vanburencivilwar

CIVIL WAR

As with any war, there was nothing civil about it.

To quote, "War is Hell."

VAN BUREN COUNTY

**Civil War in Van Buren County, Tennessee**
As civil war approached, the men of the county began forming home guards in all 10 districts of the county. Several of the men in the county served in the 16th Tennessee Infantry Regiment and in the 4th Tennessee Calvary. At least 81 of the men died in the service of the Confederacy. There were also a few who served in the Union Army. Guerrilla bands were active in the area and were pursued by the Union troops as reported by a Pvt. Allison in the letters to his mother. "Capt. Kramer left for the purpose of surprising and killing or capturing the guerrilla Carter and his band numbering between two and three hundred men. Their headquarters are at Spencer which is the home of Carter". Other war time activity included mining salt-peter for gun powder at Bone Cave and Cane Creek Cave. The occupation of Spencer by union troops and the passing through and camp of Gen. Bragg's troops on their way to Kentucky. TOP

***RESOURCE LINKS***
1st Cavalry, Co H 4th Cavalry 8th Cavalry, Co. I 16th Infantry Regiment, Co. I, CSA 16th Memorial Monument 22nd Infantry (Murray's) Co. E 25th TN Inf Regt 35th Infantry Regiment, CSA 43rd Regiment TN Volunteers 44th TN Inf Regt Campaigns and Battles of the Sixteenth Regiment, Tennessee Volunteers, in the War Between the States, with incidental Sketches of The Part Preformed by Other Tennessee Troops in the Same War. 1861-1865. Thomas Anthony Head. Cumberland Presbyterian Publishing House, 1885. [He is the son of Anthony Head and Frances/Fanny Payne. He was born 1838 and died 1921. Burial site unknow at this time. There is a picture of him in the book. Thanks to Mamie <mamie@sigecom.net>] No link to the book, but check your local library. If it is not available in your library ask about an Inter-Library Loan. It is not in the Spencer Library at this time. It is in the Magness Memorial Library in McMinnville, Warren Co., TN. Civil War Cemeteries Civil War Criss-Cross of Units Civil War Pensions Get a copy of Civil War veterans' pension applications. Van Buren Pensions Van Buren Civil War Pension Applications Civil War at TNGenWeb Links to all county sites. Civil War Soldiers and Sailors Here is a neat site where you can put in the name of someone who served in the Civil War (either side) and get information. The site is handled by the National Park Service. Also gives a short history of the unit that the individual served in. Immortal 600 Mary's Civil War Links My Grandfather's Diary, C.H. Clark C.H. Clark was from Van Buren County. This is his account of the war. It contains names of many of his neighbors who were with him in the war. He is in the reunion picture under our Van Buren County Photographs. Savage/Goodner Camp 1513, SCV Sultana Explosion Disaster 1865 Tennesseans in the Civil War Tennessee Civil War Research Sources Tennessee Civil War Home Page War for Southern Independence War of the Rebellion Cornell University has put the ENTIRE "War of the Rebellion" on the internet!!! Over 60 volumes!!! It includes scanned images of reports, correspondence, seizures of Southern property, etc. sent to the War Dept. during the Civil War. It includes both Union and Confederate accounts. It is in chronological order but there is no online index. Many libraries have the index. Find the volume and page number for your subject in the index at the library. Tennessee Civil War Veterans' Questionnaires Includes these Van Buren participants: Haston, John T., Van Buren, Co. D, 1st Conf. Cav. Haston, S.S., Van Buren, Co. I, 16th TN Hollingsworth, William O., Van Buren, Co. I, 8th TN Cav. Mooneyham, Thomas J., Van Buren, Co. C, 5th TN Worthington, Samuel Sr., Van Buren, Co. I, 16th TN Inf. Tennessee Confederate Soldiers' Home TOP

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