My Ancestors that fought.

After four years of arduous service, marked by unsurpassed courage and fortitude, the Army of Northern Virginia has been compelled to yield to overwhelming numbers and resources.

I need not tell the survivors of so many hard-fought battles who have remained steadfast to the last that I have consented to this result from no distrust of them; but feeling that valor and devotion could accomplish nothing that could compensate for the loss that would have attended the continuance of the contest, I determined to avoid the useless sacrifice of those whose past services have endeared them to their countrymen. By the terms of the agreement, officers and men can return to their homes and remain until exchanged.

You may take with you the satisfaction that proceeds from the consciousness of duty faithfully performed, and I earnestly pray that a merciful God will extend to you his blessing and protection.

With an unceasing admiration of your constancy and devotion to your country, and a grateful remembrance of your kind and generous consideration of myself, I bid you all an affectionate farewell.

Robert E. Lee
10th April 1865
Head Quarters Army Northern Virginia
General Order No 9

Note: Red denotes our line of ancestors
         Purple denotes the military unit in which they served

Ancestors of our direct line that fought:

Thomas Jefferson Evans Web creator's 3rd Great grandfather
Age -32
Residence - Rock Spring Valley, Putnam Co., TN
Regiment -Sixteenth Tennessee Infantry known as "The Highlanders" from Putnam Co; organized in May, and mustered into service at Camp Trousdale, 9th of June, 1861.  Company F.  The company -- in fact, nearly the whole regiment -- was composed of what you might term mountain-men.  they were healthy and strong; most of them comfortably situated at home; nearly all young men; some with more and some with less education.  They were courageous and prompt to duty in camp and upon the field, and not one ever acted the coward in battle.
Rank - Private
born April 29, 1829 died April 1862  in a hospital in Tullahoma, Coffee County, Tennessee on 17 April 1863, where he was buried in Maplewood Confederate Cemetary, Tullahoma, Coffee County, Tennessee serving the Confederate States of America.
Sources: From: "David Howells" <Dave@tenn16th.freeserve.co.uk>
United Daughters of the Confederacy

16th TENNESSEE INFANTRY REGIMENT

William Asbury Ensor  Web creator's 3rd Great grandfather
Age -36
Residence - Putnam  Co. TN
Regiment -  Confederate States of America Company G, 84th Infantry ( became 28th Infantry E company)
Rank - Captain
born March 14, 1825 in Ensor Valley, Putnam Co., TN died March 12, 1901 in Ensor Valley, Putnam Co., TN.  Fought for the Confederate States of America Company G, 84th Infantry. William  organized a company of 35 men, friends and neighbors, and served as Captain under Colonel G.S. Stanton.

More Information on the 84th Infantry

More Information on the 44th Tennessee Infantry Regiment

Another Web site about the 44th Tennessee Infantry Regiment

 
Not sure of connection to family.  Bonner is not a common name and with them joining the same regiment chances are there is a relationship to Nelson Bonner (son of Isom Bonner) who I know is connected.

Not sure of connection to family.  Majors is not a common name and with them joining the same regiment chances are there is a relationship to Isaac B. Majors (son Larkin Majors) who I know is connected.

Milton, Nathaniel and Nelson Smith were all brothers.

Thomas Jefferson O'Neal  Web creator's 3rd Great grandfather
Age - 28
Residence - Lincoln Co. TN
Regiment -  Confederate States of America 44th Tennessee Infantry
born Abt. 1833 died October 18, 1862.  He served the Confederate States of America.  Thomas had one of his little fingers shot off during the Civil War by a mini ball and was later killed.  He was in the Battle of Perryville, KY on Oct. 8, 1862.  He was wounded in the face in mouth and died Oct. 18, 1862 at the Confederate Hospital at Perryville, or Danville, Ky.  He was one of 42 men of the 44th Tennessee Infantry who was wounded or killed at the Battle of Perryville, KY.  (See Confed. Mil. Records and Goodspeeds History of Tennessee.)

Battle of Perryville
Location: Boyle County
Campaign: Confederate Heartland Offensive (1862)
Date(s): October 8, 1862
Principal Commanders: Maj. Gen. Don Carlos Buell [US]; Gen. Braxton Bragg [CS]
Forces Engaged: Army of the Ohio [US]; Army of the Mississippi [CS]
Estimated Casualties: 7,407 total (US   4,211)   (CS   3,196)

Description: Confederate Gen. Braxton Bragg’s autumn 1862 invasion of Kentucky had reached the outskirts of Louisville and Cincinnati, but he was forced to retreat and regroup. On October 7, the Federal army of Maj. Gen. Don Carlos Buell, numbering nearly 55,000, converged on the small crossroads town of Perryville, Kentucky, in three columns. Union forces first skirmished with Rebel cavalry on the Springfield Pike before the fighting became more general, on Peters Hill, as the gray clad infantry arrived. The next day, at dawn, fighting began again around Peters Hill as a Union division advanced up the pike, halting just before the Confederate line. The fighting then stopped for a time. After noon, a Confederate division struck the Union left flank and forced it to fall back. When more Confederate divisions joined the fray, the Union line made a stubborn stand, counterattacked, but finally fell back with some troops routed. Buell did not know of the happenings on the field, or he would have sent forward some reserves. Even so, the Union troops on the left flank, reinforced by two brigades, stabilized their line, and the Rebel attack sputtered to a halt. Later, a Rebel brigade assaulted the Union division on the Springfield Pike but was repulsed and fell back into Perryville. The Yankees pursued, and skirmishing occurred in the streets in the evening before dark. Union reinforcements were threatening the Rebel left flank by now. Bragg, short of men and supplies, withdrew during the night, and, after pausing at Harrodsburg, continued the Confederate retrograde by way of Cumberland Gap into East Tennessee. The Confederate offensive was over, and the Union controlled Kentucky.

Result(s): Union strategic victory

CWSAC Reference #: KY009
Preservation Priority: I.1 (Class A)

James Cockriel (Cockerel) USA Web creator's Great Great grandfather
Age 25
Residence - Warren Co., KY
Regiment - USA Company A 33rd Regiment of Kentucky Volunteers prior to it consolidation with the said 26 KY Vols.
Enrolled 2 Aug 62; Mustered 13 Sept 62.   Commanded by Captain Michael T. Hull, in the 33 Regiment of Kentucky Inf. Volunteers.  Commanded  Colonels  J. T. Larrek (?), Colonel Cicero Maxwell (Commander 26th KY Infantry) 2nd Brigade, 2nd District of Kentucky , and Fairleigh? or Tainleigh?(handwriting hard to read)
Rank - Private
Died February 03, 1863 in Company A Hospital, Munfordville, Hart Co., KY from Measles complications.

Benajah Anderson Basham USA Web creator's 3rd Great grandfather
Age 40?
Residence- Warren Co., KY or Edmonson Co., KY
Regiment - 11th Infantry (KY/Union)  Company G
Rank - Private
 
 

8th Tennessee Cavalry CSA
{aka 13th Tennessee (Dibrell's) Cavalry}
Company K
Organized Sep 15, 1862 at Sparta, White County
Bryant M. Swearingen; resigned in 1864
(2nd Lt. Elijah W. Terry commanded the company the last 18 months)

 The 8th Tennessee Cavalry was initially organized in White County as independent partisan rangers on September 4, 1862, with 12 companies under the command of Colonel George G. Dibrell. The first muster was held near Sparta in September 1862, and consisted of 921 men, primarily farm workers from Jackson, Overton, Putnam and White counties.
On October 8, the regiment marched from Sparta to Murfreesboro, Tennessee to join Brigadier General Nathan B. Forrest'sBrigade. There it was reorganized into 10 companies and mustered into the CSA as the 8th Regiment, Tennessee Cavalry. While at Murfreesboro, the regiment was equipped with 400 flintlock muskets and 600 sabers -- the only issue of arms ever made to it by the Confederate Government. Its first military assignment was to scout and establish pickets outside the city of Nashville. A skirmish at Neely's Bend, north of the city, was the first of several while stationed in that area.

The 8th Tennessee Cavalry was involved in a remarkable number of battles and skirmishes throughout the Civil War and suffered considerable casualties. It fought in engagements ranging from west Tennessee into southern Virginia, through the Carolinas and into Georgia. The men fought not only on horseback, but frequently engaged the enemy dismounted and sometimes in hand-to-hand combat as happened at Chickamauga. Although it was regularly short of arms and supplies and its recruits usually had little or no training, the regiment earned a reputation for discipline and dependability. Writing after the war, General Dibrell wrote "that not a piece of artillery was ever lost when supported by the Eighth. Huggin's company of artillery used to say that they had no fear of going into battle when supported by the Tennessee cavalry brigade, of which the Eighth was a part."

Its last engagement was at Beulah, NC on April 11, 1865. The next day, the regiment learned that rumors of Lee's surrender were true and marched to Greensboro, NC. From there, it helped escort President Jefferson Davis and his cabinet to Abbeville, SC where the command was dissolved. The 8th Tennessee, consisting of only 381 men, marched to Washington, Georgia and surrendered to the 4th Iowa Cavalry on May 3rd. The men were paroled on May 9, 1865, and returned to Tennessee.

While camped in Polk County, the men were confronted by a squad of federal soldiers who brought them to the nearby city of Cleveland. They were placed under guard and individually searched for any item bearing the “U.S.” insignia. The regiment was allowed to leave later that evening, but not without enduring some harassment from a few of the local citizens.

The 8th Tennessee entered Chattanooga the following day and suffered more humiliation. The provost marshal, falsely claiming that he was under orders, confiscated the horses from those with the rank of private. After the parole of each soldier was inspected, the regiment, annoyed but in good spirits, continued its homeward journey on foot.

The 8th Tennessee Cavalry is sometimes referred to as the 13th Tennessee Cavalry. Indeed, the A. & I.G.O. recognized the unit by the latter designation. After the war, General Dibrell provided an explanation:
When the regiment was mustered at Murfreesboro by Col. Charles Carroll it was the Eighth Regiment of Tennessee Cavalry, and it bore that name thereafter. Col. Carroll was captured before sending off his muster, and when received at Richmond the regiment was numbered the Thirteenth; but we never recognized that number, and it was not so known in the army.

It is important not to confuse this regiment with the 8th Tennessee (Smith's) Cavalry. That unit was organized in January 1863, and was known in the field as the 4th Tennessee Cavalry.

Christopher D Foy  2nd Great Grandfather of Web Creator's husband
Age - 37
Residence -North Carolina
Regiment - Confederate States of America Company H SIXTY-SEVENTH REGIMENT from Duplin, Jones and Craven, Counties;  Christopher D. Foy, Captain;
 

By RUFUS W. WHARTON, Lieutenant-Colonel

"Captain Foy was a man of 60 years, was six feet and a half high, wore a long, flowing white beard that reached to his waist and was unique both in personal appearance and in the influence which he wielded over the men of his company. He was familiarly known in the regiment by the name of 'Tecumseh.' When this writer first saw him he was marching at the head of his company of 65 or 70 men, who were following him, Indian-like, in single file."

According to our information C D Foy was only 40 or so at the time of the war. He may have looked older due to premature gray hair or something of the sort.

"The Sixty-seventh Regiment (N.C.Troops), was organized in January, 1864, and was composed of nine companies of infantry and one of cavalry.
Company A, from Craven, James H. Tolson, Captain;
Company B, from Craven, Stephen Barrington, Captain;
Company C, from Wilson, D. W. Edwards, Captain;
Company E, Charles A. White Captain;
Company F, from Craven, David P. Whitford, Captain;
Company G, Asa W. Jones, Captain;
Company I, from Pitt, Edward F. White, Captain. The other three companies, viz:
Company D, from Craven, Daniel A. Cogdell, Captain;
Company H from Duplin, Jones and Craven, Christopher D. Foy, Captain;
Company K (cavalry), from Wayne, Joseph D. Myers, Captain."

History of 67th North Carolina Infantry
Christopher D. Foy Home Page

James Jimmerson Carden Great Grandfather of Web Creator's husband
(1843 - 1920)
Age - 18
Residence -  Orange County NC
Enlisted on 9/10/61 at Orange County, NC as a Private.
On 9/10/61 he mustered into "K" Co. NC 2nd Cavalry
date and method of discharge not given
Promotions: Corpl 9/30/62
He was listed as: On rolls 9/30/64 - place not stated
These records are from North Carolina Troops 1861-65 - A Roster

James J. Carden Homepage

2nd North Carolina Calvary

John W Carden  Great Granduncle of Web Creator's husband
Age - 22
Residence - Orange County,  NC
Rank -  Private
Inlisted 09/11/61 Orange County, NC
Survived War - Yes
Wounded

Giles Carden   Great Granduncle of Web Creator's husband
Age 29
Residence -  Orange County NC
Rank - Private
Inlisted 09/11/61
Survived War - No

Silas L Carden   Great Granduncle of Web Creator's husband
Age 36
Residence - Orange County NC
Rank - Private
Inlisted 05/10/62
Survived War - Yes
Wounded and also a Prisoner of War

Samuel Clark  2nd Great Grandfather of Web Creator's husband
Age - 30
Inlisted July 8, 1862 Wake Co. North Carolina until April  1864
Residence - Richmond Co. North Carolina
Regiment - Co. E of the 23rd Regiment of N.C, Troops
Rank - Private
Samuel Clark was drafted into the Confederate Army July 8, 1862 in Wake Co., NC but shows his residence as Richmond Co., NC. He was a private, under Capt. Turner, in Co. E of the 23rd Regiment of N.C, Troops. Samuel Clark was taken prisoner in the fighting at South Mountain, Md. three days before the Battle of Antietam. He was held prisoner at Ft. McHenry and Ft. Monroe but was paroled by the Army of the Potomac on 3 Oct 1862. He returned to his regiment and was admitted to the hospital from late October until mid November 1862. After a leave for recuperation he returned to duty by 30 April, 1863, just in time for the Battle of Chancellorsville. The Confederates were outnumbered more that 2 to 1 in the fight but they prevailed after five days of intense fighting. Samuel was wounded on May 3, 1863. These wounds eventually resulted in the amputation of his right leg above the knee. Louisa Jane walked from her home in North Carolina searching for Samuel until she found him, nursed him back to health and then together they walked back home, finding their way by following the railroad tracks. From their home in Granville Co. NC to Chancellorsville, VA it is 147 miles.  He was not released from the Army until April 23, 1864.

Their life together after the war was lived in Stem and Dutchville, Granville Co., NC. His stump did not allow for the use of a wooden leg and he had to go about on crutches. Samuel and Louisa Jane had at least these children:

Samuel Clark Home Page
 
 

Moore Tales
Stories about the Moores of Granville County, NC.
Stories from the War of Northern Aggression (also called the War Between the States)

They hung hams in the hollow tree and dug a cellar for the food. They sprinkled dirt over the trap door and when the chickens walked on it no one knew where the entrance was. Once when the "Yanks" came they ate what they wanted and ruined the rest - that is only what they could see that day.

For the rest of the story go to Moore Tales

Putnam County, Tennessee Confederate Forces

Co. H, 22nd TN Inf. Battn.
Co. C, 13th TN Cav.
Co. G, 8th TN Inf.
Co. F, 16th TN Inf.
Co. K, 17th TN Inf.
Co. F, 25th TN Inf.
Co. I, 25th TN Inf.
Co. K, 25th TN Inf.
Co. E, 28th TN Inf.
Co. I, 28th TN Inf.
Co. D, 84th TN Inf.
Co. G, 84th TN Inf.

Putnam County, Tennessee Federal Forces

Co. C, 1st TN Mtd. Inf.
Co. H, 1st TN Mtd. Inf

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