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A. J. VAUGHAN.

PERSONAL RECORD

OF THE

THIRTEENTH REGIMENT,
TENNESSEE INFANTRY.

BY
ITS OLD COMMANDER.

Price, 75 cents.

PRESS OF S. C. TOOF A CO.
MEMPHIS. 1897.

MOST AFFECTIONATELY DEDICATED
TO THE
NOBLE MOTHERS AND WIVES
OF THE
TRUE AND HEROIC MEN WHO FOR FOUR YEARS
FOLLOWED THE CONFEDERATE FLAG,
AND WHO WERE WILLING TO LAY DOWN THEIR
LIVES IN DEFENSE OF THAT CAUSE THEY
BELIEVED RIGHT AND JUST.
A. J. VAUGHAN.

PREFACE.

MY OLD COMRADES:
In writing out this record I have gone back to the morn
ing time of my own life, and lived once more in that other
day that not only tried, but proved men's souls. Insignif
icant as my work may appear as a literary production, it
carries with it the most sacred memories of the past. In
writing, I have lived over again the days when the boom
of cannon, the rattle of musketry and the old rebel yell were
familiar sounds to our ears. If a shade of mournfulness
hovers over the failure of the cause for which these brave
men fought and many fell, it is not a mournfulness born
of regret. When we who wore the gray put away forever
the musket and sword — and let me say, my comrades,
swords and muskets that had been bravely borne — we did
so in sorrow but not in malice or hate. And today, I am
sure, where one of the old regiment lingers yet a little while
this side of the dark river, he accepts in good faith the terms
of his parole, and is a peaceful and faithful citizen of the
United States ; not only faithful, but as loyal to the stars
and stripes as we were once to that other flag which we
followed for four long years, and which was woven from
an honest belief of a people's need.
Now, to my old comrades, whether in flesh or spirit, to
whom this little compilation has carried me back with such
tremendous force, and to keep alive whose fair fame I have
written, I can only say as my last words — God bless you !
A. J. Vaughan.

The Thirteenth Regiment,
TENNESSEE INFANTRY.

This was one of the regiments that made Cheatham's
Division, and Smith's-Vaughan's and. Gordon's Brigades so
famous in the Army of Tennessee. It was organized and
mustered into service on the third day of June, 1861, in
answer to a call of Governor Isham G. Harris for seventy-
five thousand volunteers. At that time it was the seventh
infantry regiment organized in West Tennessee and the
thirteenth in the State. It was made up of the '• flower of
the South" young men, most of whom were fresh from
the best institutions of learning — aspiring, hopeful and
ambitious — sons of men of education, wealth and influ
ence — the very best material for volunteer service. It
was composed of ten full companies — five from Fayette
county, one from Shelby, one from Dyer, one from Mc-
Nairy, one from Gibson, and one from Henderson, and
were as follow :
Compauy A, Fayette Eifles, Captain William Burton of
Somerville, Tenn.
Company B, Macon Grays, Captain J. L. Granberry,
Macon, Tenn.
Company C, Secession Guards, organized at Germantown,
Tenn., and composed of Mississippians and Tennesseeans,
Captain John H. Morgan, Horn Lake, Miss.

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Company D, Yorkville Rifles, Captain John Wilkins,
Yorkville, Tenn.
Company E, Dixie Rifles, organized at Moscow, Tenn.,
and composed of Tennesseeans and Mississippians, Captain
A. J. Vaughan, Marshall county, Miss.
Company F, Wright Boys, Captain Jno. V. Wright,
Purdy, MoNairy county, Tenn.
Company G, Gaines Invincibles, Captain W. B. Winfield,
LaGrange, Tenn.
Company H, Yancey Rifles, Captain Robert W. Pittman,
Hickory Withe, Tenn.
Company I, Forked Deer Volunteers, Captain G. S. Ross,
Forked Deer, Tenn.
Company K, Dyer Grays, Captain S. R. Latta, Dyersburg,
Tenn. On the following day, the 4th of June, the election of field
officers was held, and resulted in the election of Captain Jno.
V. Wright of Company F as Colonel, Captain A. J. Vaughan
of Company E as Lieutenant-Colonel, and Captain W. E.
Winfield of Company G as Major.
The regiment was ordered at once by way of Memphis
to Randolph, on the Mississippi river, when the organiza
tion was completed by the appointment of Lieutenant W.
E. Morgan, Company C, Adjutant; Dr. J. A. Forbes, Com
pany E, Surgeon ; Dr. B. F. Dickerson, Company I, As
sistant Surgeon; W. E. Dyer, Company G, Commissary ;.
L. B. Cabler,Company A, Regimental Quartermaster ; Peter
Cole, Company H, Sergeant-Major ; and W. D. F. Hafford,
Chaplain. The regiment remained at Randolph engaged in drilling,

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camp duty, etc., until July 26th, when it was ordered to
New Madrid, Mo., and placed in a brigade under command
of Colonel J. P. McCown, who, under orders from General
Gid. J. Pillow, was about to make a campaign into South
west Missouri to prevent reinforcements being sent to the
Federal General Lyons, then operating in that section.
On the 18th of August, 1861, the troops were moved in
the direction of Benton, Mo., where the Thirteenth Regi
ment arrived on the 19th. This was the first campaign or
march of the regiment, and though iu the middle of sum
mer during a severe drouth, under a burning sun and over
roads shoe deep in sand aud dust, it was cheerfully per
formed, and showed an endurance and fortitude rarely wit
nessed in new troops. The object of the campaign being
accomplished, the command returned to New Madrid on
Sept. 2, and on the following day the regiment was ordered
to Hickman, Ky., where it was placed in Cheatham's Brig
ade. At Hickman, on Sept. 4, 1861, the regiment for the
first time caught a glimpse of the " boys in blue " and saw
the first " burning of gunpowder," which was an artillery
duel between the Federal gunboats and the Confederate
laud batteries; but it was at long range, no damage was
done, and the gunboats were soon withdrawn up the river.
About this time General Leonidas Polk, commanding
the Mississippi Department, determined to occupy Colum
bus, Ky., and ordered General B. F. Cheatham to proceed at
once to that point, where the Thirteenth Regiment arrived
Sept. 6, 1861, and was among the first, if not the first, to
occupy that important position. Nothing but camp duty,
throwing up heavy fortifications and hard and constant
drilling occurred in the regiment until Nov. 7, when it was

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reported that the enemy in heavy force was advancing on
Columbus on both sides of the river. The long roll was
sounded and every reginlent reported at Once and fell into
line on its parade ground. All were excited and anxious to
meet the enemy. Soon it was ascertained that a heavy
force had disembarked from their gunboats above and were
moving down to a point near Belmont, on the opposite side
of the river.
The Thirteenth Regiment, under command of Colonel
John V. Wright, having been supplied with ammunition,
was ordered at once to cross the river and take position on
the extreme left of our line of battle near Watson's Bat
tery. Never was a regiment more anxious or more willing
to face an enemy. It was the maiden fight of the regiment
and every man felt that he was '¦ on his mettle." Though
our position was an unfortunate one — in an open field, the
enemy being under cover of thick woods — this regiment
met the advance with the steadiness of veterans and held
its position and fought while comrades fell on every side
until the last round of ammunition was exhausted, and the
order given to fall back to the river. By the time the reg
iment reached the river reinforcements had crossed from
Columbus which engaged the enemy and checked his fur
ther advance. The .Thirteenth, obtaining a fresh supply
of ammunition, rallied and again advanced gallantly to the
contest, which had become fierce and obstinate. In a short
time the Federals Were driven from their position and fled
to their gunboats, hotly pursued by the Confederates. At
their gunboats, such was their haste, confusion and disorder
that they did not attempt to return the fire. The Federal
loss here, as in previous engagements, was heavy.

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The loss of the Thirteenth Regiment was heavy; out of
one hundred and fourteen killed and wounded, thirty-four
were killed on the field, among them the very best men of
Tennessee. Their names should never be forgotten, and
are as follow :
Company A — A. Middlemus, First Sergeant; A. J. Mc-
Cully ; Mike McCtilly ; Matthew Rhea, First Lieutenant
commanding. Company B — F. M. Stockinger; W. H. Burnett, Second
Corporal. Company C — Arthur R. Pittman ; J. W. Rogers ; Robt.
F. Dukes, Lieutenant; J. P Farrow ; J. W. Harris.
Company D— W. H. Parks ; W. H. Polk ; Jno. H. Shaw ;
Albert G. Zaracer; B. M. Dozier.
Company E— S. J. Roberson ; Geo. R. Tiller ; E. Wales
Newby. Company F — H. H. Barnett; E. H. Hill ; John A. Jones,
Sr. ; C. H. Middleton.
Company G — P.N. D.Bennett; Jno. Mayo; Jno. C. Penn.
Company H — George Hall; Wm. J. Dunlap.
Company I — C. C. Cawhou ; L. F. Hamlet ; John G.
Nesbit; H. H. Waggoner; James Hamlet.
Company K— Y. W. Hall ; K. A. Parrish ; Jas. L. Smith.
J. P. Farrow and Wm. J. Dunlap were the first men in
the regiment who yielded their young lives in battle to
the Confederate cause, and were killed by the first volley
of the enemy's fire.
Early in action Colonel John V. Wright was painfully
injured in the knee by the fall of his horse which was shot

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under him. I, who then took command of the regiment,
had two horses shot under me : the first at the very com
mencement ofthe engagement ; the second (which had been
cut out of Watson's Battery' after its men had been driven
from their guns) was shot just as I reached the river bank.
Never did men display more heroic courage and deport
themselves in a more soldierlike manner, and while it is
impossible in this brief sketch to refer to all the acts of
devotion and fidelity to the Southern cause performed by
the officers and men of this regiment, Lieutenant Matthew
Rhea certainly deserves special mention. As soon as the
regiment took position iu line of battle, in command of his
company (A) he was sent to the extreme left of our line
with instruction to extend his line to the river, which he
did. By some means the enemy got in between him and
the regiment, thus cutting him off. Though surrounded
he continued to fight, and rather than surrender his sword,
which had been worthily worn by his grandfather, he fell
at the hands of the enemy. A braver, truer or more faith
ful officer never fought for any cause.
About this time, if not on the very day of the battle of
Belmont, Colonel John V. Wright was elected to the Con;
federate Congress, and resigned his position as Golonel of
the regiment. No man ever stood higher in the estimation
of his soldiers or was more beloved b}' them.
Upon the resignation of Colonel Wright I was unani
mously elected Colonel of the regiment. I was a discip
linarian while on duty of the strictest school, which for
the first months of the war made me very unpopular with
volunteer soldiers, but only one fight was necessary to sat
isfy them that an undisciplined army was nothing more

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than an armed mob. Adjutant W. E. Morgan was now
elected Lieutenant- Colonel, and Lieutenaut Richard M.
Harwell of Company E was appointed Adjutant.
After the battle of Belmont and while at Columbus, Ky.,
the measles broke out in the regiment, and it was a matter
of surprise that there should be so many grown men who
had never had the measles. So many were down at one
time that there were scarcely enough well ones to wait on
the, sick, and many died.
Early in the spring it became necessary to move our lines
further south, and Columbus was evacuated March 12, 1862.
The Thirteenth was ordered to Union City, and four days
later to Corinth, Miss., where it arrived March 19, 1862.
Before leaving Columbus, however, there had been some
changes made iii the command. General B. F. Cheatham
had been promoted to a division commander, and the Thir
teenth was assigned to Colonel R. M. Russell's Brigade,
General Chas. Clark's Division. In this brigade and divis
ion the regiment remained until after the battle of Shiloh.
About this time the enemy was known to be landing
and concentrating a large force at Pittsburg Landing, on
the Tennessee river. It was determined by Gen. Albert
Sidney Johnston, who had been placed in command, to
give battle; so on the 3rd of April, 1862, the regiment,
with the whole army, was moved toward the point of
attack, but heavy rains and bad roads prevented forming
line of battle until the evening of the 5th of April. That
night a council of war was held, and though some officers
were opposed, an attack was determined upon.
On the morning of the 6th, just as the sun in all its splen
dor was rising above the horizon, and while in the second

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line of battle, General Clark rode up to us and stated that
Marks' Louisiana Regiment had been repulsed, and asked,
" Can you take that battery yonder, which is annoying our
troops so much?" Having such unlimited confidence in
the Thirteenth, I replied, " We can take it." Whereupon
the regiment was moved by the right flank, under cover of
a hill, until in proper position, and then fronted the battery
and advanced rapidly up the hill. All was well until the
crest of the hill was reached, when the enemy opened fire
with canister, grape and musketry, which was so severe
that it literally tore the regiment in two. But, though, for
a moment checked, nothing daunted, our officers and men
gallantly stood their ground, and poured into the ranks of
the enemy such deadly volleys as to cause them to waver,
and then with the " rebel yell" rushed so impetuously upon
them that they could no longer stand, precipitately fleeing
and leaving battery and dead and wounded on the field.
This was indeed a brilliant charge, and only equaled on
that battlefield by the charge made shortly afterward by
that magnificent regiment, the Fourth Tennessee. But the
loss to the regiment was terrible ; some of Tennessee's best
blood was shed here, and many a noble spirit sank to rise
no more.
The balance of the day the regiment, though not actively
engaged, was for the most time under heavy fire in chang
ing and shifting positions and in supporting and relieving
other troops. It was present and assisted in capturing Gen.
Lew Wallace and his brigade late in the evening on the
bank ofthe Tennessee river, to which point we had driven
the enemy. :Here, because ofthe steep bluff, the gunboats
could not reach us, and a rain of iron and lead passed over

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our heads until late in the night. Under orders the regi
ment retired from the river bank and bivouaced for the
night in the enemy's camp, rich with quartermaster's stores,
commissary supplies and sutlers' goods.
Every officer and soldier of the regiment sank to sleep
serenaded by the guns from the river, and supposed that
the battle was won and the victory ours. But how sadly
disappointed next morning, when it was known that Buell
had arrived and crossed the river that night with his whole
army, and was drawn up in line with fresh troops to renew
the coutest. Though not anticipating such a state of affairs,
the regiment was formed by early dawn and moved forward
to meet the enemy as proudly and defiantly as on the day
before. But their batteries, within easy range and supported
by columns of infantry, opened such a terrible fire of grape
and canister that we were forced to retire and seek shelter
beyond the next ridge. By this time the whole Confeder
ate forces were hotly engaged, and from right to left was
one continuous roar of artillery and musketry. The strug
gle was terrific, and closer and harder fighting was never
done on any battlefield; and though the enemy were held
at bay from early dawn till nearly noon, it was' apparent
that the unequal contest could not be much longer main
tained. So the Confederate forces were gradually with
drawn, and the army returned to its old camp grounds at
Corinth, Miss. No attempt was made by the enemy to fol
low. The first day's fight of this battle was the grandest
of the war — less friction, more concert of action, more thor
ough co-operation and better generalship displayed — every
thing moved with clock -like precision — a master mind
directed the whole until General A. S. Johnston fell.

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Throughout the two days' fight every officer and man of
the Thirteenth did his whole duty, as shown by the heavy
loss in killed and wounded. We lost one hundred and
twelve men killed and wounded, and of this number forty-
two fell dead on the bloody field, thus sealing their devo
tion with their lives to the cause they believed right. Their
names deserve to be remembered by their countrymen, and
are as follow :
Robert Thompson, B. F. Eaton, H. B. Hunt, R. Har
rison, J. M. Moore, James Moore, N. Matthews, R. M.
Thompson and Lieut. C. H. Whitmore of Company A; J.
G. Babbett, Lieut. S. B. Dugan and Henry Walker of Com
pany B; W. B. Dukes, C. P. Graham, H. J. Hutchinson,
Thos. Rainey (color bearer) and W. L. Stokes of Company
C ; Second Lieut. W. F. Cowan, First Lieut. J. W. Cunning
ham, R. D. Eaton and Capt. John A. Wilkins of Company
D; D. C. Arnett, D. C. Bull, J. C. Black and M. C. Gris-
son of Company E; M. Donelly, J. N. Guthrie, Jno. Mor
gan, William Saunders, J. D. Springer and B. Thomas of
Company F ; M. M. McKinstry, J. H. Brown and J. 0.
Winfield of Company G; E. 0. Chambers, S. 0. Cole, D.
R. Royster and Carr Young of Company H ; Jno. Mitchell,
Lewis Roberson, J. N. Vandyke and G. W. Borger of Com
pany I ; Carroll Chitwood of Company K.
From the opening to the close of this engagement I was
most ably and efficiently assisted in the management and
direction of the regiment by Lieut.-Col. W. E. Morgan,
Adjutant R. M. Harwell, and Major W. E. Winfield. Ad
jutant Harwell was painfully wounded in the first engage
ment but remained at his post of duty until the close of the
struggle. Lieut.-Colonel Morgan and Major Winfield had

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their horses shot, and I had two horses shot under me and
was struck by a spent ball that did uo serious harm.
While at Corinth, the period for which the regiment
had enlisted having. expired, it re-enlisted for the war and
reorganized. Company A, from some disaffection or dis
satisfaction, refused to reorganize, aud was consolidated
with Company D, and the deficiency supplied by the ad
mission of Company L, Zollicoffer's Avengers, Captain
C. B. Jones, of LaGrange, Tenn. On the 28th of April,
1862, the reorganization was perfected by the election of
the following officers : I was unanimously re-elected Colo
nel ; W. E. Morgan unanimously re-elected Lieutenant-
Colonel ; Sergeant-Major P. H. Cole elected Major ; Lieut.
R. M. Harwell re-elected Adjutant. Many changes were
made in line officers, but the writer has no data from which
to supply them. While at Corinth the regiment, from the
use of bad and unhealthy water, suffered very much with
sickness, and many were furloughed on sick leave to recu
perate for the summer campaign.
The enemy in the meantime having recovered from the
severe blow received at Shiloh commenced to advance on
Corinth by gradual approaches, and by the latter part of
May was in the vicinity of that place. The regiment was
daily engaged in heavy skirmishes, and sometimes in sharp
engagements but with small losses. On May 13, 1862, Cor
inth was evacuated, and the Thirteenth fell back by way of
Baldwin to Tupelo, Miss. Here, with good water, the health
of the regiment improved rapidly, and with strict discipline
and constant drilling we soon became one of the crack
regiments in that army.
About this time General Charles Clark, commanding the

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division, was assigned to another department, and his divis
ion broken up and assigned to other commands. The Thir
teenth was assigned to Cheatham's Division and General
Preston Smith's Brigade, which, on July 10, 1862, was
ordered to report to General E. Kirby Smith at Knoxville,
Tenn., who was about to make a campaign into Kentucky.
Everything being ready the Thirteenth, with the forces
under General Smith, moved on the 13th day of August
into Kentucky by way of Wilson Gap, and on the 18th of
August arrived at Cumberland Gap after a weary and toil
some march of five days. From this point by way of Man
chester the forces were moved in the direction of Richmond,
Ky. The enemy was watching the movement, and had
sent forward General Bull Nelson with a large force of
infantry, artillery and cavalry to check our advance. A
battle was now imminent.
Early on the morning of August 30 the army was put in
motion, and by 8 o'clock while marching up the road a
shell from the enemy's battery not far off came whizzing
over the head of our advancing column and exploded high
in the air. The Thirteenth with the other regiments of
the brigade immediately deployed in line of battle on the
right of the road, when Allen's sharpshooters under com
mand of Lieut. Creighton were sent forward and deployed
as skirmishers, with instructions to feel the enemy and
develop their position. This being done the regiment with
the brigade was ordered to advance, and in a short time a
most terrific fire was opened by both sides from one end of
the line to the other. The enemy occupied a strong position
and stubbornly held their ground, but onward the Confed
erates continued to march, when, with a charge and a yell

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in front and a volley on their flank, which General Smith
with the One Hundred and Fifty-fourth Sr. had succeeded
in reaching, the enemy precipitately fled, hotly pursued and
pressed by the Confederates. The enemy lay thick upon
the field, and their loss was heavy. The Thirteenth's loss
was also heavy in officers and men, and among them some
of Tennessee's best and bravest soldiers.
It was in this first engagement that Lieutenant Edward
Lanier of Company G was killed, a young, brilliant and
gallant officer who, had he lived, would either a's citizen
or soldier have inscribed his name high up on the roll of
fame. Gifted by nature, young, aspiring and ambitious it
seemed hard that he should have been stricken down at the
very threshold of his manhood. A truer soldier never shed
his blood on his country's altar. Here, too, General Pat
Cleburne was wounded in the mouth, and had to retire
from the field, whereupon the command of the division
devolved upon Brigadier-General Preston Smith, and that
of the brigade on me, and that of the regiment on Lieu
tenant-Colonel W. E. Morgan.
The enemy after retiring a couple of miles made a sec
ond stand, but so impetuous was the second attack that
after a short engagement they broke in disorder and con
fusion, and did not halt until at or near Richmond, where
for the last time they made a stand, and it was here that
they were completely routed and demoralized.
This was the most complete victory gained during the
war in which the Thirteenth participated. Nothing escaped.
All the enemy's artillery, their artillery horses, their trans
portation, quartermaster and commissary supplies, together
with all their camp equipage fell into the hands of the Con-

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federates. In this engagement our forces captured and
paroled more officers and men than General E. Kirby Smith
had in his command. The Thirteenth did its whole duty,
as attested by the killed on that battlefield as follow : R.
A. Donalson, W. L. Fullerton, S. G. Lawrence, Company
A ; T. F. Gaither, Company B ; W. L. Rhodes, Company
C ; Jas. J. Lawrence, W. H. Minter, Company D ; T. M.
Ballard, Company E ; H. L. Winningham, Company F ;
Lieutenant Edward Lanier, Edward Dicks, Company G;
Wm. Claiburn, R. H. Crouch, Company H; John Reed, R.
R. Stone, B. F. Holtom, Company I; John H. Gates, B.
G. Sims, H. A. Gray, J. S. Jenkins, M. R. Winfield, B. W.
Wilkerson, Company L.
In this battle I received from the hands of a captain of
an Indiana company a beautiful and highly ornamented
sword, which had been presented to him by the citizens of
his town when he started to the war. After the first attack
the Federal captain was retreating with his company when
he was shot in the leg. Unable to proceed further a pri
vate of the Thirteenth ran up to him and ordered the sur
render of his sword. This he refused to do, saying that
he would surrender it to an officer, but never to a private.
This so enraged the private that he was in the very act of
shooting him when I rode up and ordered him not to shoot
a prisoner, whereupon the officer extended to me his sword,
and thanked me for saving his life. 1 wore this sword a
long time, but while on leave of absence left it in charge
of a young Confederate officer who, being insulted by a
negro, broke it over his head.
After the battle of Richmond the Thirteenth with the
brigade marched to Lexington, Ky. ; thence to Cynthiana,

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thence to Covington, thence to Frankfort, and joined Gen.
Bragg's army just before the battle of Perryville, where it
rejoined Cheatham's Division.
The next engagement was the battle of Perryville, which
was fought on October 8, 1862. In this battle the Thir
teenth with the brigade was not actively engaged, but was
held in reserve, and with the brigade acted as rear guard
to the army on its march out of Kentucky.
Our march into Kentucky was an ovation. We were the
first infantry troops to enter that part of the State, and as
soon as we crossed the mountains and struck the Blue
Grass region, the demonstration of sympathy for the South
and the hearty welcome extended us filled every heart with
profound gratitude. Citizens all along our line of march
received us with open arms, and showed us every hospi
tality. When we halted for the night, droves of fattest
cattle, herds of the fattest sheep, and wagonloads of corn
and hay, were driven to our camp. Even the women —
God bless them — brought to our soldiers the delicacies of
the table and garden. We thought that Kentucky was
ours, and that no Federal force would invade her beauti
ful territory ; but, alas ! how soon the scene shifted.
The retreat out of Kentucky was one of greater trial
and hardship than any march made during the war. Over
a rough and barren country, without shoes and thinly clad,
with scarcely anything to eat, the suffering was great, yet
it was borne with fortitude and without a murmur.
The regiment, with the army, reached Knoxville on Oc
tober 24, 1862. From Knoxville the Thirteenth was moved
by rail to Tullahoma, where it received a fresh supply of
clothing, blankets, shoes, etc., which was so much needed.

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After a few weeks' rest we were marched to Murfreesboro,
where we arrived the latter part of November, 1862. It was
here that smallpox broke out in the regiment, aud it was
detached from the brigade, but by strict quarantine and
vaccination it was soon checked — not, however, without
the loss of some good soldiers.
Early on the morning of December 30, 1862, we com
menced that hard-fought and stubbornly-contested battle
of Murfreesboro, or Stone River. It was a most terrific
contest — one that brought forth those shining and bril
liant qualities of the Southern volunteer which made him
so renowned in the Mexican and other wars. In the ab
sence of Brigadier - General Preston Smith, I was in com
mand of the brigade aud Lieutenant-Col. W. E. Morgan iu
command of the regiment. In this fight the Thirteenth,
as in every other from Belmont to Murfreesboro, took an
active part, and did its whole duty and gathered fresh lau
rels. It was the most satisfactory fight, both to the officers
and men, that was made by the regiment during the war.
With the exception of a slight check in the morning, it
drove the enemy from every position from early dawn till
late in the evening; and though every inch of ground was
fiercely contested, the regiment never faltered, but onward
like an avalanche it swept everything before it. I had two
horses shot under me, and the horse of every field and staff
officer of the regiment was killed.
In this engagement I witnessed an exhibition of disci
pline and coolness that I never saw on any other battle
field. We had in our front and opposed to us a brigade of
United States Regulars; they were formed iu two lines of
battle some distance apart. Firing as we advanced, their

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first line waited until we got within easy range and then
coolly delivered their fire ; without waiting to reload they
faced to the rear and double-quicked through their second
line and reformed in line of battle. The second line then
awaited our approach, aud though their men were falling
fast around them, they coolly delivered their fire and retired
through the first line and reformed in line of battle; and
thus they continued to fire and fall back until they were
driven across a large field. Their lines were plainly marked
by their dead, who lay thick upon the ground.
These were Americans fighting Americans — the one,
the trained soldier, who fought because he was ordered to
do so, and because of the old flag and that Union which
he believed ought to be eternal; the other, the Southern
volunteer, who fought because he believed that his home
and fireside were invaded and that his constitutional rights
were trampled upon. Both exhibited a courage which com
mands the world's admiration.
In this battle- a battery of four beautiful Napoleon guns
was captured from the Federals. Four divisions of our
army claimed to have participated in the capture, and each
division laid claims to the battery. A conference of the
officers of the divisions was called, and after a full discus
sion and careful consideration of the claims of each divis
ion, it was decided that one ofthe guns should be given to
each division, and that upon it should be inscribed the name
of the most gallant and meritorious soldier who fell on that
battlefield. One of the guns was given to Cheatham's Di
vision and assigned to Preston Smith's Brigade. At that
time I was Colonel of the Thirteenth Tennessee Regiment
and W. E. Morgan Lieutenant-Colonel; but in the absence

26 PERSONAL RECORD.
of Gen. Preston Smith I commanded the brigade and Lieu
tenant-Colonel Morgan the regiment. He fell in the first
day's fight, and by unanimous consent his name was in
scribed upon the gun, and read as follows: "Lieutenant-
Colonel W. E. Morgan, Thirteenth Tennessee Regiment,
Pres. Smith's Brigade, Cheatham's Division, Polk's Corps."
This gun was assigned to Scott's Battery, and at the battle
of Chickamauga it was skillfully handled and did effective
work in checking the advance of the Federals; but when
Gen. Grant attacked our lines at Missionary Ridge, it was
recaptured by the Federal forces, and today it stands a
silent sentinel in the beautiful " Park of Gettysburg." Cap
tured and recaptured on two famous battlefields, it stands
there a proof of the heroism of both sides ; it stands there
as ready to do service for the stars and stripes as it once
did for that other flag which lived its brief life always in
the storm of battle, and which, without dishonor, was laid
aside and folded forever, with no other stain upon its fold
than that of heroes' blood shed to give it life.
Here it was that Lieutenant- Colonel W. E. Morgan, the
pride of the regiment and the hero of so many brilliant
achievements, fell mortally wounded ; he fought his way
up from Lieutenant of his company (C) to Lieutenant-Col
onel of the regiment, and no promotion was ever more de
served. Major P. H. Cole also fell in this battle ; he, too,
deserves the gratitude of his countrymen for the faithful
discharge of his duty. It was here, too, that Private W.
A. Abernathy was killed ; though a mere youth he was
endowed with all of those sterling qualities which make
heroes; he was every inch a soldier; whether on the march,
in the camp, or on the field of battle, he was the life and

THIRTEENTH REGIMENT TENNESSEE INFANTRY. 27
pride of his comrades ; though offered promotion he always
refused, saying he preferred fighting in the ranks. Here,
too, J. A. Stone, though severely wounded, bound up his
wounds and returned to his company, remaining with it
and leading every charge during the day.
Upon the fall of Lieutenant-Colonel W. E. Morgan and
Major P. H. Cole, R. F. Lanier, senior Captain, the bravest
of the brave, took command of the regiment and led it
throughout the remainder ofthe fight with skill and judg
ment, and made for himself a character for dash and daring
that followed him throughout the war ; no man in the army
of Tennessee was more devoted to the Southern cause.
The regiment went into this battle with two hundred
and twenty-six officers and men, and lost in killed and
wounded one hundred and ten. Twenty-eight were killed
and their names should be ever remembered with affection.
They are:
J. C. Kelly, Company A ; G. H. Adams, Logan Mc-
Kinstry, W. B. Reed, W. R. Carter, J. C. Tharp, E. M.
Waller, Company B ; Boggan Cash, Wayne Holman, Lieu
tenant-Colonel W. E. Morgan, Captain John H. Morgan,
Palmer P. Tuggle, Company C; W. A. Abernathy, Wil
liam Greene, Company E ; M. N. Burns, Company F ; J.
W. Jones, Otey Gloster, W. H. Simmons, Company G ;
Maj. P. H. Cole, T. J. Forgey, S. D. Aikin, Company H ;
J. McLaughlin, D. R. Tillman, J. H. McLaughlin, Com
pany I; James F.Dukes, Carter E. Skipwith, Company K;
R. J. Bailey, Company L. Boggan Cash was the only one
whose fate was not absolutely known. He was in every
charge of his company and could not have been wounded
or captured, as none of the ground fought over was reoc-

28 PERSONAL RECORD.

cupied by the enemy. He was a brave and true soldier
aud always at his post, of duty.
On the night of the first day's fight General Preston
Smith returned to the brigade and assumed command, and
I returned to the regiment. In the second day's fight the
regiment was not actively engaged and lost no men. On
the night of January 2, 1863, the regiment with the brigade
was withdrawn toward Murfreesboro, and the retreat to
Shelbyville commenced, which point the regiment reached
the next day and went into camp. The enemy did not
attempt to follow.
At Shelbyville the Thirteenth and One Hundred and
Fifty-fourth Sr. Regiments, having become so reduced in
numbers, were consolidated. I was retained as Colonel.
Captain R. W. Pittman of the Thirteenth, who had been
promoted to Lieutenant-Colonel, was retained with same
rank, and Major John W. Dawson of the One Hundred
and Fifty-fourth Sr. as Major. Though consolidated, nei
ther regiment ever lost its identity, and each was known to
the close of the war by its original regimental appellation.
From Belmont to Murfreesboro they had fought side by side
on every battlefield. In daylight or in darkness, in victory
or in defeat, they had stood shoulder to shoulder. Each
knew the worth and value of the other and both had but
one purpose in view — and that purpose, even to the extent
of their lives, was to maintain the honor of Tennessee and
uphold the Confederacy. From this time to the close of
the war the history of the two regiments was one common
history. The glory of the one was the pride of the other,
and neither ever lost hope until the Confederate banner
went down forever.

THIRTEENTH REGIMENT TENNESSEE INFANTRY. 29
From Shelbyville the army fell back across the Cumber
land mountains, thus occupying the same position it did
twelve months previous, and before it started into Ken
tucky. Tennesseeans for the second time saw their section
abandoned, yet true to the Southern cause, cheerfully fol
lowed the fortunes of the Confederate flag.
The next important event in the history ofthe regiment
was the hard-fought battle of Chickamauga, on September
19 and 20, 1863. It was the first battle after the two regi
ments had been consolidated that they had fought, and each
sustained its former record and gathered fresh laurels. Af
ter two days of grand and magnificent fighting the enemy
was completely routed and victory perched on the Confed
erate banner ; but, alas ! its fruits were lost by the tardy
movements of the army in following up the victory. It is
not for the writer to say who was at fault, but it was appa
rent to all that some one was to blame.
The loss in killed and wounded on both sides was exceed
ingly heavy, and the Thirteenth lost some of its best officers
and bravest men. It was here, on the night of the first
day's fight (Sept. 19, 1863), that General Preston Smith
fell. The circumstances of his death are worthy of record
here. After heavy fighting all day, Cheatham's Division was
formed in the second liue of battle, and Preston Smith's
Brigade was ordered to keep within five hundred paces of
Deshler's Texas Brigade of the first line. The two lines
were ordered forward with instructions to march directly
to the front ; but Deshler's Brigade, on account of obstruc
tions and the irregularity of the ground, instead of march
ing ' directly to the front, obliqued to the left and passed

30 PERSONAL RECORD.

unnoticed an isolated regiment which proved to be the
Seventy-seventh Pennsylvania, which had in some unac
countable manner become separated from the Federal army.
Smith's Brigade, marching directly to the front, was ap
proaching too near the first line, when Gen. Smith, thinking
it was getting too close, as he supposed, to Deshler's Brig
ade, ordered a halt and rode forward with his volunteer
aid, Captain King of Georgia, to see why, as he thought,
Deshler's Brigade had halted. Riding up to the Federal
regiment he was discovered to be a Confederate officer and
was fired upon and instantly killed, as was Captain King.
It was now becoming dark, and I being on the right, and
also supposing that Deshler's Brigade had halted, I rode
forward with Captain John Donaldson at my side to inquire
the cause. When within thirty or forty yards of the regi
ment a Federal soldier jumped up from under a bush, ad
vanced to me, supposing me to be a Federal officer, and
inquired, " Where is the enemy?" Discovering his mis
take, he jerked up his gun and without taking aim, fired.
The load passed just iu front of my breast into the body
of Captain Donaldson, who fell a corpse. I ordered the
Federal to be fired upon, which was done by the Twelfth
Tennessee. In shooting at the Federal soldier their balls
ranged into the ranks of the Federal regiment, when they
called out, "Don't shoot! don't shoot! we surrender!"
Whereupon I rode forward and ordered the regiment to
ground arms and surrender their flag, which I received
from the color-bearer, and turned over the regiment of pris
oners to Captain Carthall of the Twelfth, who marched
them to the rear. Thus fell General Preston Smith and
his faithful aid Captain King, and Inspector-General Don-

THIRTEENTH REGIMENT TENNESSEE INFANTRY. 31
aldson. I now took command of the Brigade and a short
time after was promoted to Brigadier-General.
After the battle of Chickamauga, Cheatham's Division
was the first to move and to advance toward Chattanooga,
to which point the enemy had retreated, and the Thirteenth
was among the first to drive in the enemy's pickets from
Missionary Ridge. In doing so, however, Company C of
the regiment lost one of her truest and most faithful offi
cers, Lieutenant Henry Brooks, who fell at the head of his
command in the full discharge of his duty, admired aud
loved by his comrades and superior officers.
The next move of the regiment was in the direction of
Knoxville to reinforce General Longstreet, but on arriving
at Sweetwater news was received of his repulse, and the
regiment returned to the old division on Missionary Ridge.
It was now known that the Federals were strongly forti
fied in Chattanooga, had been heavily reinforced, and were
preparing for an advance on the Confederates occupying
Missionary Ridge and Lookout Mountain. On November
25, about noon, the Federals advanced iu overwhelming
numbers, and like an avalanche swept the Confederate lines
from Missionary Ridge, though the One Hundred and Fif
ty-fourth and Thirteenth kept the Federals back in their
front until flanked on their left. At this time these two
regiments did some of the grandest and most heroic fight
ing they had done during the war, and though forced to
fall back, they contested every inch of ground with that
heroism which had characterized them on every battlefield.
Night coming on, the Confederates crossed Chickamauga
Creek and retired to Dalton, Ga., where our army went
into winter quarters.

32 PERSONAL RECORD.

At Dalton General Braxton Bragg was relieved of com
mand and General Joseph E. Johnston appointed to the
command of the army. His appointment was joyfully re
ceived by the whole army. Its morale commenced at once
to improve, and by early spring it was in splendid fighting
condition. Early in May, 1864, the enemy 100,000 strong made an
advance, and it was supposed from the overwhelming num
bers of Sherman's army that he would give battle in front
of Dalton, but after trying two or more days to dislodge
the Confederates, he commenced his flank movement under
cover of Rocky Face Ridge. This forced the withdrawal
of the Confederates from Dalton to Resaca. The Thirteenth
and One Hundred and Fifty-fourth were the first to arrive
at Resaca, where they found General Canty's Division skir
mishing with the enemy. The enemy was held in check
until sufficient reinforcements arrived to drive Sherman
back through Black Snake Gap. It was here that the writer,
standing by the side of General Johnston (who was intently
watching the skirmish line), heard him say that never in
his life had he seen skirmishers behave better, or handled
with more skill, and turning to the writer, asked: "Do
you know to what command they belong and who is their
commander?" The writer replied that they were com
manded by Lieutenant-Colonel John W. Dawson and be
longed to the Thirteenth and One Hundred and Fifty-fourth
Tennessee Regiments, Vaughan's Brigade, Cheatham's Di
vision. From Resaca the regiment fell back to Adairsville, where
it had a sharp engagement and inflicted a heavy loss upon
the enemy. Thence to Cassville, where everything indicated

THIRTEENTH REGIMENT TENNESSEE INFANTRY. 33
a pitched battle, and never was the regiment, in fact, the
whole army, in better condition. Its morale had improved
every day since Johnston assumed command, and it was con
fidently believed by both officers and men that whenever
battle was given, victory was certain. But from some cause
battle was not given. It was here that the Thirteenth and
One Hundred and Fifty-fourth Regiments had the highest
compliment paid them during the war. After the liue of
battle was formed and every brigade and division in posi
tion, General Cheatham was ordered by General Johnston
to furnish the best regiment in his division to bring on the
engagement. The Thirteenth and One Hundred and Fifty-
fourth were furnished.
The next hard fighting done by the regiment was at New
Hope Church and Lost Mountain, then on the Kennesaw
line at what was known as " dead angle." It was here that
Hooker, with that splendid fighting corps of his, made the
attack and was so signally repulsed. In column seven lines
deep, with not a cap on the guns of the first two lines, he
attempted to storm our position. Never did men march
into the very jaws of death with a firmer tread and with
more determination than did the Federals to this attack.
But they met intrenched infantry, and the concentrated fire
of musketry, canister, grapeshot and shell mowed them
down at every step. Yet they still struggled forward, but
every Confederate stood at his post, and in a short time it
was more than mortals could stand and they broke and fled,
leaving eight hundred of their dead. The Thirteenth and
One Hundred and Fifty-fourth were in the angle, supported
on the right and left by the veterans of the Army of Ten
nessee.

34 PERSONAL RECORD.

While occupying this point the writer received orders
from headquarters that the safety of the army depended
upon holding this position, and that it must be held if it
required the sacrifice of every man in the regiments. This
order was communicated to the men and their unanimous
response was that " we will stay here." A few days after
this the army fell back and took position twelve miles below
Marietta, Ga., at Vining station on the railroad to Atlanta.
It was at this point, on the fourth day of July, 1864, while
the regiment and brigade were resting in the trenches be
hind a battery that the writer lost a leg by the explosion of
a shell from the enemy's battery, which released him from
field service during the remainder of the war. Hence I had
no personal knowledge of the movements of my old com
mand after this date.
In a short time after this, Colonel George W. Gordon, of
the Eleventh Tennessee, was promoted to Brigadier-General
and took command of the brigade. The Thirteenth and
One Hundred and Fifty-fourth Regiments were under his
command at the crossing of Chattahoochee, at Peach Tree
Creek, with Hardee on the twenty-second of July, in the
defenses of Atlanta, at Jonesboro, at the capture of Dalton,
at Spring Hill, at the bloody battle of Franklin, in front of
Nashville, in the retreat out of Tennessee, and at Benton
ville, N. C, the last battle of the war. From Belmont, Mo.,
the first engagement, to Bentonville, N. C, the last, this
regiment shed luster upon the soldiery of Tennessee, and
well merited the compliment of General Joseph E. Johnston
when he said: " They were unsurpassed by the Old Guard
of Napoleon, or the army that Wellington marched out of
Spain into France."

THIRTEENTH REGIMENT TENNESSEE INFANTRY. 35
When the great soldier and leader, Joseph E. Johnston,
surrendered the remnant of the Army of Tennessee, on
April 26, 1865, there were left ofthe gallant old Thirteenth
less than fifty officers and men. More than twelve hun
dred men had once mustered in its ranks. Throughout
the four years they had fallen in battle, been stricken in
camp, died on the march, and sometimes, alas! in prison.
Faithful always, only a handful were left when the curtain
was rung down on the awful drama. I was not there to-
see the old flag furled, the guns grounded, and the swords
handed over; but I know that the same heroism, fortitude
and love were with the remnant, as had been with those
wTho four years before had marched away from home at the
call of country and of duty.

GENERAL A. J. VAUGHAN.
1885.

ROSTER OF OFFICERS
OF
The Thirteenth Regiment,
TENNESSEE INFANTRY, C. S. A.

FIELD AND STAFF.
Capt. Jno. V. Wright. Elected Colonel at organization of
the regiment ; fought in the battle of Belmont ; elected
to the Confederate Congress, and resigned; Washing
ton, D. C.
Capt. A. J. Vaughan. Elected Lieutenant-Colonel at or
ganization of the regiment; elected Colonel on resig
nation of Col. Wright; re-elected Colonel at reorgani
zation of the army at Corinth ; promoted to Brigadier-
General after the battle of Chickamauga; lost a leg at
Vining station, below Marietta, Ga., on July 4, 1864;
Memphis, Tenn.
Capt. W. E. Winfield. Elected Major at organization of
the regiment; was in the battles of Belmont and Shi-
loh ; resigned at reorganization ofthe army at Corinth ;
died since the war.
Lieut. W. E. Morgan. Appointed Adjutant at organiza
tion ofthe regiment; elected Lieutenant-Colonel after
the battle of Belmont; re-elected Lieutenant-Colonel
at reorganization of the army at Corinth ; was killed
at Murfreesboro.
Lieut. R. M. Harwell. Appointed Adjutant of the regi
ment after the battle of Belmont; re-elected Adjutant
at reorganization of the army at Corinth ; 'appointed
Aid-de-Camp to Gen. Vaughan ; painfully wounded at
Shiloh ; died in service.

38 PERSONAL RECORD.

T. B. Yancey. Company E; appointed Lieutenant in the
regular C. S. Army ; assigned to duty with Col. A. J.
Vaughan, and, when he was promoted, was appointed
on his staff; was wounded at Shiloh; postoffice, Som-
erville, Tenn.
T. P. Cole. Company H ; appointed Sergeant - Major at
organization of the regiment; elected Major at reor
ganization of the army at Corinth; killed at the bat
tle of Murfreesboro.
W. Ed. Dyer. Appointed Regimental Commissary at the
organization of the regiment ; transferred to Gen. J. P.
McGowan's Brigade; promoted to Major; died since
the war.
L. B. Cabler. Company A ; appointed Regimental Quar
termaster at organization ofthe regiment; resigned at
reorganization of army at Corinth ; died since the war.
W. D. F. Hafford. Appointed Chaplain at organization
of the regiment ; resigned; died since the war.
Leonard H. Milliken. Appointed Chaplain after W. D.
F. Hafford resigned ; appointed Brigade Chaplain ; died
since the war.
B. L. Dyer. Company E; elected Lieutenant at organiza
tion of the company ; promoted to Captain ; appointed
Regimental Quartermaster ; promoted to Brigade Quar
termaster; promoted to Lieutenant- Colonel and Col
onel ; appointed Inspector on Gen. Vaughan's staff;
wounded twice ; died since the war.
Wm. J. Brown. Company E ; appointed Assistant Commis
sary ; promoted to Regimental Commissary ; transfer
red to cavalry ; Collierville, Tenn.
N.F.Harrison. Company C; appointed Sergeant-Major
at reorganization of the army at Corinth ; promoted
to Lieutenant after the battle of Chickamauga; was
wounded at Chickamauga; Germantown, Tenn.
W. A. Milliken. Company G; appointed Sergeant-Major
after the battle of Chickamauga; Washington, D. C.

THIRTEENTH REGIMENT TENNESSEE INFANTRY. 39
MEDICAL STAFF.
Dr. J. A. Forbes. Regimental Surgeon at organization of
the regiment ; resigned ; went to the Virginia army.
Dr. Robt. W. Mitchell. Assistant Surgeon of Fifteenth
Tennessee Regiment ; appointed Surgeon C. S.A., Oc
tober 1, 1861, and assigned to the Thirteenth Tennessee
Regiment by seniority ; Brigade Surgeon and Division
Surgeon of Clark's Division; Memphis, Tenn.
B. F. Dickerson. Company I ; elected Assistant Surgeon
of Thirteenth Regiment; appointed Surgeon C. S. A.
and assigned to Thirteenth Regiment; died since war.
N. M. Bostwick. Appointed Assistant Surgeon while a
member of Company K, One Hundred and Fifty-fourth
Seuior Tennessee Regiment ; assigned to duty in the
Thirteenth Tennessee Regiment; seriously wounded
in the foot near Lovejoy station and sent to hospital ;
Memphis, Tenn.
REGIMENTAL BAND AND INFIRMARY CORPS.
(Afterward Brigade Band.)
J. T. Ferth (leader), Memphis, Tenn.
T. E. Daily, Company H, wounded at the battle of Mur
freesboro ; Memphis, Tenn.
W. P. Lipscomb, Company G, LaGrange, Tenn.
W. F. Gowan, Company H, Bartlett, Tenn.
J. G. Leach, Company G, Holly Springs, Miss.
S. H. Lockhart, Company G, died since the war.
W. M. Herndon, Company L, died since the war.
R. P. White, Company G^ Holly Springs, Miss.
J. E. Yancey, Company G, died since the war.
George Turner (drummer), One Hundred and Fifty-fourth
Regiment, died since the war.
Mike Lynch, One Hundred and Fifty -fourth Regiment,
died since the war.
Chas. E. McNamee, Company L, died in service.
J. H. Mitchell, Company G.
Hiram Richmond, Company C.
J. R. Millen.

40 PERSONAL RECORD.

Roster of Company A.
Arnold, T. H. Elected Second Lieutenant at organization
of company ; elected Captain after battle of Belmont;
wounded at Belmont; resigned and joined cavalry;
Memphis, Tenn.
Amis, S. S.
Burton, Wm. C. Elected Captain at organization of com
pany ; resigned after the battle of Belmont; died dur
ing the war.
Bell, W. A. Elected Third Lieutenant at Columbus, Ky.;
resigned at the reorganization at Corinth ; wounded
at Shiloh ; joined Twelfth Tennessee Cavalry; died
since the war.
Brown, J. Fisherville, Tenn.
Baldridge, Wes. In Arkansas.
Blaukinship, H.
Boyd, M. Died in service.
Beard, R. Discharged at Columbus, Ky., 1861.
Bone, Charley. •
Bone, Church. Fourth Corporal.
Brooks, James.
Branch, P. Discharged at Columbus, Ky.
Burtin, — . Whiteville, Tenn.
Brown, Frank. Discharged at Columbus, Ky.
Clay, G. W. Transferred to cavalry.
Canada, J. M. Died since the war.
Carter, Fletcher. Elected Lieutenant; promoted to Cap
tain at Chickamauga ; killed at Franklin.
Claxton, E. A. Discharged at Corinth.
Claxton, W. W. Killed at Peach Tree Creek.
Crawford, W. E. Wounded at Shiloh and at Jonesboro ;
captured at Missionary Ridge ; elected Lieutenant at
Chickamauga ; Somerville, Tenn.

THIRTEENTH REGIMENT TENNESSEE INFANTRY. 41
Cabler, L. B. Appointed Regimental Quartermaster at
organization of regiment; resigned at the reorganiza
tion of the army at Corinth ; died since the war.
Crawford, P. D.
Cairy, CM.- Died in service at Chattanooga, Oct. 10, 1 862.
Claxton, T. J. Died since the war.
Casey, J. N.
Crawley, Jim. Discharged at Corinth.
Cody, J. F. Wouuded at Belmont ; died in service.
Cain, Daniel. Killed in service.
Cody, M. Died since the war.
Carter, Burrus. Wounded at Belmont and discharged.
Carter, J. Killed in service.
Donaldson, R. A. Killed in Richmond, Ky.
Duncan, W. C. Died in service, May 5, 1862.
Durham, H. Wounded at Shiloh ; lost an eye ; in Arkansas.
Daniel, T. Third Lieutenant; discharged 1863.
Eaton, B. F. Killed at Shiloh.
Eason, C. T. Discharged at T/upelo, 1862 ; died since the war.
Emmerson, J. L. Corporal ; discharged at Columbus, Ky.;
died since the war.
Edmondson, H. Fourth Sergeant.
Earles, J. K. Died since the war.
Fullerton, W. L. Killed at Richmond, Ky., Aug. 30, 1862.
Finney, W. P.
Frasier, G.
Frasier, Milt. Wounded at Belmont.
Frasier, Mark.
Goodbread, J. W. Died in service, 1861.
Godsey, W. H.
Gilliam, W. A. Wounded, Richmond, Ky.; died since war.
Goabey, J. M. Died since the war.
Gray, W.
Harris, Jim. Discharged, 1861.
Hunt, H. B. Killed at Shiloh.
Hexter, Jim. Killed at Belmont, or Shiloh.

42 PERSONAL RECORD.

Harrison, R. Killed at Shiloh.
Hickson, J. Discharged, 1862.
Hughbanks, — . Bolivar, Tenn.
Heflin, H. L. Wounded at Franklin in thigh and hand.
Harrison, R. K. Oakland.
Jones, J. Killed iu service.
Jordan, Hardy. Died in service, June, 1862.
Kelley, J. C. Killed at Murfreesboro.
Kelley, P. M. Died in service, November, 1862.
Laurence, S. G. Killed at Richmond, Ky.
Langdon, James J. Wounded at Shiloh ; elected Lieuten
ant at Chickamauga; detailed on recruiting service in
Georgia; Moscow, Tenn.
Lockhart, A. H.
Moore, J. M. Killed at Shiloh.
Matmiller, Fred.
Middlemiss, A. First Sergeant ; killed at Belmout.
Martin, James.
Moore, George. Wounded at Belmont and Atlanta, Ga.
Manus, J. D.
Moore, W. Died since the war.
Moore, James. Killed at Shiloh.
McCully, A. John. Killed at Belmont.
McCully, Miles. Killed at Belmont.
McCully, R. Died since the war.
Mathews, A. N. Killed at Shiloh.
Mathews, J. F. First Sergeant ; elected Lieutenant at
Corinth ; wounded at Shiloh.
Morris, T.
Mathenting, Joe.
Manley, T.
Oliver, W. H.
Nobles, J. A. Died in service. May 17, 1864.
Poor, Thomas. Died in service, December, 1861.
Poor, E. H. Taken prisoner on Dallas campaign ; Williston.
Pathon, George. Died in service at Tupelo, Miss.

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Park, R. H. Died iu service at Tupelo, Miss.
Pierce, J. Killed in Somerville, 1862.
Price, James.
Poston, Frank. Died in service, December, 1861.
Rankin, W. L. Died in service, May 28, 1862.
Rhea, Mathew. Elected First Lieutenant at organization
of his company ; killed at Belmont.
Roberson, J. W. Killed in battle.
Reardon, Wm. Captured at Belmout ; he was never after
ward with his company.
Roberts, — . Discharged at Corinth.
Roberts, J. M.
Reeves, Calvin J. Died in service, March, 1862.
Simon, John. Discharged at Corinth.
Shaw, W. J. Died in service, June 15, 1862.
Stephens, W. J. Killed at Chickamauga.
Shaw, J. C. Transferred to Sixth Tennessee Regiment ;
killed at Atlanta.
Stephens, W. D. In Arkansas.
Shay, Dan. Discharged at Dalton, Ga.
Simons, Thomas. Discharged at Corinth.
Stafford, W. Died in service, November, 1861.
Stafford, J. T.
Stafford, J. B. Died since the war.
Stafford, P. Oakland, Tenn.
Thompson, R. M. Killed at Shiloh.
Tucker, W. C. Died in service in Kentucky.
Taylor, Wm. Died since the war.
Thomas, G. Discharged, 1861.
Thompson, R. Killed at Shiloh.
Waggoner, J. L. Oakland, Tenn.
Wiley, D. C. Smithfield, Texas.
Williams, D. H. Wounded at Shiloh, again in 1864.
Webb, James.
Ward, W. P. In Texas.
Ward, Ed. Died in service, May, 1862.

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Whitmore, C. H. Elected First Lieutenant ; killed at Shiloh.
Ward, P. Died in service.
Wilson, W. P. Somerville, Tenn.
Williams, W.
Wilson, W. B. In insane asylum.
Walls, John.
Wilkerson, John.
Wilkerson, W. D. Transferred to Sixth Tennessee Regi
ment at Randolph ; Memphis, Tenn.
Wilkerson, W. N. Memphis.
Wilson, J.E. Transferred to Company G; Williston, Tenn.
Note — Companies A and D were consolidated at the
reorganization of the army at Corinth, and sometimes the
names of killed and wounded are reported on both rosters.

Roster of Company B.
Adams, G. H. Killed at Murfreesboro.
Alexander, J. A. Died since the war.
Alexander, W. J. Wounded at Shiloh and Murfreesboro ;
when the color bearer was killed at Shiloh, he snatched
up the flag and earried it until wounded ; postoffice,
Hickory Withe, Tenn.
Alexander, J. V. Wounded at Murfreesboro; postoffice,
Oakland, Tenn.
Anderson, J. W. Died in service.
Askew, Benj. F. Wounded at Murfreesboro; postoffice,
Hickory Withe, Tenn.
Burnett, W. H. Corporal; killed at Belmont.
Beal, T. S. Postoffice, Macon, Tenn.
Barron, J. T. Died in service December, 1863.
Barrou, W. J. Promoted to Assistant Surgeon. Eleventh
Tennessee Regiment; postoffice, Macon, Tenn.
Bailey, J. G. Wounded at Murfreesboro; died since war.
Blaydes, J. G. Postoffice, Oakland, Tenn.

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Babbitt, J. G. Killed at Shiloh.
Brown, A. H. Wounded at Murfreesboro ; Vanndale, Ark.
Brammett, B. F.
Burnett, J. E. Postoffice, Moscow, Tenn.
Carter, J. J. Died since the war.
Carter, W. R. Killed at Murfreesboro.
Castles, J. T. Severely wounded at Murfreesboro ; at hos
pital one month ; taken to Camp Morton ; exchanged
August, 1863.
Cocke, H. C. In Texas.
Cocke, W. L. Wounded at Murfreesboro; Prescott, Ark.
Cogbill, W. H. Elected First Sergeant at reorganization
of army; wounded at Peach Tree creek ; Wynne, Ark.
Coleman, B. F. Wounded at Perryville; Camden, Ark.
Crawford, W. H. Wounded at Murfreesboro; died since
the war.
Cartwright, J. G. Died since the war.
Cartwright, T. M. Postoffice, Oakland, Tenn.
Dougan, S. B. First Lieutenant; killed at Shiloh.
Daily, T. E. Wounded at Murfreesboro ; member of the
band and infirmary corps; Memphis, Tenn.
Daily, G. W. Wounded at Murfreesboro ; Petitsville, Ala.
Deener, S. F. Died in service at Columbus, Miss., 1861.
Dillard, A. R. Captured at Shiloh ; never heard from.
Dougan, J. W. Discharged; postoffice, Williston, Tenn.
Dobbins, T. E. Died in service.
Etherton, A. W. Wounded at Murfreesboro ; St. Louis, Mo.
Edenton, J. C. Wounded at Murfreesboro ; Macon, Tenn.
Elder, J. C. Died in service.
Farley, J. M. Wountied at Resaca; died since the war.
Folwell, J. H. Killed at Franklin.
Folwell, J. W. Died since the war.
Folwell, R. V. Killed at Peach Tree creek, Ga.
Gaither, G. A. Wounded at Chickamauga ; postoffice, Wil
liston, Tenn. '
Gaither, T. F. Killed at Richmond, Ky., August 30, 1862.

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Gaither, W. M. Williston, Tenn.
Gardner, J. M. Captured at Corinth ; Cotton Plant, Ark.
Granbery, Capt. J. L. Elected Captain at organization of
company ; served in regiment twelve months ; resigned
and joined cavalry; postoffice, Collierville, Tenn.
Granberry, R. B. Killed at Kennesaw mountain.
Garvin, J. A. Postoffice, Moscow, Tenn.
Higgason, E. J. First Sergeant; wounded at Belmont;
died since the war.
Hare, T. E. Elected Second Lieutenant at reorganization
of the army; severely wounded at Richmond, Ky. ;
postoffice, Nicholasville or Lexington, Ky.
Hewlett, J. C. Died since the war.
Hollowell, M. D. Discharged from service ; postoffice, Col
lierville, Tenn.
lrby, R. W. Wounded at Murfreesboro; Macon, Tenn.
Kerr, Jno. B. Died since the war.
Kyle, W. D. Captured at Belmont; exchanged; severely
wounded at Atlanta, unfitting him for further service;
postoffice, McCrary, Ark.
Lightle, B. F. Fourth Sergeant; elected Captain at reor
ganization of the army ; wounded at Murfreesboro ;
died since the war.
Lazenby, T. W. Died iu service.
Lightle, Richard. Killed by Kansas jayhawkers.
Little, Watt. Discharged from service.
Mebane, J. W. Third Lieutenant; transferred and elected
Third Lieutenant in Wright's Battery ; killed at Pine
Mountain, Ga.
Mitchell, W. F. R. Elected Second Lieutenant at organi
zation ; died since the war.
Mathews, J. S. Captured at Kennesaw mountain, Ga. ;
Hickory Withe, Tenn.
Mewborn, J. L. Third Lieutenant ; elected Third Lieuten
ant at reorganization; captured while on detail ser
vice and taken to prison; Memphis, Tenn.

THIRTEENTH REGIMENT TENNESSEE INFANTRY. 47
Mewborn, J. C. Wounded at Murfreesboro; captured at
Kennesaw mountain ; Macon, Tenn.
Mewborn, J. W. Transferred from Company C; captured
at Perryville and exchanged; wounded at Atlanta;
postoffice, Macon, Tenn.
Mebane, Capt. W. G. Elected Captain at reorganization
of army ; wounded at Murfreesboro ; captured at Ken
nesaw mountain ; died since the war.
Mitchell, J. C. Died in service October, 1861.
Moore, J. L. Killed at Jonesboro, Ga.
Moore, Cadmus. Died since the war.
Murrell, A. R. Captured in 1864; died since the war.
McFerren, J. H. Second Sergeant ; Collierville, Tenn.
McKinstry, J. Logan. Killed at Murfreesboro.
McLiu, J. E. Discharged.
McClaren, F. M. Captured at Kennesaw mountain, Ga. ;
postoffice, Vanndale, Ark.
Neel, W. L. Discharged ; died since the war.
Neel, T. V. Captured at Kennesaw ; White Haven, Tenn.
Neel, S. M. First Corporal; wounded at Murfreesboro;
Kansas City, Mo.
Owen, T. H. Hickory Withe, Tenn.
Owen, D. 0. Discharged from service.
Parker, J. H.
Porter, W. B. Died in service.
Reid, W. B. Killed at Murfreesboro.
Reid, T. J. Promoted to Surgeon and assigned to Thirty-
eighth Tennessee Regiment; died since the war.
Rhea, A. Promoted to Surgeon and assigned to post duty ;
postoffice, Whiteville, Tenn.
Richards, T. L.
Seward, A.N. Second Corporal; wounded at Murfrees
boro; Hickory Withe, Tenn.
Steadman, W. C. Killed at Chickamauga.
Stone, W. T. Transferred from Company E to Company
B; captured at Atlanta; died since the war.

48 PERSONAL RECORD.

Stone, Jake. Wounded at Murfreesboro ; Florence, Ala.
Smith, J. P. Oakland, Tenn.
Sanderlen, J. W. Discharged from service ; died since war.
Sanderlen, D. M. Captured, taken to prison, and died on
his way home, after exchange.
Summers, J. Q. In Arkansas.
Summers, J. W. Cold water, Miss.
Scott, J. M. Germautown.
Scott, Richard. Germantown.
Stockinger, F. M. Color Bearer; killed at Belmont.
Starks, T. J. Discharged from service.
Tornlinson, J. Wounded at Murfreesboro ; postoffice, Wil
liston, Tenn.
Tharp, J. C. Killed at Murfreesboro.
Torrence, J. T. Wounded at Richmond, Ky.; Moscow, Teun.
Wade,W. P. Wounded at Murfreesboro ; died since the war.
Ward, N. A. Killed at Atlanta, Ga.
Waller, E. M. Killed at Murfreesboro.
Warr, J. M. Transferred to Wright's Battery, Rossville,
Tenn.
Willis, J. W. Died in service at Columbus, Ky.
Webber, J. T. Discharged from service ; died since the war.
Walker, J. H. Killed at Shiloh.
Williams, B. M. Killed at Murfreesboro.
Williams, C. E. Died since the war.
Williams, J. H. Wounded at Murfreesboro ; in Arkansas.
Williams, W. M. Elected Lieutenant at reorganization;
wounded at Murfreesboro; died since the war.
Williams, W. J. Died in service at New Madrid, Aug. 4, '61.
Williams, T. J. Killed at. Franklin.
Williams, W. W. Discharged from service.
Williams, John A. Wounded at Kichmond, Ky.; killed
at Franklin.

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Roster of Company C.
Atkins, — .
Allison, Jim. Lieutenant.
Brooks, Henry. Lieutenant ; killed at Missionary Ridge.
Buster, John. Died since the war.
Barsfield, J. W. Lebanon, Tenn.
Bettis, Tillman. Killed at Chickamauga.
Burton, Logan. Died in service, June 1, 1861.
Brackett, L. J. Died in service, June, 1862.
Carraway, Thomas. Lost an arm since the war ; Memphis.
Crewson, Gus. Wounded at Franklin ; died from wound.
Craig, Burt.
Cash, P. Boggan. Killed at Murfreesboro; only 18 years
old; he wounded a Federal officer at Belmont, bound
up. his wounds, captured his sword and gave it to Gen.
Marcus J. Wright, who sent it to his mother.
Douglass, H. F. Germantown.
Douglass, Elmore. Elected Lieutenant at organization of
company ; elected Captain at reorganization, and killed
at Atlanta.
Dukes, Robert T. Killed at Murfreesboro.
Dukes, Wm. B. Killed at Shiloh.
Dunn, Laurence. Lost; supposed to have died.
Ellis, Wm. Captured ; died in Alton prison.
Ellis, A. B. Wounded at Chickamauga and Missionary
Ridge ; Capleville.
Ellis, W. W. Wounded at Murfreesboro; paralyzed since
the war ; Capleville.
Elam, E. E. Was taken sick in Kentucky and left, but as
soon as be was well enough joined the Eleventh Texas
Cavalry and was crippled by the fall of a horse at
Chickamauga ; remained with the cavalry to the close
of the war ; Oakville.
Farrow, G. Ferd. Transferred to cavalry after Belmont.
Ford, Robt. Drowned after battle of Belmont ; fell from boat.

50 PERSONAL RECORD.

Farrow, J. P. Killed at Belmont; fell at the first volley
of the enemy.
Graham, C. P. Killed at Shiloh.
Gill, Wm. J. Tennessee.
Harrison, W. D. Elected to Lieutenant at organization of
company ; promoted to Captain on death of Capt. Dou
glass ; Capleville.
Hutchinson, H. J. Killed at Shiloh.
Hilderbrand, John. Transferred to Wheeler's Cavalry; died
since the war.
Holeman, Wayne. Killed at Murfreesboro, Dec. 31, 1862.
Hues, Andy. Died in service.
Herron, Louis. Transferred to cavalry ; died since the war.
Harrison, N. F. Appointed Sergeant-Major at reorgani
zation of the army at Corinth, 1862 ; promoted to
Lieutenant after battle of Chickamauga ; wounded at
Chickamauga; Germantown.
Holeman, Tom, Jr. Wounded at Shiloh ; Oakville, Tenn.
Harris, J. W. Killed at Belmont.
Jamison, J. P. Discharged for disability ; died since war.
Jackson, Sam. Hernando, Miss.
Joplin, — .
Kyle, W. G. Died iu service, May 17, 1862.
Kyle, Rogers. Texas.
Lake, W. L. Killed at Shiloh.
Lewis, Tobe.
Mitchel], John. Transferred to Sappers and Miners.
Morgan, W. E. Elected Lieutenant at organization of
company ; appointed Adjutant at organization of Thir
teenth Regiment ; elected Lieutenant-Colonel after
battle of Belmont; re-elected Lieutenant-Colonel at
reorganization of army at Corinth ; killed at Mur
freesboro ; his name was inscribed on a piece of artil
lery as the most gallant officer of Cheatham's Division
who fell on that battlefield.

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Morgan, John. Elected Captain at organization of com
pany ; resigned at the reorganization of the army at
Corinth ; joined a Mississippi regiment; elected Cap
tain ; wounded at Belmont, and killed at Murfreesboro.
Madden, Jim. Clubbed his musket and struck a Federal
soldier at Belmont, afterward lost an arm ; died since
the war.
Madden, George. Died in service.
McCarthy, Jim. Corporal.
McNichols, John. Wounded at Belmont and Shiloh; dis
charged after 12 months' service ; died since the war.
Norris, N. Died since the war.
Nelson, W. Henry. Paralyzed since the war ; Whitehaven.
Prest, Wm. Germantown.
Patterson, Joe A. Germantown.
Pittman, Arthur R. Killed at Belmont.
Paine, John. Died since the war.
Pierson, — .
Pratt, — .
Rogers, J. W. Killed at Belmont ; his last words : " Tell
my mother I died in discharging my duty ; that was
all I could do."
Rowlett, John W. Wounded at Murfreesboro; died since
the war.
Rainy, Thomas, Color Bearer. Killed at Shiloh.
Rhodes, W. L. Killed at Richmond, Ky.
Richmond, Hiram. Died since the war.
Richmond, John. Died since the war.
Rickett, — .
Simms, Tim J. Wounded at Belmont ; died from wounds.
Saffron, George.
Stratton,M.V. Wounded at Belmont and Missionary Ridge ;
captured at Franklin, but made his escape ; Capleville.
Stratton, C. Died in service from wounds at Stone Mountain.
Stokes, W. L. Killed at Shiloh.
Sough, Jim. Killed iu service.

52 PERSONAL RECORD.

Stratton, B. M. Wounded early in action at Shiloh ; dis
charged ; Memphis.
Stratton, J. H. Discharged for disability; joined cavalry.
Small, R. W. (Dick). Wounded at Belmont; twice cap
tured and twice escaped; Hazen, Ark.
Seats, Wyatt.
Smith, John. Wounded at Murfreesboro.
Savage, John.
Shockly, — .
Tuggle, Joe. Killed at Peach Tree Creek, Ga.
Tuggle, Palmer B. Killed at Murfreesboro.
Tuggle, Thompson. Died in service at Columbus, Ky.
Tuggle, George R. Capleville.
Vandervest, — -. Killed at Richmond, Ky.
Williams, J. H. Killed in service.
Williams, W. W. Wounded in service ; died since the war.
Weatherall, A. C. Died since the war.
Walton, — .
Winford, Sam. Died since the war.
Woodson, Gus. ¦
Wright, John W. Wounded at Richmond, Ky., and at
Murfreesboro and captured; Memphis, Tenn.

Roster of Company D.
Archibald, J. G. Died in service, June, 1861.
Bell, Frank. Yorkville, Tenn.
Biggs, Jeremiah, Yorkville, Tenn.
Brewster, R. S. Elected Captain on death of Capt. J. A.
Wilkins ; appointed Captain of Companies A and D
at reorganization, and was in command at close of the
war; Louisville, Ky.
Brewer, John A. Died in service in 1861.
Brewer, N. B. Died iu service.
Busick, J. Morton. Kenton, Tenn.
Brown, Wm. Died since the war.

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Burrus, John.
Cunningham, J. W. Elected Lieutenant at organization
of company ; died in service, May, 1862.
Carter, A. S.
Canada, Henry. Died since the war.
Canada, James. Wounded at Shiloh ; Arkansas.
Cary, C. M. Died in service, September, 1862.
Carmack, Tip. Died iii service.
Cowan, W. F. Elected Lieutenant at organization of the
company ; died from exposure in the battle of Shiloh.
Davis, Wm. Gleason, Tenn.
Dickey, A. J. Died since the war.
Dickey, James. Dyer county.
Dozier, B. M. Killed at Belmont.
Dozier, Joseph. Dyer county.
Duncan, W. C. Died in hospital iu Mississippi, June, 1862.
Eaton, R. D. Killed at Shiloh.
Fullerton, Henry T. Shot through thigh, severing sciatic
artery; discharged at Shelbyville; Kenton, Tenn.
Fullerton, W. L. Killed at Richmond, Ky.
Garrison, Ed. Texas.
Gibson, Allen. Rutherford, Tenn.
Goodloe, C. A. Alamo, Tenn.
Goodloe, Morris. Transferred to cavalry ; elected Lieuten
ant of cavalry under Forrest.
Greer, J. N. Died since the war.
Guthrie, Ewing. Missouri.
Hall, John R. Yorkville, Tenn.
Hale, James K. Polk. Yorkville, Tenn.
Hamilton, Robert. Died since the war.
Hinson, Ben. Yorkville, Tenn.
Holmes, Elihu. Elected Lieutenant; wounded at Belmont;
died since the war.
Holt, Joseph. Newbern, Tenn.
Holt, James. Newbern, Tenn.
Hunt, H. B. Killed at Shiloh.

54 PERSONAL RECORD.
Jones, Charles. Died since the war.
Lee, James. Rutherford, Tenn.
Leigh, Wm. Died since the war.
Lawrence, James J. Killed at Richmond, Ky.
McCorkle, J. E. Elected Lieutenant at organization of
company ; resigned from bad health ; Newbern, Tenn.
McCorkle, J. S. Newbern, Tenn.
McCorkle, Locke. Killed or died in service.
McCorkle, E. J. Died in service, August, 1862.
Mills, Eugene. Died in service.
Mathews, Elisha.
Minton, W. H. Killed at Richmond, Ky.
Minton, J. S. Died in service, June, 1861.
Moore, T. Jeff. Winchester, Tenn.
Montgomery, John M. Discharged from ill-health ; died
since the war.
Montgomery, G. R. Died in service, 1861.
Northern, John B. Died since the war.
Northern, Rufus. Died in service.
Oakey, Mack. Died since the war.
Parks, Robert H. Died iu service, 1862.
Parks, W. H. Killed at Belmont.
Patton, Geo. W. Wounded at Shiloh; died in camp at
Tupelo, 1862.
Penn, H. T. Christian county, Ky.
Pierce, Wm. Died either in service or at close of the war.
Polk, W. H. Killed at Belmont.
Ray, Alexauder. Died since the war.
Rankin, W. D. Died in service, May, 1862.
Reed, John L. Yorkville, Tenn.
Roach, Harwood. Killed at Belmont.
Reynolds, Wm.
Robinson, J. H. Trenton, Tenn.
Robinson, W. P. Wounded at Belmont; Eaton, Tenn.
Robinson, M. R. Texas.
Robinson, John. Died in service from wounds in battle.

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Scott, W. L. Died since the war.
Shaw, Wm. Died iu service, June, 1862.
Shaw, John H. Killed at Belmont.
Senter, David. Trenton, Tenn.
Tucker, Wm. Died in service, October, 1862.
Wade, Nash. Texas.
Weddington, Rufus H. Wounded at Shiloh ; Arkansas.
Wherry, L. C. Died in service.
Wilkins, J. A. Elected Captain at organization of com
pany ; killed at Shiloh.
Zaricor, Albert G. Killed at Belmont.

Roster of Company E,
Composed of Tennesseans aud Mississippians.
Allen, Thos. B. Elected Lieutenant at organization of com
pany ; served 12 months ; resigned ; died since the war.
Allen, G. W. McKenzie, Texas.
Arnett, D. C. Killed at Shiloh; from Mississippi.
Arnett, R. C. Canaan, Miss.; from Mississippi.
Allen, Sam H. Wounded at Shiloh ; Memphis, Tenn.
Abernathy, W. A. When the war broke out he was at
Charlotte Military Institute ; joined the First North
Carolina Regiment ; fought the battle of Big Bethel ;
was complimeuted by his officers for gallantry; was
transferred to Company E, Thirteenth Tennessee Reg
iment ; killed at Murfreesboro.
Brown, W. J. Appointed Commissary Sergeant of the
regiment ; transferred after the battle of Chickamauga
to Forrest's Cavalry ; wounded at Columbia, Tenn.;
Collierville, Tenn.
Brown, A. C. Enlisted at Murfreesboro ; wounded by the
explosion of a shell, from which he never recovered,
and is now in the asylum.
Bull, D. C. Killed at Shiloh.

56 PERSONAL RECORD.

Bailey, B. T.
Ballard, F. M. Missing at the battle of Richmond, Ky.;
supposed to have been killed.
Batte, Tom B. Died in service.
Black, J. C. Killed at Shiloh ; from Mississippi.
Blackwell, J. W. Transferred to a Georgia regiment ; from
Mississippi.
Bonner, R. H. Though not a member of Company E, he
fought with it in the battle of Shiloh, and afterward
became one of Henderson's famous scouts.
Boyd, J. W. Died since the war.
Bryan, J. D.
Burton, Cornelius. Killed on Kennesaw line.
Clay, L. B.
Cowan, James. Died in service, May 1, 1862.
Clay, W. C.
Craddock, Geo. C. Elected First Lieutenant ; transferred
to cavalry ; killed at Nashville, Tenn.
Dyer, B. L. Elected Lieutenant at organization of com
pany ; promoted to Captain ; appointed Quartermaster
of regiment; promoted to Lieutenant - Colonel and
Colonel of regiment; wounded at Vining Station and
in front of Atlanta; Inspector- General on General
Vaughan's staff; died since the war.
Dyer, M. B. Died since the war.
Davis, W. F. Died since the war ; from Mississippi.
Davis, J. S. From Mississippi.
DeAregan, Dr. Assistant Hospital Surgeon of the regi
ment; died since the war.
Doyle, E. T. Canaan, Miss.; from Mississippi.
Doyle, Z. Q. Bride, Tenn.; from Mississippi.
Dennis, Charles. Died since the war ; from Mississippi.
Dukes, W. A. Died in se'rvice, March 25, 1862.
Doyle, 0. A. Died in service; from Mississippi.
Fuiks, Morris. Missing at Missionary Ridge ; supposed to
have been killed.

THIRTEENTH REGIMENT TENNESSEE INFANTRY. 57

Fletcher, Asbury. Died since the war.
Forbes, J. A. Started out in Company E ; was appointed
Surgeon ; resigned and went to Virginia army.
Green, A. J. Texas.
Green, Wm. Killed at Murfreesboro.
Gates, W. A.
Grissum, Felix ; died since the war.
Grissum, M. C. Killed at Shiloh.
Grider, W. L.
Gober, B. W. Moscow, Tenn.
Gober, S.
Harwell, Richard M. Elected Lieutenant at organization
of company; appointed Adjutant of the regiment;
re-elected Adjutant at reorganization of the army at
Corinth ; appointed Aid-de-Camp to Gen. Vaughan ;
painfully wounded at Shiloh ; died in the service.
Hicks, Sam. Discharged in Kentucky.
Hicks, M. D. Died since the war.
Holliday, G. W. Died in service, November 1, 1861.
Hogan, D. H. Discharged in 1862.
Hill, E. E. Arkansas ; from Mississippi.
Hill.L. H. Killed at Atlanta; from Mississippi.
Heflin, H. L. Stanton, Tenn.
Jackson, W. A. Died since the war; from Mississippi.
Jackson, Tom. Killed at Perryville.
King, B. Died iu service.
Landreth, W.
Leverett, J. W- Died since the war.
Lane, Thomas M. Severely wounded at Murfreesboro ;
died since the war.
May, Powell. Elected Lieutenant at the reorganization of
the army at Corinth ; Clarendon, Ark.
Moore, J. B.
Mason, David H. Died at iVlurfreesboro from smallpox ;
was wounded in the ear.
McConnell, Charles. Rossville, Tenn.

58 PERSONAL RECORD.

Moody, John A. Elected Captain at the reorganization of
the army at Corinth ; wounded at Chickamauga and
Franklin; Trinity, Texas.
McNeese, John. Killed in Hernando, Miss., since the war.
McKinley, Robert W. Died since the war.
Newby, E. W. Mortally wounded at Belmont ; died in
Memphis from wound.
Pierce, W. G. Died since the war.
Pierce, J. R. Moscow, Tenn.
Pickins, R. T. Transferred from Company E to Company
G ; Moscow, Tenn.
Rosser, W. B. Discharged during war; Cotton Plant, Ark.
Rosser, J. H. Cotton Plant, Ark.
Robertson, S. J. Killed at Belmont.
Robertson, Alfred. Died in service, October, 1861.
Roland, W. T. Canaan, Miss.; from Mississippi.
Reed, W. C. Fisherville. Tenn.
Scarborough, L. A. Wounded and lost his foot ; Memphis.
Scarborough, J. G. Discharged ; died since the war.
Smith, J. W. Transferred to cavalry; promoted to Colonel
of Cavalry ; Grand Junction, Tenn.
Stinson, W. W. Cornersville, Miss.
Stinson, Anderson.
Stone, W. T. Transferred to Company B, Thirteenth Ten
nessee Regiment ; captured at Atlanta ; died since war.
Stuart, H. Died siuce the war.
Smart, N. Z. Grand Junction, Tenn.; from Mississippi.
Spencer, W. T. Died siuce the war; from Mississippi.
Teague, B. F. Moscow, Tenn.
Tiller, G. R. Killed at Belmont.
Tiller, Tom H. Died since the war.
Vaughan, A. J. Elected Captain at organization of regi
ment ; elected Lieutenant - Colonel at Columbus, Ky.;
re-elected Colonel at reorganization of army at Cor
inth ; promoted to Brigadier- General ; lost a leg ;
Memphis, Tenn

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Watts, C. W. Died in service.
Wells, E. S. Wounded at Belmont and Missionary Ridge;
Canaan, Miss.; from Mississippi.
Yancey, B. Transferred from Company C, Ninth Missis
sippi Regiment, to Company E, Thirteenth Tennessee
Regiment; Clarendon, Ark.
Whitehorn, H. H.
Yancey, T. B. Appointed Lieutenant in the regular Con
federate States Army ; assigned to duty with Col. A. J.
Vaughan, and wheu he was promoted was appointed
on his staff; Somerville, Tenn.
Zellner, J. W. Transferred at the reorganization of the
army at Corinth from Company H to Company E ;
wounded at Shiloh, at Richmond, Ky., at Chicka
mauga and at Atlanta; Arlington, Tenn.

Roster of Company F.
Atkins, J. P. Wounded at Shiloh ; Corinth, Miss.
Burns, M. N. Killed at Murfreesboro.
Baruett, H. H. Killed at Belmont.
Bell, Robert N. Detailed to drive Gen. Cheatham's head
quarters wagon.
Cross, Richard. Captured at Belmont; died in service.
Connors, John. Died in service.
Cain, Dennis. Died since the war.
Churchwell, George W. Elected Captain at reorganiza
tion at Corinth; killed at Murfreesboro.
Clayton, Francis. Montezuma, Tenn.
Denchy, M. Killed at Shiloh.
English, W. E. Died iu service, August 10, 1862.
Gullett, J. P. Died in service, March 1, 1862.
Guthrie, J. N. Killed at Shiloh.
Gorman, Dan. Severely wounded at Shiloh ; Jackson, Tenn.
Hunt, Campbell.

60 PERSONAL RECORD.
Houston, A. K. Though not a member of this company,
fought with it at Belmont ; died since the war.
Hill, E..H. Killed at Belmont.
Henry, Samuel W. Elected First Lieutenant at organiza
tion ; died in service first year of the war.
Houston, J. T. Corinth, Miss.
Hunt, E. C.
Isbell, S. M. Died in service, May, 1862.
Jones, — .
Jones, John A., Sr. Killed at Belmont.
Jones, John A., Jr. Killed at Belmont.
Johnson, J. R. Elected Lieutenant; died since the war.
Middleton, C. H. Killed at Belmont.
Morgan, John. Killed at Shiloh.
McGhee, J. F. Died in service, October, 1862.
McHughes, J. F. Died in service, October, 1862.
Owens, Enoch. Died in service.
Pinkston, Harrison. Elected Second Lieutenant; Colo
rado City, Texas.
Ramey, W. A. Orderly Sergeant ; wounded in battle ; Ark.
Sims, J. A. L. Died in service from measles, July, 1861.
Saunders, Wm. Killed at Shiloh.
Springer, J. D. Killed at Shiloh.
Shelby, James. Wounded at Shiloh ; Texas.
Simms, Ezekiel. Madison county.
Simms, Milton. Captured and died during the war.
Thomas, B. L. Killed at Shiloh.
Wisdom, Dew M. Elected Lieutenant at organization of
company; promoted to Captain after battle of Bel
mont; wounded twice at Belmont; resigned at reor
ganization of the army ; went into cavalry ; was made
colonel of a cavalry regiment and served in Forrest's
command till the close ofthe war; Guthrie, I. T.
Wigley, James. Died in service, August, 1861.
Wiuningham, H. L. Killed at Richmond, Ky.
Wiley, — . Died in service at Fort Wright, Memphis.

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Williams, J. E. Died in service, June, 1862.
Yancy, J. E. Died in service, November, 1862.
Yarbro, Martin. Mortally wounded and died at Franklin,
Tenn.
Wright, John V. Elected Captain at organization of the
company ; elected Colonel at organization of the reg
iment; fought atthe battle of Belmont; elected to
Confederate Congress ; resigned ; Washington, D. C.

Roster of Company 0.
Adkins, — .
Baugh, Wm. Died since the war.
Baugh, Jno. Died since the war.
Boyd, Wm. Died since the war.
Burton, Cornelius.
Bidwell, A. W.
Brown, J. H. Killed at Shiloh.
Brewster, H. J. Died since the war.
Bennett, P. N. D. Killed at Belmont.
Bryant, R. C. Died since the war.
Burton, John W.
Baugh, Link. Died since the war.
Bickers, Wm. Died since the war.
Branscomb, Geo. Discharged ; died since the war.
Cabler, Tom F. Died since the war.
Carraway, E. W. Fayette county.
Chapman, Walter C. Mississippi.
Connor, Chas. Died November 12, 1862.
Crenshaw, C. W.
Crenshaw, Terrell.
Dicks, Ed. Killed at Richmond, Ky.
Clay, L. B. Georgia.
Davis, Elijah. Died since the war.
Davis, Tom.

62 PERSONAL RECORD.

Donahue, Mike. Ordnance Sergeant.
Dyer, W. E. Appointed Regimental Commissary at organ
ization ofthe company; transferred to Gen. J. P. Mc-
Cown's Brigade; promoted to Major ; died since war.
Dowdy, John. Fayette county.
Edwards, Joe B. Wounded at Murfreesboro; died from
the effects ofthe wound since the war.
Edwards, Warren. Texas.
Edwards. Tucker. Transferred to cavalry.
Ferth, J. T. Leader ofthe band and on infirmary corps.
Falls, Henry N. Commissary Sergeant; died since war.
Falls, Charley.
Gloster, Otey. Killed at Murfreesboro.
Gorman, E. W. Wounded at Jonesboro ; captured and ex
changed ; wounded at Nashville ; Germantown, Tenn.
Gynne,, Steve J. Killed after the war.
Gynne, Henry C. Moscow, Tenn.
Gynne, Gus. Died since the war.
Gynne, H. L. Texas.
Heath, Z. W. Entered service at age of 15 ; arm shattered
at Richmond, Ky. ; badly wounded at Atlanta, which
disabled him for further service ; paroled from conva
lescent camp ; Terrell, Tex.
Huddleston, W. H. Bolivar, Tenn.
Herudon, W. M. Member of band and on infirmary corps.
Henderson, Sam. Died since the war.
Jobert, Lee. Color Bearer; killed at Missionary Ridge.
Jones, John W. Killed at Murfreesboro.
Jones, Wiley F. Transferred to cavalry ; LaGrauge, Tenn.
Jones, Arthur. Memphis, Tenn.
Jones, J. A. Died in service, June 15, 1861.
Jones. Paul.
Kane, A. C. California.
Lashley, Jim. Elected Lieuteuant at organization of com
pany ; resigned; died during the war.
Lacey, W. C.

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Lanier, R. F. Elected Lieutenant at organization of com
pany ; promoted to Captain; severely wounded, from
which he never recovered ; died since the war.
Lanier, Ed. Elected Lieutenant at organization of com
pany; killed at the battle of Richmond, Ky.
Lipscomb, Geo. LaGrange, Tenn.
Lipscomb, Peter. Member of band aud on infirmary corps ;
LaGrange, Tenn.
Leach, Josh. G Member of band and on infirmary corps,
Holly Springs.
Landrum, L. Killed at Columbus, Ky., after the war.
Limburger,W.C. Known as "Blind Tiger;" Greenville,Tex.
Moorman, H. C. Elected Lieutenant ; Somerville, Tenn.
Moorman, Robert A. Killed at Franklin.
Massey, Nat. Discharged; died.
Mitchell, James. Big Greasy.
Mitchell, J. H. Died in service at Cleveland, Tenn.
Mustin, J. M. Died in service at Chattanooga, June 22, '63.
Mayo, John. Killed at Belmont.
Malone, Lon. Died since the war.
Malone, Cass.
McKnight, John. Forrest City, Ark.
McNamee, John T. Lieutenant ; detailed on special duty ;
killed in the discharge of his duty in Fayette county.
McNamee, W. T. W'ounded in service; died since war.
McKinstry, M. M. Killed at Shiloh.
McNeel, J. J. LaGrange, Tenn.
Palmer, Chas. Elected Lieutenant at organization of com
pany ; resigned; died during or since the war.
Parham, W. R. Joined company after battle of Shiloh;
slightly wounded at Murfreesboro and on the Dalton
campaign ; Holly Springs, Miss.
Penn, John. Killed at Belmont.
Pickins, R. T. Transferred from Company E to Company
G; Moscow, Tenn.
Price, Will.

64 PERSONAL RECORD.

Parham, Walter.
Parham, W. S. Died in service.
Parham, Frank.
Parham, Josh.^O. Forrest City, Ark.
Parham, Joshua. Died in service.
Pledge, Clinton.
Rainey, John H. Alabama.
Rawliugs, Joe. Killed at Franklin.
Rieves, Mat.
Rodgers, W. J. Elected Lieutenant; Moscow, Tenn.
Robertson, Jim F. Died in service.
Reeves, J. M.
Reeves, Will H. Died since the war.
Sturdevant, Jim.
Sharp, Rufus. Transferred to pioneer corps.
Sigman, T. F. Holly Springs, Miss.
Simmons, Rufus.
Stewart, M. Don. Died in service at Columbus, Ky.
Sullivan, Jim. Died at Tupelo, Miss., 1862.
Simmons, W. H. Killed at Murfreesboro.
Stafford, Noah. Wounded at Shiloh.
Steger, Jno. J. Discharged on account of his eyes; after
ward joined the cavalry; captured at Holly Springs
and sent to Irving Block; released and returned to
his company; paroled with army at Greensboro, N. C.
Todd, J. R. Died since the war.
Tucker, R. G. Wounded at Shiloh ; LaGrange, Tenn.
Thornton, W. S. Wounded in service; died since the war.
Taylor, Will. Wounded at Kingston, Ga. ; discharged on
account of his wound; died.
Winfield, W. E. Elected Captain at organization of com
pany ; elected Major at organization of regiment ; was
in the battles of Belmont and Shiloh ; resigned ; died
since the war.
Winston, T. J. Killed by fall of horse since the war.
Winfield, J. 0. Killed at Shiloh.

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Winston, Jim.
Woodard, B. T. Transferred to Forrest's Cavalry.
Whyte, R. P. Member of band and on infirmary corps ;
Holly Springs, Miss.
Weems, John. Teamster.
Winston, Ed. Middle Tennessee.
Woods, E. 0. Lieutenant; died since the war.
Wilson, J. E. Transferred from Company A; Williston.
Young, Dave. Middle Tennessee.
Yancey, Frank. Severely wounded at Murfreesboro ; Mem
phis.
Yancey, Jas. E. Member 'of band and on infirmary corps ;
died since the war.

Roster of Company H.
Allen, J. W. Wounded severely at Murfreesboro; Dex
ter, Tenn.
Allen, Ed. Died since the war.
Aiken, Sam Dudley. Wounded at Belmont; killed at
Murfreesboro.
Aiken, W. M. Captured at Peach Tree Creek and sent to
Camp Chase.
Anderson, J. W. Killed at Adairsville, Ga.
Allen, Walter. Died since the war.
Barnes, William. Discharged.
Boud, W. A. Wounded at Atlanta.
Berryhill, Frank. Died since the war.
Bazimore, Thomas. Died in service.
Brown, Wilber. Died in service.
Bond, N. P. Died since the war.
Brooks, R. H. Wounded at Shiloh ; White Station, Tenn.
Bond, R. B. Died in service, April 18, 1862. .
Barber, Buck. Arkansas.
Bass, E. Died in service.

66 PERSONAL RECORD.

Chambers, J. F. Mississippi..
Chambers, T. J. Wounded at Peach Tree Creek ; Tipton Co.
Chambers, E. 0. Killed at Shiloh.
Claiborn, Wm. B. Killed at Richmond, Ky.
Cole, S. 0. Killed at Shiloh.
Cole, R.A. Captured at Missionary Ridge ; died in prison.
Cole, Jackson.
Coulter, W. S. Captured at Peach Tree Creek ; Arkansas.
Coulter, Ben. Died in service, in hospital.
Cole, P. H. Appointed Sergeant-Major at organization of
regiment; elected Major at reorganization of army at
Corinth ; killed at Murfreesboro.
Christopher, L. Gainsboro, N. C.
Callis, Clem. Captured at Jonesboro and exchanged; Ger
mantown.
Crouch, R. H. Killed at Richmond, Ky.
Craig, W. E. Died in service.
Clayton, Henry M. Died since the war.
Dunlap, D. R. Germantown.
Dunlap, Wm. J. Killed at Belmont.
Dailey, Ed. Elected First Lieutenant at organization of
company ; resigned ; joined Forrest's Cavalry ; killed
at Sulphur Trestle.
Donelson, R. S. Wounded severely at Chickamauga; un
fit for service the balance ofthe war; Arlington, Tenn.
Echlin, J. B. Captured at Murfreesboro ; died in prison.
Ellis, P. S. Wounded at Shiloh; Lenow, Tenn.
Exum, W. H. Lieutenant; killed at Atlanta, Ga.
Easthorne, E. P. Died since the war.
Echles, George. Buntyn Station.
Farabee, B. F. First Sergeant ; wounded and captured at
Nashville ; Memphis.
Finnegan, J. P.
Forgey, T. J. Killed at Murfreesboro.
Freeman, W. F. Transferred.
Ferguson, Thomas. Died since the war.

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Garrett, John.
Goodloe, R. C. Died in service, September 30, 1861.
Gowan, Haywood. Harrison Station, Miss.
Gowan, W. F. Member of band aud on infirmary corps;
Bartlett, Tenu.
Goodlett, J. E. Elected Lieutenant; died in service.
Gray, Willis. Died since the war.
Griffin, Thomas. Killed while in service, by lightuing.
Hall, Robt. G. Shot through both eyes at Franklin, Tenn.;
entirely blind ; Dexter, Tenn.
Hall, George. Killed at Belmont.
Hodge, John. Elected Lieutenant in a company of the
Fifty -first Tennessee Regiment ; transferred.
Hancock, John. Captured at Missionary Ridge; Red Banks,
Miss.
Herring, Lon S. Elected Lieutenant ; wounded at Shiloh ;
died since the war.
Jordan, G. S. Elected Lieutenant at organization of com
pany ; resigned for bad health in 1861 ; joined the
Twelfth Tennessee Cavalry in Forrest's command; was
detailed in the Quartermaster's Department with Nee-
ly's Brigade ; Memphis, Tenn.
Lambe, James. Mississippi.
Land, John T. Near Brunswick, Tenn.
Loring, A. R. Died in service, November 14, 1864.
Lockridge, J. W. Wounded at Shiloh.
Lock, J. W. Wounded at Belmont ; discharged ou ac
count of his age at Tupelo ; joined Forrest's Cavalry ;
died since the war.
Lurray, A. W. Raleigh, Tenn.
Lenow, John Ii Discharged; Memphis, Tenn.
Moore, A. J. Captured at Missionary Ridge ; died since
the war.
Munson, S. A. Elected Lieutenant ; promoted to Captain ;
wounded at Shiloh; captured on Missionary Ridge
and sent to prison at Johnson's Island ; Memphis,Tenn.

PERSONAL RECORD.

Mullins, T. B. Mullins Station.
Moore, J. R. Died in service, June 8, 1862.
Marshall, W. A. Died October 8, 1861.
Mason, R. M. Elected Quartermaster at organization of
the regiment; promoted to Depot Quartermaster by
General Pillow at Columbus, and promoted to Corps
Quartermaster by Gen. Polk; died since the war.
Miller, Lucius W.
Massey, J. W. Died in service, April 28, 1863.
McDonald, J. W. Transferred to marine service.
McBrooks, John. Detailed in the Quartermaster's Depart
ment, where he served during the war ; died since war.
Nolly, W. B. Elected Lieutenaut at organization of regi
ment; resigned iu 1863 forbad health; Little Rock.
Nathan, Sam. Died iu service.
Osborn, George. Arkansas.
Owens, W. G. Died in service.
Patrick, Henry. Discharged at Chickamauga, for disa
bility and bad health. Lenow, Tenn.
Powell, C. W. Killed at Franklin.
Perkins, N. C. Elected Lieutenaut at organization of com
pany ; resigned at Columbus in 1861 ; Memphis, Tenn.
Potts, Thomas J. Died in service.
Pittman, R. W. Elected Captain at organization of his
company; wounded slightly at Belmont and severely
at Shiloh; promoted to Lieutenant - Colonel on the
death of Lieut.-Col. Morgan, and to Colonel of the
regiment on the promotion of Col. Vaughan to Briga
dier General; Denton, Tex.
Russell, J. W. Mortally wounded at Shiloh ; died in service.
Roberts, William. Missing at Perryville, and was either
killed or captured.
Rogers, Chip. Died since the war.
Rogers, Harvey. Died since the war.
Robinson, Henry. Color Corporal; missed at Richmond,
Ky. ; either killed or captured; most probably killed.

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Royster, D. R. Killed at Shiloh.
Starr, Howard. Killed December 20, 1862.
Stephenson, J. J. Killed at Richmond, Ky.
Sensing, J. P. Bell, Tenn.
Sensing, Robert. Gadsden, Tenn.
Sweeney, Casey. Wounded at Franklin ; died since the war.
Sturges, J. L. Morning Sun, Tenn.
Snell, J. T. Killed at Richmond, Ky.
Snowden, M. C. Died since the war.
Timmons, Henry. Buntyn Station, Tenn.
Thompson, J. A. Killed at Atlanta.
Turner, George W. Elected Lieutenant; killed in front
of Atlanta on outpost duty.
Turner, J. W. Died since the war.
Turner, W. W. Died since the war.
Thompson, C.Virgil. Florida.
Tally, A. J. Wounded at Shiloh and died from wounds.
Terry, J. W.
Thomas, William. Died since the war.
Waddell, George. Died since the war.
Waddle, S. B. Arkansas.
Wooten, T. J. Wounded at Atlanta; permanently disa
bled; Eatontou, Ga.
Williams, J. Kimball. Died in service.
Wiley, Thomas. Elected Lieutenant.
Whitehead, J. W. Died since the war.
Wynne, George W. Covington, Tenn.
Woodson, Henry M. Transferred from Company E, Thirty-
fourth Mississippi Regiment, to Company H, Thir
teenth Tennessee Regiment; Memphis, Tenn.
White, W. F. Died since the war.
White, Dick. Died since the war.
Whitley, J. P. Arkansas.
Yates, Ed A. Wounded at Adairsville, Ga.; died since war.
Yates, P. C. Wounded at Murfreesboro and captured;
Dexter, Tenn.

70 PERSONAL RECORD.

Yates, W. H. Wounded at Jonesboro ; Dexter, Tenn.
Young, J. Carr. Killed at Shiloh.
Zellner, J. W. Transferred at reorganization to Company
E ; wounded at Shiloh, Richmond, Ky., Chickamauga,
on New Hope Line and at Atlanta; Arlington, Tenn.

Roster of Company I.
Autry, John. Died in service, October 15, 1861.
Alsup, Wm. Died in service, October 10, 1861.
Anderson, Andrew.
Barham, R. J., Jr. Wounded at Atlanta ; died since the war.
Bray, B. M. Elected Second Lieutenaut ; wounded at Shi
loh ; Santiago, Cal.
Bray, Randolph. Mortally wounded at Richmond, Ky.,
and died.
Berger, G. W. Killed at Shiloh.
Bell, John. Died in service, August 1, 1861.
Beaver, W. H. Died in service, October 4, 1861.
Brewer, Jno. Died in service, Oct. 7, 1861, at Columbus, Ky.
Barham, Jno. Died in service. Oct. 10, 1861, at Randolph.
Baine, Bob. Mifflin, Tenn.
Baine, James. Texas.
Brown, Harper. Mifflin, Tenn.
Brown, W. J. Altus, Ark.
Barham, R. J., Sr. Wounded at Shiloh and Murfreesboro.
Barham, Richard. Drowned at Frankfort, Ky., 1862.
Barham, Isaiah. Wounded at Murfreesboro; transferred
to Forrest's Cavalry ; killed at Parker's Cross Roads.
Bailey, Thomas. Texas.
Crook, W. J. Started out private ; elected Captain ; pro
moted to Major Thirteenth Tennessee Regiment; died
since the war.
Cawthon, James. Maiden, Mo.
Crook, E. H. Henderson Station, Tenn.

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Crook, W. B. Texas.
Croom, Ben. Pinson, Tenn.
Crow, G. W. Died in service just before battle of Mur
freesboro, December 13, 1862.
Cawthon, Kit. Killed at Belmont.
Carver, Henry. Died in service, Sept. 11, 1861, at Memphis.
Collins, Nathan. Texas.
Crooms, James. Died in service in Mississippi in 1862.
Collins, J. F. Texas.
Crooms, Jesse. Pinson, Tenn.
Dickerson, B. F. Started out private ; appointed Assistant
Surgeon of Thirteenth Regiment; promoted to Sur
geon of Thirteenth Regiment ; died since the war.
Dickerson, W. B. Died in service, August 22, 1861.
Diffee, Clark. Wounded on infirmary corps at Shiloh;
White Fern, Tenn.
Daniel, Thomas.
Dickie, Thomas. Died in service, 1862.
Daniels, "Parson." Mississippi.
Edwards, Wm. Third Lieutenant ; McKinney, Texas.
Edwards, J. R. Mifflin, Tenn.
Fawcett, M. Texas.
Farrow, P. B. Died since the war.
Farnsworth, Wm. Wounded at New Hope Church.
Fringer, W. H. Died since the war.
Farnsworth, Sam. Died since the war.
Freeman, W. H. Lexington, Tenn.
Green, G. B. Killed at Murfreesboro.
Griswell, John.
Galbreath, J. N. Discharged during the war; Center
Point, Tenn.
Glenn,Peter. Wounded at Murfreesboro ; killed at Franklin.
Henry, Felix. Died in service.
Hendrix, J. C. Wounded at Shiloh ; died in service at
Oxford, Miss.
Hamlett, L. F. Killed at Belmont.

PERSONAL RECORD.

Hart, Thomas. Wounded at Belmont, Shiloh, Richmond,
Ky., and at Atlanta ; died since the war.
Hart, J. M. Transferred to Henderson's scouts ; died since
the war.
Hal torn, B. F. Killed at Richmond, Ky.
Hart, James. Wounded July 22, 1864 ; died since the war.
Holis, Crow. Discharged before the battle of Richmond.
House, Freeman.
Hardeman, Joseph. Discharged during the war.
Hardeman, Newton. Discharged during the war.
Haltom, Elisha.
Houston, Wm. H. Pinson, Tenn.
Hurt, Jeremiah. Died in service, October 2, 1862.
Hamlett, Daniel. Died in service.
Hamlett, James. Killed at Belmont.
Hendrix, Jerry. Wounded at Murfreesboro, captured and
died in prison.
Horton, L. D. Shady Hill, Tenn.
Horton, Jess. Shady Hill, Tenu.
Haygard, — . Henderson, Tenn.
Hubbard, John.
Ivey, James. Killed at Richmond, Ky.
Joiner, Arch. Wounded at Franklin ; Mifflin, Tenn.
Joiner, Joe. Mifflin, Tenn.
Laird, T. B.
Mitchell, John. Killed at Shiloh.
Mitchell, Thomas. Died in service.
Milton, Wm. Discharged during the war.
Mitchell, James. Mifflin, Tenn.
Mclianey, C. F. Lexington, Tenn.
McGlothen, Joe. Dyer county.
McGlothen, John. Died in service.
McLaughlin, J. H. Killed at Murfreesboro.
McNeely, F. W. Died in service, April 2, 1862.
McCallum, Daniel. Killed at Atlanta.
Nesbit, John G. Killed at Belmont.

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Neil, G. H. Died in service, June 1, 1862.
Neil, Sam. Morris Chapel, Tenn.
Ozier, G. B. Killed at Atlanta.
Ozier, J. D. Memphis, Tenn.
Ozier, John W. The first man wounded on skirmish line
at Belmont ; wounded at Shiloh, and at Franklin three
times; Henderson, Tenn.
Parish, John. Wounded at Belmont and Franklin ; Hen
derson, Tenn.
Priddy, Chas. W. Wounded at Belmont and lost right
arm at Atlanta ; died in service near close of the war.
Piles, A. B. Wounded at Belmont. Arkansas.
Purdy, John R. Florida.
Ross, G. L. Elected Captain at organization of company;
served 12 months aud resigned ; died since the war.
Reed, John. Killed at Richmond, Ky.
Roberson, Lewis. Killed at Shiloh.
Rice, J. R. Elected Lieutenant ; died since the war.
Rice, Frank. Died since the war.
Roberson, Winslow. Henderson, Tenn.
Ross, S. R. Wounded at Shiloh; Henderson, Tenn.
Rhodes, Jerry. Texas.
Smith, A. J. Died in service, at hospital in Mississippi.
Stone, R. R. Wounded at Shiloh ; killed at Richmond, Ky.
Starnes, John.
Stewart, Wm. Lost a leg in service.
Stone, Ike A. Badly wounded in the head at Murfrees
boro, yet he bound up his wounds aud fought gallantly
in every charge during the day; was complimented at
Richmond, Ky., by Gens.E. Kirby Smith and Cleburne
for gallant conduct on the field ; was so badly wounded
at Jonesboro that he has to this day to be moved about
in a chair; Jack's Creek, Tenn.
Stone, W. C. Killed at Atlanta in a desperate charge ; he
crossed the enemy's works and fell, pierced by five balls.
Stegall, Jasper. St. Louis, Mo.

74 PERSONAL RECORD.

Stegall, M. J. Elected Third Lieutenant at Columbus, but
had to resign for bad health ; afterward joined For
rest's Cavalry ; was captured and died in Alton prison.
Snow, R. D. Wounded at Murfreesboro, Dec. 30, 1862 ;
also at Atlanta, August, 1864 ; Morris Chapel, Tenn.
Seemore, John. Died since the war.
Tillman, D. R. Killed at Murfreesboro.
Thompson, J. P. Henderson Station.
Thomas, Champ. Died since the war.
Vandike, J.N. Killed at Shiloh.
Vandike, A. M. Wounded at Shiloh in shoulder and then
in right breast ; Center Point, Tenn.
Wilson, N. B. Died iu service, July 5, 1861.
Waggoner, H. N. Killed at Belmont.
Ward, Minous. Illinois.
Wheatly, Addy. Lexington, Tenn.
Wilson, Van. Mississippi.

Roster of Company K.
Aden, G. W. Wounded at Belmont.
Albritton, James H,
Anderson, L. W.
Baker, Henry W.
Brown, A. D. Sergeant; elected Lieutenant at reorgani
zation ; killed at the battle of Franklin.
Buchanan, Thomas C. First Sergeant; promoted to Lieu
tenant in 1861; wounded at Shiloh.
Bryant, John M.
Blaukinship, C.
Brent, W. H. Died in service, February, 1862
Burnham, Joshua.
Clany, Edwin S.
Chitwood, C. A. Killed at Shiloh.
Chrisman, J. H. Died in service, May, 1862.

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Clark, James W.
Cole, James M.
Cross, Marcellus A.
Duke, Geo. T. Corporal ; wounded at Shiloh.
Duke, James F. Killed at Murfreesboro.
DeBerry, N. E. Second, Lieutenant ; resigned on account
of ill health ; wounded at Belmont.
Essary, William J.
Espy, W. H.
Espy, Robt. R. Discharged in 1861.
Endaly, James T.
Fields, W. B. Sergeant ; wounded at Belmont ; discharged .
Featherston, W. V. Wounded at Shiloh.
Ferrell, Thomas H. Appointed Sergeant in 1862.
Forshell, Thomas V.
Ferrell, Sam A.
Fortner, Isaac.
Gibson, John W.
Gooch, Alex. Campbell. Died in Columbus Sept., 1861".
Hall, Julius M. Discharged, having furnished substitute.
Hall, Young W. Killed at Belmont.
Hall, William. Substituted for J. M. Hall.
Harden, W. C. Died in service, June, 1861.
Hebbits, Joseph R. Elected Captain at reorganization in
1862 ; transferred to Forrest's Cavalry, and killed at
Cross Roads.
Holland, Joseph W. Discharged in 1862.
Howard, James L. Died in service in 1862.
Huffman, John A. Detailed as blacksmith in Government
shop at Columbus, Ky.
Halbrook, W. H.
Kirk, M. R. Died in service, December, 1861.
Jones, Richard M.
Lemmett, Alfred.
Lalspeich, David. Detailed.
Lyons, W. J.

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Latta, Sam'l R. Elected Captain at organization of com
pany ; resigned at reorganization of army at Corinth ;
wounded at Belmont.
McDavid, Sam'l. Second Sergeant.
Mays, Thomas S.
Madden, Jas. R. First Sergeant; died in service in 1862.
Pierce, Joseph A. Elected First Lieutenant at organiza
tion of the company.
Purcell, Joseph H. Elected Second Lieutenant December,
1861 ; wounded at Belmont.
Parish, J. A. Killed at Belmont.
Presgron, George W.
Pitts, Theophilus.
Prater, Frank. Died in service, January, 1861.
Richardson, Jno. Corporal ; wounded at Belmont ; elected
Lieutenant at reorganization ; killed at Franklin.
Robertson, Jesse R.
Robertson, George W.
Rush, William M.
Recroft, R. W.
Redding, Henry P. Died in service, November 20, 1861.
Saunders, James C.
Saunders, E. B. Wounded at Belmont.
Saunders, W. H.
Beats, William. Transferred to M. R. Hill's Regiment ;
elected Captain.
Sampson, Frank P. Elected Lieutenant ; severely wounded
in the Dalton campaign ; died since the war.
Sengleterry, D. N.
Skipwith, Carter E. Killed at Murfreesboro.
Smith, N. I.
Smith, James Lowry. Killed at Belmont.
Shouthel, French M.
Scott, Thomas. Died in service in 1861.
Skipper, James.
Tansell, John B. Corporal.

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Tedford, James W. Wounded at Belmont.
Warren, N. W. Corporal.
Walker, S. B. Wounded at Belmont.
Weakley, W. B.
Williamson, J. K.
Wriley, Green.
Wilkerson, Felix.
Woods, S. D. Brevet Second Lieutenaut; resigned on ac
count of ill health.
Walker, James Archer. Died in service.
Walker, Washington L. Died in service, October, 1861.

Roster of Company L.
Acord, — .
Askew, John. Died since the war.
Askew, N. B. Died in service, November 11, 1862.
Anderson, M. L. Elected Lieutenant at Shelbyville, Tenn.,
in 1863; LaGrange, Tenn.
Arnitt, Dick. Died since the war.
Adkinson, Thomas. Killed at Atlanta.
Blakeslee, C. T. Wounded severely at Murfreesboro, which
disabled him for field service, and was detailed in the
commissary department; Hickory Flat.
Bass, R.'J. Died during the war.
Bailey, R. J. Killed at the battle of Murfreesboro.
Booth, Joe. Living.
Batte, T. Died in service.
Booth, F. Near Somerville, Tenn.
Bennett, — . Killed at Murfreesboro.
Bennett, — . Living.
Collins, Samuel. Killed in service.
Collins, John.
Doyle, 0. N. Died in service, August 15, 1862.
Ewell, Dr. A. C. Died in 1878.
Farmer, John. Died in service, May, 1862.

PERSONAL RECORD.

Finch, B. H. Died since the war.
Ferth, W. T. Died since the war.
Farris, "Walsh. Living in Fayette county.
Gaugh, E. Died in service, December, 1862.
Gates, John H. Killed at Richmond, Ky.
Gordon, J. K. Died in service, January 1, 1863.
Gray, H. A. Killed at Richmond, Ky.
Gray, W. C. Captured and died in prison.
Gates, W. H. Elected Lieutenant at organization of com
pany; killed at Murfreesboro.
Herndon, W. M. Member of the band and on infirmary
corps ; died since the war.
Hodges, C. T. Little Rock, Ark.
Jones, C. B. Elected Captain at organization of the com
pany; severely wounded at Murfreesboro; resigned;
died since the war.
Jenkins, J. S. Killed at Richmond, Ky.
Jenkins, S. T. Died in service, August 1, 1862.
King, B. Died in service, May, 1862.
Lax, R. M. Hickory Valley.
Lloyd, T. P. Discharged in Kentucky for ill health.
Lane, Tom. Severely wounded; arm shattered; died of
yellow fever in 1878.
McNamee, C. E. Wounded and died at Atlanta, Ga.
Milliken, W. A. Appointed Sergeant-Major after battle of
Chickamauga ; Washington City.
Milliken, L. H. Appointed Chaplain after resignation of
W. D. F. Hafford ; appointed Brigade Chaplain ; died
since the war.
Moody, R. E. Elected Captain to succeed C. B. Jones;
died since the war.
Mason, David. Wounded in battle; died in service from
smallpox at Murfreesboro.
Mason, Tom,L. Seriously wounded in the foot at Atlanta ;
living in Mississippi.
Morton, Wm. M. Died since the war.

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McCaskell, J. A. Died in service, August, 1862.
McCaskell, — . Died since the war.
McNeill, James A. Died since the war.
Malone, Ben. Living.
Oliver, John.
Pledge, Wm. A. Died in 1896.
Prewett, Mansfield. Grand Junction, Tenn.
Prewett, Jerry. Killed at Resaca, Ga.
Parham, Lee. Died since the war.
Parham, App. Wounded ; died from wound.
Radford, John. Died since the war.
Sutherland, W. A. Killed after the war.
Shelton, Geo. P. Died in 1871.
Scott, Reuben. Elected Lieutenant at organization of the
company.
Scott, Henry F. Died since the war.
Shenault, Isaac. Died in service.
Shenault, Joe. Tipton county.
Shenault, Walter. Died in service.
Sharp, John. Died in service, April 1, 1863.
Sims. B. G. Killed at Richmond, Ky.
Smart, John.
Smith, J. M. Killed at Missionary Ridge.
Ursery, John.
Ursery, — .
Waddell, Gray. Killed at Atlanta.
Waddell, J. D. Elected Lieutenant ; living.
Wooten, Henry. Died in service at Knoxville, 1862.
Wooten, Joe. Died at the close of the war.
Winfield, M. R. Killed at Richmond, Ky.
Wilkerson, W. W. Died in service, May, 1862.
Wilkerson, B. W. Killed at Richmond, Ky.
Winston, Ed. Middle Tennessee.
Webster, H Died in service, 1862.
Winfield, W. W. (Tish.) Discharged for ill health on sur
geon's certificate; died since the war.

so

PERSONAL RECORD.

Faithful Colored Servants.
The survivors of the Thirteenth Regiment, like the writer,
remember most gratefully the faithful body servants who
followed us during the dark aud bloody period. I have
endeavored to collect the names of these colored men —
slaves then, but freemen at the end — and add them here to
this roster, believing as I do that their personal loyalty and
faithful service entitle them to " honorable mention."

Roach Howard, Company E.
Berry Moore, Company E.
Joe Farrow, Company C.
Baltimore Tuggle, Company C.
Ike Mullins, Company H.
Dick Tuggle, Company C.
Dave Thompson, Company H.
Booker Hart, Company I.
Durell Bailey, Company B.
Granville Cash, Company B.
Ike Jamison, Company C.
Alf Ellis, Company C.
Kelsey Mebane, Company B.
Romeo Parham, Company G.
Sam Falls, Company G.
Mull Harrison, Company C.
Ike Payne, Company C.

Jack Mathes, Company B.
Orange Donelson, Company H.
Jack Farabee, Company H.
Arthur Ecklin, Company H.
Young Thurman, Fourth Tenn. Regt.
Henry Morgan, Company C.
Jack Dyer, Company E.
Daniel Harwell, Company E.
Josh Burnett, Company B.
Miles Mewborn, Company B.
Rufus Purdy, Company I.
Daniel Jones, Company L.
Ben Parham, Company L.
Royal Winston, Company G.
Frank Chrisman, Company G.
Mat Elam, Company C.

In at least two instances proof was given by the slave of
heroic devotion to his master. Lieutenant Thurman was
shot at Atlanta, aud his body servant, Young, taking charge
of him, through all sorts of hardships and deprivations,
faithfully nursed him until he died. Young then dug a
grave with his own hands, buried his young master, and,

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making his way across two States, came back to Shelby
county, where the stricken father and mother heard the
pitiful story from his lips of how their boy had passed
away. They told Young that they wanted their boy buried
at their old home; so the negro, with a wagon and team,
made his way back to the unmarked grave he had dug and
brought the body all the way through a thousand difficul
ties aud dangers to the old master and mistress. I do not
know that this negro is now living, but I mention his deed
that those of this generation may know something of a
faithfulness strong enough and great enough to command
the admiration of all the world.
Another : At Belmont one of the negroes, whose name
I deeply regret having lost, while the battle was yet rag
ing, seeing his young master fall, went into the storm of
shot and shell and brought the body safely back into our
lines. In Edwards' beautiful story of " The Valley of the
Shadder" a similar episode is told — so eloquently, so ten
derly told — that it is difficult to read it without tears. The
Thirteenth Regiment saw the actual occurrence at Bel
mont, so can bear witness for the negro to those who
might think Mr. Edwards was speaking from his fancy
rather than from actual facts.'

Now my task is done. If this humble compilation will
save from obscurity some of my old comrades — if it will
add anything to the record of the fame which others have
won — I have received all the reward I ask.

APPENDIX.

Some Incidents of the War.
Some incidents and happenings took place during the
war which, I think, would interest or amuse, and which
do not strictly form a part of this brief compilation. I add
some of them here in the hope that they may not be found
dull reading to those who have followed thus far my little
contribution. A FLAG PRESENTATION.
This incident occurred just as the Dixie Rifles were on
the eve of leaving home to go into the army, and was
swallowed up in the vortex of the terrible war we then
thought was to be of such short duration. 1 think to men
tion it now, for its blending of the beautiful and ludicrous
will bring it back to the miuds of the survivors and their
descendants of Company E ofthe old Thirteenth Regiment.
On a glorious June morning, with just that buoyancy in
the air that makes mere existence a pleasure, the company
assembled in the little village of Moscow, Faj'ette county,
to receive a most beautiful and elegant Confederate flag
that the ladies of the village had made for the company.
The then Miss Fannie Steger (now Mrs. Dr. R. L. Knox of
Memphis) had been selected to make the presentation of
the colors. I do not know if she will thank me now for
attempting to bring back the speech that she, a winsome
and lovely young lady, rhade to us on that morning. Of
course I cannot recall all that she said, but I can remember
euough to know that it sounded like the blast of a bugle,
like the playing of exquisite music, and inspired every
member of the company with intenser patriotism and with
profound admiration for the fair speaker. Feeling myself

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(then- as now) utterly incapable of making a speech, I called
on a young member of the company to receive the flag from
the fair hands of those who had woven it. He stepped on
the platform with every appearance of self-confidence, but
to his surprise and to that of all the rest of us, he found
himself overwhelmed with embarrassment. Blushing, stut
tering and stammering, he began with, "Ladies and gentle
men, we accept," and then broke down. After swallowing
a glass or two of water, he began again, "Ladies and gen
tlemen, we accept," and, still stammering and stuttering,
once more took water. This occurred a third time, when
one ofthe boys called out from the rear, "D — nit, say to her,
We accept the flag, and will follow it to h — 1 or to victory."
Amid yells of applause the young man reached for the flag
and sat down. This flag was kept throughout the whole
war, and today, thirty-two years since the struggle ended,
is carefully preserved by my friend, Dr. T. B. Yancey, of
Somerville, Tenn.
THE PRESENTATION OP A HORSE.
While the army was in winter quarters at Dalton, Ga.,
an incident occurred in the Thirteenth Tennessee Regi
ment which has left a memory that will linger with me
until the " shadows gather for the eternal night."
The regiment was reduced to less than two hundred
men, and, in generosity and love, these few men deter
mined to make me (now promoted to Brigadier-General)
a present of a horse. It was difficult to find such a horse
as they wanted, but Dr. Yandell of Louisville, Ky., who
belonged to the medical department, had a magnificent
Gray Eagle horse, for which he wanted four thousand dol
lars, but said that, if the regiment wanted it for their com
mander, he would take three thousand dollars. These few
men, drawing eleven dollars per month, with their uni
forms in rags, and living on half rations, agreed to buy the
horse, and absolutely refused to let anyone outside of the

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regiment give one cent. The money was scraped up among
themselves and the present made, Captain Jerry Crook of
Company I delivering the presentation speech, and Captain
R. F. Lanier of Company G, on behalf of his commander,
the reception speech. The horse was christened " Chicka
mauga." I have lived to forget many things, but never
will pass from my heart the gratitude I felt that day when
my war-worn soldiers in their ragged gray gathered around
me to show their love aud confidence. If nothing else, that
act alone makes dear to my heart every soldier of the Thir
teenth Tennessee Regiment. MY LOST LEG.
Among the most intimate friends of my evening time,
I have found infinite comfort and cheer in two, who for
twenty years have been a part of my life. These two, the
Hon. James M. Greer and Mr. James F. Hunter, having
made me almost a part of their family lives, I wrote out for
their boys, Allen, Autry and Rowan Greer, and Douglass
Hunter, this account of how I lost my leg, and print it
here without apology to my readers.
Soon after Sherman's army was so signally repulsed on
the Kennesaw line, he again commenced his flank move
ment, which forced our army to fall back.
On the 4th of July, 1864, one of the hottest days of the
season, our army arrived at Vining Station, just below
Marietta, Ga., where it was formed in line of battle, with
orders for each brigade to intrench and throw up breast
works. I was busily engaged all the morning in superintending
the work, wliich was about completed between 12 and 1
o'clock, when, with my staff, I retired to a large spreading
oak tree, about 150 or 200 yards in the rear of my line of
works, to rest and to eat my scanty rations. No fighting
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a Federal battery some distance off and a Confederate bat
tery on my line.
After I had eaten up all the rations I had, I concluded I
would take a smoke. Matches in those days were very scarce
and hard to get ; so I always carried with me a small sun
glass to light my pipe with when the sun was shining.
After filling my pipe I noticed that the sun was shining
through a small opening in the foliage of the tree under
which I was sitting, and I remarked to Colonel Dyer,
my Iuspector-General, that I could light my pipe through
the little opening. He replied that he would bet me a
drink of pine-top whisky that I could not. I accepted the
bet (as I was then not as punctilious about betting as I am
now), and- just as I was in the act of drawing a focus on
my tobacco, a shell from the enemy's battery came whiz
zing through the air over my line and exploded just as it
struck my foot and the ground, tearing off my foot and
making a hole almost large enough to bury me in.
My staff were lying around under the shade of the tree,
but none of them were struck by the shell or any of its
fragments. Col. Dyer, who was standing over me at the
time, had nearly all his clothing torn off, not by the shell
or its fragments, but by the gravel that was thrown up
against him. He received seventeen flesh wounds, none of
which proved very serious. As soon as the shell exploded
he involuntarily started to run to get behind a tree. A
few days before this Col. Dyer and myself, while walking
in the rear of our line on Kennesaw Mountain, noticed that
a soldier with all the canteens of his company swung around
him, was going after water for his company, when a schrap-
nel shell came over, exploded and riddled him with balls ;
yet he walked, or rather ran, some little distance before
falling, and then fell dead. Col. Dyer told me that he had
this man in his mind's eye while running, and he expected
every moment to fall dead.

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The shock from the explosion of the shell was very
severe, yet the tearing away of my leg was accompanied
by neither pain nor the loss of much blood. In addition
to the loss of my foot I received another wound on my
other leg which was rather remarkable. I had a cut below
the knee about four inches long and down to the bone, as
smooth as if it had been cut with a sharp knife, yet neither
my pants nor underclothing were torn. It was so smooth
a cut that when pressed together it healed by first inten
tion. None of us were able to conjecture what made this
cut. Before I would allow my removal I made my staff
find my sunglass and my pipe. The rim of my sunglass
was broken.
As soon as it was known that I was wounded, the
surgeons of my brigade and division came to my assist
ance, and bound up my wounds as best they could, and
gave me some morphine and whisky. I was then put in
an ambulance and started to the field hospital. In going
to the hospital I passed by Gen. Cheatham's headquarters,
who, hearing that I was wounded, came out to sympathize
with me, and suggested that as I was looking very pale he
thought that some stimulaut would do me good, and gave
me a stiff drink. I then began to feel pretty good and
proceeded on my way to the hospital. I had not gone very
far when I passed Gen. Hardee's headquarters. He had
heard of my misfortune and came out to see me. He also
said I was looking very pale and that I ought to have some
stimulant, and gave me a big drink. I continued to feel
better, and again started toward the hospital, and in a short
time passed Gen. Joseph E. Johnston's headquarters. He
came out to see me and also said that I was looking very
pale, and that some stimulant would do me good. He
happened to have some very fine apple brandy, and gave
me a big drink, and down it went. From this time on I
knew nothing until I awoke on the platform at Atlanta at
sunrise next morning.

APPENDIX.

The amputation of my leg at the point selected was an
unfortunate one for me. My brigade surgeon, Dr. R. W.
Mitchell, was absent at the time of my arrival at the field
hospital, and the point of selection for the amputation
was determined upon by a consultation of surgeons before
he returned. If my leg had been cut off higher up it
would have relieved me of the many days of suffering I
have siuce experienced.
From Atlanta I was carried on a freight train in a box
car, in the hottest of weather, to Macon, Ga. Dr. Mitchell
accompanied me, thinking I would die before I reached
the place. My sufferings were intense, but I survived, and
was taken to Mrs. Josie, the wife of a quartermaster of my
division of the army, who cared for and treated me as
kindly as if I had been her own child.
Thus I lost my leg, aud I have never seen it siuce.

THE SNOWBALL BATTLE. 89

The Famous Snowball Battle
IN THE CONFEDERATE ARMY AT DALTON, GA., 1864.
BY GENERAL GEO. W. GORDON.
( By request.)
That subdivision of the Confederate forces, known as the
"Army of Tennessee," and then commanded by General
Jos. E. Johnston, passed the memorable winter of 1863-4
in camp at Dalton, Ga. The winter was one of unprece
dented severity — the thermometer registering in January,
1864, three degrees below zero. During the cold weather
an unusual amount of snow fell for that latitude ; and the
chief occupations of the soldiers were gettiug wood, cook
ing, eating, and keeping warm. It was too cold to drill
or to indulge in the usual out-door games, " stag dances,"
etc., tenia being too small for these purposes. And as most
of the "boys" were young men, naturally there was an
accumulation of physical energy that constantly sought
issue in athletic exercises. When the copious fall of snow
came, it brought the opportunity not only for exercise, but
for royal sport as well. But before proceeding further, let
us explain that in selecting a camp, the subdivisions ofthe
same command are placed as near together as sanitation,
water supplies, the conformation of the ground and general
convenience, will allow. That is to say, the regiments of a
brigade are located near each other. So, the brigades of a

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division ; and so the divisions of an army corps. General
B. F. Cheatham's Division of General Hardee's Corps, was
composed of four brigades of Tennesseeans, — Maney's,
Vaughan's, Carter's and Strahl's, aud was camped on one
side of a considerable depression in the ground, not sharp

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enough to be called a ravine, but through which a small
branch ran during wet weather. On the opposite summit
and slope to this depression, and about three hundred paces
from the Tennesseeans, was camped Gen. Walker's Division
of Georgia troops — also of Gen. Hardee's Corps.
The day after the snow had ceased to fall, " snow-ball
ing" first began among the men of the same companies
and camps, and many interesting, excitiug and clamorous
contests were had for several hours. But finally a body of
Tennesseeans and Georgians became arrayed against each
other and very soon the contest became highly exciting.
As the news spread through the camps that a fight was on
hand between the Georgians and Tennesseeans, division
pride and State pride became excited, the small fights
ceased, and reinforcements poured in to both sides of the
State forces until all interest was absorbed in one grand
battle between Georgians and Tennesseeans, in which sev
eral thousand men were now engaged, making the heavens
wild with shouts and the air striped with the tracks of fly
ing snow-balls. Charge after charge was made and re
pulsed. Shout after shout rent the sky. For two hours
or longer the battle raged, with partially varying successes.
The prisoners who were captured in one charge would
make their escape under the excitement of the next, and
rejoin their comrades in the fight. Sometimes the assault
ing columns would have to retreat because their ammuni
tion would give out, and would, in turn, be countercharged
and routed by the receiving forces who had held their
ground and defended their magazines (large piles of snow
balls as high as a man's head all along the line aud pre
pared beforehand) and were thus supplied with ammuni
tion. Sometimes these magazines would be charged and
captured by massing a force for that purpose. In these
charges the supreme efforts made by the defending forces
to resist the momentum of the assaulting mass, raised ex
citement to its wildest hight. The place where a maga-

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zine was captured was always retaken, but sometimes not
until the ammunition had been used up on those making it,
or carried away by the enemy into his own lines. Finally,
after alternating successes of a very partial and indecis
ive character, the battle ceased as if by common consent
and the weary combatants " rested upon their arms " —
each upon his original ground and upon opposite sides of
the depression, or small branch before referred to, and not
more than a hundred paces apart. Neither side seemed to
be satisfied. Neither was whipped and neither appeared
inclined to leave the field. Besides, during this cessation
of hostilities, both armies were vigorously engaged in mak
ing ammunition, which, with other demonstrations of a
hostile character, clearly indicated that the battle was soon
to be renewed and upon a much grander and more impos
ing scale than ever before.
Up to this juncture, the writer had been only a highly
interested spectator ofthe contest from a distance, and had
not expected to take any personal part in the fight. But
at this moment, a messenger, and one of my own com
mand, came running to my quarters aud said that he had
been sent by the Tennesseeans to ask me to come and
command them, and to come mounted ; that with a mounted
commander to lead them, they thought they could win the
fight. With m3r interest already highly excited, it needed
no persuasion, and I told my colored boy to saddle my horse
immediately. By the time he had done so, the messenger
had improvised a flag for me to carry, out of an old ban
danna handkerchief, about two feet and a half square, and
the largest and dirtiest one, I think, I ever saw. I mounted
my horse, a beautiful dappled iron grey, and with the ban
danna flag in my hand, flying to the breeze, I charged to
the field — my horse leaping logs, ditches and other obstruc
tions aud running faster as I approached the exciting-
scene. When I checked up in front of the Tennesseeans,
(now in battle array) aud waving my flag, such a tremeud-

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ous shout shook the air that the very atmosphere seemed
to quiver around and above us. Excitement was now in
tense, and the men wildly impatient to make the charge.
Immediately after my appearance on horse-back in front of
the Tennesseeans, Major  , (whose name I regret to
have forgotten) of Gen. Walker's staff, appeared mounted
at the head of the Georgians. His coming was greeted
with a tremendous shout from his men, and was answered
by mine with another shout, as if to say : " We accept
your challenge." Excitement was now extreme. Non-
combatants had assembled by hundreds on the surround
ing hills and house-tops to see the fight. General officers
and their staffs, at their headquarters, had mounted their
horses or ascended higher elevations to witness the im
pending struggle. All was now ready. And after direct
ing the men to fill their pockets, bosoms and hands with
balls, and the ordnance officers to follow the line with all
the ammunition their details could carry, I ordered the
charge. With a shout that signaled victory, and an im
petuosity that seemed irresistible, we dashed upon the brave
Georgians, and for a few minutes the struggle was fierce
and furious, desperate and doubtful. The air was white
with whizzing and bursting balls ; men were tripped up,
knocked down, covered with snow, or run over. The writer
was struck with at least a hundred balls, and his horse by
as many more. The momentum of the charging column
was too great, however, to be successfully resisted, more
especially so when it outflanked both wings of the enemy,
which soon gave way. The center then being flanked, and
at the same time being sorely pressed in front, also gave
way, and his entire army fled in great confusion. The rout
on the field was now complete, and the enemy was not only
driven therefrom, but through his own camp and into the
woods beyond. The object of the campaign (victory) being
now accomplished, I ordered the pursuit to cease aud the
men to return to their camps. As they did so, however,

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some of them stopped in the deserted camps of the Geor
gians and plundered their mess chests, which had been well
filled by supplies from their friends at home. When I heard
of this, and reproved it as not being a legitimate object of
the campaign, the reply and defense were in that question
able old maxim, " All is fair in love and war."
So far from this episode of camp life having been a source
of unkind feeling between Walker's Division of Georgians
and Cheatham's Division of Tennesseeans, it ever after
ward seemed to be rather a bond of sympathy and union.
The writer never afterward passed or met the Georgia Di
vision, that its men did not greet him with shouts, often
with " Three cheers for the Snowball Colonel ! " " Colonel "
was my rank at the time and " The Snowball Colonel "
was the designation they ever afterward gave me. This
" snowball battle " seems to have made a deep and indeli
ble impression on all the soldiers who took part in, or who
witnessed it ; for one of the first questions I ara often asked
by old soldiers whom I have not seen since the close of the
war, is : " General, do you remember the snowball battle
at Dalton, Ga. ?" This, and the additional fact that it is
still so often a topic of conversation among the old sol
diers, is, I suppose, why Gen. Vaughan has requested me
to write au account of it as an appendix to his book.
In concluding this report of the celebrated snowball
fight, I suppose the writer can say, without being charged
with vanity, that he won more " reputation " (" that idle
and most false imposition ; often got without merit and
lost without deserving ") than in all the other battles in
which he participated during the war. He is said to have
performed prodigies of daring and desperation during the
action, as men can generally do when there is not much
danger in front, and no disgrace in defeat. With a bowed
head (after the manner of a pugnacious sheep) to protect
his face and eyes from the balls of the enemy, he rode right

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into and through their ranks, amid a deluging snowstorm
of flying missiles, and emerged therefrom with a floating
flag, but a hatless head. He congratulates his command
and himself that though the battle was intensely boister
ous, it was practically bloodless — the only casualties being
a few blinded eyes and two or three broken arms, during
an action in which not fewer than five thousand men were
engaged. The Tennesseeans were so enthused with their great vic
tory over the Georgians, that they wanted another fight
before the " weary sun," then sinking low, "had made his
golden set." But as there was uot time to seek it with
troops in a distant camp and from a different State, they
concluded to fight each other. Accordingly an issue was
joined between Maney's Brigade, commanded by Col. Hume
Field, mounted, and Vaughan's Brigade, commanded by
the writer, also mounted. The dispositions for battle hav
ing been duly made, the charge was mutually sounded, and
when the opposing lines, advancing on each other with
great speed and impetuosity, clashed, the shock was tre
mendous. Men fell right and left, in front and rear. Some
were dragged from the field, hatless and coatless, amid the
greatest cheering and wildest shouts. " When Greek meets
Greek, then comes the tug of war." The battle raged till
all the reserves had been brought into action, when a
supreme effort was made by both sides to close the fight
with victory. The writer, venturing too far into the ene
my's ranks, had his horse seized by as many of them as
could get hold of him, and was thrown to the ground ; the
rider was grabbed by the head and arms (his bandanna flag
going down in the wreck), and was being dragged to the
enemy's rear, when a large squad of his own men seized
him by the other end in an effort to recapture him, and he
was raised from the ground and actually strung up between
the heavens and the earth by the pulling forces at each end
of him. At this moment he felt that his situation was now

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serious indeed, and that it was time to stop such "d— n
foolishness." So, by vigorous kicking, " cussing " and
yelling to his men to release him, they did so, and he was
left a prisoner in the hands of the enemy, but without any
serious injury. In the meantime, however, his own men
had captured the commander of the enemy, and as neither
side now had a leader the men ceased fighting and entered
into negotiations for an exchange of prisoners. By the
time the exchange was effected, the ardor of the combat
ants had greatly cooled, and neither side seemed disposed
to renew the contest.
As to the result of the fight, it may be called a drawn
battle, or described by an anecdote of a darkey attached as
a servant to Gen. Floyd's command in ATirginia. When
Gen. Floyd had been beaten and was being pursued by the
enemy, the darkey moved to the rear far in advance ofthe
retreating troops, and when he was met by a soldier going
to join the command and was asked what was the news
from Gen. Floyd, he did not want to admit that he had
been defeated, but said : " When I lef 'em, our men wuz
vancin backwards on de Yankees, and dey wuz retreatin
ou us." As the last beams of the setting sun gilded the
icy branches of the leafless trees with the beauteous tints
ofthe rainbow, the soldiers returned to their camps from
the white field of the great " snowball battle," and retired
that night with the fadeless memory of a glorious day.

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