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Name:  Richardson, Robert Newton    
DOB:  August 5, 1940 DOD:  November 30, 1915 Age at Enlistment:  20
Date of Enlistment:  May 9, 1861 Place of Enlistment:  Franklin, TN  
Rank at Enlistment:  Private Rank at Discharge:  Private  
Picture:  Williamson Grays Group, Grave    
Causality (KIA, WIA, Captured):  Captured at Harrodsburg, KY and exchanged at Vicksburg, MS in December 1862.  Severely wounded in arm and shoulder at Missionary Ridge November 25, 1863.

 

Comments:  He is 1 of 6 Williamson Grays present at surrender at N.C.  Captured at Harrodsburg, probably as a nurse.  Married Marienne Hightower Sims on December 13, 1871.  He joined the McEwen Bivouac in Franklin of the UCV after the war.  His farm was where the People's Church is now near the intersection of Mack Hatcher and Highway 96.  Apparently, like George Nichols was the go to guy whenever someone needed a letter of support for their pension after the war (his name appears on just about everyone's pension record).  He is buried in Mount Hope Cemetery in Section D.

 

Name:  Ridley, Christopher Henry   Nickname:  "Kit"
DOB:  October 7, 1842 DOD:  July 22, 1864 Age at Enlistment:  19
Date of Enlistment:  May 9, 1861 Place of Enlistment:  Franklin, TN  
Rank at Enlistment:  4th Sergeant Rank at Discharge:  2nd Lieutenant  
     
Causality (KIA, WIA, Captured): Wounded in right hand and hip at Perryville on October 8, 1862 and captured October 10, 1862 in Harrodsburg, KY.  Exchanged in December 1862 at Vicksburg, MS.  Killed at Atlanta July 22, 1864.

 

Comments:  Promoted to 4th Sergeant at Company formation.  Promoted to 1st Sergeant at reorganization on April 30, 1862.  Promoted to 3rd Lieutenant on June 6, 1863 to replace Thomas Carl.  Promoted to 2nd Lieutenant after Missionary Ridge to replace Joseph C. Brown who was severely wounded.  On the night of July 21, 1864 he had a premonition that he would be killed the next day.  He asked Corporal William Pollard to pray with him in the bushes.  He was mortally wounded on July 22, 1864 advancing against Bald Hill and in what his uncle called "a night of agony" died that night.  He was originally buried on the battlefield but his body was later moved to Smyrna, TN after the war.

 

Name:  Robinson, James J.    
DOB:  September 22, 1843 DOD:  January 1, 1930? Age at Enlistment:  17
Date of Enlistment:  July 23, 1861 Place of Enlistment:  Nashville, TN  
Rank at Enlistment:  Private Rank at Discharge:  Private  
     
Causality (KIA, WIA, Captured): None

 

Comments:  Discharged at Tupelo, MS on July 23, 1862 when enlistment ran out. 

 

Name:  Rozell Jr., Ashley Bascom   Went By:  "Black"
DOB:  November 30, 1841 DOD:  May 7, 1919 Age at Enlistment:  19
Date of Enlistment:  May 9, 1861 Place of Enlistment:  Franklin, TN  
Rank at Enlistment:  Private Rank at Discharge:  Color Corporal  
     
Causality (KIA, WIA, Captured): None

 

Comments:  Lived in Davidson County at the time of enlistment.  Promoted to Color Corporal in January 1863.  After Missionary Ridge he took french leave and joined the cavalry.  When his unit was about to surrender at the end of the war he went home, he never surrendered.  Buried in Mount Olivet Cemetery in Section 15 Lot 2.

 

Name:  Scales, Robert    
DOB:  1837 DOD:  ? Age at Enlistment:  24
Date of Enlistment:  May 9, 1861 Place of Enlistment:  Franklin, TN  
Rank at Enlistment:  2nd Sergeant Rank at Discharge:  Private  
     
Causality (KIA, WIA, Captured): None

 

Comments:  Discharged April 27, 1862 at Corinth, MS for medical reasons.  Lost his rank due to illness.  Buried in Edmiston-Perkins-Scales Cemetery in Brentwood.

 

Name:  Scruggs, Young    
DOB:  February 17, 1838 DOD:  January 23, 1908 Age at Enlistment:  23
Date of Enlistment:  May 9, 1861 Place of Enlistment:  Franklin, TN  
Rank at Enlistment:  Private Rank at Discharge:  Private  
Picture:  Grave    
Causality (KIA, WIA, Captured):  None

 

Comments:  He was the 2nd of 4 children.  Bought a substitute for $3,000 and was discharged May 15, 1863.  His substitute was Michael O'Neil who deserted a few weeks after enlisting.  He was captured by the Federal garrison on August 3, 1863 and released on $2,000 bond.  After the war he became a farmer and married a girl named Ida.  He died in Franklin in 1908 and is buried in Section B of Mount Hope Cemetery in Franklin.

 

Name:  Short, Thomas Albert    
DOB:  1842 DOD:  ? Age at Enlistment:  19
Date of Enlistment:  May 9, 1861 Place of Enlistment:  Franklin, TN  
Rank at Enlistment:  Private Rank at Discharge:  Private  
     
Causality (KIA, WIA, Captured):  Wounded in leftside and left arm at Perryville on October 8, 1862.

 

Comments:  Was the 2nd of 4 children.  Transferred to Company I of the 11th Tennessee Cavalry on November 6, 1864.

 

Name:  Shute, John W.   Nickname:  "Bose"
DOB:  1843 DOD:  July 20, 1867 Age at Enlistment:  18
Date of Enlistment:  May 9, 1861 Place of Enlistment:  Franklin, TN  
Rank at Enlistment:  2nd Sergeant Rank at Discharge:  Private  
     
Causality (KIA, WIA, Captured):  None

 

Comments:  Was promoted to 4th Sergeant in 1861, but lost his rank at the company elections on April 30, 1862.  He transferred to the 10th Tennessee Cavalry, Company D on April 25, 1863.  Buried in Mount Olivet in Nashville. 

 

Name:  Shute Jr., Lee    
DOB:  1836 DOD:  September 19, 1863 Age at Enlistment:  25
Date of Enlistment:  May 9, 1861 Place of Enlistment:  Franklin, TN  
Rank at Enlistment:  Private Rank at Discharge:  Private  
     
Causality (KIA, WIA, Captured):  Killed by gunshot through bowels at Chickamauga on September 19, 1863.

 

Comments:  A Franklin girl named Sallie Florence McEwen refers to him as Robert Lee Shute, though no other piece of evidence ever refers to him as Robert.  Killed while fighting behind a tree with William Moss and Garrett Bradford.  Both Lee and Garrett were killed.  Quartermaster Sergeant Cunningham who originated from Company D later buried most of the 1st TN dead near the Alexander House.  After the war the dead were moved to the Confederate Cemetery in Marietta, GA.  Implying Private Shute currently rests there. 

 

Name:  Simpson, John K.    
DOB:  November 13, 1837 DOD:  December 27, 1904 Age at Enlistment:  23
Date of Enlistment:  May 9, 1861 Place of Enlistment:  Franklin, TN  
Rank at Enlistment:  Private Rank at Discharge:  Private  
Picture:  Grave    
Causality (KIA, WIA, Captured):  Captured at Nashville in December 1864.

 

Comments:  Originally from Davidson County, TN.  Was appointed to regimental band, and served there until capture in December 1864.  He took the oath of allegiance on December 22, 1864.  Parole record lists him as:  Complexion: Fair, Eyes: Black, Hair: Brown, Height: 5'4".  Buried in Mount Olivet Cemetery in Nashville in Section 5 Lot N 1/2 67.

 

Name:  Smith, Henry    
DOB:  ? DOD:  ? Age at Enlistment:  ?
Date of Enlistment:  May 1863 Place of Enlistment:  Shelbyville, TN  
Rank at Enlistment:  Private Rank at Discharge:  Private  
     
Causality (KIA, WIA, Captured):  None

 

Comments:  Was brought in as a conscript at Shelbyville.  Deserted at Chattanooga on July 10, 1863.

 

Name:  Smith, Henry Hunter    
DOB:  1842 DOD:  ? Age at Enlistment:  19
Date of Enlistment:  May 9, 1861 Place of Enlistment:  Franklin, TN  
Rank at Enlistment:  Private Rank at Discharge:  Captain  
Picture:  Portrait    
Causality (KIA, WIA, Captured):  None

 

Comments:  In Spring 1863 he was promoted to Captain on his uncle's, General Preston Smith, staff.  He later transferred to General Forrest's staff.  After the war he moved to Atlanta, GA, and spent the rest of his life there.

 

Name:  Sweeney, Hiram L.    
DOB:  1839 DOD:  August 17, 1861 Age at Enlistment:  22
Date of Enlistment:  July 23, 1861 Place of Enlistment:  Nashville, TN  
Rank at Enlistment:  Private Rank at Discharge:  Private  
     
Causality (KIA, WIA, Captured):  None

 

Comments:  Died of Measles at Big Springs, VA in August 1861.

 

Name:  Sweeney, James H.    
DOB:  1843 DOD:  May 14, 1836 Age at Enlistment:  18
Date of Enlistment:  May 9, 1861 Place of Enlistment:  Franklin, TN  
Rank at Enlistment:  2nd Corporal Rank at Discharge:  Private  
     
Causality (KIA, WIA, Captured):  None

 

Comments:  Was elected 2nd Corporal at Company formation, but lost it at company elections on April 30, 1862.  Deserted on July 16, 1863 at Chattanooga with Issac Brown.  Was captured by Federal garrison in Franklin in August of the same year and paroled.

 

Name:  Tatum, John M.    
DOB:  1838 DOD:  November 25, 1863 Age at Enlistment:  23
Date of Enlistment:  May 9, 1861 Place of Enlistment:  Franklin, TN  
Rank at Enlistment:  Private Rank at Discharge:  Private  
     
Causality (KIA, WIA, Captured):  Killed at Missionary Ridge on November 25, 1863.

 

Comments:  Youngest of 3 children.  Grave location currently unknown.

 

Name:  Taylor, David James   Nickname:  "Coon"
DOB:  August 25, 1839 DOD:  December 1, 1886 Age at Enlistment:  21
Date of Enlistment:  May 9, 1861 Place of Enlistment:  Franklin, TN  
Rank at Enlistment:  Private Rank at Discharge:  Private  
     
Causality (KIA, WIA, Captured):  Wounded in right side and left thigh at Perryville on October 8, 1862.  Captured two days later in Harrodsburg, KY and exchanged at Vicksburg in December of the same year.

 

Comments:  Lived on a farm when he enlisted.  Given a medical discharge, probably for wounds, on July 4, 1863.

 

Name:  Thompson, John McNairy    
DOB:  1842 DOD:  October 24, 1862 Age at Enlistment:  19
Date of Enlistment:  May 9, 1861 Place of Enlistment:  Franklin, TN  
Rank at Enlistment:  Private Rank at Discharge:  1st Corporal  
Picture:  Portrait    
Causality (KIA, WIA, Captured):  Wounded in bowels at Perryville on October 8, 1862.  Captured two days later in hospital.  Died from wounds on October 24, 1862. 

 

Comments:  Promoted to 1st Corporal at reorganization on April 30, 1862 at Corinth, MS.

 

Name:  Thweatt, John Henry Harrison    
DOB:  August 30, 1840 DOD:  February 2, 1908 Age at Enlistment:  20
Date of Enlistment:  May 9, 1861 Place of Enlistment:  Franklin, TN  
Rank at Enlistment:  Private Rank at Discharge:  Private  
     
Causality (KIA, WIA, Captured):  None

 

Comments:  Given medical discharge on July 18, 1861 at Camp Cheatham.  Later reenlisted in Company C of the 55th Tennessee Infantry.  Buried in Hazel Cemetery in Bell Buckle, TN. 

 

Name:  Truett, Joseph    
DOB:  1822? DOD:  January 10, 1900 Age at Enlistment:  39?
Date of Enlistment:  May 9, 1861 Place of Enlistment:  Franklin, TN  
Rank at Enlistment:  Private Rank at Discharge:  Private  
     
Causality (KIA, WIA, Captured):  None

 

Comments:  Discharge on December 15, 1861 at Staunton, VA for medical reasons.  Was a farm laborer after the war.  Bured in Mount Hope Cemetery (unmarked) in Section A-27.

 

Name:  Vincent, Solomon Yarbrough   Nickname:  "Berry"
DOB:  December 14, 18?? DOD:  July 3, 1905 Age at Enlistment:  ?
Date of Enlistment:  May 9, 1861 Place of Enlistment:  Franklin, TN  
Rank at Enlistment:  Private Rank at Discharge:  Private  
     
Causality (KIA, WIA, Captured):  Severely wounded in the head at Murfreesboro December 31, 1862.

 

Comments:  Deserted at Chattanooga on October 25, 1863.  Died in Nashville in 1905.

 

Name:  Waggoner, Henry    
DOB:  1841 DOD:  October 21, 1905 Age at Enlistment:  20
Date of Enlistment:  May 9, 1861 Place of Enlistment:  Franklin, TN  
Rank at Enlistment:  Private Rank at Discharge:  Private  
     
Causality (KIA, WIA, Captured):  Severely wounded in the arm at Missionary Ridge on November 25, 1863.  Captured a short time after.

 

Comments:  Was sick at Chattanooga in July and August of 1862.  Took oath of Allegiance on July 26, 1864 at Chattanooga.  Parole records describes him as complexion:  light; hair: sandy; eyes: blue; height: 5'3".  Probably captured in a Hospital somewhere in GA.  Buried in Mount Olivet.

 

Name:  Walker, Henry Bowden    
DOB:  1844 DOD:  June 27, 1864 Age at Enlistment:  17
Date of Enlistment:  May 9, 1861 Place of Enlistment:  Franklin, TN  
Rank at Enlistment:  Private Rank at Discharge: 1st Sergeant  
     
Causality (KIA, WIA, Captured):  Wounded in thigh at Perryville on October 8, 1862 and captured two days later.  Exchanged at Vicksburg in December, 1862.  Killed at Kennesaw Mountain on June 27, 1864.

 

Comments:  Promoted to 3rd Sergeant at company reorganization on April 30, 1862.  Promoted to 1st Sergeant when Christopher Ridley was promoted to Lieutenant and 2nd Sergeant M.P.G. Winstead was discharged for wounds.  He is believed to be one of the unknowns at the Marietta, GA Confederate Cemetery.

 

Name:  Watson, John    
DOB:  April 5, 1843 DOD:  January 4, 1891 Age at Enlistment:  18
Date of Enlistment:  May 9, 1861 Place of Enlistment:  Franklin, TN  
Rank at Enlistment:  Private Rank at Discharge:  Private  
Picture:  Grave    
Causality (KIA, WIA, Captured):  Disabled by a horse at Murfreesboro on December 31, 1862.

 

Comments:  He and William Moss were the last to leave the battlefield at Chickamauga.  He was 1 of 6 to surrender at North Carolina in 1865.  He joined the McEwen Bivouac of the UCV after the war.  He spent the rest of his days in Franklin and is buried in Section A-25 of Mount Hope Cemetery next to George S. Nichols. 

 

Name:  Wells, William Henry    
DOB:  ? DOD:  ? Age at Enlistment:  ?
Date of Enlistment:  May 9, 1861 Place of Enlistment:  Franklin, TN  
Rank at Enlistment:  Private Rank at Discharge:  Private  
     
Causality (KIA, WIA, Captured):  None

 

Comments:  Was in the hospital at Warm Springs, VA in September and October of 1861.  He deserted on March 11, 1863 at Shelbyville, TN.

 

Name:  Wells, James W.    
DOB:  ? DOD:  ? Age at Enlistment:  ?
Date of Enlistment:  November 15, 1863 Place of Enlistment:  Tullahoma, Tennessee  
Rank at Enlistment:  Private Rank at Discharge:  Private  
     
Causality (KIA, WIA, Captured):  Captured at Nashville in December 1864.

 

Comments:  Was assigned to regimental band after enlisting.  Was captured at Nashville and took oath on December 22, 1864.

 

Name:  White, Amos W.    
DOB:  September 1835 DOD:  January 27, 1896 Age at Enlistment:  25
Date of Enlistment:  May 9, 1861 Place of Enlistment:  Franklin, TN  
Rank at Enlistment:  Private Rank at Discharge:  Private  
Picture:  Grave    
Causality (KIA, WIA, Captured):  None

 

Comments:  Was in the hospital in Mississippi in May and June of 1862.  Transferred to the Cavalry in 1864.  After the war he applied to the Old Soldiers Home in Nashville and was accepted.  He spent his last days there in 1896.  He is buried in Tulip Grove Cemetery near the Hermitage in Nashville.  He is grave number 30. 

 

Name:  Winstead, Meredith Poindexter Gentry    
DOB:  December 1, 1844 October 22, 1891 Age at Enlistment:  16
Date of Enlistment:  May 9, 1861 Place of Enlistment:  Franklin, TN  
Rank at Enlistment:  Private Rank at Discharge:  2nd Sergeant  
Picture:  Portrait, Grave    
Causality (KIA, WIA, Captured):  Wounded in left leg at Perryville on October 8, 1862.  Captured two days later at Harrodsburg, KY.  His leg was amputated three days after the battle.

 

Comments:  His brothers Robert and Thomas were the unit also.  Was elected 2nd Sergeant at company reorganization on April 30, 1862 at Corinth, MS.  Was wounded next to James R. Neely.  Was paroled by Federals on December 30, 1862.  After the war served as Deputy Chancey.  He died in Franklin in 1891 and is buried in Mount Hope Cemetery in Section B. 

 

Name:  Winstead, Robert O.    
DOB:  1839 DOD:  ? Age at Enlistment:  22
Date of Enlistment:  May 9, 1861 Place of Enlistment:  Franklin, TN  
Rank at Enlistment:  Private Rank at Discharge:  Private  
     
Causality (KIA, WIA, Captured):  None

 

Comments:  Was the 5th of 9 children and the older brother of M.P.G. and Thomas Winstead.  Got sick and was in the hospital in August 1861 and was given a medical discharge at Huntersville, VA on December 16, 1861.  On May 22, 1865 when Corporal William Pollard was on his way home, Robert gave him a ride back to Franklin.

 

Name:  Winstead, Thomas E.    
DOB:  1843 DOD:  1905 Age at Enlistment:  18
Date of Enlistment:  May 9, 1861 Place of Enlistment:  Franklin, TN  
Rank at Enlistment:  Private Rank at Discharge:  Private  
     
Causality (KIA, WIA, Captured):  None

 

Comments:  Was the 7th of 11 children and the younger brother of M.P.G. and Robert Winstead.  Was discharged on April 27, 1862 at Corinth, MS for medical reasons.  Buried in Mount Olivet Cemetery in Nashville in Section 2 Lot 17.

 

Name:  Woldridge, Loving H.    
DOB:  December 25?, 1799 DOD:  February 25, 1879 Age at Enlistment:  62
Date at Enlistment:  May 9, 1861 Place of Enlistment:  Franklin, TN  
Rank at Enlistment:  Private Rank at Discharge:  1st Lieutenant  
Picture:  Grave    
Causality (KIA, WIA, Captured):  Bullet grazed his nose and nearly took out his eyes at Missionary Ridge on November 25, 1863.  Captured on Hood's Retreat in April 1865.

 

Comments:  Was the oldest man in Company D and remarkably fought all four years.  Was a farmer and a druggist in Franklin at the time the war broke out.  Was detached for service in Hillsboro, VA in September and October of 1861.  Was elected 1st Lieutenant at reorganization on April 30, 1862.  Was on furlough during battle of Perryville, that being the only battle he ever missed with the company.  Managed to pick up a six shooter colt rifle, which he brought down 5 yankees with at the Battle of Chickamauga on September 19, 1863.  Being 63 at the time was still strong enough to help bring off part of Carnes Battery.  His son, Thomas, was also in the company.  He was given a medical furlough in January 1864.  Stayed with the regiment all the way to North Carolina.  After capture was paroled in Tallahassee, FL on May 18, 1865.  Parole record describes him as:  Complexion: Dark, Eyes: Gray, Hair: Gray, Height: 5'8".  Spent the rest of his days in Franklin.  He went to visit his daughter in Marshall County in February 1879 and passed away at her house and is buried in Section B of Mount Hope Cemetery.

 

Name:  Woldridge, Thomas E.    
DOB:  1830 DOD:  ? Age at Enlistment:  33
Date of Enlistment:  February 5, 1863 Place of Enlistment:  Shelbyville, TN  
Rank at Enlistment:  Private Rank at Discharge:  4th Corporal  
     
Causality (KIA, WIA, Captured):  Wounded by gunshot wound through palm and wrist at Kennesaw Mountain on June 27, 1864.

 

Comments:  Was the son of Loving Woldridge.  Transferred in from the 2nd Kentucky.  Was promoted to 4th Corporal on January 1, 1864.  After being wounded at Kennesaw Mountain he was sent to a hospital in Macon, GA.  Not sure what happened to him after Kennesaw Mountain.  He was not present at the surrender.  After the war when his father died he moved to Kentucky.

 

Name:  Womble, Francis Marion   Went By:  "Frank"
DOB:  1843 DOD:  May -July 1864 Age at Enlistment: 18
Date of Enlistment:  May 9, 1861 Place of Enlistment:  Franklin, TN  
Rank at Enlistment:  Private Rank at Discharge:  5th Sergeant  
     
Causality (KIA, WIA, Captured):  Wounded by a spent ball at Chickamauga on September 19, 1862.  Killed during Dalton Campaign.

 

Comments:  Got sick at Camp Cheatham and stayed at Franklin in June and the first half of July of 1861.  Was promoted to 2nd Corporal at reorganization on April 30, 1862.  Apparently absent at Perryville.  Not listed as a causality but William Pollard (ranking below him) came out in charge of the company.  He was promoted to 5th Sergeant on June 6, 1863.  There is no war record of his death, George Nichols claims he was killed at New Hope Church between May 25-27, 1864.  1st Tennessee did not see heavy action there, most likely he was killed by while on picket or perhaps by artillery bombardment.  He was considered a good soldier and William Pollard said of him "he was as gentle as a woman and as brave as a lion."  His final resting place is unknown. 

 

Name:  Wright, Henry    
DOB:  ? DOD:  ? Age at Enlistment:  ?
Date of Enlistment:  March 18, 1864 Place of Enlistment:  Dalton, GA  
Rank at Enlistment:  Private Rank at Discharge:  Private  
     
Causality (KIA, WIA, Captured):  None

 

Comments:  Was brought in as a conscript and deserted a short time after enlisting. 

 


 

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