WINBERRY, JAMES,
Co M, private, enlisted for 3 years in Lexington, TN on
7/6/63. Presumed captured with
the regiment at
Union City, TN on 3/24/64, Winberry was taken to Andersonville
Prison in Georgia where he died on 11/20/64
of scrobutus. He was buried in
grave
#12107 in the Andersonville National Cemetery.
This
soldier might be the James Winberry in
the 1860 census of Benton Co, TN or his son, James, Jr.
MR #1921
WINBERY (WINBERRY),
GEORGE W, Co E, private, enlisted for 3 years in
Huntingdon,
TN on 6/28/62 and mustered at Jackson, TN
on 7/15/62. He furnished his own
horse
and equipment. He deserted at Trenton, TN on 11/25/62 but
returned. Winberry was one of the
100 or more men who
went AWOL from the forts on the Mississippi/Tennessee line in
June 1863. He left Grand Junction
on 6/13/63 and there is
no record of
return. In February 1891 a G W
Winberry applied for
an invalid pension while living in Missouri.
It was denied, as was the pension of a minor child,
Judie W
Harmon, who
applied for a pension in 1925.
Strangely, one pension application says George W
Winbery was killed in action on 9/26/1862. No solution
is known. This soldier might be the George Winberry, age
23, in the 1860
census of
Benton Co, TN. MR #1922
WINN, ALVAN E “JAKE,”
Co I, private, enlisted for 1 year in Paducah, KY on 1/6/65
and mustered
the
same day at age 18. Winn was a
refugee resident of Magnolia, IL at the time of his
enlistment.
He was 5’8” tall, fair complexion, brown eyes, light
hair, a
farmer,
born in Carroll Co, TN and a resident thereof in 1860.
He furnished his own horse and equipment
worth $66. He was discharged with
the
regiment when it disbanded at Nashville, TN on 8/9/65.
Winn married M Emma Jernigan in 1876 in Green
Co, Arkansas. He applied for an
invalid
pension under the
name Alva E Winn. Descendents
feel he is
buried in the family Cemetery in Arkansas.
The
son of Samuel and Catherine Jane Carlton
Winn, he was the nephew of Robert A Winn of Co B. MR
#1924
WINN, ROBERT A(LLEN),
Co B, private, enlisted for 3 years in Carroll Co, TN on
8/15/62 and
mustered in
Benton Co, TN on 8/17/62 at age 35. Winn
was
6’ tall, dark complexion, black eyes, black hair, a farmer,
born in
Carroll
Co, TN. He furnished his own
horse and
equipment. He was AWOL in April
of 1863
but returned in time to be captured with the regiment at Union
City, TN on 3/24/64
and taken to Andersonville Prison in Georgia where he died on
11/12/64
of scrobutus. Winn is most likely
buried
in the Andersonville National Cemetery
in one of the unknown graves. His
widow,
Martha Elizabeth Easter Winn, applied for a pension in 1867. She moved to Clay Co, AR.
The son of John and Sarah Gardiner Winn, Sarah applied
for, but did not receive, a dependent parent pension in
1891. Winn was
uncle to Alva E Winn of Co I. MR #1925
WISE, GEORGE W,
Companies A & K, private/quartermaster sergeant, enlisted
for 3 years in
Trenton, TN
on 11/8/62 at age 24. He was
5’11” tall,
fair complexion, blue eyes, auburn hair, a farmer, born in
Henderson
Co, TN
(12/20/37). He furnished his own
horse
and equipment. Wise deserted on
2/20/63
but returned by 7/31/63 or 8/1/63 at Saulsbury, TN when he
became part
of Co A. There is no evidence in
the
muster rolls that
he was captured with the regiment at Union City TN on
3/24/64. The men not
captured were
stationed mostly in Columbus, KY
in the spring and summer of 1864 and in Paducah, KY in the
fall.
He deserted again at Paducah, KY
on 6/1/64. Arrested on 8/3/64 in
Caledonia, IL (due, perhaps, to the $30 reward on his head),
Wise was received at
Cairo, IL
on 9/1/64. He was listed as
present in
September and October of 1864. Wise
was
discharged with the regiment when it disbanded at Nashville,
TN
on 8/9/65. In 1886, Wise applied
for an
invalid pension while living in California.
He died, according to the tombstone in Sardis
Cemetery, Henderson Co, TN, on 12/30/08 and has a
military marker. His widow,
Margaret A
Wise, applied for pension in 1909 while living in
California. MR #1926
WISE, GEORGE M, Co A. This man has no muster rolls but is listed as AWOL on the April 1863 deserters’ list.
WISE, JAMES F, Co
K, corporal, enlisted in Henderson Co, TN by Captain Beatty on
5/1/63
at age
35. He was 5’10” tall, fair
complexion,
blue eyes, dark hair, a farmer, born in Henderson Co, TN.
Wise died of smallpox on 12/11/63 in the
hospital at Union City, TN. His
widow applied for and received a pension in 1865. His
mother, Elizabeth Wise, applied for a dependent pension in
1869 but
it was denied. Wise appears to
have been
the son of Isaac and Elizabeth Wise of Henderson Co, TN and
brother to
George W and
John Wise, both of Co A. MR #1927
WISE, JOHN, Co A, private,
enlisted for 3 years in Jackson, TN on 8/18/62 at age 26. His residence was Henderson Co, TN. He furnished his own horse and
equipment. Wise was one of the
100 or more men who went
AWOL from the forts on the Mississippi/Tennessee line in June
1863. He returned in time to be
captured with the
regiment at Union City, TN
on 3/24/64 and taken to Andersonville Prison in Georgia.
On 2/28/1865 Wise accepted the offer of Confederate
Colonel Edward Asbury O’Neal to join the Confederate Army. He must have escaped and
returned to Union
lines as he was in the hospital at Jeffersonville, IN by June,
1865,
suffering with
chronic rheumatism. He was
discharged
through Louisville, KY on 6/26/65. Wise
applied
for an invalid pension
while living in California. Back
in
Tennessee
by October 1889, he joined the Grand Army of the Republic
(GAR) Post #81 in Lexington, TN.
Wise seems to be in the Anderson Cemetery
on west side of Hooper Road
near highway 412. He
was born 11/12/1835 and died
3/2/1925. His wife, Christania
(Christine) applied for a Union widow’s pension in
1925,
while living in Tennessee.
She is also in the Anderson
Cemetery. Wise appears to have
been the
son of Isaac
and Elizabeth Wise of Henderson Co and brother to George W and
James
Wise, both
of Companies A & K. MR #1928
WOFFORD (WALFORD),
WILLIAM F, Co A, pvt, enlisted for 3 years in La Grange,
TN
on 11/6/63 at age twenty something. Presumed
captured with the regiment at Union City,
TN on 3/24/64, he was taken to Andersonville
Prison in Georgia
where he died on 7/26/64 of diarrhea chronic.
He is buried in grave #4033 in the Andersonville
National
Cemetery. MR #1929
WOOD,
BENJAMIN, Co A. A minor applied for a pension
on this man's service but it was denied. Wood has no
records in the 7th Tennessee muster rolls.
WOOD, HUSTON GEORGE,
Co C, private, enlisted for 3 years in Lexington, TN on 9/1/62
at age 17
(b.
11/11/1845). He furnished his own
horse
and equipment. Wood was one of the 100 or more men who went
AWOL from
the forts
on the Mississippi/Tennessee line in June 1863.
He left Grand Junction
on 6/19/63 and was AWOL to 2/1/64. Presumed
captured with the regiment at Union City,
TN on 3/24/64, he spent time in Andersonville
Prison in Georgia
and other eastern prisons. Exchanged
on
4/28/65 at Jacksonville, FL,
he was taken to College Green Barracks, MD then to Camp Chase,
OH. He mustered out at Camp Chase
on 6/23/65. In the 1890 veterans’
census
Wood lived near the Chesterfield Post Office in Henderson Co,
TN.
He complained of pyles and scurvy and having
spent time in Andersonville Prison. Wood
applied
for an invalid pension in 1882.
He died in Parsons, TN on 5/29/1925 and was buried in
the Prospect Cemetery in
Decatur Co, TN. Wood’s widow,
Maneria
Fredonia Wood, applied
for a pension in June of 1925. MR #1931
WOOD, ISAAC M, Co. C. This man applied for an invalid pension in 1891 but it was denied. Wood has no records in the 7th Tennessee muster rolls.
WOOD, JESSE L, Co A,
bugler/private, enlisted for 3 years in Jackson, TN at age 28.
He furnished his own horse and equipment
worth $75. He was captured and
paroled
with the regiment at the battle of Trenton, TN on
12/20/1862 and had orders to report to Benton Barracks, MO
then to Camp
Chase
in Columbus, OH to await exchange. He
deserted
on 2/8/64. There is nothing
further in his muster
rolls. In the 1890 veterans’
census he
lived in Henderson Co, TN near the Darden Post Office and
complained of
rheumatism. His application for
an invalid
pension was denied. Wood died on
10/11/1903 and is buried in the Mt. Ararat Cemetery
in Henderson Co, TN. He appears
to be
the son of William and Elizabeth Essary Wood. MR #1931a
WOOD, JESSE L,
Companies A & I, private, enlisted for 3 years in
Huntingdon,
TN on 12/27/63 and mustered at Paducah, KY
on 12/27/63 at age 26. He was
5’10”
tall, dark complexion, black eyes, dark hair, a farmer.
In 1860 Wood and his first wife lived in Dyer
Co, TN. He furnished his own
horse and
equipment. Wood was present with
the
detachment in September and October 1864 which casts doubt on
his
having been
captured at Union City, TN on 3/24/64.
At some point he was wounded in his leg and
“erysipelas settled at knee joint.” Wood
was
in the hospital at Jeffersonville, IN and was discharged on
disability on 7/1/65. He applied
for and
received an invalid pension in 1868 at 1/3 disability. Wood became a Methodist minister and
lived in
Iowa, Missouri,
Kansas, and the Indian Territory. He
was
married
four times. Dying in 1896 at
Ardmore in
Indian Territory, Wood is buried in the Rose Hill Cemetery. His 4th wife, Mollie,
applied for
a widow’s pension while living in Oregon. MR #1932
WOOD, JOHN, Co C, private,
enlisted for 3 years in Lexington, TN on 5/15/63 and mustered
at
La Grange, TN
on 6/18/63. Another roll,
however, says
enlisted and mustered at La Grange
on 4/7/63 by Captain Hayes. He
furnished
his own horse and equipment. Wood
was
one of the 100 or more men who went AWOL from the forts on the
Mississippi/Tennessee line in June 1863.
He left on 6/19/63 and was captured the same day at Mt.
Pinson,
TN.
Taken to prison in Richmond, VA, he was paroled on
7/14/63 and
taken to Camp Parole MD
on 7/15/63, then on to Camp Chase, OH on 7/17/63. Presumed
captured with the regiment at Union City, TN on
3/24/64, Wood was taken to Andersonville Prison in Georgia
where he
died on 8/29/64 of
diarrhea ana. He was buried in
grave
#7231 in the Andersonville National Cemetery.
Some
have suggested he might have been the
son of Jasper and Jane Essary Wood who came from Mississippi
to the
Brown’s Creek area and
brother to William Wood, also of Co C. MR #1933
WOOD, THOMAS H, Co B, private, enlisted for 3 years in South Carroll, TN on 10/1/63 at age 20. He died at Union City, TN of frost bite on 1/26/64. There is no further information in his muster rolls. MR #1934
WOOD, WILLIAM, Co
C, private. He furnished his own
horse and
equipment. Wood was present from
10/31/63 to 2/29/64. Presumed
captured with the regiment at Union City, TN on 3/24/64, he
spent time in
Andersonville Prison in Georgia
and other eastern prisons. Wood
was
paroled from the prison at Florence, SC on 12/12/1864.
There is no further information in his muster
rolls. Some have suggested he
might have
been the son of Jasper and Jane Essary Wood who came from
Mississippi
to the Brown’s Creek area and
brother to John Wood, also of Co C. MR #1935
WOOD, WILLIAM H, Co A, private, enlisted for 3 years in Jackson, TN on 8/28/62 at age 21. He furnished his own horse and equipment. He was AWOL by April 1863. No discharge is recorded. In the 1890 veterans’ census Wood said that he served from 8/5/62 through 7/1/64. This would not be his full 3 year commitment. There seems to be a recent military marker on his grave in Central Grove Cemetery, Lexington, TN. MR #1936
WOODARD, PETER H,
Co F, corporal, enlisted for 1 year in Huntingdon, TN on
8/19/62 and
mustered
on 8/24/62 at age 25 (b. 3/21/36). He
was
5’7” tall, fair complexion, blue eyes, light hair, a farmer,
born
in
Carroll Co, TN or NC (census). In
the
1860 census he is listed as a school teacher.
He was captured and paroled at the battle of Trenton,
TN on 12/20/62 and can be assumed to have
spent time in parole camp at Columbus, OH (Camp Chase).
He mustered out at Saulsbury, TN
on 10/25/63. He married Trania A
Lee in
1877. In 1890 Woodard applied for
an
invalid pension while living in Tennessee.
He died in 1920 and is buried in the Woodard Cemetery
in Carroll Co, TN. His wife,
Trinia
Woodard, applied for a widow’s pension in August
1920. Woodard appears to be the
son of James (Methodist minister) and Emily Woodard of North
Carolina. MR #1937
WOODS, JAMES F M(ARTIN),
Companies A, B, C & I, private/corporal, enlisted for 3
years in
Lexington, TN
on 8/28/62 at age 18 (b. 10/11/1847). He
was
5’8” tall, fair complexion, blue eyes, light hair.
He
furnished his own horse and equipment. Woods
transferred
to Co B on 10/25/62. There is
no evidence in the muster rolls that
he was captured with the regiment at Union City TN on
3/24/64. The men not
captured were
stationed mostly in Columbus, KY
in the spring and summer of 1864 and in Paducah, KY in the
fall. Woods transferred to Co I on 2/17/65 and was
appointed
corporal on 2/19/65. He was
discharged
with the regiment when it disbanded at Nashville, TN on
8/9/65. Woods married Tursey B
Hubbard.
In 1890 he lived in Dyer Co, TN near the
Newburn Post Office. He
complained to the census
taker of a “rupture by horse falling.”
He also gave his enlistment date as 8/1/64.
(There may have been more than one man’s
records in these muster rolls, #1938 and 1939).
Woods applied for an invalid pension.
He died on 3/10/1900 and is buried in Eureka
Springs, Carroll Co, AR. His
widow,
Tursey B Woods, applied for a pension in May of 1900
while
living in Arkansas. MR #1938 & 1939
WOODS, LASSON (LASSEN
or LAWSON), Companies C & A, private, enlisted for 3
years in
Lexington, TN
on 8/28/62 and mustered at Jackson, TN on 9/5/62 at age 20. He furnished his own horse and
equipment and
received a $100 bounty for enlistment. Presumed
captured with the regiment at Union City,
TN on 3/24/64, he spent time in Andersonville
Prison in Georgia
and other eastern prisons. Exchanged
on
2/1/1865 at an unknown site, he was discharged with the
regiment when
it
disbanded at Nashville, TN on 8/9/65.
Woods applied for an invalid pension in 1889. In
the
1890 veterans’ census Woods lived in
Henderson Co, TN near the Chesterfield Post Office.
He reported having scurvy and having been in prison
during the
war. He died "suddenly" on
1/30/1911 at age 70 and is buried in
the Oak Grove Cemetery in Henderson Co,
TN with a military marker. MR #1941
WOODS, SAMUEL C(ITZEN),
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 21. He
was
captured
and paroled at the battle of Trenton, TN and is assumed to
have spent
time in parole camp at Columbus, OH (Camp Chase). He
mustered out at Saulsbury, TN
on 10/25/63 and re-enlisted in Co K 2nd TN Mounted
Infantry. He married Mary A Davis
of
Dyer Co, TN. Woods applied for
and
received an invalid pension due to a gun shot wound in his
right
arm. It paid $6 per month
beginning in
May of 1874. His widow applied
for a
pension in November of 1896.
Woods was the son of Peter Middleton and Jane Walser
Woods and
brother
to Napoleon B. Woods, also of Co K 2nd TN Mounted
Infantry. MR #1942
WOODS, THOMAS (F), 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 46. Woods
deserted
after the battle at Trenton, TN in December 1862. MR
#1943
WOOD, WILLIAM T,
Companies B & A, private, enlisted for 3 years in
Huntingdon,
TN on 1/8/64 and mustered at Union City, TN
on 2/15/64 at age 19. Captured
with the regiment at Union City, TN on 3/24/64, he spent time
in
Andersonville Prison in Georgia and
other eastern prisons. Exchanged
on
12/12/64 at Florence, AL,
he was taken to College Green Barracks and Annapolis, MD.
He was discharged with the regiment when it
disbanded at Nashville, TN on 8/9/65. In
his
Civil War Questionnaire, Woods said he
rode a train from Nashville to Johnsonville,
TN, then took a boat to Perryville, TN
and walked the 20 miles to his home. He
did
not work for some time due to exposure and starvation in
Andersonville
Prison. He applied for and
received an invalid pension in 1886. Woods died in
Darden, TN on 6/24/1925. He was the son of Jasper and
Hanna J Essary Wood and the husband of Martha D
Woods. MR #1944
WOODSIDE, H H. This man was listed on the Deserters Index in April 1863. Woodside has no records in the 7th Tennessee muster rolls.
WOODSIDE, MILUS
(MILES) M, Co G, private, enlisted for 1 year in Carroll
Co, TN on
8/5/62 at
age 28. He was AWOL by 3/25/63. He appears to have enlisted in the 7th,
6th and 13h TN Cavalries, presumably for
the bounty money. Woodside
was present at the Fort Pillow
massacre in April 1864. He was
“wounded
by two balls, first (pistol) ball striking just below
insertion of
deltoid
muscle of right arm, and remaining in: second (musket) ball
striking
centre of
right breast over third rib and passing to the right and
downward,
emerged at
inner border of the scapula, about 6 inches from point of
entrance. Done after surrender.” (Congressional
inquiry into the Fort Pillow
massacre.) Woodside was a
resident of
Dyer Co, TN. MR #1945
WOODSON, THOMAS,
Co K, private, enlisted for 3 years at Union City, TN on
2/17/64
at age 40. He was 5’10” tall,
light
complexion, blue eyes, grey hair, born in Union, SC but a
resident of
Gibson Co,
TN. Captured with the regiment at
Union City, TN on 3/24/64, Woodson was taken to Andersonville
Prison in Georgia
where he
died on 7/8/64 of remittent fever and chronic diarrhea
(widow’s pension
says
scurvy). William B Little of Co
M, 6th
TN Cavalry was with him when he died (pension).
Woodson is assumed buried in the Andersonville National
Cemetery in an unknown grave. His
wife, Jane Edwards Woodson (m.
11/1/1846
in Gibson Co, TN), applied for and received a widow’s pension
in 1867. MR #1946
WOOLEY, ALEXANDER
(ANDREW J), Companies H, C & I, private, enlisted at
Lexington,
TN on 10/1/62 and mustered at Trenton, TN
on 11/24/62 at age 27. He was
5’9” tall,
fair complexion, blue eyes, light hair, born in Wayne Co, TN,
a farmer. He furnished his own
horse and equipment. Wooley was
AWOL from June 6/20/63
through 1/1/64. He was not
captured with the regiment at Union City
TN
on 3/24/64. The men not
captured
were stationed mostly in Columbus, KY in the spring and summer
of 1864 and in
Paducah, KY
in the fall. A nurse in the
hospital at
Columbus, KY in June of
1864, he was a patient in the hospital at Paducah, KY in
September and
October
1864. He was discharged with the
regiment when it disbanded at Nashville, TN on 8/9/65.
Wooley died in Henderson Co, TN in September 1895 and
is buried in the Central Grove Cemetery in Henderson Co,
TN with a military marker but no dates.
In November 1897 his wife, Phoebe Adline Altom, (“Febe
A”)
applied for a
widow’s pension while living in Arkansas.
It was denied, however. MR #1948
WORKMAN, WILLIAM,
Co M, private, enlisted for 3 years in Boydsville, TN on
9/1/63 at age 19. He was present
in January and February 1864
but there is no further information in the muster rolls.
An E W Workman of Company M, however, is
listed in the New York Times Savannah, GA
death list as dying on 10/8/1864 in the hospital there.
The father of this soldier, William S Workman, filed
for a
dependent
father’s pension but it was refused. MR #1952
WORRELL, H(ARDY) H,
Co I, corporal, enlisted for 3 years in Paducah, KY on 9/15/63
and
mustered in
Union City, TN on 12/15/63 at about age 27 (census).
He furnished his own horse and equipment. Presumed
captured with the regiment at Union City,
TN on 3/24/64, Worrell was taken to Andersonville
Prison in Georgia
where he died in quarters on 8/23/64. He
was buried in grave #6608 in the Andersonville National
Cemetery. His
wife, Sarah Spellings
Worrell, applied for a widow’s pension in 1869. Born in North Carolina to Isaac and
Serena
Worrell but a resident
of Carroll Co, TN in 1860, he was brother to John Worrell,
also of Co I. MR #1953
WORRELL, JOHN, Co
I, private/corporal, enlisted at same time and place as his
brother Hardy H
Worrell
but at age 24 (census). He
furnished his
own horse and equipment. Presumed
captured with the regiment at Union City, TN on 3/24/64, he
was taken to
Andersonville Prison in Georgia where
he died on 10/10/64. Born in
North
Carolina to Isaac
and Serena Worrell but a resident of Carroll Co, TN in 1860,
he was
brother to
Hardy H Worrell, also of Co I. There
is
a minor's pension that sfiled
on this
soldier's service. The guardian
is James Ray. MR #1954
WORSHAM, WILLIAM S,
Co F, private, enlisted for one year at Trenton, TN on 9/20/62
at age 26. His record shows no
discharge date. This caused
difficulty but was settled with
“implied desertion canceled.” It
was
made retro to 2/1/63. He married
first
Elizabeth Roberts in 1859 and Antity Lemmons in 1882.
Worsham was able to obtain a pension in 1890. In 1896 he
was an officer in the Grand Army of the Republic (GAR) Post
#56 in Huntingdon, TN and listed his
residence as
Huntingdon, TN. He died on
10/31/1901 and is
buried in Palmer’s Shelter Cemetery in Carroll Co,
TN. His widow, “Ianthy,” received
a pension in 1901. MR #1955
WRIGHT, ANDREW J,
Co G, private, enlisted for 1 year on 1/15/63 and mustered at
Trenton, TN
on 1/29/63 at age 27. He
mustered out at Saulsbury, TN
on 10/25/63 before he had served a full year.
Wright married Hulda A. on 11/26/1888.
He applied for an invalid pension while
living in Nebraska. His wife
filed for a
widow’s pension on 4/1/1907 while living in Kansas. MR
#1956
WRIGHT, HENRY, Co E. This man has no muster rolls but is listed as AWOL on the April 1863 deserters’ list.
WRIGHT, WILLIAM J,
Co B, private, enlisted for 3 years at Saulsbury, TN on 8/4/63
and mustered
at Memphis, TN
on 11/25/63 at age 18/20. He was
5’8”
tall, fair complexion, dark eyes, dark hair, a saddler, born
in Carroll
Co,
TN. He furnished his own horse
and
equipment. Presumed
captured
with the regiment at Union City, TN on 3/24/64, Wright was
taken to
Andersonville Prison in Georgia where
he died on July 8 or 10 in 1864 of diarrhea chronic.
He was buried in grave #5267 in the Andersonville
National
Cemetery. His father applied for and received a
dependent parent pension in 1882. MR #1957
WYATT, HENRY H,
Co E, private, enlisted for 3 years at Shiloh, TN in June 1862
but also at
Huntingdon, TN on 7/20/62. He mustered at Humboldt, TN
on 8/11/62 at age 17. Wyatt was
5’9” tall, fair complexion, grey eyes,
light hair, a farmer, born in Carroll Co, TN.
A note in his muster roll says he was in the hospital
with
intermittent
fever at Camp Chase, OH on 8/9/63. A
later
addition to the notes on 7/28/76 says
he “never joined com[pany] or reg[iment].”
Wyatt is said, however, to have enlisted on the same
day and
place as
William B Wyatt. They seem to be
the
sons of William R and Mary Horn and brothers to John Parker
Wyatt,
residents of
Carroll Co, TN in 1850. MR #1958
WYATT, JOHN P(ARKER),
Co E, private, enlisted for 3 years in Huntingdon, TN on
7/4/62 and
mustered at
Humboldt, TN on 8/11/62 at age 32 (census).
Absent sick on 5/7/63, he was one of the 100 or more
men who
went AWOL
from the forts on the Mississippi/Tennessee line in June 1863. He left Grand Junction on 6/13/63
and ran into
some of Napier’s Confederate
irregulars who wounded him. Wyatt
died
at home in Benton Co, TN on 12/25/63.
His wife, Nancy Melton Wyatt, applied for a pension
in 1865. Wyatt was the son of
William R
and Mary Horn and brother to William B Wyatt and Henry H
Wyatt, residents of Carroll Co,
TN in 1850. MR #1959
WYATT, WILLIAM B,
Companies E, B & C, private, enlisted for 3 years in
Huntingdon on
6/28/62/or
7/20/62 and mustered at Humboldt, TN on 8/11/62 at age 20. He was 6’1/2” tall, light complexion,
hazel
eyes, light hair, a farmer, born in Carroll Co, TN
(10/12/1842). Wyatt was on
furlough from
2/17/63-4/26/63. He furnished his
own
horse and equipment which was captured at Union City, TN on
3/24/64. Presumed captured with
the
regiment at Union City, TN
on 3/24/64. Wyatt spent time in Andersonville Prison in
Georgia and other
eastern
prisons. Exchanged through
Charleston, SC,
he
mustered out with the regiment at Nashville
on 8/9/65. He applied for
an invalid
pension in 1880.
Wyatt died on 12/4/1903 and is buried in the Garrett
Cemetery
in Carroll Co, TN. He has a
military
marker. His wife, Martha J Wyatt,
applied for a widow’s pension in January 1904.
Wyatt was the son of William R and Mary Horn
and brother to John Parker Wyatt and Henry H Wyatt,
residents of Carroll Co, TN in 1850.
William
B Wyatt lived near Hollow Rock, TN in
his later years. MR #1960