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Colonel Robert Byrd’s Letter to Henry Welcker (1862)

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(from archived RCHC Web Site) Note:  see also the separate post about Colonel Robert K. Byrd‘s service (click here) and transcriptions of documents from lawsuits in which he was a party (click here and here). Source: Roberts Families of Roane … Continue reading →

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Mary Love Carried Grant’s Message Despite Dangers

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(from archived RCHC Web Site) by Walter T. Pulliam Source:  This article appeared in The Harriman Record, 20 Apr 1961. One hundred years ago this month the American Civil War began when South Carolinians fired on Fort Sumter in Charleston … Continue reading →

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Some Union Soldiers with Roane County Connections

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(from archived RCHC Web Site) Contributed by Robert L. Bailey Note on original compilation:  I have worked on this, on and off, for several months. I have decided to go ahead and post it even though it is incomplete. If … Continue reading →

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Tennessee Confederate Pension Applications – Roane & Some Surrounding Counties

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(from archived RCHC Web Site) Contributed by Robert L. Bailey This listing comprises Roane, Loudon, Morgan, and Cumberland Counties. Note on original compilation:  This index to Tennessee Confederate Pension applications is compiled from Index to Tennessee Confederate Pension Applications published … Continue reading →

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Muster Roll Capt. John Blyth’s Company B, 5th TN Cavalry, CSA, at 27 April 1865 Surrender

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(from archived RCHC Web Site) Contributed by Chris [surname not indicated] Note on original compilation:  “I tried to copy the list verbatim….even placing the periods where they don’t quite belong. I added just 1 or 2 notes …. obvious things. Cash … Continue reading →

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Some Confederate Soldiers Buried in Roane & Loudon Counties

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(from archived RCHC Web Site) Contributed by Robert L. Bailey Note on original compilation:  I have worked on this, on and off, for several months. I have decided to go ahead and post it even though it is incomplete. If … Continue reading →

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Deatherage Brothers’ Confederate Service Abstracts

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(from archived RCHC Web Site) Contributed by Tom McMurray Deatherage, Newton TN 26th Inf Co. A, Private CSA Enlisted at Decatur (Meigs Co, TN) on 14 Jun 1861 by A. F. Boggess.  Wounded in side on 15 Feb 1862 at … Continue reading →

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Resignation Letter from Major Joseph D. Turner to Unnamed Major, February, 1864

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(from archived RCHC Web Site) Transcribed by Robert L. Bailey.  Original source unidentified. Note:  Joseph D. Turner served in Company D, 5th Tennessee Infantry, USA.  Click here to view Robert Bailey‘s transcription of that unit. Head Qrs. 5th Regty. Tenn. … Continue reading →

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Letter from James R. Thompson to Susan Elisabeth Thompson, March 5, 1863

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(from archived RCHC Web Site) Transcribed by Robert L. Bailey.  Original source unidentified. Note:  James R. Thompson served in Company B, 5th Tennessee Infantry, USA.  Click here to view Robert Bailey‘s transcription of that unit. Campside Murfreesboro, March 5, 1863 … Continue reading →

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Letter from John J. Lane to Major General Rosecrans, February 8, 1865

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(from archived RCHC Web Site) Transcribed by Robert L. Bailey.  Original source unidentified. Note: John J. Lane served in served in Companies B and F, 5th Tennessee Infantry, USA.  Click the Company letters to view Robert Bailey‘s transcription of that unit. … Continue reading →

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