Showing posts with label 12th Tennessee Union Calvary. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 12th Tennessee Union Calvary. Show all posts

Tuesday, February 11, 2014

Corinth Baptist Church


Location:
Church Street
Fyffe, DeKalb County, Alabama
N 34° 24.685   W085° 43.388

Date of Visit: April 22, 2012

Henry C Willkie
Pvt Co F 3 Ga Cav
Confederate States army
Jan 1 1844  Jul 21 1913

Copr
Rial Bryant
Co K
3 Conf Cav
CSA
1832
1882

John I Bearden
Pvt Co I  3 Ga Inf
Confederate States Army
Apr 25 1818    Apr 21 1901


Confederate or Union Solider:

New Flat Marble:
William Riley Garrett
Pvt Co H 12 Tenn Cavalry
Confederate States Army
Dec 6 1833   Dec 4 1926

Old Federal Style:
Wm R Garrett
Co H
12 Tenn Cav

On February 2, 1864 a twenty-seven year old William R Garrett volunteered his services as a blacksmith to the US Army in Chattanooga, Tennessee.  He was assigned to Company H of the 12th Tennessee Calvary of the US Army.  He served as company blacksmith and farrier. There is also a U.S. Army pension record for a William R. Garrett  of Company H 12th Tennessee Calvary that died December 4, 1926.


Sources:

Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Georgia. Original data from: The National Archives, Retrieved from at 3-Fold February 11, 2014 (http://www.fold3.com).

Civil War and Later Pension Index. Original data from: The National Archives, Retrieved from at 3-Fold February 11, 2014 (http://www.fold3.com).


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