CAGLE, HENRY C, Co D, private,
enlisted for 1 year same time and place as his nephew Benjamin
Cagle. A resident of Decatur Co, TN in 1860,
he furnished his own horse and equipment and was detailed
as a teamster on 2/8/63. He served
out his one year enlistment and was discharged at Saulsbury, TN on
10/25/63. He married Elizabeth Hissis in
1859. In 1890 he lived near the Morgan, TN Post
Office in Henderson Co, TN. Cagle
applied for an invalid pension in June 1890.
His application mentions a skirmish on 9/1/63 at Van Buren,
TN where his horse fell, causing him to be trampled on by some of
his own company. Cagle died in 1899
and is buried in the Laster Cemetery, Henderson Co, TN with a
military marker. He appears to have been the son of Robert
and Jeninah Cagle. MR #324
CALDWELL, HUGH D, Co I,
private, enlisted for 3 years on 3/7/64 at age 18.
He was 5’2” tall, dark complexion, blue eyes, dark hair, a
clerk, born in Huntingdon, TN and a resident thereof in 1860. Caldwell is presumed captured with the
regiment at Union City, TN on 3/24/64 and taken to Andersonville
Prison in Georgia. In order to be
released from prison he joined the Confederate Army on 2/28/65
when recruiter Colonel O’Neil came into the prison looking for
prospects. The men who did this often
deserted as soon as possible but there is no record of what
happened to Caldwell. He must have returned to
Union lines, however. Beginning in 1869 and lasting until
at least 1874, Caldwell was an internal revenue shopkeeper
receiving $4.25 per diem for collecting taxes for the U S
Treasury. He joined Post #56 of the Grand Army of
the Republic (GAR) in 1885 and listed his occupation as barber in
Huntingdon, TN. In the 1890 veterans’
census he said he suffered from chronic diarrhea which began in
Andersonville Prison. In 1890 he
applied for an invalid pension with J. Matt
Neely, formerly of Co M, as his attorney.
Caldwell is buried in Oak Hill Cemetery in Huntingdon, TN
with a military marker but it has no dates. He appears to
have been the son of Alexander M and Rebecca A Caldwell of Carroll
Co, TN. Their daughter, Rebecca, married Colonel Hawkins'
brother, Lucian L Hawkins. MR # 325
CALHOON (CALHOUN), JOHN A, Co
I, private, enlisted for 1 year and mustered in Paducah, KY on
4/1/65 at age 16. (He was 14 at the
most, according to the census.) He
was was 5’5” tall, had a fair complexion, blue eyes, light hair
and a farmer. Calhoun was sick in the hospital at Paducah, KY from
the time he enlisted through June of 1865. No
discharge is recorded in muster rolls. He was born in
Carroll Co, TN to Thomas C and Letitia J Calhoun. Thomas C
Calhoun was also in Co I. MR # 328
CALHOUN, THOMAS C, Co I,
farrier, had previously enlisted in Co G, 2nd Tennessee
Mounted Infantry on 11/30/63 and mustered on 12/25/63 at age 43. When he enlisted in the 7th
Tennessee for 1 year and mustered in at Paducah, KY on 1/6/65 at
age 44, he was a refugee resident of Magnolia, IL.
He called himself a farmer but the 1860 census of Carroll
Co, TN listed him as a plantation overseer. He
was 5’9” tall, dark complexion, blue eyes, light hair, born in
Pittsylvania Co, VA. Appointed
a corporal on 2/19/65, he mustered out in June, 1865. Calhoun applied for an invalid pension
in 1887. He
was living in McLemoresville, TN when he joined the Grand Army of
the Republic (GAR) Post #56 in 1890. His
wife, Littischia (Letitia J), applied for a widow’s pension in
1899. He was the father of John A
Calhoun, above. MR #329
CAMP, BENJAMIN F, Companies A
& C, private, enlisted by Captain Smith for 3 years at
Trenton, TN on 9/8/62 and mustered at Jackson, TN on 11/8/62 at
age 18 or 20. He was 5’9” tall, dark
complexion, grey eyes, dark hair, born in Knoxville, TN, a farmer. He furnished his own horse and equipment
and was due a bounty for enlistment. Camp
was one of the 100 or more members of the detachment of the 7th
Tennessee who went AWOL in June 1863 but he had returned by July
1863. Camp was sick in September and
October 1864 at Paducah, KY and AWOL again by December but present
February to June 1865. He applied for
an invalid pension in 1877 and died in Clinton, KY on
10/23/1932. A resident of Henderson Co, TN in 1860, he
appears to be the son of Marcellus and Caroline Camp. MR
#330
CAMPBELL, ARTHUR W, Co D,
private, enlisted for 1 year at Trenton, TN on 9/15/62 and
mustered at Trenton, TN on 9/24/62. He
was 5’5” tall, fair complexion, grey eyes, dark hair, a farmer,
born in Cook Co, NC. He furnished his
own horse and equipment. Campbell was 44
years old when he mustered out. He was a “Gibson
Co enlist.” MR #331
CAMPBELL, WILLIAM P, Companies
H, I & C, sergeant, enlisted in Lexington, TN on 9/24/62 and
mustered on 9/28/62 at age 22. He was
5’10”, had a fair complexion, blue eyes, light hair, a farmer,
born in Henderson Co, TN. He
furnished
his own horse and equipment but lost his horse in the battle of
Lexington, TN on 12/18/62. He was
promoted to sergeant by 1/1/63. Campbell
was one of the 100 or more members of the detachment of the 7th
Tennessee stationed at forts along the Tennessee/Mississippi
border who went AWOL in June 1863. He left La Grange, TN on
6/21/63. Captured with a group of his
fellow AWOLs at Mt. Pinson, TN on 6/10/63, Campbell was taken to
prison in Richmond, VA on 7/10/63 but was exchanged 4 days later
on 7/14/63. Sent to Camp Parole, MD
on 7/18/63 and on to Camp
Chase, OH on 7/19/63, he arrived at the regiment on 10/20/63. He
was captured again at Union City, TN on 3/24/64, having been shot
in the shoulder during the battle. He
spent time in Andersonville Prison in Georgia and was exchanged
through Savannah, GA in November/December 1864.
He most likely was discharged early due to prison
disease. Campbell was in Paducah, KY in
February 1865 and acted as bondsman for the marriage of Sarah
Miller and Meridy Grimsley, also of Co C. He married
Eudora Rash. A resident of Henderson Co, TN before
the war, he moved to Hickman Co, KY about 1870.
He
died in Clinton, KY on 10/13/1931 and is buried in the Oakwood
Cemetery. MR #332
CAMPBELL, WILLIAM T, Co K,
private, enlisted by Captain Beatty for 3 years in Union City, TN
on 2/26/62 at age 18. He was 6’8”
tall, light complexion, grey eyes, dark hair, a mechanic, born in
Henderson Co, TN. Presumed captured
with the regiment at Union City, TN on 3/24/64, he spent time in
Andersonville Prison in Georgia. Campbell
was one of about 15 men of the 7th exchanged through
Vicksburg, MS after release on 3/19/65. Eight
of these men boarded the overcrowded steamer "Sultana" on the
Mississippi River and headed north. The
ill-fated ship exploded on 4/27/65. Two
members of the 7th Tennessee survived but Campbell and the five others died. He appears to
have been the son of Thomas and Sarah W Campbell of Henderson Co,
TN. His mother applied for a dependent parent pension in
1883 and it was granted. MR #333
CANNON, JOSEPH F(ULTON), Co F,
private, enlisted by Lieutenant Robeson for 1 year in Carroll Co,
TN on 8/19/62 and mustered at Trenton, TN on 9/24/62 at age 16 (b.
12/15/46) with the consent of his parents, Joseph and Lucy Cannon
of Carroll Co. He was 5’8” tall, fair
complexion, grey eyes, dark hair, a farmer.
Captured and paroled at either the battle of Lexington or
Trenton, TN in late December 1862, he spent time at Camp
Chase in Columbus, OH awaiting exchange. He was sent to
Nashville, TN in September 1863. Having
served out his one year enlistment, he was discharged at
Saulsbury, TN on 10/25/63. He seems
to have re-enlisted, this time in Co E, 46th Missouri
Infantry. His brother, William Newton Cannon was in Co A, 24th Missouri
and brother Nathaniel E Cannon was in the 5th Iowa
Cavalry. Joseph Cannon married
Minerva Barrett in Greene Co, MO on 11/23/65 and after her death
in 1875 or 76 he married Jane M Mille, while still in Missouri. He applied for an invalid pension. In 1889 he was working as a carpenter in
Huntingdon, TN and was a member of the Grand Army of the Republic
(GAR) Post #56. In 1890 he lived in
Wichita Co, TX, Iowa Park PO. He died
on 12/25/1915 in McCracken, MO (pension) and is buried in Maramec,
OK. He was the son of Joseph and Lucy E
Cannon of Carroll Co, TN. MR #334
CANTREL (CANTRELL), ANDREW
J(ACKSON), Companies E & C, private/corporal, enlisted
by Lieutenant Neely for 3 years in Huntingdon, TN on 6/28/62 and
mustered at Humboldt on 8/11/62 at about 25 years old. (b.
6/10/37). He was a quartermaster
sergeant for three months. Present in
January and February 1864 was missing in action in June 1865
and was not given a certificate of discharge until 1880. He married Nancy Todd in 1866. Cantrel applied for an invalid pension
in 1882. In the 1890 veterans’ census
he lived near the Palmersville Post Office in Weakley Co, TN and
remarked that he had been at Andersonville and that he was feeble. There is nothing in his muster rolls about a stay in
Andersonville. He died on 3/8/96 and was buried in
the Old Matheny Grove Cemetery in Gibson Co, TN.
He and James K P Cantrell appear to be the sons of Abraham
Potter and Martha Ritchie Cantrell. MR #335
CANTRELL, JAMES K P(OLK), Co C,
private, enlisted for 1 year at Paducah, KY on 3/1/65 at age 25. He was 6’ ¼” tall, fair
complexion, blue eyes, light hair, a farmer, born in Weakley Co
but a resident of Gibson Co, TN in 1860. At
the time of his enlistment he was a refugee resident of
Granville, IL. Cantrell served only 6 months at the
end of the war and mustered out with the regiment on 8/9/65. In the 1910 veteran’s census he lived in
Gibson Co, TN near the Bradford Post Office.
He applied for an invalid pension in 1890.
Cantrell died
at Bradford, TN on 4/11/1913 and is buried in the Shiloh Cemetery
in Gibson Co, TN. He married Martha
Ann Holt in 1860 but Emily C Cantrell applied for his widow’s
pension in 1916. He and Andrew J
Cantrell, above, appear to be the sons of Abraham Potter and
Martha Ritchie Cantrell. MR #336
CARDEN, ALEXANDER (ALFRED) K,
Co E, private. There is very little
information in his muster rolls. He
was recruited but not mustered. Presumed
to have been captured with the regiment at Union City, TN on
3/24/64, he ended up in Andersonville Prison where he died
on 6/11/64 of either dysentery, chronic diarrhea, or scurvy and
erysipelas. All were mentioned on various documents and one
said disease unknown. The New York Times gave his
death as 7/11/1864 and said it took place in the Carnel House at
Andersonville. Carden was the son of James and Clara
(Clarissa) Chamblee Carden. His
mother applied for a dependent pension on his service. She gave her address as "ten miles from
Huntingdon, Tenn, on the wagon road to Spellings' Bridge on Sandy
River." She was already a widow when Alfred K Carden
enlisted. MR #337
CARDEN, JAMES E, Companies E
& C, private, enlisted by Captain Parsons in Huntingdon, TN on
6/25/62 and mustered at Humboldt, TN on 9/4/62 at age 22/25. He
was 5’10” tall, light complexion, blue eyes, light hair, a farmer
born in Orange Co, NC. A resident of
Clarksburg, TN, his nearest relative was Clara Carden, making him
a brother to Alexander Carden of Co E. He
furnished his own horse and equipment. Carden
served as a teamster in June of 1863 but contracted typhoid
pneumonia while at Saulsbury, TN. He was taken to
Union City, TN with the hospital sick on 11/1/63 and also spent
time in the hospital at Columbus, KY. Carden
does not appear to have been captured with the regiment at Union
City, TN in March 1864. He was in the
hospital at Paducah, KY in July/August 1864 and was in Mound City,
IL in September/October 1864. Apparently still in ill
health, he was discharged due to disability on 6/12/65 at
Louisville, KY. In 1865 he married
Nancy Brecheen Neighbors, widow of Henry Neighbors of Co E, who
died at Andersonville Prison in Georgia. Carden
applied for an invalid pension in 1887 on the basis of an
"ulceration of right leg." He joined
the Grand Army of the Republic (GAR) in Lexington, TN in 1893 and
died on 1/28/1906. He is buried in
the Brecheen Cemetery in Carroll Co, TN and has a military maker. Nancy
Carden applied for a widow’s pension. MR #338
CARDEN, WILEY T, F or E, Co E,
private, enlisted for 3 years in Huntingdon, TN on 7/20/62 and
mustered at Humboldt, TN on 8/11/62 at age 23.
He was 5’9” tall, light complexion, light brown hair, brown
eyes, a farmer. Carden was born in
North Carolina, probably Orange Co. In
1860 he was a farm hand in Carroll Co, TN for the widow Sarah
Laycook. He served as a teamster for
one month at some point. Presumed
captured with the regiment at Union City, TN on 3/24/64 he spent
time in Andersonville Prison in Georgia. Exchanged
through Savannah, GA in the November/December exchanges, Carden was discharged on 6/12/65, undoubtedly
due to disability from prison. He
applied for an invalid pension under the name Wiley F Carden. He may have spent time in Pulaski Co, AR.
He died on 9/8/1902 and is buried in the Rhodes Cemetery in
Henderson Co, TN with a military marker. MR #339
CAREY (CARY), ALEXANDER. Co E,
private, enlisted for 3 years in Huntingdon, TN on 7/20/62 and
mustered at Humboldt, TN on 8/11/62 at age 20 or 22.
He
had a fair complexion, blue eyes, light hair, a farmer, born in
Henderson Co, TN. He went AWOL by
April 1863 and returned 12/20/63. Presumed
captured with the regiment at Union City, TN on 3/24/64, he spent
time in Andersonville Prison in Georgia. Cary
was exchanged through North East Ferry, NC on 2/27/65. Taken to Annapolis, MD, he was in
General Hospital #1 during March and April 1865 with chronic
diarrhea and urdemia. He died on
5/6/65 and is buried in Ashgrove Cemetery in Annapolis, MD in
Section K-198, #1091. Cary was the
son of William and Caroline Cary of Henderson Co and brother to
Felix and Elbert Cary, also of Co E. MR #340
CAREY (CARY), FELIX, Companies
E, B & C, private, enlisted for 3 years in Huntingdon, TN on
6/25/62 and mustered at Humboldt, TN on 8/11/62 (same time as his
brother) at age 19 (b. 8/18/1843). He
was 5’9” tall, light complexion, blue eyes, light hair, born in
Henderson Co, TN, a farmer. He
furnished his own horse and equipment. Cary
was AWOL from 3/25/63 to 4/26/63 and served as a teamster from
6/15/63. He transferred to Co B on
8/19/64. He was not captured with the regiment at Union
City, TN in March 1864. He mustered
out with the regiment at Nashville on 8/9/65.
Cary married Nancy E Brewer, sister to John Franklin
Brewer of Co D, in 1870. In 1890 he
applied for invalid pension in Tennessee but later moved to
Arkansas where he died on 1/4/1904. He
is buried in the Ramier Chapel or Harvey Cemetery in Green Co,
Arkansas. Nancy E Cary applied for a
widow’s pension in 1904 in Arkansas. Cary
was the son of William and Caroline Cary and brother to Alexander
Cary and Elbert Cary, also of Co E. MR #341
CAREY(CARY), (ABNER) H(ENRY) HARRISON, Co D, private, enlisted for 1 year in Trenton, TN on 9/15/62 and mustered at Trenton on 9/24/62 at age 21/22. He furnished his own horse and equipment. Reported AWOL in April 1863, from La Grange on 5/25-26/63 and on 6/4/63, he has no discharge on his records. He married Mary A Haywood on 1/11/63 in Carroll Co and resided in Henderson Co, TN in 1870. Cary applied for an invalid pension in 1901 but it does not appear to have been allowed. He died 11/27/1887 and is buried in the Cary Cemetery in Natchez Trace State Park, TN. The son of Samuel and Mary Minerva Atkins Cary of Carroll Co, TN, he was brother to James Monroe Cary in Co D. MR #342
CARLILES, FRANKLIN, Co C,
private, enlisted by Lieutenant Helmer for 3 years and mustered at
Union City TN on 12/4/63. He was
detached by order #119 from headquarters of the district of
Columbus, KY on 7/6/64. There is no
further information. MR #343
CARLLYLE (CARLILE, CARLISLE),
GEORGE W, Co K, private, enlisted by Lieutenant Helmer at
Lexington, TN on 5/23/63 at age 22. He
was 5’10” tall, light complexion, hazel eyes, dark hair, a
saddler, born in Henderson Co, TN (IL). Carisle
used the alias "Eli Carlyle" and volunteered in several Illinois
regiments. His muster roll says that he went AWOL on 4/15/63
and deserted on 6/30/63 at Grand Junction, TN.
This, however, would make him AWOL before he enlisted in
the 7th Tennessee. He was a resident
of Decatur Co, TN in the 1860 census. MR #344
CARNESS,
WILLIAM H, commissary sergeant, Co C, applied for an
invalid pension in 1875 and it was granted so he must have been
honorably discharged. Carness has no records, however, in
the muster rolls of the 7th Tennessee.
CARPENTER, EMANUEL, Companies M
& C, private, enlisted for 3 years in Adamsville, TN on 7/6/63
at age 29. He was 5’9” tall, fair
complexion, grey eyes, dark hair, a farmer, born in Lincoln Co, NC
(TN). He was detached as a teamster
at some point but was captured with the regiment at Union City, TN
on 3/24/64 and taken to Andersonville Prison in Georgia. Carpenter was removed from Andersonville
and sent to Blackstone Prison from which he escaped on
11/25/64. He made his way to Union lines and mustered out
with the regiment at Nashville on 8/9/65. By
1867, however, he applied for an invalid pension and it was
granted. In 1890 veterans’ census he
was living in Lincoln Co, TN. His
widow, Isabell E. Carpenter, also received a pension. MR
#347
CARTER, FANTEROY. Unassigned. Carter applied for a pension in 1870. His widow applied and was granted a pension so he must have been honorably discharged. He, however, has no records in the muster rolls of the 7th Tennessee.
CARTER, GEORGE H, Co K,
private, is listed in Tennesseans
in the Civil War as a member of the 7th
Tennessee but he has no muster rolls.
CARTER, GRAVES, Co K, sergeant,
enlisted for 3 years by Lieutenant J J Wallace in Jackson, Madison
Co, TN on 5/26/63. He was 5’9” tall,
light complexion, blue eyes, light hair, born in Henderson Co, TN,
a farmer. He furnished his own horse
and equipment. Captured on 3/24/64 at
Union City, TN, Carter died on 4/14/64 in Mobile, AL of scurvy
while on the way to Andersonville Prison in Georgia.
He is buried in Magnolia Cemetery in Mobile, AL in Section
C-563. MR #350
CARTER, JESSE MADISON, Co K,
private, has little in his muster rolls. It
is assumed that he was captured on 3/24/64 at Union City, TN since
he died on 4/14/64 in Mobile, AL of scurvy while on the way to
Andersonville Prison. He is most
likely buried in Magnolia Cemetery in Mobile because the other
nine members of the 7th Tennessee who died in Mobile
are buried there. He was about 28
years old at the time of his death assuming he was J. M, the son
of Jesse and Elizabeth Carter in the 1860 Henderson Co, TN census. He was married to Sarah Elizabeth
Cristenberry. A minor child, Mahala E J Carter, filed on
Jesse Carter's service and received a pension. MR #351
CARTER, JOHN W(ESLEY), Co F,
enlisted for one year in Carroll Co, TN on 9/24/62 at age 19 (b.
6/22/1848). He had the consent of his parents, Reuben Ellis
and Sara Herron Carter. He served out
his one year enlistment and mustered out at Saulsbury, TN on
10/26/63. Carter answered a Civil War
Questionnaire in the early 1900s. Information
from it included that he was in the battle of Lexington in
December 1862 but escaped capture and later was stationed on the
Tennessee/Mississippi line at Grand Junction, TN.
He participated only in skirmishes at this location.
He mustered out at Saulsbury, TN at the end of his one year
enlistment. He married M L
Williamson in 1867. When he joined the Grand Army of the
Republic (GAR) in 1889 he lived in McLemoresville, TN. Carter
applied
for
an
invalid
pension in 1892. He was elected a
trustee of Carroll Co, TN in 1894. In
1910 he had been married to Loo M Carter for 42 years. He was mentioned in Irvin Hampton’s
obituary in 1931 as being one of the few Civil War veterans still
alive at the time. He die on 1/21/1934. MR #352
CARTER, WILLIAM H, Co F,
private, enlisted for 1 year in Carroll Co, TN on 8/13/62 at age
33/37. He furnished his own horse and
equipment. Carter was a resident of
Carroll Co, TN in 1860. His muster
roll contains no further information. On
9/9/1890 Carter applied for an invalid pension while living in
Arkansas but may have died before receiving it.
His widow, Hannah Ann Powers Carter, applied on 2/11/1891
from Arkansas and was granted a pension. MR #353
CARVER, JAMES W, Co B,
corporal/private, enlisted for 3 years in Paducah, KY on 2/1/64
and mustered at Columbus, KY on 6/14/64 at age 21.
He was 5’9” tall, fair complexion, dark eyes, dark hair,
born in Carroll Co, TN. He received a
$300 bounty for enlistment. Carver
was in the hospital from 10/13/64 through 10/27/64, most likely in
Paducah, KY. He mustered out with the
regiment on 8/7/65 in Nashville, TN. Carver
might be the son of Joel and Martha Carver in the 1860 Carroll Co
census. MR #354
CARY, ABNER H H. The widow of this man applied for a pension in 1901 but it was denied. Cary has no records in the muster rolls of the 7th Tennessee.
CARY, WILLIAM ELBERT, Co E,
private, enlisted for 3 years in Huntingdon, TN on 6/25/62 and
mustered at Humboldt, TN on 9/4/62 at about 18 years of age. He was captured at Trenton, TN on
12/20/62 but was paroled and exchanged. Presumed
captured with the regiment at Union City, TN on 3/24/64, he spent
time in Andersonville Prison in Georgia. He
died in prison in Savannah, GA on 10/25/64. The
son of Wm and Caroline Hammett Carey (1850 census Henderson Co,
TN), Cary was brother to Alexander and Felix Carey and maybe
Thomas Cary. MR #356
CARY (CAREY), JAMES M(ONROE),
Co D, private, enlisted for 1 year in Carroll Co, TN on 8/4/62 and
mustered at Trenton, TN on 9/24/62 at age 18.
He was captured at Spring Creek, TN on 12/14/62 and was
ordered to report Benton Barracks, MO parole camp to await
exchange but he did not report. He
was considered AWOL by 1/20/63. This
infraction was subsequently removed. He
joined Co K, 2nd Tennessee Mounted Infantry. Cary married Cynthia Jane Akin after the war and
was a resident of Henderson Co, TN in 1870. The
son of Samuel and Mary Minerva Atkins Cary, he was a brother to
Abner Henry Harrison Cary. This family belonged to the
Shiloh Baptist Church in the southeast corner of Carroll Co, TN.
MR #359
CARY, THOMAS, Co E, private,
enlisted for 3 years in Huntingdon, TN on 7/4/62 and mustered at
Humboldt, TN on 8/11/62. Nothing else
is in his muster rolls. In the 1890
veterans’ census he lived in Henderson Co, TN.
On
8/24/1904 he applied for an invalid pension but it was
denied. He might be the son of William and Caroline Hammett
Cary and brother to Elbert, Alexander and Felix Cary. MR
#360
CASE, ALDEN P, Co I, private,
enlisted by Captain King for 3 years in Obion Co on 11/15/63 and
mustered at Union City, TN on 12/15/63 at age 17.
He was born in Portage Co, OH on 1/19/1846 to Dr. Almond
and Clarissa Pease Case who later moved to Obion Co, TN. Presumed captured with the regiment at
Union City, TN on 3/24/64, he ended up in Andersonville Prison in
Georgia where he died of scrobutus on 8/11/64.
Case is buried in the Andersonville National Cemetery in
grave #5298. Dr. Case, an outspoken
citizen Unionist, was killed by guerrillas during the war.
MR #361
CASEY (CAZEY, CAZY), EDWARD, Co
K, private, enlisted by Captain Beatty for 3 years in Henderson
Co, TN on 6/1/63 and mustered at Saulsbury, TN on 10/26/63 at age
25. He was 5’10” tall, light
complexion, light eyes, light hair, born in Henderson Co, TN, a
farmer. The son of John and Rebecca
Casey, he was a resident of Henderson Co, TN in 1860. He was
married to Mary Virginia Burns, sister to Martin V. Burns of Co A,
in 1856. Casey died at Union City, TN
on 2/18/64, presumably of disease. Virginia
Casey died about 1869 leaving the children orphans.
They applied for a minor’s pension in 1869 with J. Sheppard
of Scott's Hill, TN as guardian and it was granted. MR #370
CASH, JOHN J, Co C, private,
enlisted by Captain Beatty for 3 years in Columbus, KY on 6/20/64
at age 20. He was 5’11” tall, dark
complexion, hazel eyes, dark hair, a farmer, born in Madison Co,
TN. He received a bounty for
enlistment. Cash began his military
career in the 13th/14th TN Cavalry US and was only detached to the
7th for a short time after much of his unit was killed
at Fort Pillow, TN in April 1864. Survivors of the
13th TN Cavalry eventually became part of Co E, 6th
TN Cavalry US. Cash applied for an
invalid pension in 1910 while still living in Tennessee. His wife, M. J. Cash, applied for a
widow’s pension in 1916 while living in Oklahoma. MR #363
CAVINESS (CAVENESS), MATTHEW C,
Co C, private, enlisted for 3 years in Lexington TN on 7/1/63 and
mustered at Union City, TN on 12/21/63 at age 31.
He was 5’9” tall, fair complexion, blue eyes, dark hair (or
sandy in pension), a farmer, born in
Henderson Co, TN. Presumed captured
with the regiment at Union City, TN on 3/24/64 Caviness spent time
in Andersonville Prison in Georgia. He
was exchanged through Savannah, GA on 5/5/65, and was at Camp
Chase OH by 5/19/65. He received an
early discharge on 6/27/65, probably due to debility from prison
life. His pension says he had scurvy in
prison. In 1870 he lived in
Henderson Co, TN. In 1889 he applied for an
invalid pension and joined the Grand Army of the Republic (GAR)
Post #81 in Lexington, TN but by 1890 he lived near the Claybrook
Post Office in Madison Co, TN. He
died on 7/16/1900. His wife, Mary E McGlauglin Caviness, applied
for and received a widow's pension. She moved to Gibson Co,
TN after his death. MR #366
CAVINESS, WILLIAM H, Co C,
sergeant/commissary sergeant, enlisted for 3 years in Lexington,
TN on 7/7/63 at age 30. He was 5’8”
tall, fair complexion, blue eyes, light hair, a farmer, born in
Henderson Co, TN. Captured on 10/7/63
at Como, TN, Caviness was released in either April or May 1864. He was due 148 days ration and was in the hospital by 6/11/64.
Caviness mustered out with the regiment at Nashville, TN
on 8/9/65 and was living in Henderson Co, TN with his wife, Jane V
Caviness, in 1870. In 1890 he lived near the Claybrook Post
Office in Madison Co, TN and told the census taker that he had
been in Andersonville Prison for nine months and was blind in one
eye. Caviness is buried in the
Independence Cemetery in Henderson Co, TN and has a military
marker on his grave. MR #367
CHAMBERS, AARON D(AVID), Co B,
private, enlisted at Columbus, KY on 7/8/64 at age 18. He was 5’6” tall, dark complexion, grey
eyes, dark hair, a farmer, born in Monroe Co, IN.
Chambers
was
on
detached
duty
at
Columbus, KY in September/October 1864. He
mustered out with the regiment at Nashville on 8/9/65. He appears to be the son of Wesley and
Nancy Jane McDonald Chambers of Harrodsburg, Monroe Co, IN.
MR #373
CHAMBERS, BENJAMIN or BERRYMAN R,
Co C, corporal, enlisted by Colonel Bradford of the 13th/14th TN
Cavalry for 3 years on 11/26/63 at age 23. He
was 5’10” tall, dark complexion, blue eyes, dark hair, an artist,
born in Carroll Co, TN. He received a
bounty for enlistment. He was
promoted from private to corporal in December 1863 by Colonel
Bradford. Chambers was only detached
to the 7th Tennessee for a short time after much of his
unit was killed at Fort Pillow, TN in April 1864.
The 13th/14th survivors eventually became part of Co E, 6th
TN Cavalry US. MR #374
CHAMBERS, JOEL W, Co G, 2nd
lieutenant, enlisted for 1 year in Carroll Co, TN on 8/5/62 and
mustered on 11/9/62 at age 24. He
either resigned on 6/10/63 or went AWOL in June 1863, both are in
the muster rolls. He re-enlisted,
this time in Company G, 2nd TN Mounted Infantry,
on 11/11/63 as a private, was mustered in at Clifton, TN on
2/24/64 and was appointed Captain of the company on 3/22/64. He was discharged at Nashville on
3/4/65. He died before 1871 and is
buried in Hampton Graveyard in Carroll Co, TN with a military
marker. In the 1890 veterans’ census
his widow, by then Mary J. Brecheen Chambers Pruitt, lived near
the Crider, TN Post Office. MR #375
CHASTEEN, BENJAMIN, Companies M
& C, private, enlisted by Colonel Harrison for 3 years in
either Adamsville, TN or Corinth, MS on 7/6’63 at age 19. He was 5’6” tall, fair complexion, grey
eyes, light hair, a farmer, born in Walton, GA.
He received a $100 bounty for enlistment.
Presumed captured with the regiment at Union City, TN on
3/24/64, Chasteen spent time in Andersonville Prison. He joined the Confederate Army on
2/28/65 when Colonel O’Neil, a rebel recruiter, came into the
prison looking for prospects. The men
who did this often deserted as soon as possible.
If Chasteen deserted the rebels he must have been
recaptured. He is listed as exchanged on 3/10/65. MR #376
CHEEK,
TERREL B, unassigned. A child applied for a
minor's pension in 1898 but it was denied. This man has no
records in the muster rolls of the 7th Tennessee.
CHILDERS, JAMES, Co M, private,
enlisted for 3 years in Adamsville, TN and mustered at Union City,
TN on 12/21/63 at age 33 or 35. He
was 5’5” tall, dark complexion, black eyes, black hair, a farmer,
born in Decatur Co, TN. He received a
$100 bounty for enlistment. Presumed
captured with the regiment at Union City, TN on 3/24/64, Childers
died in Mobile, AL on 4/25/64 of scrobutus on the way to
Andersonville Prison in Georgia. His
death is mentioned the next day in The Mobile Daily News.
Childers is buried in Magnolia Cemetery in Mobile and has
a military marker. His widow, Susan H
Childers, applied for a widow’s pension in 1868.
She was living at Hamburg in Hardin Co, TN in the 1890
veterans’ census. She thought her
husband died of exposure. MR #379
CHILDERS (CHILDRESS), WILLIAM E,
Co E, private/corporal, enlisted for 3 years in Huntingdon, TN on
7/25/62 and mustered in Humboldt, TN on 8/11/62.
He was captured at the battle of Lexington, TN on 12/17/62,
paroled and exchanged at some point. Presumed
captured again with the regiment at Union City, TN on 3/24/64,
Childers ended up in Andersonville Prison in Georgia where he died
of diarrhea on 9/3/64. He was buried in grave
#7702 in the Andersonville National Cemetery. His widow,
Eleaner Childers, applied for a pension in 1875. MR #380
CHILDERS (CHILDRESS), ZACHARIAH D
(B), Co E, private, enlisted for 3 years in Huntingdon, TN
on 8/23/62 and mustered at Humboldt, TN on 9/4/62.
He was a resident of Benton Co, TN in 1860, age 35. Presumed captured with the regiment at
Union City, TN on 3/24/64, Childers ended up in Andersonville
Prison where he died on 9/15/64. His
wife, Sally applied for pension. A
surviving letter says “Zachariah and Uncle James went to war. William had to run the farm with mother
and sisters.” MR #381
CRISTERFER (CRISTOPHER), JOHN
W(ASHINGTON), Co A, private, enlisted for 3 years in
Lexington, TN on 9/20/63 and mustered at Memphis, TN on 11/25/63
at age 26 (b. 10/21/38). He was due a
$100 bounty for enlistment and he furnished his own horse and
equipment. A resident of Henderson Co
in the 1860 census, Christerfer is presumed captured with the
regiment at Union City, TN on 3/24/64 since he spent time in
Andersonville Prison in Georgia. He
was exchanged through Savannah/Charleston in November/December
1864 and was freed by 12/11/64. Taken
first to Annapolis, MD, he was later discharged with the regiment
on 8/9/65 in Nashville, TN. He
applied for and received an invalid pension in 1890.
A member of the Grand Army of the Republic (GAR) Post #81
in 1889, he lived near the Lexington, TN Post Office in 1890. He died at Lexington on 12/22/1921 and
is buried in the Horn Cemetery in Henderson Co, TN with a military
marker. The son of Thomas and Isabella A B Ray Christerfer, he
married Amanda E Joyner after the war. MR #382
CHUMNEY, BEVERLY R or BEN R, Co
C, enlisted for 3 years at Lexington, TN on 8/28/62 and mustered
at Jackson, TN on 9/5/62 at age 27 (b. 9 or 11/10/34). He
was 5’7” tall, 135 lbs, dark complexion, blue eyes, dark hair. Born in Vermila, VA, he was a resident
of Henderson Co, TN in 1860, married to Susan Catherine Hill. Presumed captured with the regiment at
Union City, TN on 3/24/64, Chumney spent time in Andersonville
Prison in Georgia. He was exchanged
through Jacksonville, FL in one of the last groups of the
Andersonville prisoners to be freed. He
arrived at Camp Chase, OH on 5/17/65 and was discharged at
Columbus, OH on 6/26/65. He joined
the Grand Army of the Republic (GAR) Post #65 in 1889 while a
resident of Scotts Hill, TN and was living near the Long Post
Office in the 1890 veterans’ census. He
applied for an invalid pension in 1891. He
died 3/30/1915 at Scott's Hill, TN and is buried in the Chumney
Cemetery in Henderson Co, TN. He
seems to have been the son of Willis V. Chumney and a brother to
John T Chumney. MR #386 & 387
CHUMNEY (CHUMBY), JOHN T, Co K,
private, enlisted for 3 years in Henderson Co, TN on 9/1/63 and
mustered on 11/25/63 at age 26 (b. 4/2/37). He
was 5’10 ½” tall, light complexion, hazel eyes, light hair,
a farmer, born in Vermila, VA. He was
married to Martha Ann Smith at the time of enlistment. He seems not to have been captured with
the regiment at Union City, TN on 3/24/64 and there is no record
of discharge in the muster rolls. A
resident of Henderson Co, TN, Chumney died
on 2/14/1917 and is buried in Smith Chapel Cemetery, Henderson Co,
TN. He has a military marker.
MR #388