Additional Soldiers
Additional Civilwar Soldiers In Arkansas Vol. 1&2

COMMENT

Abee, Henry Walton

Henry was a member of Company C of an Arkansas Cavalry. He died in 1907 and was buried in Lawrence County, Arkansas in the Smithville Cemetery.

Abernathy, James H

James Harvey was born in Jefferson County, Alabama on December 2, 1839. He was the son of Sterling G. and Elizabeth (Ware). He enlisted in 1861 in Company C of the 8th Confederate Cavalry. This was composed of Mississippi and Alabama troops. James was wounded slightly at the Battle of Murfreesboro. He was captured and taken to St. Louis and escaped. He then joined the regiment at Middleton, Tennessee. He married December 24, 1865 Sallie Wood of Mississippi. She was born in 1842 and died in 1923. James died in 1899 and was buried in Oakland Cemetery in Bradley County, Arkansas.

Abernathy, Joseph L.

Joseph Loudon was born at Morganton in Loudon County, Tennessee on March 3, 1835. He was the son of Rev. Berry and Myra (Cobb) of Lincoln County, North Carolina. He enlisted in Confederate service as a private in Capt. Cawood’s Company, 43rd Tennessee Regiment, which was commanded by Col. J. W. Gillespie and Lt. Col. D.M. Key. Joseph was transferred to the medical service and assigned to Loudon Post in charge of the sick and wounded where he remained until the spring of 1863. He resigned for the purpose of aiding Col. John A. Rowan in raising he 62nd Tennessee Regiment with a view of being a surgeon in the field. However, because of domestic afflictions, he was forced to decline and his place was filled by his brother. He retired to Rhea Springs where he studied for the bar. He married in 1858 Mary A. Johnston of Tennessee who died July 9, 1863. He came to Arkansas in 1871. He married in the fall of 1871 the widow of James S. Shaver of Sharp County, Arkansas.

Ables, John J.

He was born in 1844 in St. Francis County, Arkansas. He was the son of M.C. and Jane C. (Moore) who came to Arkansas in 1828. He married Mary A. Stutts in August of 1865. He will at the age of 17, he entered Confederate service in May of 1861 with company B, 5th Arkansas Regiment, Govan’s Brigade, Pat Cleburne’s Division, Hardee’s and Cheatham’s Corps of the Army of Tennessee which was commanded by Beauregard, Albert Sidney Johnston, J.B. Hood of Texas. He was at the battles of Chickamauga, Murfreesboro, Franklin, from Bowling Green, Kentucky to Bentonville, North Carolina, via Nashville, Chattanooga and Dalton down the railroad and state line to Atlanta, thence to Jonesboro via Augusta, Georgia, back to Bentonville. He fought the last battle under General Johnston (Bentonville) then fell back to Greensboro, North Carolina where he surrendered. He was wounded in the right hand and lost his little finger. He was absent from active duty for 3 months. He returned home in May of 1865 and married in August Miss Mary A. Stutts.

Adair, J. H.

He was born in Independence (Autauga County), Alabama on March 3, 1828. He was the son of Jams and Sarah (Dean) of Georgia. J.H. emigrated in 1854 to Texas, Smith County. He married Ellenore Pace on September 3, 1850. In 1862 he volunteered under Col. Dick Hubbard and served 4 months and was taken with measles and hired a substitute for $1,000 and went home. He volunteered for the state troops and was elected captain of the company. He was assigned duty at Camp Ford near Tyler To guard Federal prisoners of about 5,000 in number. After 6 months service there, the state and Confederate service were blended. He went to the coast and joined Col. Bate’s Regiment. He was elected 2nd Lt. of Company H of the 13rh Texas Infantry. He served till the surrender in May of 1865 at Marshall, Texas with an honorable discharge. His brothers served in the Confederate service also. Brother J.W. of the 10th Alabama who served under Robert E. Lee and was taken prisoner and sent to Elmira, New York for 12 months where he died one day after General Lee’s surrender at Appomattox, Virginia Brother A.D. served with Gen. Forrest’s staff in the last 2 years of the war. Brother Green B. was a member of the 10th Alabama and surrendered with General Lee. His brother W.D. of the 10th Alabama had his hand shot off in battle and was discharged just before the close of the war. J.H. Adair left Texas in the fall of 1871 and arrived in Boone County, Arkansas in December of 1871.

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