Posted in Uncategorized on July 30, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Adjutant Robert B. Hurt, Jr., 55th TN is buried in Tennessee Section 51, plot #2.
According to military records, Hurt enlisted when he was eighteen years old, as a private in the 6th TN Infantry, Company H (Southern Guards), in Jackson, TN, in May 1861.
In October 1863 Hurt became an adjutant for the 46th/55th TN Infantry [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on July 29, 2007 | 3 Comments »
The 15th Mississippi was part of Gen Adams’ Brigade. This map shows the advance of Adams’ men on November 30, 1864 against the far left flank of the Union men defended by Casement and Stiles’ Brigades.
The assault of the Confederate men under Gen. Loring (Scott, Featherston and Adams) was extremely brutal and punishing for the [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on July 28, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
I picked up this handy resource at the Carnton gift shop recently.
It records the name and places of final restings of all Williamson County, TN, Confederate soldiers.
I found at least two more soldiers who died at Franklin and are buried at McGavock I previously did not have a picture of. Hurray!
They are:
Sgt. Thomas Lindsey [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on July 27, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
The 24th South Carolina served with Gist’s Brigade, Brown’s Division at Franklin. 1st Lt. James A Tillman served as an officer for the 24th South Carolina.
The 24th also fought at Franklin with the 46th and 65th Georgia; the 2nd Georgia Sharpshooters Battalion, and the 16th South Carolina.
The 24th was part of the regiments who clashed [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on July 26, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
The 29th AL faced the Union left flank of Casement’s Brigade on the Federal line at Franklin. The 29th was part of Cantley’s Brigade, Walthall’s Division, on the eastern Union flank.
Here is Crew’s kepi he wore in the war, including at Franklin.
Picture credit: Arms and Equipment of the Confederacy (p. 163)
At least six of Crew’s [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on July 25, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
This is the overcoat worn by Col. Ellison Capers, of the 24th South Carolina, Gist’s Brigade, Brown’s Division. Fifteen (15) 24th SC boys are buried at McGavock Cemetery.
Picture credit: Arms and Equipment of the Confederacy (p. 150).
Regarding action Capers and the 24th saw at Franklin, Jacobson writes:
From the west side of the Columbia Turnpike, the [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on July 24, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
The 4th Missouri carried this flag which was presented to them in April of 1862 in Springfield, Missouri. The 4th fought for Cockrell’s Brigade, French’s Division alongside the: 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 5th, 6th Missouri Infantry, and the 1st Missouri Cavalry (dismounted) and 3rd Missouri Cavalry Battalion (dismounted).
Cockrell’s Brigade fought to the immediate Confederate right of [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on July 23, 2007 | 2 Comments »
John L. Russell fought with the 6th Arkansas Company C., at Franklin. He was part of Cleburne’s Division, Govan’s Brigade. Company C was known as the Dallas Rifles.
The 6th Arkansas also fought with the 2nd-15th, 5th-13th, 7th, 8th, and 19th-24th Arkansas regiments. This regiment saw heavy action around the Coton Gin at Franklin.
The 6th [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on July 22, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
The 6th Mississippi Regimental flag, Company D, also known as Lowry’s Rifles. The 6th was in Adams’s Brigade, Loring’s Division. The 6th saw action to the right of Cleburne’s Division, assaulting the Federal line facing fire from Casement’s and Reilly’s Brigades.
There are three known-identified 6th MS boys buried at McGavock. It’s very likely there [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on July 21, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
The 14th MS fought with Adams’s Brigade, Loring’s Division. The 14th faced heavy casualties near the Cotton Gin. As the 14th MS assaulted the Union line at the Gin, the colors displayed a picture of Lady Liberty holding a picture of Jefferson Davis.
The 14th also fought with: 6th, 15th, 20th, 23dand 43d [...]
