Union Soldiers from Weakley County

Please send your Union Soldiers with Union Soldiers in subject line to
Jane Colmenares


Note about Weakley Soldiers that signed up early in War ..."All [are] fleeing from Weakley County, Tennessee, to escape impressments. Since Governor's message 17 have arrived at Mayfield [Kentucky] today making their way to Paducah. They say there are 1,200 Union men in that  county." from D. Stuart to Halleck, Feb. 25, 1862, War of the Rebellion, Series I, VII,  p. 665. Submitted by Peggy Scott Holley. 
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SOLDIERS LISTS --Baugham, Riley - died of pneumonia - Paducah, KY 1864 - buried Ore Springs, Weakley Co. 
Bowers, John Francis Marion Sergeant Co K 6th TN Cav -July 20,1862 thru Jul 26, 1865
Campbell, William - Lt.
Cook, Albert - Capt.
Drewry, Robert Harvey
Edwards, John H. - Capt.
Ford, Josiah H. (Sy) Ford (1839-1917) he served in 6th Calv. Co. L USA.
Holt, William Carrol - Capt.
McClain, Joseph (b. in Weakley Co.1825) Co B, 4th Ark CAV PVT/PVT
Rogers, J. A. - Col.
Taylor, Joseph M son of Robert H. Taylor -passed away in 1921 in the Union Soldiers Home in Oklahoma City Oklahoma.  He was the first soldier buried in the cemetery there.
Taylor, Robert H 
Tuck, Ferdinand
Gatewood, Harvey
Wood, Miles
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The following submitted by Rebecca Holder from Illinois Civil War Veterans Database Search
http://www.sos.state.il.us/departments/archives/datcivil.html

NAME                   RANK     COMPANY         UNIT       RESIDENCE
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ARNOLD, FERNANDEZ       REC     M       2 IL US CAV     WEAKLEY CO, TN
BURTON, RICHARD F       REC     C       40 IL US INF    WEAKLEY CO, TN
DAMRON, CHARLES W       REC     C       40 IL US INF    WEAKLEY CO, TN
DAMRON, JAMES W         REC     C       40 IL US INF    WEAKLEY CO, TN
EDWARDS, JAMES H        REC     C       40 IL US INF    WEAKLEY CO, TN
FRANCIS, HENRY C        REC     M       2 IL US CAV     WEAKLEY CO, TN
FRANCIS, JOHN M         REC     M       2 IL US CAV     WEAKLEY CO, TN
LAWS, JOHN R            REC     C       40 IL US INF    WEAKLEY CO, TN
LAWS, WILLIAM B         REC     C       40 IL US INF    WEAKLEY CO, TN
LOWERY, FRANCIS M       REC     M       2 IL US CAV     WEAKLEY CO, TN
MC LEAN, WILLIAM        REC     M       2 IL US CAV     WEAKLEY CO, TN
MORGAN, JOHN A          REC     M       2 IL US CAV     WEAKLEY CO, TN
MORRIS, MINOR           REC     C       40 IL US INF    WEAKLEY CO, TN
ROSS, CHARLES F         REC     M       2 IL US CAV     WEAKLEY CO, TN
SHANKLIN, WILLIAM A     REC     M       2 IL US CAV     WEAKLEY CO, TN
TUCK, WILLIAM C         REC     M       2 IL US CAV     WEAKLEY CO, TN
WATSON, WILLIAM         REC     M       2 IL US CAV     WEAKLEY CO, TN
WILLIAMS, SAMUEL        REC     C       40 IL US INF    WEAKLEY CO, TN
WINSTEAD, CHARLES C     REC     M       2 IL US CAV     WEAKLEY CO, TN
WITT, DAVID B           REC     M       2 IL US CAV     WEAKLEY CO, TN

The following were not listed as being from any county, but are listed in
the 1860 Weakley Co. Census:

WILSON, ISHAM                   M       2 IL US CAV
TUCK, FERDINAND  N.             M       2 IL US CAV
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The following Submitted by Peggy Scott Holley
7th Tennessee Cavalry USA.  These records are on  National Archives Microfilm Publication M395 RG094, rolls 63-69.

Pvt. Ezekiel Arnold, Co. B, 7th Tennessee Cavalry, enlisted 10/1/1864  Paducah, KY
Sgt. Thomas J. Atkins, Co. B, 7th Tennessee Cavalry, enlisted 1/10/64  Columbus, KY
Pvt. Richard A Atkinson, Co. C, 13th Tennessee Cavalry, enlisted 11/3/63  Paducah, KY
Pvt. William Atkinson, Co. C, 13th Tennessee Cavalry, enlisted 10/26/63  Paducah, KY
Pvt. James T Biggs, Co. C, 7th Tennessee Cavalry, enlisted 9/1/63 Union City, TN
Pvt. James K P Cantrell, Co. C, 7th Tennessee Cavalry, enlisted 3/1/65, Paducah, KY
Pvt. Robert Harvey Drury [Drewry], Co. A, 7th Tennessee Cavalry, enlisted 12/27/64  Paducah, KY
Pvt. James M. Dunning, Co. F, 7th Tennessee Cavalry, enlisted 9/20/62  Trenton, TN
Pvt. James Gamble, Co. M, 7th Tennessee Cavalry, enlisted 7/1/63 Paducah, KY
Cpl. Adolphos Washington Gunter, Co. B, 7th Tennessee Cavalry, 10/15/64,  Paducah
Pvt. James E. Hays, Co. A, 7th Tennessee Cavalry, enlisted 3/1/64, Union City, TN
Pvt. William H. Heathcott, Co. B, 7th Tennessee Cavalry, enlisted 10/4/64, Paducah, KY
Sgt. John McFarland, Co. A, 7th Tennessee Cavalry, enlisted 2/2/64 Paducah, KY
Pvt. John Powers, Co. B, 7th Tennessee Cavalry, enlisted10/10/64 Paducah, KY
Pvt. Shadrick M. Scarlett, Co. I, 7th Tennessee Cavalry, enlisted 3/13/65 Paducah, KY
Pvt. William B. Simons, Co. B, 7th Tennessee Cavalry, enlisted 10, 29, 64, Paducah
Pvt. Simon G Thacker, Co. B, 7th Tennessee Cavalry, enlisted 10/17/64 Paducah, KY
Pvt. Jackson Thomas, Co. F, 7th Tennessee Cavalry, enlisted 9/20/62 Trenton, TN
Pvt. John W. Thomas, Co. B, 7th Tennessee Cavalry, enlisted12/14/64,  Paducah, KY
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GATEWPPD, David Lawson, Co A, Co I, 6th Regiment of Cav.

LITTLE, William B. 6th TN Cav. Sgt. POW captured at Bolivar

ALLMAN, Gustavus, 6th Tennessee Cavalry Regiment, I Company - Sgt. - age 17 - enlisted June 23, 1862 - mustered October 3, 1862 - source: Federal Militery Rosster, 6th Cavalry Reg Company I.

BILLINGSBY, Madison - buried in Andersonville Prison

WILSON, Caleb Jackson served with the 6th Tennessee Cav USA.  He is buried Griffith Cem. in Weakley County, TN


 
 

 


 

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