Name:  Karr, James C.

Name:  King, Henry R.

Comments:  Was married with 5 children when he went to war and was a farmer.  In March and April of 1863 he was detailed to work on the fortifications around Shelbyville.  He was released after taking oath on May 23, 1865.  In 1900 he could no longer support himself and his children couldn’t afford to take care of him and he applied and was accepted into the old soldiers home in Nashville.  He died there in 1901 and is Grave 71 at Tulip Grove Cemetery near the Hermitage in Nashville.

Name:  Kridler, Jacob Frederick

Causality (KIA, WIA, Captured):  None

Comments:  Was appointed to Color Guard on April 3, 1862.  Transferred to Scott’s Battery in September of the same year and then to Forrest’s Cavalry in 1864.  Moved to Texas in 1870's and died in Gonzales County, Texas in 1903.

Name:  Marshall, William Gilbert

Comments:  Was one of the first officers of the Company.  Was promoted to 1st Lieutenant on January 1, 1862.  His enlistment expired in May 1862 and he chose to muster out.  In October of 1862 he was given a commission as lieutenant in Forrest’s Cavalry.  Was wounded three times at Parker’s Crossroads and Dover, TN.  After war applied to Old Soldiers Home in 1895. 

Name:  Mayberry, Edward J.

Causality (KIA, WIA, Captured):  None

Name:  McCoplin, John H.

Age at Enlistment:  22

Causality (KIA, WIA, Captured):  None

Comments:  Originally became sick in September 1861 and was discharged on November 12, 1861 at Huntersville, VA for lung disease.

Name:  McEwen, James Knox Polk

Age at Enlistment:  21

Causality (KIA, WIA, Captured):  Was wounded in right hand at Adairsville, GA on May 17, 1864.

Comments:  In March and April of 1863 he was detailed to help with regimental wagons.  He was declared unfit for combat and detailed to hospital staff.  He was captured in Citronelle, AL on May 4, 1865 on detached service as nurse.  Was paroled on May 17, 1865 at Columbus, MS.  He is buried in Mount Hope Cemetery in Franklin, TN in section A. 

Name: Merrill, John Oscar

Comments:  Was discharged at Staunton, VA on December 4, 1861, but reenlisted on July 23, 1862 at Tupelo, MS.  Deserted to join the 11^th Tennessee Cavalry in 1863 was later captured with cavalry at Mount Sterling, KY on June 30, 1864.  Buried in Mount Hope Cemetery in Franklin, TN in Section D-9

Name:  Mitchell, William M.

Comments:  Was a substitute from Sumner County, TN for Innis Brown in 1863.  Was the only substitute not to desert.  Noted by George Nichols as being a good soldier.  On October 23, 1864 he was admitted into the hospital for Chronic Rheumatism and apparently discharged for it because he has no record of him after that.

Causality (KIA, WIA, Captured):  Slightly wounded in left thigh at Perryville on October 8, 1862 and captured at Harrodsburg, KY two days later.  Exchanged at Vicksburg, MS in December 1862.  Wounded in head at Chickamauga on September 19, 1863.  Wounded at Adairsville, GA on May 17, 1864.  Noted by George Nichols as having broke down on Hood’s Retreat and was captured.  Took oath of Allegiance on December 27, 1864. 

Comments:  Older brother of William Hogan Moody and lived with a Vaughn Family before war.  He joined a veteran’s organization after war called Company B out of Nashville.  Parole record lists him as: Height: 5'11", Hair: Dark, Eyes: Hazel, Complexion: Dark.  Buried in Mount Olivet Cemetery in Nashville in Section 15 Lot No. 5.

Went By:  “Hogan”

Causality (KIA, WIA, Captured):  (With Cavalry) Wounded at Fort Pillow and Athens, AL.

Comments:  Was James Green Moody’s younger brother and lived with the Vaughn Family before war.  Was promoted to 1st Corporal on October 24, 1862 after Perryville to replace John Thompson.  At Chickamauga he helped George Nichols and Lt. Loving Woldridge carry part of Carnes Battery off the field as the Confederates were pulling back from the Brotherton Road on Sept. 19.  Transferred to Cavalry in June 1864.  Joined a Veteran Organization until after war ended called Company B out of Nashville.  His name can be found on the Confederate Monument in Centennial Park in Nashville, TN.  Buried in Mount Olivet Cemetery in Nasvhille in Section 11 Lot No. SE 1/4 76.

Name:  Moore, Robert Irwin

Causality (KIA, WIA, Captured):  None

Name:  Moss, William Mortimer

Causality (KIA, WIA, Captured):  Wounded in side at Murfreesboro on December 31, 1862.  Captured near Smyrna, GA on July 3, 1864 when pickett line was cut off and captured.  Sent to Camp Chase because he refused to take oath.

Comments:  One of the greatest sources for information on the company.  See Questionnaire for info on his early life.  At Chickamauga he, Lee Shute, and Garrett Bradford were all hiding behind the same tree.  The latter two were both killed.  He and Private John Watson were the last to leave the field and William managed to make it safely back to Confederate lines with the loss of only one shoe.  See Questionnaire for even more data on him.  His parole record lists him as:  Complexion: Dark, Eyes: Gray, Hair: Dark, Height: 5'4".  After war he had 4 daughters and 2 sons and lived in Jackson, TN.

Name:  Neely, James Robert

Causality (KIA, WIA, Captured):  Was wounded in right leg at Perryville on October 8, 1862 and leg was amputated.  Captured when hospital in Harrodsburg, KY was overrun by Federals on October 10, 1862.  Was paroled soon after.

Comments:  Was the oldest of 5 children and lived on a farm before going to war.  He and 2nd Sergeant M.P.G. Winstead were wounded side by side.  After war he married a girl named Alma and became Clerk of the State Circuit Court.  Buried in Section D-9 at Mount Hope Cemetery in Franklin, TN.

Name:  Nichols, George Searight

Causality (KIA, WIA, Captured):  Never wounded with Company D.  Was wounded 4 times near Corinth, MS with cavalry.  One round took out his right eye. 

Comments:  Probably the greatest source of information on the Company.  His daughter donated everything he wrote to the Tennessee State Archives.  He was the 3^rd of 4 children and his older brother James fought with the company also.  He was sick in Chattanooga and missed the Battle of Perryville, but participated in every other battle the Company fought in from VA to Dalton, GA.  During the war he was in the same mess with Lieutenant Woldridge, and at the Battle of Chickamauga helped Woldridge carry off part of Carnes Battery.  He transferred to the 19^th Tennessee Cavalry in early 1864.  He was wounded four times in a cavalry battle near Corinth, MS and one of the bullets took out his right eye.  He wore an eye patch for the rest of his life.  After the war he was a tax collector and was noted as always being a devoted Rebel.  When he died in 1915, his coffin was draped with the flag the Williamson Grays originally left with.  He is buried in Section A of Mount Hope Cemetery.

Comments:  Was at clerk when the war broke out.  Arm was severely fractured at Perryville and he stayed in the hospital till April 1863.  Deserted in December 1863 and joined 19th Tennessee Cavalry.  After war was a policeman and ran a saloon in Nashville and by the square in Franklin.  Eventually, he was shut down when the “Drys” won out.  He a became a born again Christian soon after that and remained so till his death in 1910.  He is buried in Mount Hope Cemetery in Franklin, TN in Section B.

Name:  North, Robert Henry

Comments:  Was living with a man named C.A. Bailey before the war broke out and worked as a clerk.  He was discharged on December 5, 1861 in Staunton, VA.  After the war he married a girl named Eliza and had four children.  He worked as a Miller and a Farmer.  He was also a member of the McEwen Bivouac of the UCV organization.  He died 5 days after his 56^th Birthday and is buried in Section D of Mount Hope Cemetery in Franklin, TN.

Name:  O’Neil, Michael

Comments:  Was a substitute for Young Scruggs for $3,000.  He deserted June 7, 1863 at Shelbyville, TN.

Name:  Otey, James Harvey

Causality (KIA, WIA, Captured):  Captured at Shelbyville, TN June 27, 1863 while city was being abandoned.  Paroled at City Point, VA. 

Comments:  After war applied to Old Soldiers Home in 1897 and died there in 1916.  Grave 311 at Tulip Grove Cemetery near the Hermitage in Nashville. 

Name:  Owen, Nathan