THOMAS, (UNKNOWN)
A soldier, said to be of the 7th Tennessee,
who was
originally buried in the vicinity of
Gleason Station, TN, was moved to plot #1253 in the Memphis
National
Cemetery.
THOMAS, A,
Co D. This soldier is on the death list for the prison
hospital in Savannah, GA as having died on 9/14/64. He
has no records in the muster rolls, however.
THOMAS,
ALFRED H, Co D. His father applied for a
pension in 1875 but it was denied. Thomas has no records
in the muster rolls and would have been dead by that time.
THOMAS, ANDREW,
Co M, private, enlisted for 3 years in Adamsville, TN on
7/6/63. Presumed captured with
the regiment at Union
City, TN on
3/24/64, he was imprisoned in Andersonville in Georgia and
other
eastern
prisons. Exchanged through
Jacksonville,
FL on
4/28/65, he was taken to College Green Barracks(Annapolis, MD)
on 5/19/65 and on to Camp Chase, OH on 5/22/65.
He
was
mustered
out at Camp Chase
on 7/13/65. The died in 1911 and is buried in the
Johnson Cemetery in Middleburg, TN. He has a military
marker. MR #1747
THOMAS, GEORGE W, is not in the muster rolls. He is, however, listed in the 1890 veterans’ census of Henderson Co, TN as having been in Co A of the 7th Tennessee in 1863.
THOMAS, JACKSON,
Co F, private, enlisted for 1 year at Trenton, TN by
Lieutenant Hawkins and
mustered at Trenton, TN on 9/24/62 at age 25/32.
He
was
6’
½” tall, dark complexion, hazel
eyes, dark hair, a farmer, born in Weakley Co, TN.
Captured and paroled with the regiment at the
battle of Trenton, TN on 12/20/1862, he spent time
in parole camp at Camp Chase in Columbus, OH along with
Colonel Hawkins
and
others of the regiment awaiting exchange.
He contracted tuberculosis, suffered atrophy in right
arm and shoulder,
and dibilitus. Thomas was
discharged on
disability a Camp Chase
on 5/1/63. He applied for and received an invalid
pension in 1890 and died in April of 1918 in Millsap,
TX. His widow applied for a pension immediately after
his death. MR #1748
THOMAS, JAMES
H(ARRISON), Co A, private, enlisted for 3 years in
Jackson, TN on
8/28/62 and
mustered on 9/24/62 at age 18 (born 1/4/44).
He furnished his own horse and equipment. Presumed
captured
with
the regiment at Union City, TN on
3/24/64, he was imprisoned in Andersonville in Georgia and
other
eastern
prisons. Thomas saw his brother,
William
Henry Thomas, die at Andersonville. Exchanged
at
Savannah,
GA
and
Charleston,
SC in November/December 1864, Thomas was taken
to Annapolis, MD.
His muster was complete on 12/14/64 and he was
discharged at
Nashville, TN
on 8/9/65 when the regiment disbanded. Thomas
applied
for
a
pension,
in the 1880s. He joined the Grand Army of
the Republic (GAR) Post # 81 on 10/26/1889. Thomas
died on 5/2/1934 at Stringtown, TN and is buried in the
Lexington Cemetery in Henderson
Co, TN with a
military marker. He was the last
Federal soldier in Henderson Co, TN. (obit Lexington Progress)
Married first to Nancy C then to Molly B Knowles, he was the
son of Steve and Annie Rhodes Thomas and brother to
John R and
William Henry Thomas, also of Co A. MR #1749
THOMAS, JOHN H,
Co F, private, enlisted for 1 year and mustered at Trenton, TN
on 9/24/62 at age 19. He had the
consent
of his parents. Thomas was 5’9”
tall,
dark complexion, dark eyes, dark hair, a farmer.
Captured
and
paroled
at the battle of Trenton, TN on 12/20/62,
he spent time in parole camp at Columbus, OH (Camp Chase)
awaiting
exchange. Sent to Nashville
in September 1863, he mustered out at Saulsbury, TN on
10/25/63. Some of his records are
mixed in with the
muster rolls of James Harrison Thomas. James H and John
H Thomas might be the same person. MR #1750
THOMAS, JOHN R,
Co A, private, enlisted for 3 years in Jackson, TN on 8/28/62
at age 20. Thomas was not
captured at the battle of
Trenton, TN on 12/20/62. He was
stationed with the
detachment at the
Union forts along the Mississippi/Tennessee line in 1863. There
he
developed
pneumonia at La Grange, TN, which is just outside Memphis, TN
and died on 4/11/63. His effects
were
sent to his father and he was buried in the Mount Zion
Cemetery in
Henderson Co, TN. He has a
military marker. The son of Steve
and Annie Rhodes Thomas, he
was brother to William Henry and James H Thomas, all of
Company A. MR #1751
THOMAS, JOHN W,
Companies H & B, private, enlisted for 3 years and
mustered at Paducah,
KY
on 12/14/64. He was a refugee
resident
of Millbrook, IL at the time of enlistment.
Thomas
was
5’10”
tall, fair complexion, dark
hair, dark eyes, a farmer, born in Weakley Co, TN.
He deserted on 2/2/65 near Maysfield, KY.
MR #1752
THOMAS, WILLIAM
H(ENRY), Co A, private, enlisted for 3 years at Jackson,
TN
on 8/28/62 at age 25. He
furnished his
own horse and equipment. Thomas
was sick
in the hospital in May/June 1863 but the location is unknown.
Presumed captured with the regiment at Union City, TN
on
3/24/64, he was imprisoned in Andersonville Prison in Georgia
where he
died on
8/28/64. Buried in grave #7052 in
the Andersonville National Cemetery. he
has a military marker in the Powers Cemetery
in Henderson Co, TN but it is most likely only a memorial.
Thomas was married to Elizabeth Powers.
She applied for a widow's pension in 1868 and
married
2nd Andrew Jackson
Rushing. There is an 1870 minor’s
pension with Rushing as guardian. MR #1753
THOMPSON, CALVIN L,
Companies M & C, private/sergeant, enlisted for 3 years in
Clarksburg, TN
on 8/6/63 by Lieutenant Neely at age 22.
He was
5’6” tall, fair complexion, grey eyes, auburn hair, a farmer,
born in
Carroll
Co, TN and a resident thereof in 1860. He
received
a $100 bounty for enlistment.
If Thompson was captured at Union City, TN on 3/24/64,
he must have escaped on the way to prison.
He was with the detachment at Columbus, KY in the
summer of 1864.
Promoted to sergeant on 4/1/65, Thompson
mustered out at Nashville, TN on 8/7/65 when the regiment
disbanded. He married Angeline E
Johnson
in 1870. In 1888 he applied for
an
invalid pension and joined Post #56 of the Grand Army of the
Republic (GAR) at
Huntingdon, TN. The 1890
veterans’ census
lists him as living
in Milan,
Gibson Co, TN. He died in April, 1915 in
Milan. His wife, Angeline E
Thompson, applied for a widow’s pension on
6/5/1915. Thompson was the son of
James
and Margaret McKinney
Thompson and brother to John C C Thompson (Co F) and James D
Thompson,
Co F, 52nd
Indiana. MR #1754
THOMPSON, GEORGE W,
Co K, private, enlisted in Henderson Co, TN by Captain Beatty
to serve 3
years. He was 34 years old, 5’9”
tall,
dark complexion, blue eyes, dark hair, a farmer, born in
Henderson Co,
TN. Thompson was on detachment
doing recruiting in
June of
1863 and was a POW, most likely in Richmond, VA
in July, 1863. There is no record
of
discharge. He might be the George
W
Thompson age 40 in District #6, Henderson Co, TN in the 1870
census. MR #1755
THOMPSON, JAMES S,
Co K, private, enlisted by Captain Beatty in Henderson Co, TN
on 5/1/63 for a
period of
3 years. He was 33/36 years of
age, 5’7”
tall, light complexion, hazel eyes, brown hair, a farmer, born
in
Henderson Co,
TN. He appears to have been on
detachment recruiting when he was captured in West Tennessee
and taken
to Richmond, VA
on 7/12/63. Taken to the
Confederate
Military
Hospital in Richmond, Thompson died of chronic diarrhea
on 1/2/64. He joined on the same
day as
George W Thompson and might have been kin. The widow of
a James Thompson applied for and received a pension in
1868. He was said to be in Co D but it is most likely
the same man. MR #1756
THOMPSON, JOHN C C,
Co F, private, enlisted for 1 year in Carroll Co, TN at age
25. He was 5’5” tall, fair
complexion, grey eyes,
light hair, a farmer, born in Carroll Co, TN in 1836 and a
resident
thereof in
1860. Captured and paroled at the
battle
of Trenton, TN
on 12/20/62, he spent time in parole camp at Columbus,
OH (Camp Chase) awaiting exchange. Sent
to
Nashville
in September 1863, he mustered out at Saulsbury, TN on
10/25/63. Thompson married Mary F
Gowen in 1865. He applied for an
invalid pension in 1889. In 1890
he
joined Post #56 of the Grand Army of the Republic (GAR). He died in
1903 and is buried in the Pleasant Hill Methodist Cemetery in
Carroll
Co, TN with a
military marker. His wife, Mary F
Thompson, applied for and received a widow’s pension in 1903.
Thompson was the son of James and Margaret
McKinney Thompson and brother to Calvin L Thompson of
Companies M &
C and
James D Thompson, Co F, 52nd Indiana. MR
#1757
THOMPSON, WILLIAM J,
Co M, private/corporal, enlisted for 3 years in Clarksburg, TN
at about age 17 (census). He made
corporal on 12/21/63. Presumed
captured
with the regiment at Union City, TN on 3/24/64, he was
imprisoned in
Andersonville in Georgia and
other eastern prisons. He died in
prison
in Millen, GA sometime between 9/16/64 and 11/25/64 and
was buried in the Millen gravesite in Section A-70.
He was moved to Beaufort, SC
in 1868. Thompson was the son of
John M
and Mary T Robinson Thompson (m. 1843) of Carroll Co, TN.
His father applied for a dependent father’s pension
but it
was denied. MR #1758
THOMBOROUGH
(THORNBOROUGH), WILLIAM, Co B, 1st sergeant, enlisted at
Paducah, KY on 3/30/64 or
at Nicholsville, KY
or TN on 5/13/64 and mustered at Columbus, KY on 6/14/64 at
age 25. He was 5’8” tall, fair
complexion, blue eyes,
light hair, a farmer, born in Williamson Co, TN.
Thomborough
died
of
chronic diarrhea in
either a general hospital or at home. No
other
information or clues. His widow applied for a pension in
1865 under the last name spelled Thombrough. MR #1760
TICE, STEPHEN J,
Co B, private, enlisted for 3 years in Carroll Co, TN on
8/20/62 and
mustered at Humboldt, TN
on 8/26/63 at age 33. He was 5’8
½”
tall, dark complexion, hazel eyes, dark hair, a farmer, born
in Benton
Co,
TN. Captured and paroled with the
regiment at the battle of Trenton, TN on 12/20/1862,
he most likely spent time in parole camp at Camp
Chase in Columbus, OH
along with Colonel Hawkins and others of the regiment awaiting
exchange. These men were
exchanged from June through
September, 1863. Presumed
captured again with
the regiment at Union City, TN
on 3/24/64, he was imprisoned in Andersonville Prison in
Georgia where
he died on 6/1/64
(muster roll), 6/20/64 (New York Times),
or 6/21/64 (his widow) of diarrhea acute and chronic.
The Times
says he died in the Carnel House (hospital).
Tice was buried in grave #2229 in the Andersonville
National
Cemetery. MR #1763
TIDWELL, JOHN F,
Co K, private, enlisted by Captain Beatty in Henderson County,
TN on
5/25/63 for 3
years at age 23. He was 5’5”
tall, light
complexion, hazel eyes, dark hair, a farmer, born in Henderson
Co, TN but a resident of McNairy Co, TN in
1860. Tidwell died in the Grand
Junction,
TN
hospital on 7/11/63 of pneumonia. He
is
buried in the National Cemetery in Corinth, MS in plot A-147
or 2114. Mary J Blassingame
Tidwell applied for a
widow’s pension in 1893.
Tidwell was the son of Nelsom M and Lucy Tidwell of
McNairy Co,
TN. MR #1764
TIPPITT, J
O, Co F. This man applied for an invalid
pension in 1908 but it was denied. He has no records in
the muster rolls of the 7th Tennessee.
TOMLIN, ALBERT (ELBERT),
Co M, private, enlisted for 3 years in Adamsville, TN on
7/6/63 and
mustered at Union City, TN
on 12/21/63 at age 19. He was
5’9” tall,
dark complexion, black eyes, auburn hair, a farmer, born in
Perry Co,
TN. Presumed captured with the
regiment at
Union City, TN on
3/24/64, he was imprisoned in Andersonville Prison in Georgia
where
he died in the Carnel House (hospital) on 6/5 or 6/64 of
chronic
diarrhea. He is presumed buried
in the
Andersonville National Cemetery in an unknown grave. His
father was granted a pension in 1891. MR #1767
TOMLINSON, HENRY W(EAVER),
Co B, private, enlisted for 3 years in Carroll Co, TN on
8/15/62 and
mustered at Humboldt,
TN on 8/17/62 at age 59/61. He
was 5’6
½” tall, fair complexion, blue eyes, gray hair, a
farmer, born
in Greensville
Co, VA but a resident of Benton Co, TN in 1860.
Captured and paroled with the regiment at the battle of
Trenton, TN
on 12/20/1862, he spent time in parole camp at Camp
Chase in Columbus, OH
along with Colonel Hawkins and others of the regiment awaiting
exchange. Tomlinson received an
early discharge on
4/28/63 at Camp Chase due to chronic bronchitis and age.
His family is not in the 1870 census of
Benton Co, TN and may have moved to Illinois. MR #1768
TOSH, LAFAYETTE
M(ANSIL), Co G, private, enlisted for 1 year in Carroll
Co, TN and
mustered on
10/25/63 at age 32 (born 2/3/1830). He
furnished
his own horse and equipment worth $75. He
served
out
his
one year enlistment and
mustered out at Saulsbury, TN on 10/25/63.
Tosh
re-enlisted
on
12/29/63 and mustered on
5/5/64, this time in Co G, 2nd Tennessee Mounted
Infantry, a
company
organized by Lieutenant Milton Hardy of Co G, 7th Tennessee.
Tosh married 1st Margaret A Grant (1858), and 2nd
Lucetta J Laws (1868). He applied
for an
invalid pension in 1890 while living near the Clarksburg, TN
Post Office. Tosh died on
9/25/1905 and is buried in
Sellers Cemetery in Carroll Co, TN with a
military marker. His wife,
Lucetta J
Tosh, applied for a widow’s pension in 1905.
Tosh was the son of John and Elender Scott
Tosh of Carroll Co, TN. MR #1769
TOUHEY, STEPHEN,
Co B, private, enlisted for 3 years at Paducah, KY on 3/5/64
and mustered
at Columbus, KY
on 6/14/64 at age 18. He was 5’4”
tall,
fair complexion, grey eyes, light hair, a farmer, born in
Cobrugh (Cobourg),
Ontario, Canada. He deserted on
11/25/64 at Paducah, KY
and lost half of two months pay in a
regular court-martial. He
returned to
duty on 8/1/65 and mustered out at Nashville, TN on 8/7/65
when the
regiment
disbanded. MR #1771
TOWNSELL (TOWNSEND),
GEORGE (W), Companies C & A, private, enlisted for 3
years in
Lexington, TN on 5/15/63
and mustered at La Grange, TN on 5/17/63 at age 19.
He furnished his own horse and equipment and
received a $100 bounty for enlistment.
He was a patient in the hospital at Memphis, TN in
November/December
1863. Presumed captured with the
regiment
at Union City, TN on
3/24/64, Townsend was imprisoned in Andersonville in Georgia
and other
eastern
prisons. He was exchanged in
November/December through Savannah, GA and Charleston, SC and
taken to
Camp Parole, MD. Hospitalized at
Paducah,
KY in January/February 1865, Townsend mustered
out at Nashville, TN on 8/7/65 when the regiment disbanded. In the 1890 veterans’ census he was
living in
Grundy Co, TN near the Flintville Post Office in Lincoln Co,
TN.
He reported that he had had smallpox. In 1891 he
applied for an invalid pension but it was denied. MR
#1778
TOWNSEND, JOSEPH H(ENRY), Co E, private, enlisted for 3 years in Huntingdon, TN on 6/25/62 and mustered at Humboldt, TN on 8/11/62 at about age 20 (census). Captured and paroled with the regiment at the battle of Trenton, TN on 12/20/1862, he most likely spent time in parole camp at Camp Chase in Columbus, OH along with Colonel Hawkins and others of the regiment awaiting exchange. These men were exchanged from June through September, 1863. Presumed captured again with the regiment at Union City, TN on 3/24/64, Townsend was imprisoned in Andersonville in Georgia and other eastern prisons. He died of scurvy in the prison hospital in Savannah, GA on 10/30/64 (muster rolls) or on 10/28/64 (New York Times list). His brother, Nathaniel T Townsend, was a member of Co C. Townsend’s father, Joseph T Townsend, applied for a dependent father’s pension but was rejected. His mother applied later. MR #1779
TOWNSEND, JOSEPH R,
Companies E, C & B, private, enlisted by Captain Parsons
for 3 years in
Huntingdon, TN on 7/20/62
and mustered on 8/11/62 at Humboldt, TN on 8/11/62 at age
19/20. He was 5’7” tall, fair
complexion, gray eyes,
light hair, a farmer, born in Carroll Co, TN and a resident
thereof. He received a $100
bounty for
enlistment. Captured and paroled
with
the regiment at the battle of Trenton, TN on
12/20/1862, he most likely spent time in parole camp at Camp
Chase in Columbus, OH
along with Colonel Hawkins and others of the regiment awaiting
exchange. These men were
exchanged from June through
September, 1863. He was not
captured
with the regiment at Union City, TN on 3/24/64.
The
men
who
were able to avoid capture
generally spent the spring and summer of 1864 in Columbus, KY
and the fall in
Paducah, KY. Townsend mustered
out at
Nashville, TN
on 8/7/65 when the regiment disbanded.
He applied for an invalid pension.
He died in Guyman, OK on 3/26/1918.
He was the
son of Albert and Abigail Townsend
of Carroll Co, TN and a cousin to Joseph H and Nathaniel
Townsend. MR #1780
TOWNSEND, NATHANIEL
(T), Co C, private, enlisted by Captain Parsons for 3
years in
Huntingdon,
TN on 7/20/62 and mustered on 8/11/62 at Humboldt, TN
on 8/11/62 at age 26/28. He was
6’3”
tall, light complexion, grey eyes, dark hair, a farmer, born
in Benton
Co,
TN. He received a $100 bounty for
enlistment. Captured and paroled
with
the regiment at the battle of Trenton, TN on
12/20/1862, he most likely spent time in parole camp at Camp
Chase in Columbus, OH
along with Colonel Hawkins and others of the regiment awaiting
exchange. These men were
exchanged from June through
September, 1863. He was not
captured
with the regiment at Union City, TN on 3/24/64.
The
men
who
were able to avoid capture
generally spent the spring and summer of 1864 in Columbus, KY
and the fall in
Paducah, KY. Townsend was
reassigned to Co
C in August
1864. He mustered out at
Nashville, TN
on 8/7/65 when the regiment disbanded.
In 1882 he applied for an invalid pension and in
1896, at age 54, he joined Grand Army of the Republic (GAR)
Post #56 in Huntingdon, TN.
Townsend died on 6/26/1907 and is buried in
the Crossroads Cemetery in Benton Co, TN.
He
has
a
military marker. Townsend was the
son of Albert and Abigail
Townsend of Carroll Co, TN and a cousin to Joseph H and Joseph
R
Townsend of Co
E. He married Martha Craig in 1858. MR #1781
TRAUBURGER, BENJAMIN
F, Co C, private/corporal, enlisted for 3 years by
Lieutenant Runnel in
Paducah, KY on
1/5/64 at age 18. He was 5’6”
tall, dark
complexion, grey eyes, dark hair, a clerk, born in Washington,
VA. He furnished his own horse
and equipment and
received a $300 bounty for enlistment.
He made corporal on 6/24/64.
Trauburger mustered out at Nashville, TN on 8/7/65 when
the
regiment
disbanded. After the war he
joined the Grand Army of the Republic (GAR)
Post #237 in Carterville, Williamson Co, IL. MR #1782
TRAVIS, FRANKLIN,
orderly sergeant/1st lieutenant/ regimental
quartermaster, enlisted for 1
year in
Co F in Trenton, TN on 9/20/62 at age 29/32.
He
was
a
successful merchant in Huntingdon,
Carroll Co, TN at the time of enlistment.
Travis was made orderly sergeant on 9/24/62 and
lieutenant/quartermaster
on 10/15/62. He had a servant
named
Emmons Douglas. Captured and
paroled
with the regiment at the battle of Trenton, TN on
12/20/1862, he spent time in parole camp at Camp
Chase in Columbus, OH
along with Colonel Hawkins and others of the regiment awaiting
exchange. He returned to the
detachment stationed along
the Tennessee/Mississippi line in June, 1863 along with
Colonel Hawkins
and the
other officers. He re-enlisted in
the 7th
Tennessee
when his one year enlistment ended. Travis
was
not captured with the regiment at Union City, TN on
3/24/64. The men who escaped
generally
spent the spring and summer of 1864 in Columbus, KY. It
was
there
that Travis became the division
quartermaster beginning in June, 1864. He
mustered
out at Nashville, TN on 8/7/65 when the regiment
disbanded. Travis returned to
Huntingdon,
TN
and went into business with Joseph McCracken of Co F.
He also was Collector of Internal Revenue for
the 7th District of Tennessee in 1867. In
the early 1870s he
absconded
with
over $27,000, leaving some
of his fellow 7th Tennessee
comrades who had signed sureties for him with legal and
financial difficulties. Travis
had married Rebecca Hogan in
1855. A child who died before
Travis secretly left the county is buried in the Clark
Cemetery
in Huntingdon, TN. More
information is in
Appendix A, Officers Biographies of “Hawkins’ Tories.”
MR #1788
TROUT (TROUTT),
GRANVILLE, Companies E & C, duty sergeant/sergeant,
enlisted by Lieutenant
Bradford for
3 years in Oak Grove, TN
on 6/24/62 and mustered in Humboldt, TN on 8/11/62 at age
25/28. He was 6’1” tall, fair
complexion, blue eyes,
dark hair, a farmer, born in Carroll Co, TN.
He received a $100 bounty for enlistment.
Captured
and
paroled
with the regiment at the
battle of Trenton, TN on 12/20/1862, Troutt most
likely spent time in parole camp at Camp
Chase in Columbus, OH
along with Colonel Hawkins and others of the regiment awaiting
exchange. These men were
exchanged from June through
September, 1863. Presumed
captured again, this time with
the regiment at Union City, TN
on 3/24/64, he was imprisoned in Andersonville in Georgia and
other
eastern
prisons. He was exchanged through
Savannah, GA and Charleston, SC in
November/December 1864, and taken to Maryland.
No
discharge
date
is given in the muster
rolls. Troutt married 1st
Lydia Pinkston (1857) and the Sarah C Pinkston in 1863.
He was denied an invalid pension in 1880. He
died sometime after 1880 and is buried in
Prospect Cemetery, Carroll Co, TN with a military marker but
no dates. His widow was also denied a pension. MR
#1791
TUBBS, ELIJAH, Co
C, private, enlisted for 3 years at Trenton, TN on 12/1/62.
He deserted at Jackson, TN
on 2/15/63. Tubbs re-enlisted,
this time
in Co L, 12th Tennessee Cavalry on 1/20/64. MR #1792
TUCKER, ERASMUS,
Co M, private, enlisted for 3 years in Adamsville, TN on
7/1/63. He furnished his own
horse and equipment. He was
present in January and February of 1864
but there is no further information in his muster rolls.
Tucker was most likely the Erasmus Tucker age
21, son of Erasmus R and Theresa Tucker in the 1860 census of
Hardin
Co, TN. MR #1793
TUCKER, G(EORGE)
W(ASHINGTON), Companies F & I, private, enlisted for
1 year in
Trenton, TN
on 9/24/62 at age 18. He had the
consent
of his parents. Tucker served out
his
one year enlistment and was discharged on 9/29/65.
He left the area and moved to Brimfield, IL.
He was living in Illinois
when he re-enlisted, this time in Co A, at Paducah, KY
on 10/20/64 at age 20. The
description
list for this company says he was 5’5” tall, fair complexion,
blue
eyes, light
hair, a farmer, born in Carroll Co, TN.
He was moved from Co A to Co I.
Tucker mustered out at Nashville, TN on 8/7/65 when the
regiment
disbanded. He is likely the son
of
Robert Emerson and Mary Jones Gullett Tucker and brother to
John Wesley
Tucker
of Co F. MR #1794 & 1795
TUCKER, JOHN W(ESLEY), Co F, private, enlisted for 1 year in Gibson Co, TN and mustered the same day at Trenton, TN at age 20. He had a fair complexion, blue eyes, auburn hair, a farmer, born in Carroll Co, TN. Captured and paroled at the battle of Trenton, TN on 12/20/62, he spent time in parole camp at Columbus, OH (Camp Chase) awaiting exchange. Sent to Nashville in September 1863, he mustered out at Saulsbury, TN on 10/26/63. Tucker re-enlisted, this time in Co B 2nd Illinois Cavalry. Discharged in San Antonio, TX on 11/27/1865, he returned home by railroad, steamboat and hack. Tucker lived on a farm near Leach, Carroll Co, TN. Tucker filled out a Civil War Questionnaire in the early 1900s which has more details of his life before the war and on his service in the 2nd Illinois. He filed for and received an invalid pension in 1886. He died at Leach, TN in 1928 and is buried in the Liberty All Cemetery in Carroll Co, TN with a military marker but no dates. Tucker was the son of Robert Emerson and Mary Jones Gullett Tucker, and husband to Amanda C. Guffe Tucker (m. 1869) and the brother to George Washington Tucker of Co F. MR #1796
TUCKER, THOMAS J,
Co F, private. He was captured at
the battle
of Trenton, TN in December 1862. There
is
no further information in the one
muster roll. MR #1797
TURNER, JESSE F(RANK), Co B. He was a refugee resident of Granville, IL when Lieutenant Helmer enrolled him for 1 year in Paducah, KY on 2/20/65. He mustered on 3/9/65, also in Paducah. He was 5’11” tall, dark complexion, black eyes, dark hair, a farmer, born in Hardin Co, TN (6/19/47). Turner mustered out at Nashville, TN on 8/7/65 when the regiment disbanded. He died on 4/28/97 and is buried in the Cedar Grove Cemetery, Henderson Co, TN with a military marker.
TYLER, T (JOHN C and
Y), Co A, private, enlisted for 3 years in Lexington, TN
on 8/4/62 at
age
35/36. He was 5’11” tall, dark
complexion, blue eyes, dark hair, a farmer, born in Rutherford
Co, TN. He furnished his own
horse and equipment. Tyler died
of smallpox at Saulsbury, TN on
9/2/63. MR #1799