DOB:  About 1843 DOD:  ? Age at Enlistment: 18 Date of Enlistment:  May 9, 1861 Place of Enlistment:  Franklin, TN Rank at Enlistment:  Private Rank at Discharge:  Private Casualty:  Slight wound at Battle of Murfreesboro December 31, 1862 Comments:  According to the 1860 Census, Alden was living with his older sister, Sarah Sweeney, and her family in Franklin.  It also states he was enrolled in school that year and he would be about the right age to be one of the Harpeth Academy students that walked out with Captain Hanner.  In 1864 he was put on light duty for unknown reasons and there is no record of how he finished out the war.  What became of him after the war is unknown.