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Allen Polk Doggett Biographical and Civil War Notes

Allen Polk Doggett Biographical and Civil War Notes

content below transcribed and contributed by Aubrey C. Doggett of Houston, Texas, July, 2004 Joined Confederate Forces when 17 Years Old by L. E. Petty The Marshall Gazette (Lewisburg, Tennessee) ~ August 9, 1935 ~ unnumbered page 4 In 1862 the Confederate Army was in desperate straits but not so desperate as to accept a beardless boy who appeared much younger than his admitted seventeen without question. His father’s consent obtained, the farm boy was accepted and became a member…

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Company A of the 4th/8th Tennessee Cavalry Regiment 1892 Reunion

Company A of the 4th/8th Tennessee Cavalry Regiment 1892 Reunion

contributed March 7, 1999 by Bill Allen “In 1892, there was a reunion of Company A of the 4th/8th (Baxter Smith’s) Tennessee Cavalry Regiment at Farmington. George B. Guild delivered an address that day. Also, a picture was made of the attending veterans of this company. The only people I can identify in this photo are (1) my great-grandfather, Dr. Thomas Alexander Allen, fourth from left, front row; and (2) Scott Davis, third from right, back row.” Willie Robinson identified…

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Songs from the Civil War Days

Songs from the Civil War Days

  Aura Lee Battle Cry of Freedom, The Battle Hymn of the Republic Bonnie Blue Flag, The Bonnie Dundee Brother, Tell Me of the Battle Columbia, the Gem of the Ocean Dixie Dying Volunteer, The Faded Coat of Blue, The Hard Times Come Again No More Home, Sweet Home Hoop de Dooden Do Just Before the Battle, Mother Kathleen Mavourneen Kingdom Coming Lorena Marching Along Marching Through Georgia Maryland! My Maryland Massa’s in de Cold, Cold, Ground Stonewall’s Requiem Sword…

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Records of Civil War Soldiers from Marshall County, Tennessee

Records of Civil War Soldiers from Marshall County, Tennessee

From Kevin Morgan Marshall County, Tennessee, March 2006  March 2006 I am researching the CSA POWs who died at Camp Morton in Indianapolis, IN during the War between the States. One soldier is from your area: BRAFFORD, A. A. B, 53rd TN Inf. Sep. 6, 1864 Died Indianapolis, IN A. A. Brafford  Regiment Name 53 Tennessee Infantry. Side Confederate  Company  B  1860 Census: Name: A A Brafford Age in 1860: 25  Birth Year: abt 1835  Birthplace: Tennessee  Home in 1860:…

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1900 Reunion of Veterans of Co. G, 32nd Infantry at Belfast

1900 Reunion of Veterans of Co. G, 32nd Infantry at Belfast

Lewisburg Tribune issues from Aug 10, 1899 to May 2, 1902 MARSHALL COUNTY NEWSPAPERS OLD SOLDIERS REUNION Surviving Members of Company G Held Their Seventh Annual Reunion Last Tuesday ADDRESS BY REV. J. R. HARRIS [Details as Gathered by a Staff Representative — Mr. and Mrs. Endsley’s Generous Hospitality–Many Visitors] The surviving members of Company G, Thirty-second Tennessee Infantry held their seventh annual reunion at the home of J.B. Endsley, two miles southeast of Belfast, last Tuesday. The day, as…

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Tennessee Colored Pension Application

Tennessee Colored Pension Application

Hello, and welcome to Tennessee Colored Pension Application for CSA Service. The purpose of this website is to provide the names of African-Americans, mostly former slaves, who applied for pensions in Tennessee claiming to have served with the Confederate States of America during the American Civil War. The names were compiled byJohn V. Brogden using sources at the Tennessee State Library and Archives in Nashville, Tennessee.  This information is provided with the hope that it will be helpful to other genealogists in their research. Listed below are…

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Farmington Cemetery Monument

Farmington Cemetery Monument

The monument is located on Highway 64 about a mile off Highway 31A in the Farmington community of Marshall County.  Words on the Monument They Fell October 7, 1863, Sealing with their Blood, their devotion to the Lost Cause   On the historical bronze sign attached to the stone wall (which is about 15 feet long and 4 feet tall) on each side that surrounds the 10 foot tall monument, reads the following: Names of Confederate Soldiers killed on this field in…

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11th (Holmon’s) Tennessee Calvary

11th (Holmon’s) Tennessee Calvary

War Records of Soldiers of Company C Adams, T. R.   age 22 yrs.  Enlisted Sept. 30, 1862  Chapel Hill  T. C. H. Miller Captured at Middleton January 31, 1863  forwarded to Nashville  Thom. Riggs Adams POW  sent to City   Point James River, Va. Feb. 11, 1863  Oath April 5, 1865   Place of residence-Marshall   County complexion-fair  hair-dark  eyes-hazel  height 5 ft. 9.5 in. Remarks: no family Aldridge, John   pvt. age 24 yrs. Enlisted Sept 30, 1862  Chapel Hill T. C….

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11th Tennessee Cavalry ~ Partial List of Losses

11th Tennessee Cavalry ~ Partial List of Losses

The following information is taken from The Military Annals of Tennessee, Confederate, by John Berrien Lindsley, originally published in Nashville, 1878.The following is a partial list of the losses of this company:Killed. Private Ephraim Sheffield, at Dandridge, Tenn., January, 1864. Private Alf. Snell, at Gentersville, Ala., February, 1865. Private W. Bruce, at Guntersville, Ala, February, 1865. Wounded Private John Bailey, at Thompson’s Station, Tenn., April, 1863. Private A.B. Robinson, near Acworth, Ga., May 28, 1864. Private A.J. Cole, near Acworth, Ga.,…

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Muster Roll of Company “G.,” Third Tennessee Regiment.

Muster Roll of Company “G.,” Third Tennessee Regiment.

Company “G” Third Tennessee Regiment, organized at Cornersville for the Confederate service  OFFICERS.      Calvin H. Walker Captain, elected Colonel at reorganization.      J. S. Walker, Captain.      E. C. L. Bridges Lieutenant      Alfred Jones, Lieutenant;  captured at Donelson, escaped from Camp Chase and afterwards made Surgeon of the 17th Tennessee Regiment  Other lieutenants–J. A. Ralston, E. W. Harmond, J. B. McCandless, Calvin J Orr   Seargents–Thomas H. Chiles, G. W. Taylor, W. M. Dabney, J. M.  Clayton, T….

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