{"id":272,"date":"2012-03-05T19:27:50","date_gmt":"2012-03-06T00:27:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/decatur\/?page_id=272"},"modified":"2022-09-20T17:09:23","modified_gmt":"2022-09-20T21:09:23","slug":"war","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/henderson\/yesterdays\/war\/","title":{"rendered":"War"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4><a id=\"RevWar\" name=\"RevWar\"><\/a>Revolutionary War<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"ftp:\/\/ftp.rootsweb.com\/pub\/usgenweb\/tn\/henderson\/military\/revwar\/pensions\/wood01.txt\">Revolutionary War Pension Application &#8211; Caleb S. Wood<\/a>,<br \/>\ntranscribed by David W. Morgan (TNGenWeb Archives)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/hendersontn\/books\/gm\/gm2-11.html\">Revolutionary War Veterans, Henderson County, Tennessee<\/a>, Jonathan K. T. Smith<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"ftp:\/\/ftp.rootsweb.com\/pub\/usgenweb\/tn\/military\/pen1835.txt\">Tennessee Pension Roll of 1835<\/a>, William R. Navey<br \/>\n<em>[Several (at least 8) men living in Henderson County in 1835 are on the roll. A quick (2 hrs.!) scroll turned up these: George Anderson, Athelston Andrews, John Andrews, Samuel Beard, Benjamin Butler, Nathan Green, Robert Griggs, James King, John Robins. Brenda]<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><a id=\"War\" name=\"War\"><\/a>Civil War<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/henderson\/2022\/09\/20\/7thtenncavusa\/\">The 7th Tennessee Calvary USA<\/a>, Peggy Scott Holley<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/henderson\/2019\/01\/20\/the-dead-at-lexington-december-18-1862\/\">The Dead at Lexington<\/a>, Phillip Renfroe<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/hendersontn\/yesterday_henderson\/g_w_essary.html\">George Washington Essary<\/a>, William Chumney<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/hendersontn\/books\/turner\/gt-c15c.html\">Andersonville Prison and the Steamboat Sultana&#8217;s Explosion, by Isaac Noah Davenport a Union Soldier of Scotts Hill, Tenn. Who Survived Both Horrors<\/a>,<br \/>\nGordon H. Turner, Sr.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/hendersontn\/yesterday_henderson\/crook\/crook00a.html\">Autobiography and Reminiscences<\/a>, Wiley M. Crook<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/docsouth.unc.edu\/fpn\/carroll\/menu.html\">Autobiography and Reminiscences of John W. Carroll<\/a>, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.* John W. Carroll grew up in the Center Point community of Henderson<br \/>\nCounty, now in Chester County, in the years immediately prior to the Civil War.<br \/>\nMuch of the narrative concerns his Civil War service and the chaotic period<br \/>\nimmediately after the close of the war. The University of North Carolina web<br \/>\nsite hosting this page features nineteenth century southern diaries, memoirs,<br \/>\nand autobiographies, many of which concern the Civil War.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/wayne\/burningclifton.htm\">The Burning of Clifton<\/a>, William R. Morris (from Wayne County TNGENWEB page; mentions 7th Tennessee Volunteer Cavalry)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/hendersontn\/books\/auburn\/ap-c6.html\">The Civil War<\/a>, Auburn Powers<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/hendersontn\/yesterday_henderson\/bf-cwrem.html\">The Civil War Remembered: Items from Area Newspapers<\/a>,<br \/>\ncompiled by Brenda Kirk Fiddler<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/hendersontn\/books\/turner\/gt-c7.html\">Civil War Times Around Scotts Hill<\/a>, Gordon H. Turner, Sr.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/hendersontn\/yesterday_henderson\/bf-vet.html\">Civil War Veteran Obituaries and Death Notices<\/a>, compiled by Brenda Kirk Fiddler<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/hendersontn\/books\/gm\/gm2-16.html\">Committees for Benefit of Indigent Families, 1861<\/a>, Jonathan K. T. Smith<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/members.tripod.com\/~jack0204\/gen\/flinn\/John_Flinn_Susan_McGuire_Civil_War_story.html\">Dr. John C. Flinn and Susan McGuire<\/a>, Marvin Schubert (with photos)* (An<br \/>\ninteresting Civil War story for a Hardeman County family. Dr. John C. Flinn was<br \/>\nborn in Henderson County and treated wounded after the Battle of Parker&#8217;s<br \/>\nCrossroads.)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/stumpf.org\/Ill48Inf\/cw48-ds-a.html\">Company A, 48th Illinois Infantry<\/a>, David A, Stumpf<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/familysearch.org\/learn\/wiki\/en\/50th_Regiment,_Illinois_Infantry\">50th Illinois Infantry Regiment History<\/a>, FamilySearch.org<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/civilwar\/csainf\/csa55mc.html\">55 Tennessee Infantry Regiment<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tennessee.gov\/tsla\/history\/military\/pension139.htm\">Henderson County Confederate Pension Applications<\/a>, Tennessee State Library and\u00a0Archives<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/hendersontn\/books\/gm\/gm2-12.html\">Henderson County Sharpshooters <\/a>(Company K., 27th Tennessee Infantry Regiment, CSA), Jonathan K. T. Smith<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/hendersontn\/books\/gm\/gm4-07.html\">Henderson County&#8217;s Civil War Confederate Veteran Pensioners<\/a>,<br \/>\nJonathan K. T. Smith<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/hendersontn\/books\/gm\/gm4-06.html\">Henderson County&#8217;s Confederate Veterans&#8217; Widow-Pensioners<\/a>,<br \/>\nJonathan K. T. Smith<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/hendersontn\/books\/stewart\/1861-1865.html\">Henderson County, Tennessee: The Lost Tranquility<\/a>, G. Tillman Stewart<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/hendersontn\/yesterday_henderson\/union-cw.html\">Here Are Some Countians Who Served with Union<\/a>, Ashley Adams<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.angelfire.com\/ia\/captjoejoe\/history.html\">History of the 39th Iowa Infantry<\/a>, JoJo Leto*<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.secularhumanism.org\/index.php?section=ingersoll&amp;page=civil_war\">Ingersoll and the Civil War<\/a>, Council for Secular Humanism (Battle of Lexington)*<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/hendersontn\/yesterday_henderson\/hurst\/hurst.html\">Hurst!<\/a>, W. Clay Crook<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/hendersontn\/books\/turner\/gt-c16e.html\">The John W. Wylie Story<\/a>,\u00a0Gordon H. Turner, Sr. Many white families living on small farms in the south\u00a0felt little stake in the Confederate cause. A major destination for families\u00a0who moved in an attempt to avoid the conflict was southern Illinois. This is\u00a0the story of one family which made this move. (<a href=\"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/hendersontn\/yesterday_henderson\/wrw-obit.html\">William Robert Wilson<\/a> also tells of a family move to Illinois.)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/hendersontn\/yesterday_henderson\/bradford.html\">The Killing of John Bradford<\/a>, <em>The Memphis Daily Appeal<\/em><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/hendersontn\/yesterday_henderson\/mifflin_letter.html\">Letter from Mifflin &#8211; 1861<\/a>, Becky Burdick McLaughlin<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/hendersontn\/books\/gm\/gm3-24.html\">Mortally Smitten Confederate Infantrymen of the 27th and 13th Infantry Regiments, Civil War<\/a>, Jonathan K. T. Smith<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/members.tripod.com\/don.mckinney\/margaretletter.html\">Old Civil War Letter<\/a>, transcribed by Don McKinney (letter Margaret Ann<br \/>\n(Delaney) Yeates wrote to her son John Wesley Yeates during the Civil War,<br \/>\nabout 1864; he was serving with the 10th TN Infantry, Union army; Margaret<br \/>\nprobably lived in Decatur Co.; names mentioned in letter seem to be in Scotts<br \/>\nHill-Doe Creek area)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/hendersontn\/books\/auburn\/ap-c7.html\">The Reconstruction Days<\/a>, Auburn Powers<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=5AVYYZ2bjsU\">Parker&#8217;s Crossroads Renactment<\/a> (YouTube video)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.parkerscrossroads.com\/\">Parker&#8217;s Crossroads Battefield Association<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"7th Tn Vol Cavalry, USA\" href=\"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/henderson\/2013\/09\/11\/7-vol-cavalry\/\">7th Tennessee Volunteer Cavalry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/hendersontn\/books\/gm\/gm4-08.html\">Special Census Schedule, 1890: Surviving Soldiers, Sailors, Marines and Widows of Veterans, United States Service, Civil War<\/a>, Jonathan K. T. Smith<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/home.olemiss.edu\/~cmprice\/cavalry\/battle.html\">20th Tennessee Cavalry, CSA<\/a>, which skirmished at Jack&#8217;s Creek<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/members.aol.com\/jweaver303\/tn\/tncwhp.html\">Tennessee Civil War Home Page<\/a>, Jeff Weaver*<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Dugal W. Ross \u2013 1 June 1865\" href=\"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/henderson\/private-letters\/letter-ross\/\">Two Civil War Letters Written by Dougal W. Ross<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/hendersontn\/books\/gm\/gm1-06.html\">Vistitors, Jackson, Tennessee Military Roster March 1863-May 1863<\/a>, Jonathan K. T. Smith<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><a id=\"WWI\" name=\"WWI\"><\/a>World War I<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/hendersontn\/yesterday_henderson\/war_post_cards\/postcard.html\">Postcards from the War<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/hendersontn\/books\/turner\/gt-c19c.html\">A Tribute to the Men of the Armed Services During World War I from the Scotts Hill, Tennessee Area<\/a>, Gordon H. Turner, Sr.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/hendersontn\/books\/auburn\/ap-c11.html\">The World War<\/a>, Auburn Powers<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/hendersontn\/books\/auburn\/images\/ap-p07.jpg\">World War Victims <\/a>(photos), from <em>History of Henderson County<\/em>, Auburn Powers<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><a id=\"WWII\" name=\"WWII\"><\/a>World War II<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/hendersontn\/yesterday_henderson\/phmbc.html#blackwwii\">Black Servicemen in World War II<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/hendersontn\/yesterday_henderson\/arnold\/arnold.html\">A Letter from the War: William Arnold Writes from Belgium<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/hendersontn\/yesterday_henderson\/summers.html\">Doc Summers&#8217; Boys Made History<\/a>, Elizabeth Caywood<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/hendersontn\/yesterday_henderson\/albert_cook\/albert_cook.html\">Fallen but not Forgotten, the legacy of Albert S. Cook<\/a>, Albert Laheije<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/hendersontn\/yesterday_henderson\/wolf_creek\/WOLF_CREEK.html\">Wolf Creek Ordnance Plant &#8211; Milan Ordnance Depot<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><a id=\"Korea\" name=\"Korea\"><\/a>Korean War<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/hendersontn\/families\/milner1.html\">Raymond Henry Milner<\/a>, Bertha L. Spencer (with photographs)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/hendersontn\/families\/milner5.html\">Letters from a POW<\/a>, compiled by Brenda Kirk Fiddler<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Revolutionary War Revolutionary War Pension Application &#8211; Caleb S. Wood, transcribed by David W. Morgan (TNGenWeb Archives) Revolutionary War Veterans, Henderson County, Tennessee, Jonathan K. T. Smith Tennessee Pension Roll of 1835, William R. 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