Confederate Soldiers of Weakley County, Tennessee
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Dalby, Dick H., b. 2/8/1840; August 21, 1861, he enlisted in Company G, Ninth Tennessee Infantry, and served nearly four years. He was kept a prisoner of war at Camp Morton for seven months. He was wounded twice, first at Perryville, Ky., and then at Chickamauga.; (Parents; John A. and Louisa W. Davis Dalby) Danner, Leonidas G., b. 8/18/1845; AL 5th Inf. New Co.E; AL Mil. 4th Vol. Co.F; In 1862 he enlisted in Company E, Fifth Regiment Alabama Confederate Infantry, serving, first as private, and later was detailed as a sharp-shooter, under Gen. Rhodes, ranking as first sergeant. After the surrender he returned home and begun the study of medicine.; (Parents; Jacob G. and Elizabeth Boyd Danner) Darnell, Samuel H., b. 1/29/1836; Cpl. Co. G. TN 14th Inf.; Co. G. was formed in Montgomery Co., TN. He was in Palmyra, Montgomery Co., TN in 1860 census household of W. R. and Eliza Braim as laborer. In Virginia in 1867, Obion Co. in 1880, Weakley Co. 1900 til death; (Parents; Unknown) Davidson, Abner Lee, b. 6/19/1839; Davidson, A.L. TN 31st Inf. Co.E; In 1861 volunteered in Confederate Infantry, but, after serving about eleven months, was taken sick, and returned home.; (Parents; Ephraim Allen and Lucretia Stovall Davidson) Davidson, John Calvin, b.9/13/1842; Gibson County; Enlisted December 20, 1861 in Gibson County in Caruthers' Battery, Heavy Artillery. He was present on muster rolls from July 1862 to October 1862. He is listed as "sick in camp" November & December 1862. Listed as present January & February 1863. According to the Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers who Served in Organizations from Tennessee (Memphis Public Library): he was captured & paroled at Vicksburg, Mississippi July 4, 1863 as a member of Company L, 1st Tennessee Heavy Artillery (Andrew Jackson's Regiment). Andrew Jackson was actually Rachel's nephew and President Andrew Jackson adopted him and named him Andrew, Jr. Answered Questionaire; (Parents; Unknown) Davis, Matthew, b. ; Co D, 12th TN Inf.; (Parents; Unknown) Davis, Samuel, b. 10/6/1842; TN 1st (Feild's) Inf. Co.I ; Sam Davis was found guilty of spying by a drumhead court martial and was sentenced to hang on November 27, 1863. On the eve of his execution Sam wrote a final letter to his Mother saying,"I HAVE GOT TO DIE TOMORROW MORNING. MOTHER, I DO NOT HATE TO DIE". The last officer to solicit Sam's betrayal did so on the gallows at Pulaski. He received from Sam Davis the famous reply - "I AM BUT A PRIVATE SOLDIER IN THE CONFEDERATE ARMY. THE MAN WHO GAVE ME THIS INFORMATION IS WORTH TEN THOUSAND MORE TO THE CONFEDERATE CAUSE THAN I, AND I WOULD SOONER DIE A THOUSAND DEATHS BEFORE I WOULD BETRAY A FRIEND OR BE FALSE TO DUTY". A sack was put over his head and the trap dropped.; (Parents; Charles Louis and Jane Simmons Davis) Dawson, William Azariah, b. 1822; TN 15th (Stewart's) Cav. Lt.Col.; When the war broke out, he organized a company in the Twenty-second Tennessee Confederate Regiment, and was elected captain. He fought at Belmont, and at Shiloh was wounded three times - had his little finger shot off, and was shot in both the shoulder and the head. After the reorganization of the army, he came home and raised a company for the Fourteenth Regiment of Cavalry, and was elected colonel of the regiment. He was a dauntless soldier, fought in many hot skirmishes, and finally, in a skirmish near Columbia, Tenn., he was shot dead. (Parents; Unknown) Delap, Hugh, b. 12/18/1839; Delap, Hugh GS Gen. & Staff Hosp.Stew.; He went out with Bell's brigade, being commissioned druggist, and for four years served in the hospital department. During this time he devoted his spare moments to the study of medicine.; (Parents; Daniels and Fannie West Delap) Deason, Philip Henry, b.10/18/1834 ; 49th TN Inf. Regt.; captured at Fort Donelson; paroled at Vicksburg; (Parents; Joel Alvia Rushing Deason) Dees, James, b. abt. 1832; Dees, James TN 4th Inf. Co.E; died 8/16/1862, Chattanooga, TN; (Parents Unknown) Dew, Arthur T. b. 3/23/1844; 20th TN Cavalry (CSA) Company I. Enlisted December 1, 1863 at Newburn, TN, by Col. Bell for 3 years. Black horse valued at $800. Present on roll for Mar/April 1864. Present on roll for May/June 1864. Wounded at Harrisburg. On roll of prisoners surrendered at Citronelle, AL, May 4, 1865. Residence Eaton TN. "Arthur T. Dew was born in Wilson County, Tenn., March 23, 1844; but his parents removed to Weakley County, near Dresden, while he was a child, and there he grew to manhood. He entered the Conf. army in 1863 as a member or Co. I, 20th Tenn. Cav., Bell's Brigade, under Forrest, and served to the close of the war, surrendering at Gainsville, Ala. He was a splendid soldier. The day before the battle of Harrisburg he was left behind with a sick horse, but he procured another mount and joined the command that night and participated in the battle next day, in which he was slightly wounded. After the war he married and settled near Sharon, Tenn., where he died on June 4, 1911. He was a brother of Col. R. J. Dew, of Trenton, Tenn." On 1870 Census Weakley Co. TN with wife Gertrude and one child. Source: Compiled Service Records [R,C], Confederate Veteran 19(9): 438-9, Sept 1911; 1870 Census Weakley Co. TN; (Parents; D. S. and Ruth Unknown Dew) Dickey, David Lawson, b. 1831; Dickey, D.L. TN 47th Inf. Co.K; Enlisted in March 1862. POW and died in Rome, GA of Chronic Diarrhea. (Parents; George W. and Margaret W. Fulerton Dickey) Dickey, John F., 11/1838; TN 20th (Russell's) Cav. Co.G; In the fall of 1864 he enlisted, under Capt. Grier, in Gen. Forrest's command, but after a year was sent home on account of ill health.; (Parents; George W. and Margaret W. Fulerton Dickey) Diggs, William F., b. abt. 1844; TN 5th Inf. 1st Co.C, Co.A Cpl.; Reported to be a outlaw guerrilla and was hung for murder in Murray KY.; (Parents; William M. and Martha Turnbill Diggs) Dillinger, Jacob Riley, b. abt. 1838; Listed on 1910 Weakley Co., TN District 12 Census as Confederate Veteran. NAME: Dellinger, Jacob Riley. WIDOW: Dellinger, Margaret Susana PENSION #: W4583 (Parents; Unknown) Doran, Thomas J. b. abt. 1843; TN 21st Inf. Co.F; (Parents; William and Mary Unknown Doran) Doster, Ellison Carraway, b. 1848; Co. A Hampton's Regt. Doyle, Hickman P., b. 3/23/1841; TN 4th Inf. Co.H 1st Lt.; H. P. Doyle served during the war as a member of the gallant Fourth Tennessee Regiment. He enlisted as a private, but was soon promoted to be first lieutenant of Company K. He participated in the battles of Shiloh and Perryville, in each of which he was severely wounded.; (Parents; James H. and Eliza Jane Sampson Doyle) Drane, James H. b. 10/15/1843; Drane, J.H. TN 12th (Cons.) Inf. Co.A; In 1862 he enlisted in the Twelfth Tennessee Regiment, and from that time until the close of the war served his country with fidelity.; (Parents; John M. and Louisa P. Boisseau Drane) Draper, James Mathison, b. 11/3/1840; TN 12th (Cons.) Inf. Co.B; TN 12th Inf. Co.C; Enlisted in the Confederate Service and served three years and two months. At the battle of Peach Tree Creek he was so severely wounded that he was unfitted for further service and returned home. He had received a wound previous to this; (Parents; Phillip White and Mary Elizabeth Pate Draper) Duckworth, William Lafayette, b. 6/29/1834; TN 7th (Duckworth's) Cav. Co.D Col.; (Parents; William Wilkins and Mary Mahala Alexander Duckworth) Dudley, Robert E., b. 11/17/1838; TN 21st (Wilson's) Cav. Co.K Capt.; Wounded July 14th and died July 20th battle Tupelo / Harrisburg Mississippi July 14-15, 1864; (Parents; Joseph Taylor and Sarah W. Edwards Dudley) Dunlap, Robert W., b. 5/20/2843; TN 20th (Russell's) Cav. Co.A; Dunlap, Robert TN 21st (Wilson's) Cav. Co.K; (Parents; William Allen and Matilda Harral Dunlap) Dunlap, Silas Wright., b. 1845; Co. K 21st TN (Wilson's) Cav. CSA; NAME: Dunlap, S.W. PENSION #: S11817 UNIT: 21st (Wilson's) Cav. NAME: Dunlap, Silas Wright. WIDOW: Dunlap, Mary Eliza PENSION #: W10070 1910 Weakley Co., TN, District 15 lists him as a Confederate Veteran. (Parents; William Allen and Matilda Harral Dunlap, Sr.) Duke, James Knox, b. 6/13/1840; Co. H - 1st Sergeant Russells 20th, 31st TN Infantry CSA; Enlisted Dec. 1, 1863, Dyer Co., TN for 3 yr.; Present on roll Mar/Apr 1864 1st Sergeant; Present on roll May/June 1864 Private; Sent to his original command. In photo of Sharon TN veterans; (Parents; Littleton Clayton and Millany Scott Duke) Duke, Rufus E. �Rufe�, b.12/2/1845; CSA: Russell's 20 Tn Cavalry, Co H, Enlisted Dec 1 1863 at Camp Bell TN, by Col. Bell for 3 years. Present on roll for Mar/April 1864. On roll for May/June 1864, "killed in battle at Tishomingo Creek, June 10th, 1864". Described as age 20, blue eyes, light hair, light complexion, 5 ft. 10 in., born Weakley Co TN, farmer. Wounded at Tishomingo Creek and died at Guntown, MS, June 12, 1864. Rennolds lists him in Company F. Born Dec 2, 1845, Brother of Jim and Tom Duke; (Parents; Littleton Clayton and Millaney Scott Duke) Duke, Thomas B. b.6/30/1842; Co. H - Private Russells 20th TN Cav. CSA: Tom B. Duke - Enlisted Dec 1 1863 at Camp Bell TN, by Col. Bell for 3 years. Present on roll for Mar/April 1864. Present on roll for May/June 1864. Brother of Jim and Rufe Duke. Died before 1914.; (Parents; Littleton Clayton and Millaney Scott Duke) Duncan, William A. b. abt. 1847; TN 9th Cav. Co.D; enlisted in Confederate army August 1863 at Knoxville TN Morgan Regiment, Answered Questionaire; NAME: Duncan, William A. PENSION #: S11780 COUNTY: Weakley UNIT: 9th Cav. 1910 Weakley Co., TN District 14 lists him as a Confederate Veteran. (Parents; William Spencer and Eliza Chambers Duncan) Dunlap, Robert W., b. 5/20/1843; TN 20th (Russell's) Cav. Co.A Dunlap, Robert TN 21st (Wilson's) Cav. Co.K 1910 Weakley County District 15 Census lists him as a Confederate Veteran.; (Parents; William Allen and Matilda Harral Dunlap, Sr. Dunlap, William Newton Lafayette, b. 10/5/1843; Dunlap, W.N.L. TN 47th Inf. Co.G Cpl.; At the age of eighteen enlisted in the Confederate Service in Company G, Forty-seventh Regiment, Tennessee Infantry, but after its reorganization it was known as the Twelfth Regiment. He was wounded at Murfreesboro, and unfitted for service for about one year. He was at Missionary Ridge, the Georgia Campaign, and was wounded at Franklin. He was taken in charge by his brother, John B., and brought home to be cared for. This ended his war record; (Parents; Ebenezer and Mary L. Harbour Dunlap) E
Eason, Thomas J., b. abt. 1832; TN 51st Inf. Co.D Bvt.2nd Lt.; Thomas Eason was second lieutenant in Wright's brigade of the Confederate Army, and was killed in battle at Atlanta, Ga. (Parents; Thomas and Anna Mariah Smith Eason) Easterwood, William Charles, b. 7/16/1831; TN 33rd Inf. Co.I; He joined the Confederate Army in 1861. He was captured at Shiloh and taken to Camp Douglas, Chicago, but was afterward exchanged at Vicksburg. He returned home in December, 1862.; (Parents; John and Mary Polly Peck Easterwood) Eddings, Emerson Bruce, b. 1831; TN Inf. 3rd Bn. Co.C; Military service: Co.C, 3rd Battalion Tennessee Infantry (Memphis Batt.) Local defense troops; Rank: Private; (Parents; Ozburn and Elizabeth Bonte Eddings) Eddings, Levi Spencer, b. 3/1838; Sgt. Co. H, 14th Tennessee Infantry; Enlisted: Jun 1861, Camp Duncan, Clarksville, Tennessee; UCV Camp: James G. Pirtle - Camp #990 - Fulton, Kentucky (Parents; Leolin S. and Elizabeth Ann Unknown Eddings) Edmundson, John Burgin, b. 8/28/1839; Co. H, 47th TN Inf.; He had voted against secession in two succesive referendums in Tennessee. He refused to be conscripted. Seven times the Conscription Squads came after him and seven times he slipped away and returned home. Eventually he was offered the opportunity to volunteer as a medical corpsman. He agreed and enlisted in Company H, 47th Tennessee Infranty Regiment, CSA, on December 3, 1861 at Kenton, Gibson County, Tennessee. In his capacity as a surgeons aid he was devoted and skillful and was soon helping to suture and dress wounds. Became a doctor after the war.; (Parents; Michael Isreal and Matilda Burgin Edmundson) Eldridge, Obadiah Henry, b. abt. 1841; TN 33rd Inf. Co.C; The 33rd Regiment of the Tennessee Infantry Company C that contained men from Calloway County, Kentucky. In December of 1862, the group was consolidated with the 31st Regiment but only after participating and losing many men during the Battle of Shiloh (Pittsburg Landing) that occurred on 6 and 7 April 1862. (Parents; Obadiah and Martha Redden Eldridge) Eldridge, William Riley, b. 3/16/1839; TN 33rd Inf. Co.C; The 33rd Regiment of the Tennessee Infantry Company C that contained men from Calloway County, Kentucky. In December of 1862, the group was consolidated with the 31st Regiment but only after participating and losing many men during the Battle of Shiloh (Pittsburg Landing) that occurred on 6 and 7 April 1862. (Parents; Obadiah and Martha Redden Eldridge) Elliott, John, b. abt. 1818; 31st Tennessee Infantry, A.H. Bradford's, Company K.; On August 28, 1882, he got into a dispute with a laborer named Clark MONDAY (?), who stabbed him. John ELLIOTT died the next day. (Parents; Unknown) Elliott, Moses Alexander, b. 3/20/1833; Elliott, M.A. GS Gen. & Staff Asst.Surg. Elliott, M.A. TX 9th Cav. Asst.Surg.; (Parents; George Sims and Henrietta R. Oldham Elliott) Ellis, George W., b. 12/1837; Co. D, 16th TN Cav.; (Parents; William and Mary Sanders Ellis, Sr.) Ellis, Haywood, b. 12/9/1833; TN 20th (Russell's) Cav. Co.I 1910 Weakley Co., TN, District 14 Census lists him as a Confederate Veteran. (Parents; Unknown) Ellis, Joseph Miller, b. 1833; Co K, 59th Mnt. Inf. TN; (Parents; William and Mary Sanders Ellis) Ellis, William, Jr., b. 1830: Co. F, 16th TN Cav.; (Parents; William and Mary Sanders Ellis, Sr.) Elrod, William P., b. 1/26/1842; TN 4th (McLemore's) Cav. Co.A ; Enlisted in the Confederate Service, Fourth Tennessee Cavalry, and was wounded in the right foot while retreating from Dalton to Atlanta, which unfitted him for further service. He served under Gen. N. B. Forrest. After his return home he entered school at Bowling Green, Ky; (Parents; George and Thirza Keys Elrod) Ellsbury, Benjamin L., b. abt. 1839; TN 22nd Inf. Co.D 1910 Weakley Co, TN, District 23 lists him as a Confederate Veteran. NAME: Ellsberry, Benjamin PENSION #: S12499 COUNTY: Weakley UNIT: 22nd Inf. Ervin, John, b. abt. 1850 1910 Weakley Co., TN., District 9 Census lists him as a Confederate Veteran. Possible Unit: Ervin, John TN 29th Inf. Co.A; (Parents Unknown) Erwin, Isaac Hamilton, b. 11/1840; Co., E, 12th Tennessee Infantry; Killed at the Battle of Belmont in November 1861. It is said that he was the first person buried at Mt. Moriah Cemetery in Hickman Co.; (Parents; William Robinson and Narcissa F. Hess Erwin) Erwin, John Miller, b. 2/15/1844; GA Phillips' Legion Co.C Cpl.; Enlisted 6/11/1861, Age 18, Promoted 3rd Cpl 12/1/1862, Admitted Jackson hospital Richmond with ascites and hernia 6/5/1864, Detailed as a nurse there 6/24/1864, Furloughed home from hospital 9/26/1864 and was back with the Legion by November 1864, Captured 4/6/1865 at Sailors Creek and imprisoned at Point Lookout until released 6/26/1865, Oath shows him to be 5'7&1/2" with light brown hair and dark grey eyes, Born 2/15/1844 in Gordon County, Ga.; (Parents; William Glen & Martha McCrary Erwin) Erwin, Sidney Louis, b. 1845; GA Phillips' Legion Co.C; Enlisted 2/1/1863, Captured 4/6/1865 at Sailors Creek and imprisoned at Point Lookout until released 6/26/1865, Oath shows him to be 5'6&1/2" with auburn hair and blue eyes. Younger brother of John M Erwin, Sid would die in a gunfight in 1880 at McAlester, Oklahoma; (Parents; William Glen & Martha McCrary Erwin) Erwin, Sterling Brewer, b. 5/22/1842; Co. E, 12th Tennessee Infantry; Co. B, 7th Kentucky Infantry; Co. C, 12th Kentucky Cavalry; Although the Kentucky Adjutant General's Report shows him listed as a member of Co. L, 3rd Kentucky Infantry Regiment, he never actually served in that command. He enlisted as a private in Co., E, 12th Tennessee Infantry, which later became Co. L, 3rd Kentucky Infantry. He however; transferred out of that regiment on the 22nd of October 1861, to Co. B, 7th Kentucky Infantry. Co. L, 3rd Kentucky Infantry did not come into existance until after the Battle of Shiloh in May 1862. Later in 1863, Sterling became a Sergeant in Co. C, 12th Kentucky Cavalry.; (Parents; William Robinson and Narcissa F. Hess Erwin) Etheridge, William Fletcher, b. 5/16/1839; 2nd Sgt. in (2d) Company G, 5 TN Inf.; Enlisted in the Confederate Tenn Infantry on May 20, 1861, the day the 5th Regiment of the Tn Infantry was organized for State service. Fletcher mustered into Capt. John H. Long�s Company, 5th Regiment Tn Volunteers at Camp Brown in Obion Co Tn as a Private on August 9, 1861. On May 26,1862 he was promoted to 2nd Sergeant in (2d) Company G, 5 Regiment Tn Infantry. Records of Muster Rolls show that he was present for duty in Paris, Tn; Columbus, Ky and in Shelbyville Tn. Fletcher Etheridge was wounded 3 times during the Civil War. He lost sight in one eye as a result of his service in the war but this wound was not documented in his service records, however, one of the incidents in which he was injured is well documented by a permanent marker along the highway in Mansfield near Paris Tn: Skirmish at Mansfield In the month of March, 1864, Company G, Seventh Regiment Tn Cavalry, was detailed to escort Tennessee's Governor Isham Green Harris to his home in Paris. Near Mansfield they encountered a detachment of Federal soldiers and a spirited engagement took Place. The Federal force retired with two killed including their major in command. Company G had two men wounded, thought to be William Fletcher Etheridge and a man named Stubblefield. (Parents; Unknown) Evans, Samuel Taylor, b. 1/9/1847; VA Horse Arty. G.W. Brown's Co.; In 1861 he joined Pelham's battery of Stuart's horse artillery, with which he served until after the battle Fredericksburg, Va. (Where he was severely wounded), when he was made special courier of Gen. R. E. Lee, and served in this capacity until the close of the war. (Parents; Samuel Andrew Jackson and Sallie Ann Jackson Evans) Ewell, Philip K., b. 9/6/1823; Ewell, P.K. TN 47th Inf. Co.K 2nd Lt.; He enlisted in the Forty-seventh Tennessee Regiment, Col. M. R. Hill commanding, serving until the cessation of hostilities. He was first lieutenant of Company 1, in the same regiment.; (Parents; John Fredrick and Mary Kennerly Ewell) Ewing, Charles M., b. 1842; Co. C, 1st Regiment, TN Inf.; Participated in the battles of Perryville, Murfreesboro, Chickamauga, Missionary Ridge, Atlanta, the Dalton Campaign, Franklin, Nashville and numerous severe skirmishes. He remained in the field until the final surrender; (Parents; William B. and Martha Catherine Graves Ewing) Ezell, William Henry, b. 9/29/1840; Ezell, William TN 18th (Newsom's) Cav. Co.F; Ezell, William TN 1st (Feild's) Inf. Co.D; In the 1909 photo of Confederate Veterans of Sharon; (Parents; John and Letitia Long Ezell) Ezzell, Benjamin Gilbert, b. --; Capt. Co. A, 15th TN Inf. CSA; (Parents; Harrison and Nancy Gilbert Ezzell) Ezzell, Fielding A., b. 2/24/2840; Killed in Civil War. Unable to find unit in muster rolls; (Parents; Fielding and Unknown Ezell) Ezzell, Jonathan R., b. 9/18/1831; Co H. 27th TN Inf, Bvt. 2nd Lt.; Buried in Bloomfield, MO; (Parents; Harrison and Nancy Gilbert Ezzell) Ezzell, Joseph B., b. 1833; Co. K, 10th Tenn. Inf. CSA; (Parents; Fielding and Unknown Ezell) Ezzell, Mason �Mace�, b. 4/22/1819; He enlisted in Capt. Joe Thompson's Company of the Fifty-second Tenn Infantry, Col. Ben Lee, and was mustered out as Second Lieutenant; TN 51st (Cons.) Inf. Co.K Bvt.2nd Lt. (Parents; Harrison and Nancy Gilbert Ezzell) Weakley County - helped found town of Greenfield. |
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