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Lt. Cleary and Lt. Smith also signed an affidavit that is included in the Congressional Report on the investigation of the Battle of Fort Pillow.
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Lt William Clary (or Cleary) gave a statement about the Battle of Fort Pillow that is recorded in the Congressional Report on the Conduct of the War. He was a passenger on the…
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Sgt William E Johnson gave a statement about the Battle of Fort Pillow that is recorded in the Congressional Report on the Conduct of the War. He was a passenger on the gunboat…
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Died … June 11, 1864 … Memphis, Tenn
{REPORT OF BRIG. GEN. NATHANIEL B. BAKER, ADJUTANT GENERAL and ACT’G as P. M. G., to HON. WILLIAM M. STONE, Governor of the State of…
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Signature at bottom right corner is NOT "Jno McPurk" but it is John McGuirk, Colonel Commanding.
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Quote from a personal Diary:
"We were ordered back to the ditches and after calling the roll all of our company could be accounted for except Misenheimer and Jim Mack Bunch. We…
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Quote from a personal Diary:
"We were ordered back to the ditches and after calling the roll all of our company could be accounted for except Misenheimer and Jim Mack Bunch. We…
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See Comment on Page 25 of this soldier's records about his suicide.
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An artilcle from Memphis Daily Appeal
(Link to index: http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045160/issues/ )
I did not record the date of the article but I believe it was…
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J. I. Gabel is probably John Israel Gabel who appears on the rolls of 15 Confederate Cavalry Regiment. The other cards in this unit list him as "J. J. Gabel" which is incorrect.
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Family Group 595 - The families of PURDIE, HILL and MARTIN were connected through many marriages over the generations.
John Purdie(line 36) and James Sphere Purdie(line 37)…
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Star of the West was captured at Galveston by the Confederates and was used in the Confederate river fleet in Mississippi and Yazoo Rivers. It was sunk at Fort Pemberton in March…
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Family Group 585 is Louis Marion Tillman or aka Tilghman. Wife is Rebecca H. Carroll.
In 1861, they would have a child named James Beauregard Tilghman.
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Family Group 595
Actual name is William Purdie (or also known as Purdy).
Wife is Emiline Purdie. She is listed as Emeline Purdy in this same county in the 1870 and 1880…
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This card is for J. Bynum of 13 Tenn Cavalry. A review of all the Prisoner Forms and Casualty Forms show 3 different places of his death. The other name that appears on these…
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This card list name of "Andrew McKee" of Company B, 13 Tenn Cavalry. It is filed under Andrew McD__ Myers. This card is filled under the wrong Name.
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The name of J. Green of 13 Tennessee Cavalry (Bradford's) was included in a list of 226 prisoners captured at the Battle of Fort Pillow, TN on April 12, 1864.
There is an Index…
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Lt-Col. Wiley M. Reed was assigned command of the 5th Mississippi Cavarly. See more files on W. M. Reed in 5th Miss Cav records.
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See Cards filed under "James C. Flowers Ferguson".
There was a Lt J. C. Ferguson and a Lt. James Flowers, both of Company C.
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