Born in Tennessee in 1828.  Moved to Tallahatchie County, MS per 1850 census. Enlisted in Civil War on February 20, 1862 in Charleston, MS.  As a private in 29th Mississippi Infantry, Company B (Robson's Rifles [Tallahatchie County]).  Saw action in many engagements including: Murfreesboro, Corinth, Mundorville, Chickamauga, Lookout Mountain, Atlanta, Spring Hill and Franklin to name a few.  Married Margaret Mullens on February 13, 1856 in Yalobusha County, MS. Ellett Doak was a farmer and died from pneumonia in Tallahatchie County in June 1870.

The 29th Mississippi Infantry Regiment was organized on April 11th, 1862. Field consolidation with the 30th Infantry Regiment was from October 1863 to December 1863. Field consolidation with the 30th and 34th Infantry Regiments was from December 1863 to May 1864, and consolidation with the 30th again from May 1864 to April 9th, 1865. On April 9th, 1865 the 29th Mississippi Infantry was consolidated with the 24th, 27th, 30th, and 34th Mississippi Infantry in Smithfield, North Carolina and designated as the 24th Mississippi Infantry Regiment.

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Born in Tennessee in 1827.  Moved to Tallahatchie County, MS per 1850 census.

27th Regiment, Mississippi Infantry, Company D (Rayburn Rifles - Lawrence County)

Born in Tennessee in 1835.  Moved to Tallahatchie County, MS per 1850 census.

27th Regiment, Mississippi Infantry, Company D (Rayburn Rifles - Lawrence County)

Born in Tennessee in 1832.  Moved to Tallahatchie County, MS per 1850 census.

21st Regiment, Mississippi Infantry, Company B (Jefferson Davis Guards)

Born in Tennessee in 1838.  Moved to Tallahatchie County, MS per 1850 census.

15th Regiment, Mississippi Infantry, Company A (Long Creek Rifles - Attala County)

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Born in Tennessee in 1819.  Moved to Tallahatchie County, MS per 1850 census.

2nd Battalion Mississippi Cavalry, Reserve Corps West,
Company B (Archers Company, Yalosbusha, County)

John Butler Almand was born in Conyers, Georgia on December 1, 1839. He enlisted as a private in Company F, 38th Regiment, Georgia Infantry Confederate States Army at Camp Bartsow on March 23, 1862 for three years or duration of the war.

He was wounded at Fredericksburg, Virginia December 13, 1862 -- left shoulder and elbow. Reported missing at Gettysburg July 1, 1863. Declared permanently incapable of performing active military service in the field July 14, 1863 at Broad River Georgia.

Muster roll call of that Company for April 30 to August 31, 1864 shows him in Major George Lee's Battalion in Georgia disabled by wounds.

While disabled he served with Company G 25th Battalion, Georgia Infantry, Provost Guard, Confederate States Army.

Union Records shows he was captured at Hartwell, Georgia May 17, 1865. Paroled at same place, date not given.

Discharged date from Confederate States Army not given. Received Bounty of $50.00.

Taken from Military Services Records (NNCA) GSA, National Archives, Washington, D.C. 20408.

He died on September 9, 1891 in Cale Arkansas.

Enlisted in the 3rd Arkansas in April of 61 fought in the 3rd till end of war. Pvt. Bardin was one of 113 in Co. C at the start of the enlistment, one of only thirteen remaining in his Company in 1865 at Appomattox.

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Private William J. Bensch, born in resident of Charleston, South Carolina in 1841. Enlisted at Sullivan's Island, SC on April 5, 1862, at the age 21 as a private in the 3rd South Carolina Cavalry, Company G (German Hussars), this company was successively designated as Captain Cordes Company, South Carolina Volunteers.

At the time he was taken by the enemy (Savannah, GA, December 2, 1864) he was a bugler. Furnished transportation from Hilton Head, SC to New York with Steamer "Fulton", February 1865. I have lost the trace after the furnished transportation! I look for descendants.

W. R. Bryan was my grandfather. He served in Civil War, member of Black Hawk Rifles under Capt. H. Reid, before age 16, and saw much service. W. R. Bryan was in 22nd Miss Regiment.

He was born July 21 1846. He died June 1928. His wife was Ella Russell, dau. of Col. Daniel Russell (20th Miss.) of Carroll County Ms.

Born in Lincoln County, North Carolina in 1843.  Moved to Yalobusha County, MS per 1850 census. Enlisted in Civil War on August 17, 1863 in Concord, MS as a private in the 19th Battalion Mississippi Cavalry. On February 15, 1864 it was increased to a Regiment and known as Duff's Regiment Mississippi Cavalry. It was designated as the 8th Regiment Mississippi Cavalry, Company C, (Duff's Guards [Yalobusha County]) on July 19, 1864.  Saw action in many engagements including Brice's Crossroads.  Appears on Roll of Prisoners of War. "May 4, 1865 the Confederate Department of Alabama, Mississippi and East Louisiana is surrendered by General Richard Taylor to General Edward R. S. Canby at Citronelle, AL, ending active operations in Alabama. He was paroled at Grenada, MS on May 18, 1865." Married Sarah Jane Moore on January 31, 1864 and they had 5 children. Pinkney died from a fall in Tallahatchie County in December 1879.

Born in Lincoln County, North Carolina in 1824. Enlisted as a Private on April 1862 at the age of 37. Enlisted in 12th Infantry Regiment NC, Company A on April 1862. Wounded on July 1862 at Melvern Hill, VA (Right arm amputated). Absent wounded on January 1864 (Estimated day). Received a disability discharge 12th Infantry Regiment NC, Company A on February 1864. Took Oath of Allegiance on 06 June 1864.

ORGANIZATION: The 12th Infantry Regiment, formerly the 2nd Volunteers, was organized near Garysburg, North Carolina, in May, 1861. Its companies were drawn from the counties of Warren, Granville, Catawba, Cleveland, Nash, Duplin, Halifax, and Robeson. The regiment served in General Garland's, Iverson's, and R.D. Johnston's Brigade, Army of Northern Virginia. After fighting at Hanover Court House it participated in many conflicts from the Seven Days' Battles to Cold Harbor, saw action in Early's Shenandoah Valley operations, and ended the war at Appomattox. This unit sustained 211 casualties during the Seven Days' Battles, 5 at Fredericksburg, and 118 Chancellorsville. Of the 219 engaged at Gettysburg, thirty-six percent were disabled, and there were 3 killed and 11 wounded at Bristoe. It surrendered 8 officers and 139 men of which 76 were armed.

BATTLES: Seven Day's Battles, Cold Harbor, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, Bristoe, Appomattox.

Born in Gaston County, North Carolina in 1842. Enlisted as a Private on October 23, 1862 at the age of 22 in the 52nd Infantry Regiment North Carolina, Company H.

He was captured at the Battle of Bristoe Station, Virginia on October 14, 1863. Processed in at Washington on October 28, 1863 and moved to Point Lookout Prison, MD. On August 13, 1864 he died of Acute Dysenteria and is buried there.

Born on April 14, 1849 in Oakland, Yalobusha County, MS.  Unknown date of enlistment in Civil War but he served as a Private in 8th Regiment Mississippi Cavalry, Company C, (Duff's Guards [Itawamba]).  Saw action in many engagements. Appears on Roll of Prisoners of War. "May 4, 1865 the Confederate Department of Alabama, Mississippi and East Louisiana is surrendered by General Richard Taylor to General Edward R. S. Canby at Citronelle, AL, ending active operations in Alabama. He was paroled at Grenada, MS on May 18, 1865." Married Laura Agnes Booker in 1875 and they had 6 children.  Joseph collected a Civil War Pension of $1.00 per day until he died on February 8, 1933 in Banner, Calhoun County, MS.

Born in Triangle, Lincoln County, North Carolina on May 02, 1826. Henry enlisted in the Civil War in Wake County, NC on January 29, 1863. He was captured at Gum Swamp on May 22, 1863 and confined at Fort Monroe, VA. He was paroled and exchanged at City Point, VA on May 28, 1863. He was present and accounted in 2nd Artillery (36th St. Troops) Co. B North Carolina until his transfer.

He transferred from Company Batty B, 2nd Light Artillery Regiment North Carolina to 13th Battalion Light Artillery Regiment North Carolina, Company B on November 4, 1863. He was present and accounted for until admitted to a hospital in Greensboro on February 12, 1865. He was admitted for chronic Rheumatism and transferred to another hospital on March 22, 1865. He was paroled at Statesville, NC on May 20, 1865.
He died on June 11, 1911 in Mooresville, North Carolina

Monroe was a farmer from Catawba County, North Carolina.  He enlisted as a Private in the 38th Infantry Regiment North Carolina, Company F, on October 31, 1861. At the Battle of Petersburg, VA on April 2, 1865 he became a POW. He was confined on April 6, 1865 at Point Lookout, MD where he was confined until he took an Oath of Allegiance on June 3, 1865. He received Distinguished Service.

Born in North Carolina on August 24, 1846 and died on March 02, 1922

8th Battalion, North Carolina Junior Reserves.

5th Battalion of State Troops, Senior Reserves, Company E, Lancaster District. A total of 137 men from Ashe or Allegheny County, North Carolina served in the 5th North Carolina Senior Reserves. Very little is known of the 5th North Carolina Senior Reserves. The regiment was formed by the consolidation of two battalions in the summer of 1864. Most of the companies served as prison guards at Salisbury, North Carolina, but Company F served as a mounted patrol guard for the Northwestern North Carolina counties.

The following is a record of events of this company but is representative of the service of most of the Senior Reserves. 15 Sept 1864 - The first prisoners arrived at Florence as the stockade was getting under construction. These men were "herded together in an open field and guarded by just over 100 troops of the 3rd Battalion Senior Reserves, 4th Battalion Senior Reserves, 5th Battalion Senior Reserves, and 7th Battalion Senior Reserves, composed of boys from 15 to 18 and men from 45 to 60."

He was born in Dickson County on July 2, 1831 on the Johnson Creek, what is now called the Fowler farm off Highway 49 near Dull, TN.

As a private he served General Nathan Bedford Forrest as a courier in the Tennessee Cavalry Napier's Battalion, Company B. On February 25, 1863 it was consolidated into the 10th Tennessee Cavalry (DeMoss') Company E. 

He lost his brother Isaac Rook Cooksey at the battle of Murfreesboro, burial site unknown at the present time, but a memorial stone is located next to his wife in Bethany Cemetery in Houston County, TN.

At the outbreak of the war, Andrew owned over 1,000 acres starting at the mouth of Salmon Branch extending up Yellow Creek and to the headwaters of Childress Branch, along TN 49. He owned 101 slaves which he used to produce cordwood for Montgomery Bell's furnace. He also raised cattle, hogs, tobacco, corn, wheat and specialized in fine horses. Andrew J. died in Dickson County on July 11, 1909.

Burial site is Cooksey Cemetery

D.C. Dozier was with Co. G, 20th Tennessee Cavalry, "Bell's Partisans." He saw action at Union City, Paducah, Fort Pillow, Brice's Crossroads, Pontotoc, Tupelo, Paris Landing, Franklin and Nashville.

Henry was a Pvt. with 12th Consolidated Regiment, TN Infantry (Newbern Greys) Company D, later 47th TN Infantry Regiment Company C. These units fought in several major battles, including Shiloh. Henry was captured by Union forced during the Battle of Missionary Ridge on 26 Nov 1863. He was held in the Union POW camp in Rock Island, IL until being exchanged in Louisville, KY.

William P. Flowers CO. F 33rd. Regiment NCST. Enlisted 4/11/1861 in Hyde County, North Carolina. Took part in Battle of Newburn. Then attached to Lanes unit in the ANV. One of 4 brothers who enlisted at about the same time. Three brothers served in CO. H 33rd reg. NCST. Brothers would take turns going home to check on ALL families. It just may be that all absences were not official!

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Born in 1842 in Hancock County, Kentucky and died in 1920. Phinease enlisted in Kentucky and served in the 10th (Johnson's) KY Cavalry, known as Adam Johnson's Partisan Rangers. He was honored by the United Daughters of the Confederacy with the Southern Cross of Honor in 1907.

William W. Honea was born in Pickens County, Georgia in 1845. There is not a lot known about Ralston's Battalion, Georgia Cavalry. They were organized in the Summer of 1864. They served under Gen. William T. Wofford in the Dept. of North Georgia. William and the rest of the Battalion were paroled in Kingston, Georgia on May 12,1865. He died in Canton, Cherokee County, Georgia on February 22, 1907.

James (Jimmy) and Edward (Buddy) were the sons of Edmond and Sarah Camp Langley of Paulding County, Georgia. James age 16 and Edward age 14 enlisted in the 40th Georgia Infantry Regiment, Company A on February 24, 1862.

While stationed at Camp Van Dorn in Knoxville, Tennessee they both contracted measles. James died on April 24, 1862 and Edward died May 23, 1862.

Both boys were the grandsons of Jacob Langley, a veteran of The War of 1812, serving with Edmund Belcher Company, South Carolina Militia.

Cave Johnson Martin was born on August 1, 1833 in Dickson County, TN. Cave enlisted in Company K, 11th Tennessee Infantry on 05/23/1861 by Thomas Thedford. He was elected 2nd Lt. on 11/16/1861 and re-enlisted 11/23/1861. Cave was present at Cumberland Gap during Nov. 1861 and then on furlough to Dickson for Christmas and New Years 1861-1862. He rejoined his command on 1/08/1862 and was present at Shelbyville on 05/01/1863. He was captured on 09/10/1863 in Dickson Co. and imprisoned at Johnson's Island (Sandusky, OH) on 09/25/1863; then transferred to Point Lookout , MD on 02/16/1865 for exchange. He was admitted to Confederate General Hospital #24 in Richmond, VA on 02/28/1865 with dysentery.

Cave married Tennessee Ann Taylor in Dickson on 01/01/1867. They were married by Thomas Flannery. They had 6 children, 3 of each sex, including my grandfather Ellis Martin who was born 09/28/1867 in Dickson Co.

He died on November 8, 1881

Drury Matthews enlisted in CO E 11TN INF as a private for one year. He did garrison duty at Cumberland Gap, involved in small battles at Wild Cat KY, Cumberland Gap and Tazewell. He was discharged in August 1862. After spending a few months at home he enlisted again in late Nov. 1862 with CO A 50TH TN. The 50TH TN had just been exchanged after being captured at Ft Donaldson. It was reorganized in Jackson MS. He saw action at Chickasaw Bayou, was shelled by US Navy at Port Hudson LA, saw action on May 12, 1863 at Raymond MS then fell back to defend Jackson MS. The 50TH TN then marched across the state until the fall 1863.

In Sept. 1863 his unit loaded into a troop train at Enterprise MS it traveled south to Mobile AL where it transferred to a steamboat which took them across Mobile Bay then boarded again into a troop train traveling north through Montgomery, Auburn and Atlanta GA on their way to Chickamauga. On Sunday 13 Sept. 1863 their train collided with another train near Etowah GA. Corporal Matthews and twelve other soldiers from the 50TH TN and 1st(Colms)TN INF were killed and seventy-five were injured Corporal Matthews was said to have been scalded to death by escaping steam from the damaged locomotives.

John T. Matthews was born on April 6, 1838 in Montgomery County, Tennessee and he died on November 15, 1908 in Hamble, Dickson County, Tennessee. Private Matthews enlisted in Nashville on 18 May 1861 (just prior to Tennessee leaving the Union) in CO E 11TH TN INF. In August 1861 his unit was transferred into the Confederate States Army. Contracted Measles at Camp Cheatham in late 1861, saw action at Murfreesboro TN, Chickamauga GA, New Hope Church GA, Kennesaw Mt. GA, Peach Tree Creek GA, Atlanta GA, Jonesboro GA, Franklin TN, Nashville TN and the Carolinas campaign.

He is listed on the roster of Confederate soldiers surrendered by Lt. General Joseph E. Johnston in North Carolina in 1865. He was paroled at Greensboro NC on May 1 1865 On 26 April 1902 applied and received Tennessee CONFEDERATE Soldiers Pension. In 1904 Private Matthews attended the United Confederate Convention in Nashville TN He was a member of Rains Bivouac in Dickson CO TN

By the 1840s,Thomas,his three brothers and his father had settled in the Rock Springs community in northern Dickson CO TN. He married Rebecca Mockabee in Charlotte TN on 25 Oct 1848.

Thomas enlisted on 29 Nov 1861 as a private in CO B 49TH TN INF along with one of his brothers Corp William Mayberry in Charlotte TN. By early Feb 1862 the 49TH TN was sent to Ft Donelson. After three days of fighting Private Mayberry and the 49TH TN surrendered on 16 Feb 1862. He was sent to Camp Douglas Ill. where he remained as a prisoner of war until 5 Sept 1862 when he was sent to Vicksburg Miss. for exchange.

The 49TH TN soon reorganized and saw action at Port Hudson LA. Private Mayberry was discharged on 20 March 1863 and returned to his home in Dickson CO TN where he lived until the late 1870s. Thomas and two of his sons then moved to central Arkansas where he died on 11 June 1894.

By the 1840s Washington and his family had settled in the Rock Springs community in northern Dickson CO TN. The youngest of four brothers, he was the first to enlist on 12 Aug 1861 in Dickson CO, TN as a private in CO A 50TH TN INF under the command of Capt Beaumont.

By February 1862 the 50TH TN was at Ft Donelson where they surrendered after three days of battle. Private Mayberry was sent to Camp Douglas, Ill. as a prisoner of war until 5 Sept 1862 when he was sent to Vicksburg, MS for exchange.

The 50TH TN reorganized immediately after the exchange and Private Mayberry was promoted to Corporal. Corporal Washington Mayberry appears on a report of deceased soldiers of the 50TH TN INF. He died on 27 Oct 1862 at Holly Springs, Miss.

William and his brothers Thomas, Washington and Joseph settled in north Dickson CO TN by 1850 census. He married Sarah McClelland on 20 Feb 1858. William enlisted in Charlotte TN on 29 Nov 1861 in CO B 49TH TN INF under the command of Capt R H McClelland (also his brother in law) The 49TH was sent to Ft Donaldson by early Feb 1862. Corp Mayberry avoided capture on 16 Feb 1862, he was out on a work detail.

He rejoined the 49TH TN on 8 Dec 1862. In Port Hudson LA on 10 Feb 1863 he was paid in the amount of $168.00 for the entire previous year. By 20 Oct 1863 he was at Camp Cummings near Mobile ALA. From Alabama Corp Mayberry and the 49TH TN moved to the Atlanta area where they were involved in several battles: New Hope Church, Pine Mountain, Kennesaw Mountain, Smyrna Depot, Peachtree Creek and Lick Skillet Rd.

The 49TH TN traveled back into Tennessee in the fall of 1864,Spring Hill to Franklin. On 30 Nov 1864 Corp Mayberry and the 49TH was part of Quarles Brigade, Whalthalls Division Lt. General Stephen D Lees Corp. The 49TH TN was part of a frontal assault onto a heavily fortified Union position. Corp Mayberry and most of the 49TH TN were killed in this charge.

Loami Grandberry McLENDON; firstborn son of Martin Maxwell McLENDON and Catherine Carolina CAMPBELL; born 15 June 1835 at Cuthbert, Randolph, Georgia; married 4 February 1864 at Ozark, Dale, Alabama Lydia Ann Damaris BRIDGES (daughter of Nathan S. BRIDGES and Nancy HARDIE); 5 sons & 1 daughter; died 19 November 1923 at Center, Shelby, Texas.

Enlisted June 1862 in Dale County, Alabama as Private in Hilliard‘s Legion (mustered in as light artillery but served as infantry); discharged later that month for defective vision; re-enlisted 15 February 1863 at Clopton, Dale, Alabama, again as a private in Hilliard’s Legion, attached to Gracie’s Brigade (private, Company E, 59th Alabama Infantry Regiment when Hilliard’s Legion was divided); from July 1863 to War’s end, served as Regimental Ordnance Sergeant; camped outside Appomattox CH when General LEE ceased resistance.

Burial site is at Fairview Cemetery in Center, Texas.

John Bowden Monroe was born on January 10, 1820 in North Carolina. He enlisted in the late fall of 1861 in Company B, 49th Tennessee Infantry. John was captured at Fort Donelson on February 16, 1862 and sent to Camp Douglas, Illinois. Private Monroe was exchanged in the fall of 1862 and rejoined the 49th TN where he fought in several battles around Atlanta. He was wounded at the Battle of Franklin on November 30, 1864. He recovered at his home in Stayton, TN where he lived until his death on November 5, 1903.

Wesley Deskin Morgan (b. Alabama, December, 1832) was the youngest of five brothers, his siblings were Nathan Lightfoot Morgan (b. 1822), John B. Morgan (b.1822), Barbee Morgan (b. 1827) and George Morgan (b. 1830). Wesley D. Morgan was married to Susannah Francisis Lambeth on May 13th, 1860 in Monroe County, Mississippi. They had one child that survived to adulthood from this union, Wesley Eugene Morgan (b. 1866, d. 1952). He enlisted in the 24th Regiment Mississippi Volunteer Infantry on September 5, 1861. He served in Companies L and H, during his service with the 24th Regiment Mississippi Volunteer Infantry, CSA until the end of the war. He was captured at the Battle of Look Out Mountain, Chattanooga, Tennessee on November 24th, 1863.

After several months as a prisoner of war, he swore allegiance to the Union and was paroled, but then re-enlisted back into the 24th Regiment Mississippi Volunteer Infantry CSA and fought for the remainder of the war until Lee's surrender on April 26, 1865, the 24th was paroled at Greensboro, North Carolina soon afterward. The state of Mississippi suffered the highest percentage of casualties any of the Confederate States in the Civil War. Out of 78,000 Mississippians who entered the Confederate States military, by the end of the war 59,000 of the 78,000 were either dead or wounded or missing. After the war in approximately 1885, Wesley D. Morgan and his oldest brother, Nathan Lightfoot Morgan migrated west to Arizona and settled briefly, then migrated west again to Siskiyou County, California. He and his brother homesteaded 160 acres in the Horse Creek area. Wesley developed severe dementia in the late 1920's and was moved to a nursing home in Chico, California.

He died at the age of 98. (Chico, California, 1930)

Tolbert Morris was born on February 06, 1828 in Georgia. He enlisted as a private on May 01, 1862 at Buena Vista, Marion County, Georgia in Company H, 46th Regiment Georgia Infantry. He was a Sergeant at the surrender on April 26, 1865 in Greensboro, North Carolina. He served in the same unit with his brothers-in-law, Eli S. Parker and John N. Parker.

John was the second son of Andrew Jackson Small and his wife Polly, born in Henderson County, TN on Sept. 7, 1841. He is the grandson of Daniel Small who was 7 years old when his family left Virginia and floated down the Tennessee and Cumberland Rivers in 1779 with Col. John Donnelson.

Daniel became a surveyor and surveyed most of early Nashville and the holdings of President Andrew Jackson's estate at the Hermitage. Daniel was married to Col. Donnelson's grand-daughter, Mary Hutchins. Mary's mother, Catherine Donnelson who married Captain Thomas Hutchins, was a sister to President Andrew Jackson's wife Rachel.

John joined the Confederate Army and fought with the Tennessee 55th Inf., Company E (Brown's) where he obtained the rank of Corporal. He fought at the battle of Island No 10 at New Madrid, Missouri where he was captured and taken to Camp Douglas in Chicago as a prisoner. He was imprisoned for 9 months and signed the letter of oath. He was then sent to Vicksburg, MS to be exchanged.

John walked the Natchez Trace to his home in Henderson County, TN. Where he married and reared a large family and began to farm.

John had a brother, Daniel, who also fought for the Confederacy. He also had 2 other brothers who joined the Union, Thomas and Andrew J., who were both non-survivors of the war.

Isaac was the son of Martin and Dicy Dial Thomason of Larens District, South Carolina, born in 1828. Isaac's family moved to Walton County, Georgia in the late 1820's. Isaac was the eldest of four brothers and the last to enlist in the Confederate Army. Youngest brother, Benjamin, was killed at Second (Manassas) Bull Run (35th Georgia Walton Sharpshooters), brother, Gideon, was also with the 35th. Isaac enlisted in the 64th Georgia Volunteer Infantry, Company K of Walton County in Atlanta February 1863 at the age of 35. He saw action at the Battle of the Crater at Fredericksburg, Virginia and was captured at the second Battle of Fussels' Mill (Deep Bottom). As a Prisoner of War, he was sent to Point Lookout P.O.W. Camp in Maryland. Isaac became sick while at Point Lookout from spoiled "food" and was exchanged shortly after only to die in a Richmond, Virginia hospital within two weeks of his release.

Benjamin was born in Walton County, Georgia in 1840. He was the youngest son of Martin and Dicy Dial Thomason. He enlisted in the 35th Regiment Georgia Volunteer Infantry, Company G on 21 September 1861. Company G was known as The Walton Sharpshooters. Private Benjamin F. Thomason was killed in action on 30 August 1862 at the Second Battle of Bull Run, Virginia (Manassas).

William was born in Walton County, Georgia. He was the son of Martin and Dicy Dial Thomason. He enlisted in the 25th Battalion, Company B, Georgia Provost Guard. He then transferred to 2nd Battalion, Company A Georgia Sharpshooters and finally to 5th Regiment Virginia Volunteer Infantry, Company A (Hardy Rifles).

Eli was born in Putnam County, GA. in 1826. He enlisted in the 22nd Alabama Infantry Company D at Randolph County, Alabama date unknown. Eli saw action at Shiloh and was wounded at Missionary Ridge in Tennessee.

He served with the 15th/37th Tennessee Infantry, Army of Tennessee. He started the as a Private and within a few months he was appointed Colonel. He was wounded at the Battle of Shiloh and at Missionary Ridge, he lost his left leg. At that time he was appointed Brigadier General and went to West Point, Georgia, where he was killed