace Cemetery

Priddy, John - Co. H 3rd Reg Tennessee USA 9/23/1836-4-29/1899

Puckett, W. R. - Cpl Co I 5th TN Cavalry - Jackson Chapel Cemetery 

Pyron, John Bell - Co H, 11 TN Cav, CSA - Citizen Cemetery

Ragsdale, William F - Capt. Co H 2nd TN Cav. CSA - Citizen Cemetery

Rains, John - Co F 5th TN Mounted Inf - Concord Cemetery

Ramsey, Champion - Pvt Co. G, 5th Tennessee Infantry, USA, 40

Reneau, Thomas - Co F 9th TN Cav - Wilcoxen Cemetery

Rhea, Henry W - Sergeant; Co F, 2nd TN Inf USA; 21; 26 Oct 1861 - 6 Oct 1864. Honorable discharge. Enrolled as 4th Corporal. Promoted to 2nd Sergeant 13 Apr 1863.

Roark, John - Pvt Co. E, 5th Tennessee Infantry, USA, 15, Detached to telegraph 08/15/64 at Marietta, Ga. AWOL 02/17/64

Robeson, Littleberry Polk - Joined the 43 TENN Inf. Co. K, 5 East TENN Vols. - Gillespie's Regiment, mustered in at Ooltewah November 1862. He served the Confederacy with pride and was part of the defenders at the siege at Vicksburg in July 1863. During the Battle of Black River (West Point, Mississippi), his right arm thrown out of place at the elbow. It was never properly set and troubled him the remainder of his life. Taken a prisoner by the Union forces and sent home; captured again in Dallas (Hamilton County) on October 27, 1863 and sent as a prisoner of war to Nashville. Paroled November 5, 1863, after signing an Oath of Allegiance.  In 1904, applied for a pension for his service in the Confederate Army, claiming his war injury; his application is #5973. That pension application was rejected with the notation " took oath too soon - #1 only proof." The witnesses for his pension H. J. Humphrey and S. McGhee stated, "was a good soldier ready and willing for duty when able.

Courtesy of Phebe Morgan

Rogers, John B. - Sgt Co K 4th TN Cav 1841 - 1903 Schniteman Cemetery

Rose, W H - Co I 2nd TN Inf - Wallace Cemetery

Scruggs, Barlow O. - Co A Holcomb's SC Inf CSA - Concord Cemetery

Selcer, Absalom - Capt Co. A 6th Tenn Mtn. Inf. USA d 8 SEP 1881 Vandergriff Cemetery
Submitted by David W. Cox davidwcox@bellsouth.net

Selcer, James Monroe - Sgt Co A 9th Tenn Cav USA - Silverdale Cemetery   Son of Capt Absalom Selcer  

Submitted by David W. Cox davidwcox@bellsouth.net

Selcer, William Harrison - Pvt 2nd Co K 1st CSA Cav CSA  d. 14 MAR 1866 Vandergriff Cemetery s/o Absalom Selcer 

Submitted by David W. Cox davidwcox@bellsouth.net

Shadwick, Clifford - Co B, 6th TN Mounted Inf - Card Cemetery

Sims, Elliot - Pvt Co. E, 5th Tennessee Infantry, USA, 33, Detailed as guard for contraband 09/18/64

Sims, Jerry - 39th GA Infantry CSA-Old McDonald Cemetery

William  07/05/1866, PVT M 1 U S C H ARTY CIVIL WAR; Chattanooga National Cemetery - Plot: J 3797 (interment.com). 

Submitted by Tracey W. Singleton

Wiley Company A, 5 (McKenzie's) Cavalry; Private  Submitted by Tracey W. Singleton

Sivley, Absolum - Second Lt. Co H 2nd TN Cav CSA - King's Point Cemetery

Sivley, Daniel H. Son of Absolom and Rebecca (Canterbury) Sivley, of King's Point served as a Private in Company A, The Lookout Rangers and Company H 2nd Ashby's Tennessee Cavalry C. S. A. Information provided by Scott Guthrie.

Sivley, Ransom H. Son of Absolom and Rebecca (Canterbury) Sivley of King's Point served as a Private in Company H 2nd Ashby's Tennessee Cavalry C. S. A.
Information provided by Scott Guthrie.

Sivley, William Son of Absolom and Rebecca (Canterbury) Sivley of King's Point served as a Private in Company H 2nd Ashby's Tennessee Cavalry C. S. A. 

Information provided by Scott Guthrie.

Skelton, John Franklin - Enlisted as a Pvt. in Co. G 16th Reg't. Indiana Vol. Inf. April 23, 1861 at Dearborn Co. IN. He was mustered in May 14, 1861, at Richmond, Indiana and was mustered out May 23, 1862, at Washington, DC. His 2nd enlistment was on August 6, 1862, at
Lawrenceburg, Indiana by Lt. Beckman as a corporal in Co. E/F 68th Reg't. Indiana Vol. Infantry. He was mustered in at Indianapolis on August 19, 1862, by captain Osborn and on Nov. 1, 1862, was reduced back to a Pvt. He stayed at Lawrenceburg until March of 1863 and was then transferred to his Regiment at Chattanooga, TN. His last duty was from February to May 1865 at the "SUCK" on the Tennessee River eight miles N. West of Chattanooga. On June 16th his Regiment went to Nashville and on June 20th was mustered out and immediately returned to Indianapolis, IN.  On June 30th they were present at a public reception given to the returned troops at the Tabernacle. He was honorably discharged on July 1, 1865.
Submitter: Ivelyn Kay Skelton Blanton. John moved back to Chattanooga after his discharge and married Sarah Ann Abigail Bolton McCullough ca 1865. They are my great grandparents. John died April 5, 1918, Rome, GA & is buried in the Oakland Cem. there. Sarah died Dec. 12, 1878 & is buried in White Co. AR. _

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Smith, A J - Co. C 5th TN Inf USA - Igou Cemetery

Smith, Elmus - Co D 1st AL Cav - Red Bank Cemetery

Smith, Elijah, Jr. - b. Dec. 12, 1831. Conscripted into the Confederate Army and died at Chickamauga, Sept. 20th, 1863. Most likely buried in the Confederate Cemetery at Marietta, GA. He was a stepbrother to the Hartman brothers, and his brother Elisha was an officer in the 6th TN Mtn. Inf. 

Submitted by: John Hartman, hartmanband@charter.net

Smith, Elisha Kirkland - Co A 6th TN Vol Mounted Inf - Fairmount Cemetery

Smith, Samuel A. - Pvt. Co. E, 5th TN Infantry, USA. Birchwood Baptist Church Cemetery

Sneed, William - Co H 3 NC Mtn Inf - Wilcoxen Cemetery

Spears, Levi - 5th TN Infantry - Concord Cemetery

Stiff, John Thomas - Co. I, 60th Georgia Infantry 12/15/1839 - 3/14/1894

Stone, Nathaniel Jack - Co. G, 5th Regiment Tennessee Inf, discharged at Nashville, TN; Born March 5, 1840; Died July 15, 1873, Ooltewah, TN

Stover, Isaac - Co. G 5th TN Inf USA; b:1831 d:1892; Married Martha Ann Sparks

Stover, Jeremiah E - Co. G 5th TN Inf USA; b:1827 d:1909; married: Lucinda Ann, Mary Killian & Margaret Smith; children: Elizabeth Jane, America Ann, Jane, Mary, Samuel H., Charles, Ellen Lee & Francis.

 Courtesy of Phebe Morgan

Stover, John - Co. G 5th TN Inf USA b:1818 d:1895; married: Ellen

Sutton, Buck - Co A, 6 TN Mounted Inf - Vandergriff Cemetery

Talley, Latimore Yarnell - Pvt Co. B 1st Arty. USA; died 8/14/1864 of consumption. born 1841. Son of Robert & Rachael Harrison Talley.  

 Courtesy of Phebe Morgan

Tankesley, Rufus Miller - 37 TN Inf CSA, formed in Chattanooga, 1861 -Buried Citizen Cemetery

Tanner, Andrew Jackson - 4th Reg. Co H TN Volunteers Mounted Inf. Volunteered at age 18 on 1/1/1865 Discharged at Nashville August 1865.

Temple, Thomas M. - Pvt Co. C, 5th Tennessee Infantry, USA, 16, Tn.; wounded by bullet in right arm

Thornton, John - Pvt Co. G, 5th Tennessee Infantry, USA, 21, Born in Hamilton Co., Tn.

Thurman, John - Co D 4th GA Cav CSA; Thurman Cemetery

Tidwell, Capt. W. M. - Co B 6th GA Reg - Citizen Cemetery

Trewhitt, Daniel Coffee - Lieutenant Colonel; Co F&S, 2nd TN Inf USA; Hamilton Co TN; 38; 28 Sep 1861 - 14 Mar 1862. Resigned. Died 4 Jan 1891 at Hamilton Co TN. Appointed Lieutenant Colonel of the regiment 1 Nov 1861. Resigned due to ill health and distress due to the death of his father on 31 Jan 1862 who was captured by Confederates.

Turner, Albert - Pvt Co. K, 5th Tennessee Infantry, USA, 18, Born in Hamilton Co., Tn.; farmer

Vandergriff, Alfred - Served as a Private in Company I, Regiment 2, TN

infantry. Taken prisoner 11/6/1863 at Rogersville, TN. Died in
Andersonville Prison on 8/2/1864 of scurvy - Grave No. 4518.

 Submitted by Jean Kinzalow.

Vandergriff, Jacob - Co I 3rd Reg TN Vol Inf - Fairmount Cemetery

Vandergriff, John - Co I TN Inf - Fairmount Cemetery

Vinson, James A. - Pvt Co. K 5th Tennessee Infantry, USA, 20 Released 05/08/84; returned from desertion 12/26/64; farmer

Wallace, Henry - 1831-1896. Pvt, Capt. Barry's Co TN Light Artillery (Lookout Artillery) CSA; Enlisted 16 Sept 1862 Chattanooga; Surrendered 4 May 1865 Citronelle AL, POW; Paroled 11 May 1865 Meridian MS; Mission Ridge Baptist Cemetery, Walker Co. GA; National Archives Record Group Film # M231 Roll 45, Company Muster Rolls. 

Submitted by Peggy Brinley Harrison lynnharrison@insightbb.com

Walters, Mitchell P. - Pvt Co. C, 5th Tennessee Infantry, USA, 28, farmer

Watson, Samuel H. - Pvt Co. C, 5th Tennessee Infantry, USA, 21 Farmer from Harrison

Wease, George - Co F 6th TN Mtn Inf - Wilcoxen Cemetery

Weese, Michael - Age 47, enlisted as private, 11 Nov 1861, at Sale Creek, Hamilton Co, Tenn, in Company I, 2nd Tenn Infantry-USA, captured during Battle of Rogersville on 6 Nov 1863, sent to Andersonville POW Camp, died 4 April 1864.

Information provided by Gary Parrott. birdmanofmono@aol.com

Weese, William - Age 18, enlisted as a private, 11 Nov 1861, at Sale Creek, Hamilton Co, Tenn, in Company I, 2nd Tenn Infantry-USA, captured during the Battle of Rogersville on 6 Nov 1863, sent to Andersonville POW Camp, died 23 April 1864. 

Information provided by Gary Parrott. birdmanofmono@aol.com

Weatherford, Silas - Co G, 5th TN Cav, CSA - Citizens Cemetery

Weedon, John - Co E 4th TN Cavalry - Old McDonald Cemetery

Wells, James - Co I 4th TN Cavalry - Montgomery Cemetery

Wells, John - Co A 4th TN Cavalry - Montgomery Cemetery

Whalen, James Knox Polk (1846 - 1919), Hensley Cemetery, Hixson Private, Company H, 1st Regiment Tennessee Cavalry CSA. James was captured on 27th March 1864 at Mossy Creek, Tennessee and imprisoned at Camp Morton, Indianapolis, Indiana until he was released on oath 12 June 1865. 

Submitted by Recs Jenkins.

Williamson, William M - Private; Co I, 2nd TN Inf USA; 24; 28 Feb 1862 - 29 Mar 1865. Honorable discharge. Born in NC. 5ft 10in, dark complexion, blue eyes, dark hair. Occupation farmer. Captured at Rogersville. Confined at Belle Isle and Andersonville. Paroled at Charleston SC 6 Dec 1864. At College Green Barracks 10 Dec. At Camp Parole MD 15 Dec. Furloughed from hospital at Camp Parole 4 Jan 1865. At Camp Chase OH 7 Feb 1865.


Wilson, James M. - Pvt Co. I, 5th Tennessee Infantry, USA, 21 AWOL 09/20/63-12/12/63; make good 18 months; farmer

Ziegler, William V. - Co. E; 5th TN Regiment Volunteer Infantry. Enlisted March 2,1862 Discharged Nashville, Tenn April 11,1865. Married Cathrine Elizabeth Gregory, Feb.13,1870 Meigs Co. One son, William Nathaniel Ziegler, born October 10, 1875

.Submitted by Sharon Shumate yonana14@tampabay.rr.com


List of Men Reported As Deserters During The Civil War Please Note; Not All Men Reported As Deserters Were Actual Deserters

Headquarters C. S. Forces Chattanooga, Tennessee  November 24,1863
The following named men from the following companies and regiments have deserted from:

Cleaveland Hospital


Name of Deserter      Company      Regiment

_________________________________________________________________________________     

Atwell, first name unknown, co.G 39th Alabama

Burns, A. D. co.E 28th, Alabama

Elliott, John W. co.B 8th, Tennessee

Goles, W. A. co.F 28th, Alabama

Grantham, J. A. co.H 39th, Alabama

Griffin, J. A. co.E 19th Alabama

Jackson, T. J. co.D 10th, Mississippi

Odom, W. co.G th, Tennessee

Poe, N. co.E 28th Alabama

Strong, J. co.E 19th, Alabama

Also, from this point Martin, Jessee F. G.,    co.C    3rd Georgia Cavalry.
A reward of thirty dollars will be paid for the apprehension and delivery of each of the above-named deserters at the jail in Chattanooga, Tennessee.

By order of: Brig. Gen. Hoba - November 25th,1863 – G. W. McCawley. A. Adj. Gen.
Chattanooga Daily Rebel – January 3, 1863


Headquarters C. S. Forces Chattanooga, Tennessee    January 6th, 1863
The following named men of the following companies and regiments have deserted from the different post in the district of Chattanooga:
 

From Camp Paroled Prisoners

Names     Rank     Company      Regiment

________________________________________________________________________________

Andrews W. Pvt. co.C. 29th Alabama

Andrews Z. Pvt. co.C. 29th Alabama

Baggett J. Pvt. co.F. 34th Alabama

Bailey Andrew Pvt. co.E. 43d Alabama

Baker William Pvt. co. F. 13th Louisiana

Balkcon J. R. Pvt. co.B. 1st Batt Alabama

Bankston J. C. Pvt. co.C. 34th Georgia

Blackburn J. T. Pvt. co.E. 23rd Mississippi

Blakely R. C. Pvt. co.G. 29th Mississippi

Burt G. W. Corp. co.G. 30th Mississippi

Candell J. H. Pvt. co.G. 34th Georgia

Casteel M. W. Sgt. co.G. 13th Arkansas

Chadwick J. L. Pvt. co. E. 39th Alabama

Chamberlain J. W. Pvt. co.K. 9th Mississippi

Champin M. N. Pvt. co.B. 30th Alabama

Clark D. M. Pvt. co.F. 29th Mississippi

Coffey H. Y. Pvt .co.E. 33rd Alabama

Craig S. F. Pvt. co.E Blythe’s Mississippi

Crawford W. Pvt. co.C. 9th Mississippi

Davis C. W. Pvt. co.B. 39th Georgia

Davis J. C. Pvt. co.A. 5th Confederate

Evans Wm. M. Pvt. co.F. 26th Tennessee

Ferguson J. C. Pvt. co. E. Blythe’s Mississippi

Fogill George Pvt. co.D. 10th Mississippi

FosterT. L. Pvt. co.F. 29th Mississippi

Gardner J. C. Pvt. co.A. 29th Mississippi

Glover J. M. Pvt. co.B. 31st Alabama

Henry Patrick Pvt. co.F. 39th Alabama

Hickman J. B. Pvt. co. H. 28th Alabama

Hinds R. J. Pvt. co.G. 3rd Florida

Holt J. C. Pvt. co.E Blythe’s Mississippi

Hysaw J. H. Pvt. co.K. 28th Arkansas

James J. W. Pvt. co.C. 40th Georgia

Jaks J.J. Pvt. co.H. 45th Alabama

Jarney N. W. Pvt. co.E. 30th Alabama

Johnson A. S. Sgt. co.C 24th Georgia

Keefler Lem Pvt. co.K 7th Mississippi

Kirland M. S. Pvt. co.I 10th Mississippi

Laper W. H. Pvt. co.D 7th Mississippi

Lesley M. L. Pvt co.G. 3rd Florida

Love Henry Pvt. co.C. 29th Mississippi

McCarty Robert Pvt. co. B. 23th Mississippi

Miller Hugh Corp. co.D. 27th Mississippi

Miller J. H. Pvt McCullock’s

Miller John Pvt co.C. 24th Louisiana

Moore J. S. Pvt. E. co. 40th Georgia

Mounger Henry Pvt. co.F. 23rd Mississippi

Mums G. Pvt. co.A. 9th Mississippi

Murry G. M. Pvt. co.D. 10th Mississippi

Nance Richard Pvt. co.B. 40th Georgia

Palmer A. L. Sgt. co.D. 33rd Alabama

Pat William Pvt. co.B. 23rd Mississippi

Patterson W. J. Pvt. co.C. 30th Mississippi

Price S. S. Pvt. co.F. 45th Alabama

Sawyer E. R. Pvt. co. A. 9th Mississippi

Smith A. R. Pvt. co.K. 41st Georgia

Smith W. D. Pvt. co.G. 3rd Florida

Spence D. D. Pvt. co. A. 20th Alabama

Sweat E. H. Corp co.F. 24th Alabama

Tarvin A. R. Pvt. co.H. 39th Georgia

Tousley W. J. Pvt. co.A. 22nd Alabama

Turner Dennis Corp. co.G. 56th Georgia

Twyer F. Pvt. co.K. Morgan’s Calvery

Waldrep L. A. Pvt. co.E. 40th Georgia

Wallace A. Pvt. co.A. 9th Mississippi

Walker J. E. Pvt. co.C. 3rd Louisiana Battery

Warr J. W. Pvt. co.D. 39th Alabama

Watkins J. W. Pvt. co.I. 9th Mississippi

Wicks John Pvt. co.I. 3rd Tennessee

Wright John Pvt. co.G. 2nd Arkansas

From Chattanooga Post    

Bartrand, Edward Sgt. co.D. 13th Louisiana

Cass, Griffin N. Pvt. co.C. 43d Georgia

Crutchfield, John W. co.C. Howard’s Battery

Eikins, John M. Howard’s Battery

Graser, Jacob Pvt. co.F. 13th Louisiana

Hinson, Henry Pvt. co.C. Ceode’s Battery

Merrick, G. R. Pvt. co.D. 39th Alabama

Shadwick, Henry Rogers’ Battery

Shannun, Henry Rogers’ Battery

Watts, Peter F. Howard;s Battery

Yeates, E. M. Pvt. co.D. Ceode’s Battery

From Guard House  Chattanooga     

Conley, J. A.

Drennan, David Pvt. Gibson’s Battery

Edwards, Isaac

Mauge, Samuel  

Nugen, G. N.

Sherrod, Robert

Wilburn, W. P.  

Wooten, W. H. Pvt. Gibson’s Battery

From Ringgold, Georgia

Carter, Wesley      Pvt.     co.A.     48th Tennessee

From Tunnel Hill Georgia      

Jackson, Andrew      co.C.     53rd Georgia

Kelly,  Ellas J.    Pvt.     co.G.     53rd Georgia

Orr, Robert   Pvt.     co.E.     29th

Pinson, Thos J.     Pvt.     co.H.     43rd Louisiana   

A reward of thirty dollars will be paid for the apprehension and delivery of each of the above-named deserters at the jail in Chattanooga.
By order of Brig. Gen. Helm
January 9, G. W. McCawley, A. A. Gen.
Chattanooga Daily Rebel – January 13, 1863

Information Wanted of Private L. T. Nash, Jr., of Company A., 25th Regiment Louisiana Volunteers, General Adams Brigade, Anderson’s Division.
January 11th, R. W. Stickney, Chap. And Supt’d Army Intel’r Office
Daily Rebel – January 13, 1863 

The following excerpt was taken from the following book;

Historic City 

Chattanooga 

containing Views and descriptive matter of historic points of interest, scenery, pictures of old and new buildings, leading men, etc., all artistically and pleasingly intermingled 

COPYRIGHTED by MRS. SUSIE McGARVER WEBSTER

 1915

CHATTANOOGA TENN. 


 Military History of Chattanooga 

(This inscription appears on an iron tablet in front of Federal building and is official, from the records of the United States War Department.) This city was first occupied by Confederate troops in the Spring of 1862 under Generals Floyd, Maxwell and Leadbetter. Union troops under General Mitchell shelled it June 7 and 8. Bragg's army occupied it in August preparing for the Kentucky campaign, again in the Fall on its return from Kentucky, and in the Summer of 1863 when retiring before Rosecrans from Middle Tennessee. AA'ilder shelled the city from Stringer's Ridge, August 21. Bragg evacuated it September 7 and 8, and a small Union force took possession. Rosecrans occupied it in force the second morning after the battle of Chickamauga, and thereafter it remained in Union conrol. Thomas succeeded Rosecrans, October 19. Grant took general command October 23. A short line of supplies to Bridgeport by Brown's Ferry was opened October 28, upon a plan devised by General Rosecrans. Hooker's forces ar- rived in Lookout Valley on that date and fought the battle of Wauhatchie. Sherman's troops crossed the Tennessee above the city during the night of November 25. On that day the Army of the Cumberland carried Orchard Knob. November 24 Hooker's column captured the north slope of Lookout Mountain. On November 25 Missionary Ridge, excepting Cleburne's position at Tunnell Hill and the intervening line to Walthall's stand north of DeLong's. was carried by Grant's armies, Bragg retreating to Dalton. November 25, 1863. This was a great Federal victory, Avhich raised the siege of Chattanooga and forced the Confederates out of Tennessee. Grant's army consisted of about 72,000 men and Bragg's 35,- 000. Federal loss about 753 killed, 4,722 wounded, 349 missing. Confederate loss about 361 killed, 2.180 wounded, 4,146 missing. The evolutions of the Federal army in the plain below were described by the Confederates as being as regular as dress parade. Their assault was impetuous, but for several hours it appeared as if the Confederates would hold their position. Sherman's attack upon the Confederate right met a repulse at the hands of the lion-hearted Cleburne. The assault was renewed with desperate energy, but again Cleburne held his own against fearful odds. About 4 p. m. the Confederate center was broken, and the entire line, ex- cept the right, gave way. The result was a disastrous rout of Bragg's army, which fell back along the line of the Western & Atlantic Railroad, stubbornly fighting the battles of Ringgold Gap, Resaca, Altoona Pass, Kennesaw Mountain, New Hope Church and then the battles and siege of Atlanta, winding up a campaign the brilliancy of which has never been excelled in ancient or modern times.  

        ANDREWS' RAIDERS' MONUMENT, National Cemetery. This scene in the Chattanooga National Cemetery recalls one of the most romantic and daring exploits of the war. which took place on the Western (S: Atlantic Railroad, the road between Atlanta and Chattanooga, so battled over later in Sherman's persistent advance and Johnston's stubborn re- treat in the famous Atlanta campaign. A party of twenty-two, James J. Andrews in command, nearly all from the 21st, 33d or 2d Ohio Infantry, all in citizen's garb and liable to be created as spies, boarded the northbound train at Marietta, April 12, 1862, with tickets for various points, professing to be refugees wishing to enter the Confederate army. At Big Shanty (now Kennesaw) while the passengers and train crew were mostly at breakfast, they seized and escaped with the locomotive "General" and three freight cars. The plan, skillfully conceived and bravely attempted, was to destroy bridges and cut off the Confederate army from supplies. Pursuit followed, first on foot, then by hand-car, then with locomotives, and in spite of cutting the wire, breaking and obstructing the track, and straining every nerve to distance the chase, the brave adventurers, their fuel running out and their pursuers close upon them, finally abandoned the engine between Ringgold and Graysville, Ga., and sought safety in flight on foot, but were all eventually captured The locomotive itself is kept on exhibition in the Union Depot at Chattanooga, with appropriate historical matter. The tender, filled with wood, shows that the "General" was an old-fashioned wood burner. On the side of the monument shown in the picture are the names of James J. Andrews and seven others, executed, and the curved row^ of seven uniform headstones, together with one to the right, not shown in the picture, are to these eight victims of the bloody law of war. On the end in sight are- the names of six exchanged. At the other end are the names of eight escaped, and on the farther side of the monument is the inscription: OHIO'S TRIBUTE TO THE ANDREWS' RAIDERS. 1S62. 


American Civil War 

The Siege of Chattanooga


     Following the Battle of Chickamauga, General George H. Thomas remained in position at Rossville throughout the September 21, 1863, but it was evident that the Confederates could turn his right flank and cut him off from Chattanooga.  He suggested to Rosecrans that the Union Army concentrate at Chattanooga.  In anticipation of receiving an order to withdraw to the town, Thomas instructed his officers to prepare their commands for the movement.  Rosecrans adopted the suggestion, and that evening Thomas withdrew the Union forces to Chattanooga.  All wagons, ambulances, and surplus artillery had already departed for Chattanooga during the day.  By morning of September 22, all Union troops were in position in the town.

    The situation in which the men in blue found themselves in Chattanooga was not pleasant.  The Tennessee River walled them in on the north, although a pontoon bridge and two ferries offered escape possibilities.  Lookout Mountain blocked the way on the west, and Missionary Ridge to the east and south, now held by the Confederates, completed the circle.

 Bragg issued orders for the pursuit of the Army of the Cumberland, then countermanded them.  Instead, the Confederate troops began to take up siege positions around Chattanooga.  In these positions, the Confederates dominated the Union lines.  Braggs’ men controlled all the railroads leading into the town; Confederate batteries and sharpshooters commanded the Tennessee River, and river traffic ceased; they controlled the roads on the south side of the river and kept under fire the one road north of the river leading to Bridgeport, the nearest Union supply base.  Only the road over Walden’s Ridge and down through Sequatchie Valley to Bridgeport was open to General Rosecrans.

     As early as September 13, General in Chief Halleck ordered reinforcements sent to Rosecrans.  His dispatches on September 13, 14, and 15 to Major General Hurlbut at Memphis and Grant and Sherman at Vicksburg directed the troop movements.  These dispatches, however, were delayed for several days in route from Cairo to Memphis and, in the meantime, the Battle of Chickamauga was fought.  Grant received the orders on the 22nd and immediately instructed four divisions under Sherman to march to Chattanooga.

    One division of the Seventeenth Corps, already in transit from Vicksburg to Helena, Ark., was ordered to proceed on to Memphis.  General Sherman quickly brought three divisions of his Fifteenth Army Corps from the vicinity of the Big Black River in Vicksburg, where they embarked as fast as water transportation could be provided.  By October 3, all of the movement of 17,000 men was under way.

    The route of travel was by boat to Memphis, then by railroad and overland marches to Chattanooga.  From Memphis, the troops followed closely the Memphis and Charleston Railroad, which Sherman was ordered to repair as he advanced.  By November 15, the troops were at Bridgeport, Ala., having traveled a distance of 675 miles.

 When the War Department in Washington received word that the Army of Cumberland was besieged in Chattanooga, it considered the situation so critical that President Lincoln was called out of bed late at night to attend a council meeting.  This meeting occurred on the night of September 23, and is described by Nicolay and Hay:

     Immediately on receipt of Rosecrans’ dispatch, Mr. Stanton sent one of The president’s secretaries who was standing by to the Soldier’s home, Where the President was sleeping.  A little startled by the unwonted summons --for this was “the first time” he said, Stanton had ever sent for Him, -- the President mounted his horse and rode in through the moon-Light to the War Department to preside over an improvised council to Consider the subject of reinforcing Rosecrans.

 There were present General Halleck, Stanton, Seward and Chase of the Cabinet; P. H. Watson and James A. Hardie of the War Department, and General D. C. McCallum, Superintendent of Military Transportation. After a brief debate, it was resolved to detach the Eleventh and Twelfth Corps from the Army of the Potomac.  General Hooker to be placed in Command of both . . .

      The movement of the Eleventh and Twelfth Army Corps from the Army of the Potomac to Tennessee eclipsed all other such troop movements by rail up to that time.  It represented a high degree of cooperation between the railroads and the government and was a singular triumph of skill and planning.  It also shows the great importance the War Department attached to the Chattanooga campaign. The troops began to entrain at Manassas Junction and Bealeton Station, VA., on September 25, and 5 days later on September 30 the first trains arrived at Bridgeport, Ala.  The route traveled was by way of Washington, D. C.; Baltimore, Md, Bellaire and Columbus, Ohio; Indianapolis, Ind.; Louisville, Ky, Nashville, Tenn, and Bridgeport, Ala.  Several major railroad lines, including the Baltimore and Ohio, Central Ohio, Louisville and Nashville and Nashville and Chattanooga were involved. Not all troops, however, made such good time as the first trains, and for the majority of the infantry the trip consumed about 9 days.  The movement of the artillery, horses, mules, baggage, and impedimenta was somewhat slower, but by the middle of October, all were in the vicinity of Bridgeport ready to help break the siege.

     These two corps under Maj. Gen. Joseph Hooker, comprising 20,000 troops and more than 3,000 horses and mules, traveled 1,157 miles.  Differences in the railroad gauges hampered the movement, but most of the changes in gauge occurred at river crossings, which had no bridges, and the troops had to detrain at these points anyway. Confederate cavalry raids, bent on destroying the railroad bridges and otherwise interfering with the reinforcing effort, imposed a more serious difficulty, but except for the delaying the latter part of the movement a few days, the raids were ineffective.

 At the beginning of the siege, the Union Army had large supply trains in good condition and transporting supplies seemed feasible.  But early in October, rain began to fall, and the roads became almost impassable.  To make the situation more critical Bragg sent Wheeler to harass and destroy the Union supply trains as they moved over Walden’s Ridge on their trips to and from Bridgeport.  Wheeler destroyed hundreds of wagons and animals and it was not long before the Union soldier received less and less food.  Wagon horses and mules and artillery horses were on a starvation diet, and many died each day.

     Command of the two hostile armies had undergone a considerable change during the siege period.  Grant received orders to meet “an officer of the “War Department” at Louisville, Ky.  He proceeded by rail to Indianapolis Ind., and just as his train left the depot there enroute to Louisville, it was stopped.  A message informed Grant that Secretary of War Stanton was coming into the station and wished to see him.  This was the “officer” from the War Department who gave Grant command of the newly organized Military Division of the Mississippi.  Thomas replaced Rosecrans.  McCook and Crittenden had previously been relieved of their commands and their corps consolidated into the Fourth Corps under command of Granger.  Stanton accompanied Grant to Louisville and there the two spent a day reviewing the situation. In Bragg’s camp, Polk was relieved of his command, and Lt. Gen. William J. Hardee rejoined the army.  Bragg’s army was reorganized into three corps commanded by Longstreet, Hardee, and Breckinridge. When Grant reached Chattanooga on October 23, he found a plan already drawn up to open a new supply line for the besieged army.  This plan of necessity was conditioned upon the terrain and the configuration of the river between Bridgeport, the railhead, and base of supplies for the Union Army, and Chattanooga.  (After the Tennessee River passes the city, it flows southward for some 2 miles until it strikes Lookout Mountain where, after a short westerly course, it curves northward.  This elongated loop of the river is called Moccasin Bend.)

    The plan called for 1,500 men on pontoons to float down the river from Chattanooga during the night of October 26-27 while another force-marched across Moccasin Point to support the landings of the river borne troops.  Grant ordered the plan executed.  The pontoon-borne troops quickly disembarked upon striking the west bank at Brown’s Ferry, drove off the Confederate pickets, and threw up breastworks.  The troops marching across the neck of land came up to the east side of the ferry, joined this group, and constructed a pontoon bridge.

    Hooker’s advance from Bridgeport coincided with this action.  He marched by the road along Raccoon Mountain into Lookout Valley.  There he met the advance post of a Confederate brigade and drove it back.  Maj. Gen. O. O. Howard’s Eleventh Corps moved to within 2 miles of Brown’s Ferry, while Brig. Gen. John W. Geary of the Twelfth Corps remained at Wauhatchie to guard the road to Kelley’s Ferry.

     The Confederates made a night attack against Geary, which the latter repulsed, but both sides lost heavily.  After this action, the short line of communication with Bridgeport by way of Brown’s and Kelley’s Ferries was held by Hooker without further trouble.

With the successful seizure of Brown’s Ferry and construction of a pontoon bridge across the Tennessee River there, and Hooker’s equally successful advance from Bridgeport and seizure of the south side of the river at Raccoon Mountain and in Lookout Valley, the way was finally clear for the Union Army to reopen a short line of supply and communication between Chattanooga and Bridgeport, the rail end of it’s supply line.  This “Cracker Line” ran by boat up the Tennessee River from Bridgeport to Kelley’s Ferry.  Above Kelley’s Ferry the swift current made the stream unnavigable at certain points to boats then available.  Accordingly, at Kelley’s Ferry, the “cracker line” left the river and crossed Raccoon Mountain by road to Brown’s Ferry.  There it crossed the river on the pontoon bridge, thence across Moccasin Point, and finally across the river once more into Chattanooga.

     Early in November, Bragg ordered Longstreet to march against Burnside in East Tennessee with Maj. Gen. Lafayette McLaw’s and Maj. Gen. John B. Hood’s Divisions of Infantry.  Col E. Porter Alexander’s and Maj. A. Leyden’s battalions of artillery, and five brigades of cavalry under Maj. Gen Joseph Wheeler—about 15,000 men in all.  This movement caused great anxiety in Washington and the authorities urged Grant to act promptly to assist Burnside.  Grant felt that the quickest way to aid him was to attack Bragg and force the latter to recall Longstreet.  On November 7, Thomas received Grant’s order to attack Bragg’s right.  Thomas replied that he was unable to move a single piece of artillery because of the poor condition of the horses and mules.  They were not strong enough to pull artillery pieces.  In these circumstances, Grant could only answer Washington dispatches, urge Sherman forward, and encourage Burnside to hold on.

Chickamauga and Chattanooga Battlefields

By James R. Sullivan

National Park Service Historical Handbook 1956

 

ARMY RECRUITS 20 MEN OF CHATTANOOGA AREA.

The Chattanooga Times, February 27, 1946


The Chattanooga Army Recruiting  station recently accepted 20 men from this area for duty in the regular Army. Capt. R. G. Hillmer, officer in charge, announced yesterday. Those listed were:

Adams, William L.    Englewood, Tn.  Second Lt.

Bailey, James A.    Rossville, Ga.   Pfc.

Barnard, Robert S    Route 1   Harrison, Tn.

Brown, George C.    512 Baldwin St. Chattanooga, TN.   F/SGT.

Brydwell, Adelbert     403 Ziegler St. Chattanooga, TN.

Davis, Charles   1703 1/2 East Fifth St Chattanooga, TN.   T/SGT.

Davis, Clyde M.    2801 East 50th St. Chattanooga, TN.

DeArmand, Cleatus E.   2706 1/2 Cowart St. Chattanooga, TN.

Grizzle, Charles R.   2009 Evening side Drive. Chattanooga, TN.   S/SGT.

Hixson, Reecie B.   307 Ziegler St. Chattanooga, TN.

Matthews, William M.    2024 Bailey Ave, Chattanooga, TN.    T/SGT.

McCanless, Fred D.    S. Pittsburgh, Tn.
Rymer, Walter N. 3627 Ridge side Rd.. Chattanooga, TN.

Scott, Raymond T    2211 Oak St. Chattanooga, TN.
Springfield, Fred   Murray Co., Ga.

Stinson, Alex D.    2313  1/2 Williams St.  Chattanooga, TN.

Stoner, William F.   812 Merriam St. Chattanooga, TN.

Thompson, Charlie  1907 Citico Ave. Chattanooga, TN.

Vaughn, Glenn E.    Riceville, Tn.    Pfc
Vitatoe, Clarence M    2804 Chamberlin Ave. Chattanooga, TN.

Submitted by  Karen Chastain Ktain02@webtv.net


SOUTHERN CLAIMS COMMISSION CLAIMS FILED FROM HAMILTON COUNTY TENNESSEE 


Submitted by Bonnie White  mail to: HixsonWhiteHouse@comcast.net

This index lists Tennesseans from Hamilton County who filed claims with the Southern Claims Commission from 1871 to 1873. These Hamilton Countians claimed their property had been taken by United States military personnel for use in the Civil War.

The claim files include interesting detail about people and about the Civil War period in Tennessee. Each claimant was required to describe his losses in detail, and to prove his loyalty to the Union. Witnesses gave testimony in support of his allegations. The paperwork in the files is often extensive.

All of the Southern Claims Commission files are located at the National Archives, but the disallowed and barred claim files have been microfilmed and are also available at the Tennessee State Library and Archives. Allowed claim files are available only by consulting the National Archives.

This index is based on volume 55 of Record Group No. 56, General Records of the Department of the Treasury, at the National Archives. It is duplicated on National Archives microcopy M-87, reel 13. The indication as to whether the claim was allowed, disallowed, or barred is based on the book Southern Loyalists in the Civil War : the Southern Claims Commission by Gary B. Mills (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1994).

If you wish to order a copy of a barred or disallowed claim file, e-mail the Tennessee State Library and Archives and request a price quote ( reference@state.tn.us ). The cost will depend on the length of the file. Due to the number of requests received daily, they have asked that you only submit one request at a time for a single record.


Alford, John Allowed
Barker, Joel W   Disallowed
Barker, John II   Disallowed
Barnes, Jacob   Disallowed
Beck, Joshua   Barred
Brown, John   Allowed
Burk, Nancy   Barred
Clift, Robert B   Disallowed
Clift, Wm   Allowed
Colquitt, Hutson   Barred
Conner, Wesley, Estate   Allowed
Courtney, John, Estate of   Allowed
Cowart, Cynthia   Barred
Crutchfield, Wm   Allowed
Cunningham, Leroy   Allowed
Daughtry, John   Allowed
Deady, John   Barred
Elsea, John Sr   Allowed
Fryar, James   Allowed
Gamble, Robert L   Allowed
Gann, Preston   Allowed
Gardenhire, James T   Allowed
Gerber, G Frederick   Allowed
Gillespie, John C   Barred
Godsey, Thomas II   Disallowed
Goucher, Harriet V   Barred
Goucher, John W   Disallowed
Grant, Lavinia   Disallowed
Gray, Wm B, Estate of   Allowed
Green, Augustus P   Disallowed
Grimsley, Abraham   Allowed
Hale, Elijah M   Disallowed & Barred
Hamill, David C   Barred
Hartman, Thomas J   Allowed
Hickman, John R   Disallowed
Hickman, Wm A   Allowed
Hixson, Henry G   Allowed
Hixson, Washington   Allowed
Hixson, Wilson   Allowed
Jackson, A B   Allowed
Jackson, Frances A   Disallowed
Jackson, James J   Allowed
Jackson, Jonathan   Allowed
Jones, Alexander   Disallowed
Jones, Daniel S   Allowed
Jones, Mary   Allowed
Kennedy, Marcus L   Allowed
Lamon, John   Allowed
Lamon, John (Igones Ferr)   Allowed
Lasley, Martin V   Allowed
Levi, George   Allowed
Lovelady, George   Allowed
Lovelady, Gideon   Disallowed
Mahan, William   Allowed
McDonald, Benj J   Barred
McDonald, Edward, Estate   Allowed
McRee, Robert C   Disallowed
McReynolds, Stephen   Allowed
McRoy, Lively, Estate of   Barred
Meek, Franklin M   Disallowed
Miller, Alexander Y   Disallowed
Miller, Moses D, Estate of   Allowed
Moss, Benjamin A   Allowed
Muller, John P   Barred
Mysinger, Samuel   Disallowed
Nash, William   Disallowed
Nichols, Chas W & Mahala E   Barred
Parker, Allen   Allowed
Penney, George W   Allowed
Penney, Isoni   Allowed
Pierce, John   Allowed
Poe, Ansel   Allowed
Powers, John W   Allowed
Redman, Uriah, Estate of   Allowed
Roberts, Emerson   Allowed
Roberts, Thomas B   Allowed
Rogers, Henry   Allowed
Rogers, James W   Allowed
Rogers, John C   Allowed
Ruohs, Joseph   Disallowed
Selcer, Absalom   Allowed
Shadrick, Rufus   Allowed
Shadwick, Alexander   Allowed
Sively, Thomas Jefferson, Estate of   Allowed
Smith, Allen K, Estate of   Allowed
Smith, Daniel C., Estate   Allowed
Smith, David   Barred
Smith, James A   Allowed
Sniteman, Christian   Disallowed
Spivey, Holloday   Allowed
Tally, William   Allowed
Thomas, Bird   Allowed
Vandergriff, Joseph   Allowed
Vandergriff, Mahala   Barred
Varner, Allen   Disallowed
Varner, George   Disallowed
Varner, Madison   Allowed
Vaughn, John   Allowed
Watson, John M   Disallowed
Weas, Michael, Estate of   Disallowed
Williams, Samuel   Barred
Winters, James   Allowed
Yarnell, Daniel   Disallowed

  SOUTHERN CLAIMS COMMISSION JAMES COUNTY, TENNESSEE This index lists James County residents who filed claims with the Southern Claims Commission from 1871 to 1873. They claimed their property had been taken by United States military personnel for use in the Civil War. The claim files include interesting detail about people and about the Civil War period in James County. Each claimant was required to describe his losses in detail, and to prove his loyalty to the Union. Witnesses gave testimony in support of his allegations. The paperwork in the files is often extensive. All of the Southern Claims Commission files are located at the National Archives, but the disallowed and barred claim files have been microfilmed and are also available at the Tennessee State Library and Archives. Allowed claim files are available only by consulting the National Archives. This index is based on volume 55 of Record Group No. 56, General Records of the Department of the Treasury, at the National Archives. It is duplicated on National Archives microcopy M-87, reel 13. The indication as to whether the claim was allowed, disallowed, or barred is based on the book Southern Loyalists in the Civil War: The Southern Claims Commission by Gary B. Mills (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1994)

BROMLEY, DAVID   ADMITTED

CAMERON, JAMES   ADMITTED

CARDIN, ROBERT H.   ADMITTED

CHILDERS, JAMES   ADMITTED

CLEVELAND, ELI   ADMITTED

DAVIS, JAMES   ADMITTED

DIXON, ROBERT   DISALLOWED

FITZGERALD, ELIJAH   ADMITTED

FORSYTHE, DARIUS   ADMITTED

GROSS, JACOB   ADMITTED

GROSS, MARY JANE   ADMITTED

GUTHRIE, GEORGE   ADMITTED

GUTHRIE, JAMES   ADMITTED

HOWARD, ALLISON   ADMITTED

HUFFINE, EPHRAIM   ADMITTED

HUMPREYS, JOHN   ADMITTED

HUNTER, ADDISON   DISALLOWED

IRWIN, WILLIAM   DISALLOWED

LONG, JOHN   DISALLOWED

LUTTRELL, GEORGE   ADMITTED

MAHAN, ALEXANDER   ADMITTED

MARTIN, ZACHARIAH   ADMITTED

MCDONALD, ALEXANDRER   ADMITTED

MITCHELL, JOHN   DISALLOWED

MITCHELL, SAMUEL   DISALLOWED

MORGAN, RUFUS   ADMITTED

MURPHY, WILLIAM   ADMITTED

PENDER, THOMAS   ADMITTED

PENNY, ELIZABETH   DISALLOWED

POE, JOHN   ADMITTED

RAGON, JESSE   ADMITTED

REED. HUGH   ADMITTED

REED, ROBERT   ADMITTED

RUNYAN, SIMEON   ADMITTED

STONE, WILLIAM found in geographical index but not in the book Southern Loyalists in the Civil War

TALLENT, WILY   ADMITTED

WATKINS, MARY   ADMITTED

WATKINS, ROBERT   ADMITTED

WATKINS, SAMUEL   ADMITTEDWILSON, WILLIAM   DISALLOWEDWITT, JAMES   DISALLOWED

YARNELL, DANIEL   DISALLOWED 

Spanish American War   Soldiers of  Hamilton County 


   Hamilton County provided many soldiers for the Spanish-American War. This list is but a few of the men who were called to serve in the war effort in 1898.


Andrews, Champe S. Capt. Co I 3rd TN Inf

Arnold, R. J. Capt. Co B 3rd TN Inf

Atlee, Frank H .4th Ohio Inf

Bart, McKinney  Lt. Co M 3rt TN Inf

Barton, Robert M. Lt. 2nd TN Inf

Brooks, Ed 8th US Cav

Brown, C. Fred Lt. Co M 3rd TN Inf

Brown, George W. Capt Co I 3rd TN Inf

Brushwood, W. C.Lt. Co B 3rd TN Inf

Bryan, Fred A. 3rd TN Inf

Bush, F. 3rd IL Inf

Calhoun, Frank 10th US Inf

Camp, Harry Co M 6th TN Inf

Case, Frank L. Capt. Co M 6th TN Inf

Cooke, Orrie 9th NY Inf

Cooke, Robert B. Capt. 6th TN Inf

Craig, C. A. Lt. Co L 3rd TN Inf

Crain, Charles E. Lt. 3rd TN Inf

Davis, Tom Derickson, Don Ensign US Navy Battleship "Texas"Drake, S. E.Co H 3rd TN Inf

Drewry, E. M. Lt. Co B 3rd TN Inf

Duke, Lawrence Washington Lt. Co H 3rd TN Inf

Ellis, George Manning Capt. Asst. Surgeon 3rd TN Inf

Evans, Charles R Maj. 6th TN Inf

Forbes, George 3rd TN Inf

French, Howard Lt. US Army 

Fry, Henry P. 3rd TN Inf

Fyffe, James Perry Col. 3rd TN Inf

Hatch, Clifford 3rd TN Inf

Head, Allen 3rd TN Inf

Heard, Charles Wallace Co L 3rd TN Inf

Heard, Rawlings Walton Co L 3rd TN Inf

Heyser, Wallace 31st Mich. Inf

Hightower, George 3rd TN Inf

Hooke, Frank H. 1st Ky Inf

Horan, M. J. CoI.  3rd TN Inf

Hulbert, George Alton Joyce, Michael 3rd TN Inf

Kennedy, John Hoskins 3rd TN Inf

Key, Albert Lenoir Ensign US Navy

Kunz, Jacob E. Lt. 1st TN Inf

Lauter, Harry Co M 6th TN Inf

Lawps, Stanley J. Lt. Co H 3rd TN Inf

Lockwood, Fred J. Lt. Co G 3rd TN Inf

Loop, William Rush3rd MS Inf, 2nd US Inf, 31st US Inf

MacKinley, James M. McGee, George E. Co L 3rd TN Inf

McIntyre, Samuel B.Capt. Co M 3rd TN Inf

McVeigh, J. H.3rd TN Inf

Meroney, Hubert H. Co M 6th TN Inf

Mulkey, George L. Co M 6th TN Inf

Nicklin, Benjamin Patten Lt. 9th US Inf

Nicklin, Samuel Strang Lt. Co H 3rd TN Inf

Nixon, William J. Lt. Co K 3rd TN Inf

Noa, Loveman US Navy; killed in Philippines

Noyse, Joseph 7th US CavOwens, Robert Co M 6th TN Inf

Patterson, Thomas Edward Lt. Col. 2nd TN Inf

Phillips, Fred H. Capt. Co H 3rd TN Inf

Pierce, Claude C. Lt. Asst surgeon 3rd TN Inf

Pierce, Sidney H. Co H 3rd TN Inf

Poe, Charles 5th MO Inf

Pullem, Guiton 2nd LA Inf

Rogers, Robert B. Co I 3rd TN Inf

Rogers, Virgil 1st TX Inf

Sevier, Taylor 3rd TN Inf

Shutting, Randolph J. Lt. Co E 3rd TN Inf

Singleton, W. H. Lt. Co L 3rd TN Inf

Stevens, Henry V. Capt. Co G 3rd TN Inf

Steward, Clarence S. Capt. Co E 3rd TN Inf

Townsend, F. H. Lt. Co E 3rd TN Inf

Tucker, William 7th IL Inf

Turner, E. A. Lt. TN Inf

Tyler, William Weigle, Millie Co M 6th TN Inf

Weitzell, William S.3rd TN Inf

Weinfeld, Joseph 71st NY Inf

Wenning, H. F. Lt. 2nd TN Inf 

 1890 James County Soldiers, Sailors, Marines and Widows Census  Note; Some names may not be spelled correctly

Soldier Name      Rank      Company     Regiment      Name of Widow _________________________________________________________________________________Alexander, Daniel J. Sargent E 5th TN Mounted Infantry

Alexander, Samuel D. Corporal E 5th TN Mounted Infantry

Allen, James C. Corporal H 4th TN Cavalry  

Anderson, George W. Sargent E 4th TN Cavalry  

Anderson, William F. Sargent E 4th TN Cavalry 

Aslinger, Joshua Private E 5th TN Infantry      Widow-MissourinAslinger

Bailey, James Private B 4th TN Cavalry

Baily, John Private co. & reg. unknown    Widow-Rebeca A. J. Baily  

Barnes, James Private E 5th TN Mounted Infantry

Baker, Clever Private G rank, co. & reg. unknown

Baker, William H. Private G 3rd TN Cavalry

Barbee, Lewis Private E 4th TN Cavalry  

Barret, Name Unknown U. S. soldier co. & reg. unknown      Widow-Elizabeth Barret 

Bell, Solomon Private  7th TN Infantry   

Belorie, James Private E 4th TN Cavalry

Bettis,  Alexander Private A 4th TN Cavalry  

Bettis, Samuel H. rank, co. & reg. unknown      Widow-Rebecca J. Bettis  

Bettis, James M. Corporal A 4th TN Cavalry

Bower, Newton M. Private E 5th TN Infantry  

Brock, Alexander Private L 1st TN Strong Artillery

Campbell, Hew L. Fifer C 5th TN Infantry

Campbell, James M. Private E 5th TN Mounted Infantry

Cannon, Benjamin B. Private C 4th TN Cavalry

Cannon, Name Unknown    rank, co. & reg. unknown      Widow-Melinda J. Cannon   

Capps, William F. Private F 12th TN Cavalry     Widow-Mattie C. Capp

Cardun, Right R. Private A 4th TN Cavalry  

Carr, Andrew J. Private G 5th TN Infantry  

Casey, Isaac  Private E 5th TN Infantry  Widow-Emeline Casey

Casey, Thomas J. Private 10th TN Cavalry  

Cookson, Joseph Private E 5th TN Infantry  

Cooley, Elisha Private A 10th TN Cavalry  

Cooper, William W. Private I 4th TN Cavalry

Crane, William A. Private L 4th TN Cavalry 

Cunningham, James H. Private K 2nd TN Infantry 

Dabio, Suvillivan Private B 7th TN Light Mounted

Davis, James Private  5th TN Infantry 

Davis,Samuel Private I 5th TN Infantry 

Davis, Sullivan W. Private B 1st TN Artillery 

Davis, Thomas D. Sargent C 5th TN Mounted Infantry 

Deatt(?), Samuel M.  Private G 5th TN Infantry

Denney, Thomas W. 1st Lt. G 5th TN Infantry     Widow-Madra M. Denney  

Dugan, John N. Private E 5th TN Infantry

Dungan, James L. Captain H 5th TN Infantry   

Dunkin, John H. Private H 12th TN Cavalry     Widow-Rebecca Dunkin 

Eldridge, Jessie C. Private H 4th TN Cavalry

Epperson, Thomas Private E 6th TN Infantry

Farci, William R. Private G 5th TN Cavalry

Farmer, William Private E 5th TN Infantry 

Fious, Samuel Private G 5th TN Infantry

Fitzgerald, Arch. 3rd Sarg. 8th TN Infantry 

Fitzgerald, John F. Corporal B 1st TN Light Artillery 

Fitzgerald, N. A. Lieutenant blank 4th TN Cavalry

Fortner, Joseph F. Bugler M 8th TN Cavalry 

Gamble, Charles P. Private E 5th TN Infantry      Widow-Sarah A. Gamble  

Gillett,  James A.Private E 5th TN Infantry  

Goins, Alfred Private B 1st TN Light Artillery  

Godsey, Samuel Private H 10th TN Cavalry  

Good, Abraham Private A 4th TN Cavalry  

Good, Edward J. 1st Lt. E 6th TN Infantry  

Goodwin, James W. Private E 4th TN Cavalry  

Green, William R. Private C 5th TN Infantry      Widow-Elizabeth J. Green

Gregory, David Private E 8th TN Infantry  

Grigsby, William E. Private G 3rd TN Cavalry

Gross, John Corporal E 5th TN Infantry

Guille, Andras Private K 97th Ohio Infantry

Haney, Askel N. Private E 5th TN Infantry      Widow-Mary E. Haney  

Haney, William A. Corporal E 5th TN Infantry  

Hardin, Solomon rank, co. & reg. unknown

Harris, William H. Private G 4th TN Cavalry  

Hatfield, Linch Flag Barer A 2nd NC Mounted Infantry  

Heaton, William Private G 5th TN Infantry

Heartman, Fred B. Private C 2nd Mounted Infantry

Herald, Thomas Private C 5th TN Infantry

Hineman, Thos. J. rank, co. & reg. unknown  

Hinkle, George W. Private B 5th TN Mounted Infantry

Hodges, Howell Corporal B 1st TN Infantry     Widow-Amand J. Hodges  

Holston, Name Unknown U. S. & Confederate soldier      Widow-Virginia Holston

Hornins(?), Jefferson T. Private H 4th TN Cavalry

Huffaker, Jessie L. 2nd Sarg. I 9th TN Cavalry

Hulett, Jacob G. blank B 9th RI Cavalry

Ingle, Elbert C. Private A 8th TN Infantry  

Johnson, James E. Private E 5th TN Infantry  

Johnson, William D. Private D 4th TN Cavalry 

Jones,William G. Lieutenant E 5th TN Infantry  

Lane, George W. (pol) Private I 44th Col(orado?) Infantry

Lane, John C. Private E 5th TN Infantry   

Lewis, George W. Corporal Bat. B 1st TN Artillery

Lively, John W. Private co. unknown TN Infantry  

Logan, James Private F 6th TN Mounted Infantry     Widow-Susan Logan   

Lowe, Isaac Corporal H 4th TN Cavalry

Maddux, John C. Corporal C 5th TN Infantry

Mahan, Elcanah Private  co. & reg. unknown    Widow-Jane D. Mahan

Martin, Marcellus Private E 5th TN Infantry  

Matthews, John T. Private F 4th TN Cavalry  

Matthews, George W. Private G 5th TN Infantry 

Matthews, George W. 2nd Lt. F 4th TN Cavalry

Mauldin, William Corporal L 4th TN Cavalry     Widow-Malinda Mauldin  

McCallie, Archibald L. Corporal E 5th TN Infantry 

McCallie, John Sargent E 5th TN Infantry  

McCallister, David Corporal G 81 Ohio Infantry

McCamish, Charles A. Private A 4th TN Cavalry  

McClanahan, Mason Private E 5th TN Infantry  

McCoy, Calvin Private L 9th TN Cavalry     Widow-Nancy J. McCoy   

McCrary, Joseph Private B 1st TN Light Artillery 

McDaniel, Jane George Parrott Private C 5th TN Infantry

McFee ,Tom Private co. unknown Cavalry      Widow-Aimy McFee  McKeel, Henry W. Private I 4th TN Cavalry

McInturff, Samuel M. Private I 2th TN Infantry     Widow-Mira A. McInturff

Mitkins, William Corporal D 4th TN Cavalry

Mitchell,Terry C. Private E 4th TN Cavalry

Morgan, James Private G 5th TN Infantry      Widow-Leudemia Morgan  

Mosely, George Private C 1st TN Cavalry 

Mullins, Francis M. Corporal D 4th TN Cavalry 

Mullins, William J. Private D 4th TN Cavalry

Munger, Joseph Private G 3rd TN Cavalry  

Nathan, Hyatt Private C 8th TN Cavalry      Widow-Rachel Nathan  

Oliver, James A. Private A 10th TN Cavalry     Widow-Sarah E. Oliver

Padgett, Benjamin W. 1st Lt. L 4th TN Cavalry  

Parmer, David Private  co. & reg. unknown     Widow-Ann Parmer  

Perkinson, Page J. Private A 5th TN Infantry  

Perris, William Private E 4th TN Cavalry

Poe, James C. Private D 6th KY Cavalry

Posey, Hezekiah rank, co. & reg. unknown     Widow-Barbrey M. Brumage 

Kennedy Priclcly, (John) Private H 3rd TN Cavalry 

Rains, James Private  co. & reg. unknown    Widow-Elvira Rains  

Rains, William Private G 4th TN Cavalry  

Ramsay, John A. Private G 4th TN Infantry     Widow-Nancy Ramsey

Rasler, Jacob Private G 3rd TN Cavalry  

Ray, Thomas A. Private A 98th IL Cavalry  

Rayl, George W. Private co. & reg. unknown  

Rayl, Samuel J. Private C 5th TN Infantry  

Roark, James Private co. & reg. unknown  

Roark, John B. Corporal E 5th TN Infantry  

Roark, John L. Private E 5th TN Infantry

Ritchey, Joseph G. 1st Lt. L 4th TN Cavalry     Widow-Jane A. Ritchey  

Roberson, William A. Sargent A 4th TN Cavalry

Robinson, James M. Private E 6th Ind Cavalry

Roy, Joseph B. Private K 7th TN Cavalry

Roy, James B. Private E 4th TN Cavalry 

Roy, John W. Private E 4th TN Cavalry  

Riddle, William Private D 1st TN Cavalry  

Runyan, Simon P. Sargent co. & reg. unknown 

Russ, James Private E 4th TN Cavalry  

Rutherford, Porston Sargent D 4th TN Cavalry  

Scruggs, Calvin Private S 44th Reg. TN Infantry     Widow-Leilia A. Scruggs  

Shehane, William rank, co. & reg. unknown

Shorus, John W. Private A 17 Mich. Infantry

Shropshire, Zebedee B. Private Bat. B 1st TN Light Artillery  

Shropshire, John D. Private F 6th TN Infantry  

Sims, Joseph Private E 5th TN Infantry      Widow-Sarah A. Sims  

Smith, John Private C 3rd NC Mounted Infantry  

Smith, Johnathan Private E 5th TN Infantry      Widow-Leuisa Smith 

Smith, John H. Sargent G 5th TN Cavalry

Smith, John W. Private S 5th TN Infantry  

Smith, John W. Captain G 5th TN Cavalry

Smith, John W. Captain G 4th TN Cavalry

Smith, Robert A. Private D 4th TN Cavalry     Widow-Jennie Smith   

Smith, Samuel A. Private E 5th TN Infantry  

Smith, William Private E 5th TN Infantry  

Swiney, John Private F 1st TN Cavalry   

Taliaferro, Harden Private  co. & reg. unknown    Widow-Martha Taliaferro   

Taliferro, Wilson rank. co. & reg, unknown

Talley, Joel A. Private G 5th TN Infantry      Widow-Sarah E. Talley  

Wair, Robert Private co. & reg. unknown Cavalry

Watkins, John M. Captain I 4th TN Cavalry  

Weiden, John Private E 4th TN Cavalry  

White, William M. rank, co. & reg. unknown      Widow-Lucy E. White

Whittenburg, Daniel J. Private D 4th TN Cavalry 

 Whittenburg, Joseph Private K 5th TN Infantry  

Whitton, Joseph Private co. & reg. unknown

Whitton, Thomas Private co. & reg. unknown      Widow-Caroline Whitton  

Winepu, Mathew M. Private co. & reg. unknown

Witt, Joseph ?. Captain G 3rd TN Cavalry 

Wolf, Jeremiah M. Corporal D 4th TN Cavalry 

Woods, George W. Private K 1st TN Cavalry Heavy Artillery 

 Wrinkle, Wyley M. Private I 4th TN Cavalry

Young, James Private F 2nd TN Infantry      Widow-Martha J. Young   


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World War I Soldiers of Hamilton County 


Acuff, John Franklin - Co. M 117th Inf. 30th Div.; killed in action at St. Souplet, France, Oct.18, 1918;          his body was returned and buried in National Cemetery, Chattanooga, TN

Allen, Jesse R. - Co L 57th Pioneer Inf.; killed in France

Allison, Stephen C. - Co. C 11th Inf., 5th Div.; killed in action, Meuse River, 11/7/1918;  buried in France

Anderson, Thomas B. - Co. 75 6th Reg. Marines, 2nd Div.; died of wounds received in action, 11/2/1918

Atchison, Morton - 302nd Heavy Tank Battalion; died of pneumonia on the ocean 10/3/1918

Atlee, Frank Holmes - First Lieut.; Co D 142nd Machine Gun Battalion, 39th Div.; died at Fort Sill, OK 5/9/1918; buried in National Cemetery, Chattanooga, TN

Barnes, Robert Sidney - Artillery Unit; Born 1890 Atlanta, GA; Died Nov. 1944, Cleveland, OH

Bell, Franklin - Co L 2nd Displacement Inf. Regt.; died at Soissons, France, 7/13/1918

Berry, Phillip M. - Headquarters Co., 6th Inf., 5th Div.; died of wounds received in action, St. Mikheil, 11/6/1918

Blair, Charles killed in action; his body returned and buried in Decatur, GA.

Blanton, Clifford A - Sgt. Maj.; Ambulance driver; died of typhus in Russia, 3/26/1920

Bogart, Lemuel H - Co C 105th Signal Battalion; died of pneumonia in Birmingham, England 10/9/1918; Buried in Arlington.

Boyce, Charles H - Lieut.; died of pneumonia 11/11/1918

Boyd, Lake Clifton - Co F 26th Inf, 1st Div., killed by shell fire at St. Mikheil Salient, 9/12/1918; buried in National Cemetery Chattanooga, TN 

Brewer, Nathan - Co 17, 5th Regt Marines, 2nd Div.; died 12/1/1918 from wounds received in action in Clermont, Ferrand, France; buried in the American Cemetery in Clermont, France.

Buchanan, Robert Garrett - First Lieut. Troop B 313th Cav; died at Camp Perry, OH 8/13/1918; buried in National Cemetery Chattanooga, TN 

Bunn, Paul - Co I 321st Inf, 81st Div. Killed at Argonne, 11/11/1918Burnett, Mack18th Inf., 1st Div., Killed in action 11/6/1918; Buried in National Cemetery, Chattanooga, TN

Burton, Albert C Died in France of pneumonia 9/30/1918; Buried in National Cemetery Chattanooga, TN

Cain, Thomas M - Co. B 327th Inf., 82 Div.; Died in France 10/16/1918

Camp, Lionel - Lafayette Battery B 114th Field Art.; Died of pneumonia at Camp Sevier 12/4/1917

Campbell, Roy E - Co. D 334th Field Art., 89th Div.; Died 10/6/1918

Carter, Sanford G - Lieut. Med. Dept.; Died of pneumonia at Camp Greenleaf 10/9/1918

Cassidy, William Thomas - 6th Cavalry 1918-1919 Fort Oglethorpe Station 4-254-563 Corporal Port Utilities Detachment, Camp Stuart, VA; Honorable Discharge US Army June 16, 1919 at FT. Oglethorpe, GA; Given at Washington, DC July 24, 1957

Herbert M. Jones; - Major General Enlisted October 23,1918 - June 16,1919 at  Chattanooga, TN No time lost:  Under AW 107 WWI Victory Medal Victory Button Bronze Medal Submitted by Linda Kay 

Cassidy Doyle tn_nanny@bellsouth.net 

Cate,  Floyd Mills - Chief Boatswain's Mate, U.S.S. Powhatan; Died in Base Hospital No. 5, Brest, France 10/8/1918. Buried near Daisy, TN

Chenowith, Rufus W. -  Co I 117th Inf., 30th Div., Died of wounds received in action 10/13/1918. Buried in National Cemetery Chattanooga, TN

Clark, Charles Loaring - Co B Queen's Own Rifles, British Army. Killed in action in the battle of Givenchy 6/16/1918; Buried in France

Cleghorn, Frederick A.  - Co F 117th Inf., 30th Div.; died in General Hospital No. 6, France 11/9/1918

Collins, James F. Headquarters - Co. 322nd Inf., 81st Div.; died of pneumonia in France 2/5/1919; Buried in Birchwood, TN

Colville, Osborne Lindsay - U.S.S. Bridge; Died in Brooklyn Hospital 2/24/1918; Buried in White Oak Cemetery

Cook, Ervin - 322nd Tank Battalion; Killed in action 

Cooper, Frank Henry - Co A 315th Engineer Corps; Died of pneumonia 2/22/1919; Buried in France

Cooper, George Dewey Enlisted 1917 in Brownsville, TX. Died 10/22/1968 Submitted by June Cooper

Cummings, William Sgt. - Co. D 105th Engineers; Died of an operation in France 2/17/1918; Buried in McGill Cemetery

Davis, David Corp. - Co. A 7th Inf; 3rd Div.; Killed in action in Belleau Wood, 6/21/1918

Davis, Joseph Johnson - Field Art.; Died of wounds received in action in France.

Davis, Mack Killed in action

Davis, Thurman Cleveland - Co G 58th Inf., 4th Div.; Killed in action, Aisne, Marne, 8/6/1918

Dayton, John Hooper - Blown up at Oakdale, PA, 5/18/1918 while making TNT in the Aetna Chemical Co.

Delins, Clinton Fiske - Co. B 11th Inf., 5th Div.; Died of wounds received in action in France

Dempsey, Earl Thomas - Co. K, 166th Inf., 42nd Div.; Died of wounds received in action 11/6/1918; Buried in National Cemetery, Chattanooga, TN

Dent, Grover Cleveland - Co. A 15th Machine Gun Battalion, 5th Div.; Died of disease in the US, 3/29/1918; Buried in Hixson, TN 

Dewees, Gordon - Lost onboard U.S.S. Cyclops 

Dillard, George - Co F 117th Inf., 30th Div. Killed by shell fire at Bellecourt, France, 10/9/1918

Dodin, James - Died of disease

Ducker, B. Mitchell - Pvt US Army; Buried in Sawyer Cemetery

Dudderar, Marshall Barron Sgt. - Co. K 117th Inf., 30th Div.; Killed by machine gun fire in France 10/7/1918; Distinguished Service Cross; British Medal for Bravery.

Elbon, Benjamin W Sgt. - Co. K 117th Inf., 30th Div.; Killed at Nauru, France 10/7/1918. Buried in National Cemetery Chattanooga, TN

Edge, Floyd - Co. 67 5th Regt. Marines; Died of wounds received in action Chateau Thierry 6/20/1918. Buried in France

Ellis, Fifer Vaughn Sgt. - Co. C 520th Engineers; Died 9/16/1918 at Brest Hospital, France.

Ely, Robert Lee - Co 49 5th Reg. Marines; Killed at Chateau Thierry 6/6/1918. Buried in France

Evans, Luther - Co. D 11th Inf., 5th Div. Killed in action 11/8/1918. Buried in France

Faris, William Dean - Died of influenza at Camp Taylor, 10/12/1918

Frank, Leonard Issac - Capt. Q.M. C.; Died of Influenza 1/19/1919.

Frazier, Hillary - R117th Inf., 30th Div.; Killed in action, Moliere, 10/17/1918.

Freeman, James Mark - Co. 72 83rd Div.; Prisoner of war escort; Died in the hospital at Montorre, France, 7/27/1919. Buried in National Cemetery, Chattanooga, TN

Fritts, Frederick Wiehl - Died of influenza in Ernest, France 10/8/1918

Gafney, Joseph F - Capt. Co. H 117th Inf., 30th Div.,; Killed in action on the Hindenburg Line, 10/9/1918. Buried in France. 

Garrison, William Neal - Battery B 114th Field Art.; Died of gas at Travaux, France, 10/20/1918. Buried in France

George, William Clyde - Capt. 39th Inf., 4th Div.; Died at Coblenz, Germany of typhoid fever, 7/11/1919. Buried in Forest Hills Cemetery, Chattanooga, TN.

Goins, Ollie Frank - 157th Depot Brigade; Died of influenza 10/7/1918 at Camp Mills.

Grayson, Clifford B - Lieut.; Co. B 9th Inf., 2nd Div.; Died in a French Hospital, 7/19/1918 of wounds received in action.

Gregory, Hugh Thomas - Lieut., Ammunition train; Died in Hospital No. 15 Chaumont, France 12/9/1918

Guth, Fred Clute - 119th Inf., 30th Div. Killed in action, 8/31/1918

Hagan, Wallace Lee - 317th Field Art., 81st Div.; Died of blood poisoning due to injuries received in line of duty at Chaumont, France 12/8/1918. Buried in Forest Hills Cemetery

Hagler, Angus Sewanee - Ambulance Unit; Died in France 2/15/1918

Hale, Edwin Stanton, Jr. - Co. B 114th Machine Gun Battalion, 30th Div.; Killed at Vaux Andigney, France, 10/18/1918. Buried in Mt. Olivet Cemetery, Chattanooga, TN.

Hamilton, William E. - Co. C 117th Engineers 42nd Div.; Died in France in Base Hospital No. 18, 10/2/1918. Buried in France in American Cemetery No. 6.

Hamrick, Dennis R. - Machine Gun Co., 9th Inf., 1st Div.; Killed in action, 7/18/1918

Hancock, Clifford C. - Co. 6 154th D. B.; Died of pneumonia at Camp Meade, 10/1/1918. Buried in National Cemetery, Chattanooga, TN.

Harmon, Claude L.- Camp Hospital No. 12; Died of disease in France, 10/20/1918. Buried in National Cemetery, Chattanooga, TN. 

Harrison, Carl E. Marine Corps; Died of pneumonia at New London, CT, 9/21/1918. Buried in National Cemetery, Chattanooga, TN.

Harvey, Mark Co. - C 321st Machine Gun Battalion, 82nd Div.; Killed in action. Buried in National Cemetery, Chattanooga, TN.

Haynes, John W. Co. C 6th Inf., 5th Div.; Died of wounds received in action, 10/24/1918. Buried in National Cemetery, Chattanooga, TN.

Hazlehurst, James N. - Maj.; Engineer Corps., Genl. Staff. Died of pneumonia in Brussels, 2/21/1919. Buried in National Cemetery, Chattanooga, TN

Head, John W.- C.A.C.; Q.M.C. Died of influenza at Ft. Bananas, FL, 10/14/1918.

Henderson, Robert J. - Machine Gun Troop, 15th Cav. Died of blood poisoning, received in line of duty, 7/7/1918

.Henley, John - Died on S. S. New York, 11/2/1918.

Hennings, Samuel E. - Sgt. Co. K, 38th Inf., 3rd Div.; Killed in action in Marne, July 1918.

Hicks, John D. - 354th Inf., 90th Div.; Died of disease in France, 10/4/1918. Buried on Walden's Ridge

Hill, Herbert Lee - Marine Corps., U.S.S. Seattle; Died of wounds received in action 6/6/1918 at Chateau Thierry.

Hoge, Samuel Beauregard - Died in hospital in San Antonio, TX 10/31/1918

Holdam, August B. - Corp. Co. K 117th Inf., 30th Div.; Killed in action at At. Quentin, 10/8/1918. Buried in Forest Hills Cemetery, Chattanooga, TN

Horn, Albert - Co. 46 164th D. B.; Died of disease, 10/22/1918

Housley, Joseph Lee - Co. M 117th Inf., 30th Div.; Killed in action, 10/8/1918. Buried in National Cemetery, Chattanooga, TN.

Hudson, Jesse - Co. E 16th Inf., 1st Div.; Died of wounds received in action, 8/13/1918; Awarded the Croix de Guerre. Buried in National Cemetery, Chattanooga, TN

Humphrey, James - Died at Columbia, SC 1/18/1919

Hunt, George T - Co. B 114th Machine Gun Battalion; Died of pneumonia at Le Mans, France, 12/19/1918. Buried in National Cemetery, Chattanooga, TN

Hunt, Jesse G. - Corp. Co. A 113th Machine Gun Battalion. Died and buried in France.

Hunt, Jesse P. - Lieut.; Aviation Service. Died of influenza 10/17/1918 while on leave in Chattanooga. 

Jillson, John Warren - Co. M 119th Inf., 30th Div.; Died of wounds received in action, 10/13/1918. Buried in France.

Johnson, Daniel L. - Co. B 17th Engineer Corps.; Killed in action. Buried in France

Johnson, Eskar Leroy Battery B 114th Field Art.; 30th Div.; Died of wounds received in action in France, 10/20/1918. Buried in National Cemetery, Chattanooga, TN.

Johnson, James Abel - Lieut.; - Co. M 38th Inf., 3rd Div.; Killed in action at Mount Faulcon, France 10/9/1918.

Kell, Elmer Harold Navy; - Died on ship 4/1/1918. Buried in National Cemetery, Chattanooga, TN.

Kennedy, Abe L.- Headquarters Co. 329th Inf., 83rd Div.; Killed in France 10/15/1918.

Kilgore, Leonard Z. - Med. Dept. Engineer Corps.; Killed in action 10/14/1918. Buried in National Cemetery, Chattanooga, TN

Kroeger, Harry - Lieut.; 58th Ind., 4th Div.; Killed in action crossing the Vessel. Buried in France.

Kunz, Joseph G. - Sgt.; Co. F 52 Inf. Died of influenza at Ft. Oglethorpe, GA 10/9/1918.

Kuss, Xavier Tilford Troop B TN Cav.; Died at Ft. Bliss, 2/2/1917

Kyle, Levere - Co. M 116th Inf., 29th Div. Killed in Meuse Argonne, France 10/9/1918.

Lane, Ed Replacement Regt.; Died of pneumonia at Brest, France, 10/3/1918; Buried at Birchwood

Lawson, Ira M. - Co. H 117th Inf., 30th Div. Killed in France 9/30/1918. Buried in France.

Leamon, George Berry - Naval Reserve; Died of pneumonia in San Diego hospital, California 10/10/1918. Buried in National Cemetery, Chattanooga, TN.

Levi, Claude - Co. H 117th Inf. Killed in action 9/29/1918. Buried in Soddy, TN

Levi, George Washington - Co. H 117th Inf. Died from gas 9/28/1918 in France. Buried in Soddy, TN

Light, William Henry - Co. B 114th Machine Gun Battalion. Died of pneumonia at LeMans, France 12/19/1918. Buried in National Cemetery, Chattanooga, TN.

Littleton, Augustine Brabson - Capt., Died of influenza at Camp Zachary Taylor, 11/10/1918.

Lodor, James Craig - 26th Inf., 1st Div.; Killed in action at Soissons, France 7/19/1918. Awarded Distinguished Service Cross. Buried in Wilmington, NC

Lomenick, Paul. - Co. G 148th Inf.; 37th Div.; Died at Brest, France 3/19/1919. Buried in Chattanooga

Long, Jacob F. - 325th Inf.; 82nd Div.; Died of wounds received in action 10/20/1918. Buried in National Cemetery, Chattanooga, TN

Longley, Lawrence Ora-  l Navy; Died of gas poison at Dover, NH 3/21/1918

Lyle, Fred T. - Unit 1, C.A.C.; Killed in collision between the S.S. Ontranto and S.S. Kermis on the coast of Scotland 10/6/1918.

Maddox, Albert S., Jr. - Private US Army; Buried in Ashley Cemetery

Maddox, William Green - TN Private 330 Inf.; Buried in Ashley Cemetery

Martin, Walter L. 

Mason, Francis Arthur - Navy; Died of pneumonia in Navy Hospital in Portland, Maine 2/20/1918.

McBride, Grace - Red Cross Nurse. Died of typhus in Siberia.

McIsaac, James Navy; - Died of influenza at Pelham Bay, NY 10/5/1918

Meroney, Clyde - Co. I 117th Inf.; Killed in action on Hindenburg Line 10/8/1918. Buried in National Cemetery, Chattanooga, TN

Michaels, James T. - Co. L, 117th Inf.; Killed in action on the Hindenburg Line 10/6/1918. Buried in Birchwood, TN.

Milller, Sherman Ind.; - Died at Flat Top.

Mishler, John Herbert - Marine Corps; Died in Naval Hospital, Brooklyn, NY 1/14/1919. Buried in National Cemetery, Chattanooga, TN

Moore, Homer - Co. A 11th Inf.; Killed in action 10/6/1918.

Moreland, Thomas W. - Corp. Battery B 114th Field Art.; Killed in action 10/6/1918. Buried in France.

William Andrew Lieut.; - Co. L, 328th Inf.; 82nd Div. Killed in action at Mont Blanc 10/21/1918

Picklesimer, Samuel David - Co. H, 117th Inf. Died from effects of gas 10/12/1918. Buried in National Cemetery, Chattanooga, TN

Price, James Clyde - Navy. Died of pneumonia in Norfolk, VA 10/6/1927.

Ramsey, William F. - Battalion B 114th Field Art.; Killed by shell fire at Epionville, France 10/3/1918.

Randall, Carleton H. - Battery B, 114th Field Art.; Died 10/29/1918 of wounds received in France

Reavely, Edward Carl - Lost on U.S.S. Tampa 9/26/1918

Reno, Jesse - Co. I 321st Inf., 81st Div.; Killed in a railway accident at Camp Jackson 5/10/1918.

Robb, Joseph Park - Lieut., 24th Trench Mortar Battery. Died of pneumonia at Camp Knox 2/28/1919.

Rock, Alfred P. - Troop B 6th Cav.; Troop C 3rd Cav.; Died in France 10/19/1918.

Russell, Frank G. Field Hospital No. 10; - Died at Pranthoy, 12/19/1918.

Scoggins, James Lester - Supply Co. 321st. Inf.; Killed in a railway accident at Camp Jackson 5/10/1918.

Scruggs, Frank W. - 339th Inf.; Killed in action in Siberia. Buried in National Cemetery, Chattanooga

Sertel, J. Mason - 117 Infantry Co. K;  b:1898; d:12/27/1948

Seymour, Harry Atlee - P. & S.; Died of disease in the Philippines 12/2/1918.

Sharpe, Eugene - 17th Co. 5th Marines; Killed in action at Soissons, France 8/3/1918.

Sharpe, Frank Killed in action. 

Sheridan, William F. - Killed in action

Smith, Frank Hollingsworth Aviation; - Killed at Taliaferro Field, TX

Smith, Harry E .- Co. K 117th Inf.; Killed at Ponchaux, France 10/6/1918

Smith, Jesse G . - Corp.; 113th Machine Gun Battalion, 30th Div

Smith, Jobie P. - Killed in action.

Smith, John Patterson - 13th Inf.; Killed in Meuse Argonne 7/15/1918.

Smith, Marvin H. - Ambulance Co. 229, 287th Aero Squadron. Died of disease 10/10/1918.

Springer, John W. - Battalion B 114th Field Art.; Killed in action at Epionville, France 10/3/1918.

Stegall, Jerry G. - Marine Corps; Drowned at Coblenz, Germany

Summers, Davis King - Medical Corps., 18th Inf., 1st Div.; Killed by shell fire near Toul, France 3/1/1918. Two citations. Buried in National Cemetery, Chattanooga, TN. The American Legion Post in Chattanooga is named for him.

Taliaferro, Charles H. - 161st Inf.; Died of fever in France; 12/1/1918

Tapp, Herschell S.U.S.S. San Francisco. Died at sea. Buried in National Cemetery, Chattanooga, TN

Taylor, Aretus G. - Battery D 147th Field Art.; Died from wounds received in action 10/9/1918. Buried in National Cemetery, Chattanooga, TN

Taylor, Edward - Co. H 117th Inf.; Died of wounds received in action Argonne, France 10/11/1918

Thompson, Raymond - Troop F 5th Cav.; Died 9/18/1917

Timothy, Christopher, Jr. - Second Lieut., Co. K 168th Inf., 42nd Div.; Died of wounds received in action Sergey, France 7/28/1918. Buried in France

Upton, John E. Headquarters - Co. 83rd Div.; Died at Brest France 10/5/1918.

Vickery, Earl Warren - Co. F 167th Inf. 42nd Div.; Killed in action in France 7/28/1918

Wagner, Mathias Miller - Lieut., Med Corps., Drowned at Camp Henry 9/17/1917.

Walker, Claude Thomas57th Pioneer Inf.; Killed in action in France 10/15/1918

Waller, Clifford Orin - Co. 75 6th Machine Gun Battalion, Marine Corps, 2nd Div.; Died of wounds received in action. Buried in Griffin, GA.

Watson, Frank E.- Died of disease in Chattanooga

West, Lee Corp. 167th Inf.; Killed in action 9/24/1918.

White, William - M.114th Field Art.; Died of wounds received in action 10/31/1918. Buried in Rockwood.

Wilson, Josephus Benjamin - Capt. 15th Machine Gun Battalion, 5th Div.; Killed in action 10/15/1918. Distinguished Service Cross.

Wilson, Ray - Co A, 7th Machine Gun Battalion; 3rd Div.; Killed 3/29/1918. Buried in Cohutta, GA.


 Chattanooga’s Roll Of Honor World War 1
Holdam, August B.  Corporal, died of wounds  

Howell, Trin S.  Private, wounded, degree undetermined  

Pace, Fred  mechanic, wounded severely  

Parkins, Robert F.  Private, wounded, slightly  

Ramsey, William F.  Corporal, killed in action  

Sharp, Robert E.  Lieutenant, wounded severely  

Taliaferro, Charles Private Of Ooltewah, died from accident and other causes.

In the casualty list appear the names of the following Georgians:  

Bryan, Thomas W. Lieutenant LaFayette,GA.wounded, slightly

Curelton, Charles Harold Corporal  Rising Fawn,GA.  

Durkin, Hugh Lieutenant Chickamauga Park, wounded, degree undetermined  

Massengale, James Daniel Private Wildwood,GA.wounded slightly.  

Pope, Clay H. Corporal Rossville,GA. wounded severely  
The Chattanooga News - December 27, 1918
 

Hamilton County

Distinguished Service Cross Recepients World War I

The Distinguished Service Cross is awarded to a person who, while serving in any capacity with the Army, distinguishes himself or herself by extraordinary heroism not justifying the award of a Medal of Honor, while engaged in an action against an enemy of the United States; while engaged in military operations involving conflict with an opposing foreign force; or while serving with friendly foreign forces engaged in an armed conflict against an opposing Armed Force in which the United States is not a belligerent party.
Awarded for extraordinary heroism not justifying the award of a Medal of Honor; The act or acts of heroism must have been so notable and have involved risk of life so extraordinary as to set the individual apart from his or her comrades.
First awarded: January 2, 1918


Distinguished Service Cross Recepients

Luther F. Davis
Sergeant, Company K, 117th Infantry
For extraordinary heroism in action near Busigny, France, October 9, 1918.
While commanding a platoon he repeatedly volunteered and went forward to draw fire from enemy machine guns, thereby locating the positions of the machine-gun posts and facilitating their destruction.
Residence at enlistment: Chattanooga, Tennessee

Marshall B. Dudderar
Sergeant, Company K, 117th Infantry
For extraordinary heroism in action near Geneve, France.
Taking command of his company after the company commander had been wounded, Sergeant Dudderar led his men forward in the face of intense fire until further advance was impossible, when he proceeded alone for 25 yards, exposing himself in full view of the enemy in an effort to draw fire and thus locate a machine gun nest that was causing losses.
He returned with the desired information, but in the advance he was mortally wounded and died shortly afterward.
Emergency address: Mrs. R. S. Dudderar, Mother, East Luke, Tennessee
Residence enlistment: Chattanooga, Tennessee.

Rexie E. Gilliam
First Lieutenant, 26th Infantry
Four times he led his company over the top during the battle of Soissons, France, July 18-22, 1918, and by his individual bravery inspired his men to four successful attacks.
Residence at appointment: 110 Walnut Avenue, Chattanooga, Tennessee

Paul Igou
Sergeant, Company K, 117th Infantry
For extraordinary heroism in action near Beaurevoir, France, October 7, 1918.
After having been severely wounded in the knee, he remained in command of his platoon. During the destructive fire, he established his headquarters in a shell hole, and, by means of runners, maintained liaison and directed the attack.
During a strong counterattack by the enemy, he skillfully commanded his platoon and repulsed the attack.
He remained on duty for 24 hours after being wounded.
Residence at enlistment: 107 Farley Street, East Chattanooga, Tennessee

Robert E. Sharp
Second Lieutenant, 117th Infantry
For extraordinary heroism in action near Estrees. France, October 6-7, 1918.
Acting as battalion gas officer, Lieutenant Sharp volunteered to carry an important message to one of the companies after three runners had been killed in attempting to do so.
He succeeded in making the trip through heavy shell and machine-gun fire and returning safely.
Next morning, upon his own request, he was permitted to join one of the attacking companies and was severely wounded while leading a platoon to its objective. Mbr> Residence at appointment: 1806 Ringgold Road, Chattanooga, Tennessee

Fred B. Shannon
Sergeant, Company K, 117th Infantry
For extraordinary heroism in action near Geneve and Premont, France, October 7-20, 1918.
Throughout the engagement he led his platoon with great bravery and distinction, participating constantly in the severe fighting of that period, despite a painful wound in the hand and another in the arm, received the first day of the engagement.
He gave unsparingly of his strength while helping others in addition to his own work until his company bad been relieved.
He dropped unconscious from exhaustion and the effects of his wounds soon after turning over his platoon to the second in command.
Residence at enlistment: Signal Mountain, Tennessee.

Joseph W. Starkey
First Lieutenant, 9th Infantry
For extraordinary heroism in action near Medeah Farm, France, October 8, 1918.
Wounded, but regardless of danger to himself, be led his men through heavy machine gun and artillery fire in an attack overwhelmingly successful, in which he received a second wound..
Residence at appointment: 601 Chamberlain Avenue, Chattanooga, Tennessee

Thomas Wilson - (Army serial No. 1309186)
Private, Company K, 117th Infantry
For extraordinary heroism in action near Premont, France, October 7, 1918.
After his platoon had reached its objective in an exhausted condition and without food or water he voluntarily exposed himself to heavy fire to get rations and canteens from dead soldiers who had fallen in exposed positions, and distributed these among the men of his platoon.
Later he carried an important message over ground subjected to intense artillery fire, and with three other soldiers carried a wounded officer to a dressing station over ground commanded by the enemy positions.
Residence at enlistment: 914 East Missionary Avenue, Chattanooga, Tennessee
 

Congressional Medal of Honor, The Distinguished Service Cross And The Distinguished Service Medal.
Issued By The War Department
Since April 6, 1917 Up to and including General Orders, No. 126, Ward Department, November 11, 1919.
Compiled In The Office Of The Adjutant General Of The Army

World War I Draft Registration Cards


Beavers, James Harland                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            

Boyd, Arthur Lea

Boyd, James Carson

Brady, John

Brady, Tom

Davis, Albert

Davis, Benjamin Monroe

Davis, Bird M.

Davis, Clarence F.

Davis, Claud

Davis, Clifford

Davis, Clyde

Davis, Edgar

Davis, Francis

Davis, Frank E

Davis, Fred

Davis, Fred A

Davis, George Albert

Davis, George McKinley

Davis, Grady Lee

Davis, James Madison

Davis, Jeff

Davis, Jessie Edgar

Davis, John Hill

Davis, John Richard

Davis, Lee

Davis, Owen

Davis, Tyler Jefferson

Davis, Walter Larkin

Davis, William Ben

Davis, William Franklin

Davis, William Franklin II

Davis, William Jackson

Davis, William M

Hanes, Arthur

Hanes, George Franklin

Holder, James Hubert

Long, Luther

Long, S P

Monger, Rufe S

Morgan, James

World War II   Soldiers of  Hamilton County  


ARMSTRONG, Joseph Newton
Sgt. Joe Armstrong, (Dog Tag, Serial # 34880417), a 50 Caliber gunner of B-26G, Maruader Bomber, "Erma" Battle # 73, Serial # (43-34238) of 12th Air Force, 17th Bombardment Squadron, 95th Bombardment Group. Killed in action December 23, 1944, Achern, Baden, Germany. Buried in Chattanooga Memorial Park Cemetery, Red Bank, Tennessee.
Submitted by DeCody Brad Marble marbledb@bellsouth.net

BAISDEN, Cecil C.
Enlisted November 23, 1942. Sergeant Seventh Division. Was one of the five GI's who lowered Japan's flag in Seoul Korea and replaced it with the Stars and Strips. Recipient of the Silver Star and Purple Heart.
Submitted by his daughter Delores Baisden-Mitchell 

COMBS, Doyle, Hugh & William
Article appearing in the Chattanooga Times June 9, 1944. 

Courtesy of Rodney Pierce

COOPER, Robert M.
Article appearing in the Chattanooga Times June 9, 1944. 

Courtesy of Rodney Pierce

DENHAM, Harry Lee
Sgt. Harry Lee Denham born December 16, 1922 in Chattanooga, Tennessee.
Joined United States Marines in June 1944. Served with the 5th Marine Division on Okinawa and Iwo Jima. Honorably discharged in June 1948. Died April 23, 1960 of heart attack at Erlanger Hospital. He is buried in the Bartlebaugh Baptist Church Cemetery.

 Submitted by: Billy G. Denham. nephew bgdenham@hotmail.com

ELDRIDGE, Dalmos Eugene
Died at the Battle of Santa Cruz Islands on the U.S. Hornet 1942

ERBY, Edward Paul Bronze Star and Purple Heart

FOSTER, Charles W.PFC Company C, 82nd Airborne  6-23-1943 to 12-20-1946
Died January 15, 1951  

submitted by Martha Tippett Marthatippett@aol.com  

HARRIS, Lee Franklin
Article appearing in the Chattanooga Times June 9, 1944. 

Courtesy of Rodney Pierce

HUSKEY, Shird, Jr.
Article appearing in the Chattanooga Times June 9, 1944. 

Courtesy of Rodney Pierce

JOHNSTON, Julian S.
Died in Hollandia, New Guinea 1944

LEWIS, John C.
Article appearing in the Chattanooga Times June 9, 1944. 

Courtesy of Rodney Pierce

McDANIEL, Robert F. & Harry
Article appearing in the Chattanooga Times June 9, 1944. 

Courtesy of Rodney Pierce

McGATHEY, James B., Jr. Article appearing in the Chattanooga Times June 9, 1944. 

Courtesy of Rodney Pierce

MONDS, Jerry Spencer

MORGAN, James Morgan PFC US Army

PETTYJOHN, James L. Article appearing in the Chattanooga Times June 9, 1944. 

Courtesy of Rodney Pierce

POTTER, Ernest L. Article appearing in the Chattanooga Times June 9, 1944. 

Courtesy of Rodney Pierce

RICHBOURG, Leland
Article appearing in the Chattanooga Times June 9, 1944. 

Courtesy of Rodney Pierce

STROTHER, Thomas H., Jr. Article appearing in the Chattanooga Times June 9, 1944.

 Courtesy of Rodney Pierce

TEMPLETON, Estle Ervin S/Sgt. 94th Div Co D 376th Inf  US Army

WEST, Dewey F. Article appearing in the Chattanooga Times June 9, 1944. 

Courtesy of Rodney Pierce

WILCOXSON, James E. Article appearing in the Chattanooga Times June 9, 1944. 

Courtesy of Rodney Pierce

WOMACK, Amos J PFC US Marine Corps

WOMACK, G. W. CPL US Army

WOMACK, Lawrence Chester S1C US Navy

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