Wiley was a unique individual. As already noted he ended the Civil War a Union Private in company D 4th Tennessee infantry. He actually enlisted on March 20,1863 in the Confederate19thTennessee Infantry. As a Rebel he fought and was wounded at Chickamauga. He deserted their army while hospitalized. Another unique fact about Wiley, he was a "free man of color." In the 1860 census of Sullivan County, Tennessee he is listed as a 15 year-old "mulatto," and a farm-hand on the large commercial farm of William Perry (household # 176. Household # 175 was my 3 x great-grandparents, John & Mary Cox.) I believe Wiley was probably conscripted (drafted) into the Confederate Army. I base that on this from the OR (offical records) series II Vol.VI, page 17. "And more recently the Confederate legislature of Tennessee have passed an act forcing into their military service (I quote literally) all male free persons of color between the ages of fifteen and fifty, or such number as may be necessary, who may be sound in body and capable of actual service; and they further enacted that in the event a sufficient number of free persons of color to meet the wants of the State shall not tender their services, then the Governor is empowered through the sheriff's of different counties to impress such persons until the required number is obtained." ………..Lieutenant-Colonel William H Ludlow (Agent for Exchange of Prisoners / 73rd New York Volunteer Infantry)On Feb.1,1864, at BullsGap, Tennessee he enlisted in the Union Army. His Union record shows him AWOL at one period, but he rejoined his regiment and was mustered out in 1865. Wiley lived till 1922 and drew a Federal pension for his service. He and his wife Mary are buried in Liberty Hill Methodist Cemetery, Greene County, Tennessee.

Wiley B Mosley