Company E was raised at Lynchburg in March 1861 and joined the Regiment in
Winchester the following month where they were sworn into service on 29 April 1861. The men
were from Lincoln County (became Moore County). They were nicknamed "The Lynchburg
Rangers". John H. TAYLOR, a prominent Southern gentleman of the old school, outfitted the
Company at his own expense. Officers at the organization were: Capt., Dr. Ezekiel Y. SALMON;
1st Ltn., Thomas H. MANN; 2nd Ltn., Charles W. LUCAS; 3rd Ltn., William F. TAYLOR; 1st
Sgt., William P. TOLLEY; 2nd Sgt., James P. EDDE; 3rd Sgt., Thomas H. PARKS; Fourth
Sergeant, Jasper N. TAYLOR; 1st Cpl.; Milton C. PARKS; 2nd Cpl. John H. SILVERTOOTH;
3rd Cpl., Alex W. WOMACK; 4th Cpl., Felix W. MOTLOW.
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ALLEN, Reuben Pvt. *Born Bedford County, 6', light complexion, black eyes, dark hair, farmer.
*Enr. 29 Apr 61 at Lynchburg, aged 45; absent on detached service, home with sick brothers,
during July & Aug 61; transferred to Company B on 1 Nov 61.*
ALLISON, Thomas J. Pvt. *He was b. 1828, d. 8 Apr 1908, aged 80, bur. Willow Mountain
Cem., Bedford County. Residence Lincoln County, light complexion, dark hair, gray eyes, 5'10
1/2". Enr. 29 Apr 61 at Lynchburg, age 21; captured at Gettysburg, PA, 1 July 63; signed oath
Apr 65.*
BAILEY, Alexander J. Also Co. I, ~ Pvt. *Dark complexion, dark hair, brown eyes, 6'2". Enr. 29
Apr 61 at Lynchburg in this Company, aged 19; wounded at Shepherdstown, MD, 20 Sep 62;
wounded in finger at Fredericksburg, VA; slightly wounded at Chancellorsville, VA, 2 May 63; 6
May 63 gunshot wound of left hand; transferred to Lynchburg, VA, on 7 May 63; deserted 12
Aug 63; returned to his company 15 Oct 63 having been in arrest previously for desertion;
transferred to Company I on 29 Feb 64; wounded 5 May 64; deserted 7 Dec 64; sent to City
Point, VA, 7 Dec 64; took the oath 8 Dec 64 at Headquarters, Army of the Potomac and sent to
Washington; transferred to Shawneetown, IL; also shows in Co B when wounded at
Shepherdstown.*
BAILEY, Owen J. Pvt./1st Ltn. *Enr. 29 Apr 61 at Lynchburg, aged 28; wounded at Gettysburg,
PA, 1 July 63 and taken prisoner at Greencastle on 5 July 63; appears on a roll of Prisoners of
War at Hospital, Chester, PA, 31 July 63; transferred to Sandusky, OH, 31 Aug 63; while still
absent was promoted to 1st Ltn.; on roll of Prisoners of War paroled at Point Lookout, MD, and
transferred to City Point, VA, 16 Mar 64; exchanged 17 Mar 64; promoted in lieu of Captain
Thomas H. MANN, killed in action 6 May 64; captured at Petersburg, VA, on 2 Apr 65; sent to
Old Capitol Prison, Washington, D.C. then sent to Johnson's Island, OH, 9 Apr 65; signed the
oath 18 June 65 at Johnson's Island, OH, aged 31, dark complexion, dark hair, dark eyes,
5'10".*
BANKS, William J. Pvt. *Enr. 27 Apr 62 at Yorktown, VA; detailed ambulance driver; sick at
hospital Nov & Dec 64; paroled as Pvt. in Garrett House Gen. Hospital No. 12, Greensboro,
N.C., 29 Apr 65.*
BEDFORD, Felix D. Pvt. *Enr. 29 Apr 61 at Lynchburg, aged 18; wounded battle of Richmond,
VA, 27 June 62; absent without leave Sep & Oct 64; dropped from the rolls and considered a
deserter for Nov & Dec 64; shows as wounded at Petersburg, VA, in 64 and died as a result of
the wound, not confirmed.*
BERRY, Benjamin H. Pvt. *Residence Lincoln Co, dark complexion, black hair, brown eyes,
5'10". Enr. 29 Apr 61 at Lynchburg, aged 19; wounded slightly in the arm at Second Manassas,
VA, 29 Aug 62; on a list of prisoners taken and paroled at Warrenton, VA, 29 Sep 62 as nurse
detailed, captured in PA 5 July 63, prisoner of war; sent to Fort Delaware, DE; exchanged 27 Feb
65; signed the oath at Chattanooga on 24 Apr 65; died in 1904 aged 63.*
BOBO, Burrell R. Pvt. *Enr. 29 Apr 61 at Lynchburg, aged 23; not stated or present until present
sick July & Aug 61; present Sep 61 until Dec 61; killed in action at Cedar Run, VA, 9 Aug 62.
*
BOBO, Kindred J. Pvt./1st Sgt.. *Enr. 29 Apr 61 at Lynchburg, aged 21; considered a deserter
since 23 Apr 64, furlough having expired; returned to duty 5 May 64 and present to 31 Aug 64;
appointed 1st Sgt. 1 Sep 64 and present to Dec 64; deserted to the enemy 2 Mar 65, sent in from
Provost Marshal, 2nd Corps to City Point, VA, then Washington, D.C., on 3 Mar 65; took the
oath and transportation furnished to Tullahoma. Applied for pension from Moore Co. 1891,
#3058. Died in 1914, aged 74, and buried at Friendship Methodist Church Cemetery in Moore
County.*
BRANDON, Josiah H. Pvt. *Residence Lincoln County, fair complexion, light hair, blue eyes,
5'11", farmer. Enlisted 27 Apr 61 at Lynchburg, aged 23; wounded with grape-shot in leg at
Fredericksburg, VA, 13 Dec 62; captured at Gettysburg, PA, 1 July 63; released 8 May 65 at Fort
Delaware when he signed the oath.*
BROWN, Elbert F. Pvt. *Enr. 29 Apr 61 at Lynchburg, VA, aged 25; discharged 1 Oct 61.
Witnessed a pension application for Thomas C. SPENCER of this Company in Jan 1901.*
BROWN, John W. Pvt. *Enr. 29 Apr 61 at Lynchburg, aged 24; discharged 1 Dec 61. Died in 63;
bur. New Hope Nazarine Church Cem., Bedford County.*
BROWN, Thomas E. Pvt. *Enr. 29 Apr 61 at Lynchburg, aged 22; wounded seriously with
grape-shot in back at Fredericksburg, VA, 13 Dec 62; furloughed home and is supposed to be
there then absent without leave wounded Jan & Feb 64; shows as killed during the war. Possibly
Thomas Brown, as member of the Forrest Escort Company who was killed near Winchester,
1864.*
CATES, John R. Pvt. *Enr. 29 Apr 61 at Lynchburg, aged 23; taken prisoner and paroled at
Warrenton, VA, 29 Sep 62; wounded and captured at Gettysburg, PA, 1 - 3 July 63; captured at
Green Castle, PA 5 July; sent to General Hospital, Chester, PA; died in prison 21 Sep 63 from
wound received at Gettysburg, stated as exhaustion following amputation at shoulder; buried at
Chester, PA, grave #208.*
CHAPMAN, Thomas A. Pvt. *Residence Lincoln County, fair complexion, dark hair, brown eyes,
5'5". Enr. 29 Apr 61 at Lynchburg, aged 24; detailed as teamster; in hospital sick; Richmond, VA,
on 7 Feb 65 with a gunshot wound left chest, presumed to have been received at Hatcher's Run,
VA, 5 Feb 65; returned to duty 10 Feb 65; took the oath at Chattanooga on 30 Mar 65.*
COBB, Marion Rice Pvt. *Born 14 Mar 1844 in Lynchburg, Franklin County, 5'6", dark
complexion, dark eyes, dark hair, farmer. Enr. 29 Apr 61 at Lynchburg, aged 18; saw action at
Seven Pines, Seven Days; discharged 4 Aug 62 being a non-conscript. He was discharged around
the battle of Fredericksburg in Dec 62 because he was too young. Enlisted in the Buckner Guards,
Co C, Independent Company, Tennessee, under Captain SAUNDERS. He applied for pension
from Obion Co. after 1891, #10372.* A descendant is: A HREF="mailto:vcgreene@att.net"
Virginia Greene840 Manresa Lane, Florissant, MO 63031. Virginia has sent the
following:
Civil War Experiences of Marion Rice Cobb, written when he was eighty-five or older. Virginia
says that when he wrote this, he would get so excited reliving the war that his daughter would
make him stop for a few days. The Cobbs lived at Cobb Hollow between Lynchburg and
Tullahoma.
"Born 14th of March 1844 in Lynchburg, Tenn. Lived at the same place until the war
started.
COLWELL, A.A., Cpl. ~
COWAN, William M. Pvt./Sgt. He was b. c1837, Franklin Co., TN, s/o James P. and Mary
COWAN. He m. Mary F. BLEDSOE.~ * Residence Lincoln County, ruddy complexion, dark
hair, grey eyes, 5'8". Enr. 29 Apr 61 at Lynchburg, aged 20; wounded at Gettysburg, PA, 1-3 July
6; captured at Petersburg, VA, 2 Apr 65 and received at Fort Delaware, DE, 4 Apr 65; took the
oath of allegiance May 65; released from Fort Delaware 7 May 65.*
CRAWFORD, Rufus H. Pvt./Sgt. *Residence Lincoln County, fair complexion, dark hair, hazel
eyes, 6'1". Enr. 29 Apr 61 at Lynchburg, aged 20 years; wounded in head at Chancellorsville, VA,
3 May 63; wounded at Gettysburg, PA, 3 July 63; detailed as litter bearer Apr 64; admitted 27
Jan
65 to Way Hospital, Meridian, MS, with wound; deserted 8 Mar 65 took oath at Nashville on 22
Apr 65.*
DANCE, Stephen S.E.H. *Enr. 29 Apr 61 at Lynchburg as Pvt., aged 25 years; detailed on
special duty with surgeon of regiment; appointed to Medical Staff.*
DANIEL, Wiley B. Pvt. *Born 1842 in Lincoln Co. Enr. 29 Apr 61 at Lynchburg, aged 18; taking
sick he was discharged 26 Oct 61; came home and enlisted in Captain James BRIGHT'S Company
(Co A, 23rd Inf Btn) at Mulberry. He saw action in the battle of Shiloh, stayed two months at
Vicksburg, MS, fought at Murfreesboro, Tullahoma, Chattanooga, Chickamauga, Dalton, GA,
Atlanta, GA, Franklin and Nashville. Discharged in Apr 65 in Georgia. He applied for pension
from Lincoln Co. after 1891, #16133. Replied to the veteran's questionnaires sent out by the
Tennessee State Library in the 1920's and died in 1931, aged 89. He was buried at Mulberry,
Lincoln Co.*
DEAN, Jasper, Pvt. Severe head wound at the Battle of Fredricksburg.~ [newspaper]
DEAN, Joshua. Pvt. *Enr. 29 Apr 61 at Lynchburg, aged 21; wounded in wrist at Fredericksburg,
VA, 13 Dec 62; discharged Mar & Apr 63, discharged for disability; shows in Company D as
wounded at Fredericksburg.*
DILLINGHAM, William P. Pvt. *Enr. 29 Apr 61 at Lynchburg, aged 21; discharged on 1 Aug 61
[or July 29] due to aralysis from fall while at Harper's Ferry; re-enlisted as recruit from 10 Nov 62
at McMinville for 17 months and 17 days; present Jan 63 until detailed as nurse; Richmond, VA
on 7 Apr 63 with gunshot wound of back; Mar 64 pronounced unfit for duty in the field; rejoined
his company 1 Apr 64.*
EATON, Anderson F. Pvt./1st Ltn. Born 1837. *Enr. 29 Apr 61 at Lynchburg, aged 23;
wounded severely in the thigh at Second Manassas, VA, 29 Aug 62; taken and paroled at
Warrenton, VA, 29 Sep 62; wounded at the Wilderness, VA, 5 May 64; promoted 6 May 64 to
1st Ltn. in lieu of O.J. BAILEY promoted, sick in hospital. Also shows as served with the Forrest
Escort Company. He died in 1911, aged 74, and was buried in the Lynchburg cemetery. He was
the brother of Thomas J. EATON, also of this Company.*
EATON, Thomas J. Pvt. *Born 7 June 1840. Enr. 29 Apr 61 at Lynchburg, aged 21. He had one
brother, Anderson F., in this Company. A third brother, John, was Lieutenant in the Forrest
Escort Company (Captain J.C. JACKSON'S Cavalry Company) where he transferred. He
surrendered with the Escort Company at Cintronelle, AL, 4 May 65, and was paroled at
Gainesville, AL, 9 May 65. He died 19 Dec 1892, aged 52.*
EDDE, James A. 2nd Sgt./Pvt. *Enr. 29 Apr 61 at Lynchburg, aged 22 years; mortally wounded
at Chancellorsville, VA, 3 May 63 and died on 4 May 63.*
EDENS, Anderson Pvt. *Born in Lincoln County, 24 Dec 1816, 5'9", fair complexion, blue eyes,
gray hair, farmer. Enr. 29 Apr 61 at Lynchburg, aged 45; teamster on detached service until Dec
61; discharged 4 Aug 62 by reason of his age; died 1 June 1887, aged 71 and buried at Marble
Plains, Franklin Co.*
EDENS, Franklin M. Pvt. *Resided in Lincoln County, dark complexion, dark hair, blue eyes, 6'.
Enr. 10 Nov 62 at Lynchburg by Peter Turney for a period of 17 months and 17 days; dropped
from the roll 8 Feb 64 by order of Major BUCHANAN and considered deserter; took the oath 9
Sep 64 at Nashville. Applied for pension from Moore Co. after 1891.*
EDENS, Samuel W. Pvt. *Enr. 29 Apr 61 at Lynchburg, aged 22; wounded at Seven Pines, VA,
31 May 62; furloughed 15 July 62 for 30 days; still absent until Oct 63.. Had enlisted in the
Forrest Escort Company where he surrendered at Citronelle, AL 4 May 65 and was paroled at
Gainesville, AL, 9 May 65.
ENOCHS, Maze A.L. Pvt. *Born 19 Dec 1843 in Lincoln Co. (now Moore Co.). Enr. 10 Oct 61
at Lynchburg for 7 months; wounded at Seven Pines, VA, 31 May 62, minie ball in right leg;
furloughed 21 July 62 for 30 days; captured at Gettysburg, PA, 1 July 63; in the hospital at
Gettysburg with gunshot to face and thigh (a minie ball entered his temple and lodged in the back
of his neck and while lying on the battlefield he was wounded twice again) transferred to Provost
Marshal, New York, 21 July 63; appears on list of sick and wounded prisoners of war received at
DeCamp General Hospital, Davids Island, New York Harbor, July 63; on parole and after being
exchanged he made his way through the lines to his home. After his recovery he made his way on
horseback through the lines and joined Forrest's Escort Company (Captain John C. Jackson's
Cavalry Company) where members of the 1st Tennessee were also serving; he surrendered with
the Escort Company at Citronelle, Ala., 4 May 65 and was paroled at Gainesville, AL, 9 May 65.
Returning home he became a physician and praciced in Flat Creek, Bedford Co. He applied for
pension from Bedford Co. after 1891, #14507. He died at his home in Bedford Co. on 17 Mar
1918; bur. on Rosebanks Cemetery in Suffolk Co.*
EWING, E.M. Pvt.; *captured 12 Sep 62 at Frederick, MD; delivered at Aiken's Landing, VA, 6
Oct 62.*
FELPS, Claiborne W. Pvt. *Born 3 Mar 1838 in Lincoln Co., 6'2", brown hair, blue eyes, fair
complexion. Enr. 29 Apr 61 at Lynchburg aged 23; captured 27 June 62 at Harrisons Landing,
VA, during Seven Days Campaign, placed on board steamer "Coatzacoalcos"; forwarded to Fort
Columbus, New York Harbor, 3 July 62; sent to Fort Delaware, DE, 9 July 62; exchanged at
Aikens Landing, VA, 5 Aug 62; captured at Gettysburg, PA, 1 July 63; paroled at Salisbury, NC,
2 May 65; reached home 18 May 65; applied for pension from Lynchburg, Moore Co. 14 Nov
1899, #2304, married. The disability was due to contracting liver and kidney disease. He was a
member of the Woody B. Taylor Bivouac #15, United Confederate Veterans at
Lynchburg.*
FELPS, John C. Pvt. *Enr. 29 Apr 61 at Lynchburg aged 19; sick; died 22 Sep 63 at VA
Hospital.*
GRAY, John S. Pvt. Single. *Enr. 30 Sept 61 at Winchester; present to Nov & Dec 61; died at
Richmond, VA of typhoid fever on or about 2 July 62.*
GREEN, Stanton J. Pvt. *Enlisted 16 Dec 61 at Camp Fisher, VA; no further record. Presumed
not to have re-enlisted at the re-organization. Shows as killed in service so may have been the S.J.
Green in Forrest's Escort Company (Captain John C. Jackson's Cavalry) who was killed near
Tuscaloosa, AL, Apr 65.*
GREEN, William T.K. Pvt. Born 1840. *Enr. 29 Apr 61 at Lynchburg, aged 20; absent sick at
Richmond July & Aug 61. After service with this Company he joined Forrest's Escort Company
(Captain John C. Jackson's Company) as a Pvt. and was promoted to Lieutenant. He was killed in
Moore Co. in 1864. *
GUNTER, Joseph T. Pvt. *Enr. 29 Apr 61 at Lynchburg, aged 24; admitted 8 Apr 62 to
Gen. Hosp. 18 at Richmond, VA, with typhoid fever; returned to duty 15 Apr 62; killed in action
at Seven Pines, VA, 31 May 62.*
HAWKINS, Martin V.B. Pvt./Sergeant. Farmer. *Enr. 29 Apr 61 at Lynchburg, aged 21;
wounded at Gettysburg, PA, 3 July 63; wounded 10 May 64 at Spotsylvania C.H., admitted 9
May 64 Chimborazo Hosp No. 2, Richmond, VA with shoulder injury to upper right arm, arm
amputated near shoulder joint; transferred to Chimborazo Hosp No 4 on 30 May 64; wounded on
8 June; retired from service 12 Aug 64; admitted to Receiving Hosp. Richmond, on 13 Jan 65; no
further record.*
HINKLE, John D. Pvt. *Enr. 29 Apr 61 at Lynchburg, aged 18; present sick July & Aug 61;
shows as died in service.*
HOBBS, Joseph S. Pvt./Sergeant. *Enr. 29 Apr 61 at Lynchburg, aged 22; wounded at Cedar
Run, VA, 9 Aug 62; Charlottesville, VA hosp. on 11 Aug 62, leg amputated; furloughed 10 Oct
62; absent Sept & Oct 62, wounded at hospital; permanently disabled.*
HOSKINS, Henry Clay Pvt. *Residence Lynchburg. Enr. 29 Apr 61 at Lynchburg, aged 18;
present sick July & Aug 61; admitted to General Hosp No 18, Richmond, VA, 8 Apr 62 with
typhoid fever; returned to duty 15 Apr 62; killed in action at Gaines Mill, VA, 27 June 62.*
HUBBARD, Joseph. Pvt. *Enr. 29 Apr 61 at Lynchburg, aged 18; sick to Nov & Dec 61;
arrested for desertion; absent without leave Nov & Dec 62 and May & June 63; deserted about 17
June 63.*
HUTCHINSON, William H. Pvt./Cpl. *Born 1840 in Davidson County, shoemaker. Enr. 29
Apr 61 at Lynchburg, aged 22; wounded at Gaines Mill, VA, 27 June 62, shot through left lung;
wounded slightly in the thigh during the siege at Harper's Ferry, VA, under arrest for losing his
gun; wounded at Gettysburg, PA, 3 July 63; wounded at Hatcher's Run, VA, ball entering near
opening of ear, broke jaw bone; admitted 7 Feb 65 to Chimborazo Hosp No 4, Richmond, with
gun-shot wound of face; went from Richmond to Cave Springs, GA untill the surrender; did not
take the oath or paroled. Applied for pension from Richmond, Bedford Co. 14 Mar 1901,
#3216.*
JENKINS, James C. Pvt. *Enr. 29 Apr 61 at Lynchburg, aged 21; sick all through war; died 3
Mar 65 from chronic diarrhoea.*
JOHNSON, James. Pvt. Residence, Rockingham, VA, aged 23, 5'9", dark com plexion, blue eyes,
brown hair, farmer. Presumed conscript. Took the oath 24 Oct 63 and sent north via New Creek,
West VA.*
JONES, George W. Pvt. Born in Lincoln Co., 5'11", fair complexion, blue eyes, light hair, farmer.
*Enr. 29 Apr 61 at Lynchburg, aged 21 [shows as 17 on discharge]; discharged as a
non-conscript 4 Aug 62.*
JONES, Wade M. Pvt. *Enr. 29 Apr 61 at Lynchburg, aged 22; killed in action at Gaines Mill,
VA, 27 June 62.*
JONES, William C. Pvt. Born 1842. *Enr. 29 Apr 61 at Lynchburg, aged 31; presumed
discharged as over-aged. Died 1908, aged 66, buried at Rose Hill Cemetery, Fayetteville, Lincoln
Co.*
KIRKLAND, James A. Pvt. *Enr. 29 Apr 61 at Lynchburg, aged 22; detailed as teamster;
deserted 1 Mar 64.*
KIRKLAND, William C. Pvt. Born Lincoln Co., 5'8", fair complexion, blue eyes, light hair,
farmer. *Enr. 29 Apr 61 at Lynchburg, aged 24 [aged 36 on discharge certificate]; discharged 4
Aug 62 by reason of being a non-conscript. *
LUCAS, Charles West. 2nd Ltn. *Enr. 29 Apr 61 at Lynchburg, aged 22; resignation took effect
8 Aug 61 and succeeded by A.H. PARKS. Also shows as resigned 13 Aug 61 which was the date
he received his final payment. He became one of the first members of Forrest's Escort Company,
was nicknamed "West" and also had a brother, James J. served with this Company.*
LUCAS, James J. Pvt. Born 5 June 1845. *Enr. 29 Apr 61 at Lynchburg, aged 18; wounded at
Richmond, 29 June 62; on parole having been captured in Tenn, 9 Aug 63 [presumably as a
member of the Forrest Escort Company]; present 30 Apr 64 to Nov & Dec 64; killed in action at
Hatcher's Run, VA, 5 Feb 65.*
MANN, Thomas H. 1st Ltn./Captain. *Enr. 29 Apr 61 at Lynchburg as 1st Ltn.; admitted 29 July
61 to CSA Genl Hosp, Charlottesville, VA; wounded severely in the leg at Second Manassas,
VA, 27 Aug 62; promoted to Captain 31 Oct 63 to date from 10 June 63, succeeding William P.
TOLLEY; sick March & Apr 64; killed at the Wilderness, VA, 6 May 64; succeeded as Captain
by O.J. BAILEY.*
McCULLOUGH, John R. Pvt. *Born Lincoln Co., 5'10", dark complexion, dark eyes, dark hair,
farmer. Enr. 29 Apr 61 at Lynchburg, aged 18 [17 on discharge]; did not re-enlist at the
re-organization and discharged 4 Aug 62; recruited 10 Nov 62 from Lynchburg; detailed to wait
on wounded; killed in action 3 June 64 at Petersburg, VA.*
METCALF, James P. Pvt./Corporal. *Enr. 29 Apr 61 at Lynchburg, aged 20; promoted 27 Apr
62 to Corporal; killed in action at Seven Pines, VA, 31 May 62.*
MILES, Joseph Pvt. *Enr. 29 Apr 61 at Lynchburg, aged 28; dismissed from the service by order
15 Dec 61.
MILES, William A. Pvt. *Enr. 29 Apr 61 at Lynchburg, aged 20; present to Nov & Dec
61.*
MITCHELL, James Pvt. Captured 1 July 63 at Gettysburg, PA, sent 6 July 63 to Fort Delaware,
DE, exchanged 30 Sept 64.*
MORRIS, William T. Pvt./Cpl. *Enr. 29 Apr 61 at Lynchburg, age 22; mortally wounded in chest
at Second Manassas, VA, 29 Aug 62 died Richmond, bur. at Groveton Cem., Manassas.*
MOTLOW, D. Pvt. Appears on muster roll for extra duty as forage master Dec 63; Jan 64 and
Feb 64.*
MOTLOW, Felix "Stump" Pvt. Born 1838 in Lincoln Co., residence Lincoln Co., light
complexion, dark hair, hazel eyes, 6'. *Enr. 29 Apr 61 at Lynchburg, aged 23; captured at
Gettysburg, PA, 1 July 63; sent from Fort McHenry, MD, to Fort Delaware, DE, July 63; paroled
and forwarded to City Point, VA, for exchange, 27 Feb 65; signed the oath 2 Apr 65 [presumed
to have been captured again]. He married Finetta Josephine DANIEL, sister of Wiley E. DANIEL
(also a member of Company E) and Jack DANIEL. The oldest of their ten children, Lem, replaced
Jack DANIEL as chief manager and eventually owner of the Jack Daniel Distillery in Lynchburg.
Felix applied for a veteran's pension from the state after 1891, #8176, and was living in Moore
County at the time of application. (Moore County having been made out of a part of the existing
counties). He died in 1917, aged 79 years.*
MOTLOW, Felix Grundy Pvt. Born 1836. *Enr. 29 Apr 61 at Lynchburg, aged 24; absent
furloughed 16 July 62 for 30 days; absent without leave after that and considered deserted. He
returned home where he joined Forrest's Escort Company and was killed while on patrol duty in
Dec 62 at Trenton, TN, where he was buried.*
MOTLOW, Zadock Pvt. *Residence, Lincoln Co., fair complexion, brown eyes, grey hair, 5'8".
Enr. 29 Apr 61 at Lynchburg, aged 29; appointed wagon master; paroled at Huntsville, VA, 12
May 65; took the oath 13 May 65 at Nashville.*
MULLINS, J.T., Pvt. [T]~
MULLINS, Jacob Pvt. *Enr. 29 Apr 61 at Lynchburg, aged 21; discharged 8 Nov 61 for
disability from syphilis.*
MULLINS, John Richardson Pvt. *Born Lincoln Co., 11 Oct 1833, 5'6", fair complexion, blue
eyes, dark hair, farmer. *Enr. 29 Apr 61 at Lynchburg, aged 18; discharged on 28 Feb 62 due to
pulmonary disease induced by exposure. He was born in Meggs County, East Tennessee. His first
battle was at Winchester, VA "I went to Getersburg [sic] as well as I remember. Only staid in
camp. Wasant ingaged in any more. We built huts out of pine poles and covered them with tops
and sand. Slept on straw. We had beef rice sugar crackers light bread had no underwear no over
coat and wore a Kentucky brown suit. I was in the hospital and had a pretty tough time. I was
discharged 1862 in May." He applied for pension from Lincoln Co. after 1891, #4761. Also in
Company D.*
NORTON, Benton A. William L. Pvt. *Born 27 Nov 1839 in Bedford County. Enr. 30 Sept 61 at
Winchester, wounded in the leg at Second Manassas, VA, 29 Aug 62; absent wounded on
furlough Sept & Oct 62 to Jan & Feb 63; wounded at Gettysburg, PA, 3 July 63; captured at
Greencastle, PA, 5 July 63; exchanged and paroled at City Point, VA, 17 Aug 63; detailed
ambulance driver; paroled at Salisbury, NC. Applied for pension from Coffee Co. after 1891,
#4970.*
PARKS, Albert Henderson Pvt./2nd Ltn. Born 11 Oct 1836 in Franklin Co. (now Moore
County). He m. Mary Elizabeth KELLER. He was a s/o Martin Livingston PARKS and Susannah
Bird SMITH.~ *Enr. 29 Apr 61 at Lynchburg, aged 24; detailed as Second Assistant Surgeon, 20
May 61; promoted to 2nd Ltn.13 Aug 61 replacing Charles W. LUCAS; furloughed home 28 Oct
61; term expired 27 Apr 62 and replaced by A.F. EATON. He was wounded during service. He
continued to practice medicine in civilian life. He died 6 March 1900, aged 63, and was buried in
the Lynchburg cemetery.*
PARKS, Marcus L. Pvt. *Enr. 29 Apr 61 at Lynchburg, aged 18; present until discharged 25 Nov
61 at Camp Fisher near Dumfies, VA, disability, deafness and phithisis.*
PARKS, Martin Livingston, Jr. Pvt. *Enr. 29 Apr 61 at Lynchburg, aged 18. Enlisted in the
Forrest Escort Company as 1st Sgt. and went through the war without being wounded.*
PARKS, Martin Livingston, Sr. Pvt. Born 17 May 1831, Lincoln Co., TN, d. 5 Mar. 1917. He m.
Elizabeth Ann EDENS. He was s/o of Martin Livingston PARKS and Susannah Bird SMITH.~.
*Enr. 29 Apr 61 at Lynchburg, aged 30. presumed older than age shown so did not serve.*
PARKS, Milton C. Cpl./Pvt. *Born 1849. Residence, Lincoln Co., light complexion, light hair,
dark eyes, 5'10". Enr. 29 Apr 61 at Lynchburg, aged 18 as 1st Cpl.; captured at Gettysburg, PA,
took oath 2 Apr 65. Died 1938 and bur. Old City Cem.*
PARKS, Thomas H. Sgt./Pvt. Born 19 Oct 1840. Residence, Lincoln Co., dark complexion,
brown hair, dark eyes, 5'9". Enr. 29 Apr. 61 at Lynchburg.*
PARKS, William Allen, Sgt. He was b. c1821, Fayetteville, Lincoln Co., TN, d. 13 Jan. 1879,
Shawneetown, IL. He m. Rebecca ROLEMAN. He was a son of Thomas Lodge Dennis PARKS
and Elizabeth L. SMITH.~ * Residence Lynchburg. *Enr. 29 Apr 61 at Lynchburg, aged 40;
admitted to Genl Hosp No. 18, Richmond, VA, on 8 Apr 62 with typhoid fever; presumed to
have
been discharged as a non-conscript, over-age.*
PHELPS, John C. See FELPS.
PIERCE, William. Pvt. *Enr. 29 Apr 61 at Lynchburg, aged 25; present to Nov & Dec 61.*
RIVES, James Dandridge. Pvt. *Light complexion, light hair, blue eyes, 5'5". Born Lincoln
County 14 March 1844, attended college at Lynchburg, VA. At the outbreak of the Civil War
most of his classmates withdrew to join the army; he travelled back to Tennessee making speeches
as he went, trying to get men to join the Confederacy. Enr. 29 Apr 61 at Lynchburg, aged 18;
deserted 12 Aug 63; sentenced to two years hard labor on fortifications by Court Martial for
desertion; sentence remitted by Special Order. After the war he became a Baptist minister and
taught school.* Also shows as James P.
ROBERTSON, David T. Pvt./Cpl. *Enr. 29 Apr 61 at Lynchburg, aged 23; wounded in leg at
Sharpsburg, MD, 17 Sep 62; wounded at Gettysburg, PA, 1 July 63; captured at Greencastle, 5
July 63; exchanged at Point Lookout, MD, 3 Mar 64; paroled at Appomattox Court House, 9 Apr
65.*
ROBINSON, James W. Pvt. *Enr. 29 Apr 61 at Lynchburg, aged 21; detailed as teamster;
received 11 Mar 65 as deserter by the Provost Marshal General, Army of the Potomac.*
ROUGHTON, James M. Pvt. Commonly spelled RHOTON.~ *Enr. 29 Apr 61 at Lynchburg,
aged 37; mustered-in at Lynchburg, VA, 8 May 61.*
SALMON, Ezekiel Y. Captain. He was b. 26 June 1830, S.C., d. 7 July 1913, Lynchburg, TN. He
m. Harriett C. TAYLOR, d/o John H. TAYLOR. He was a doctor practicing in Lynchburg, TN.
He became Chancery Court Clerk in 1872. He moved to Nashville in 1882 and practiced
vetinarian medicine there.~ *Enr. 29 Apr 61 at Lynchburg, aged 31. His term expired 27 Apr.
62.*
SCIVALLY, William F. Pvt. *Born Lincoln Co., 5'9", dark complexion, black eyes, dark hair,
farmer. *Enr. 29 Apr 61 at Lynchburg, aged 20; discharged 5 Sept 61 with disability.*
SHAW, Benjamin W. Pvt. *Born Lincoln Co., 5'10", fair complexion, blue eyes, light hair,
farmer. Enr. 29 Apr 61 at Lynchburg, aged 30; discharged 8 Feb 62 at Camp Fisher, VA with
rheumatism. Shows in killed in service.*
SHAW, Joseph N. Pvt. *Enr. 29 Apr 61 at Lynchburg, aged 18; discharged 20 June 61 at
Winchester.*
SHAW, William N. Pvt. *Enr. 29 Apr 61 at Lynchburg, aged 22.*
SILVERTOOTH, John H. Cpl./Pvt.*Enr. 29 Apr 61 at Lynchburg, aged 18 as 2nd Cpl.;
May & June 63 sick at hospital; killed in action at Petersburg, VA, 10 June 64.*
SPENCER, Thomas C. Pvt./Sgt. *Born 1 Apr 1840 in Lincoln County. Enr. 29 Apr 61 at
Lynchburg, aged 21; wounded at Seven Pines, VA, 31 May 62 in right thigh; wounded in
abdomen and captured at Gettysburg, PA, 1 July 63; paroled and forwarded to City Point, VA,
for exchange, 27 Feb 65. Applied for pension from Mansford, Franklin Co., 18 Jan 1901, #3149.
Died on 14 Dec 1927, aged 67, bur. Marble Plains, Franklin County.*
STEWART, Sanford H. Pvt. *Enr. 10 Oct 61 at Lynchburg, present to Nov & Dec 61.*
STOCKSTILL, James W. Pvt. *Enr. 29 Apr 61 at Lynchburg, aged 21; wounded at Sharpsburg,
MD, 17 Sep 62; died 18 Sep 62 of wounds received at Manassas.*
STRAWN, John H./R. Pvt. *Born 5 July 1840 in Lincoln Co., 6', dark complexion, dark eyes,
dark hair, farmer, aged 26 in Feb 65. Enr. 29 Apr 61 at Lynchburg, VA; wounded at Sharpsburg,
MD, Sept & Oct 62, under arrest for losing his gun; wounded in arm at Gettysburg, PA, 3 July
63; captured 5 May 64 at the Wilderness; signed oath at Chattanooga, 30 Mar 65. Applied for
pension from Ridgeville, Moore Co., 2 Nov 1899, #2288, not married.*
STRAWN, William N. Pvt. *Enr. 29 Apr 61 at Lynchburg, aged 22; died 30 Aug 61 of typhoid
fever, at Gainesville, VA.*
TAYLOR, Jasper Newton Sgt. *Born 8 March 1838 at Lynchburg. Enr. 29 Apr 61 at
Lynchburg, aged 22; discharged on account of chronic sore eyes, 29 July 61. He re-enlisted in
Forrest's Escort Company to end of war. He was in battles of Murfreesboro, Chickamauga,
Brice's Crossroads and Harrisburg, the raid to Memphis, the battle of Johnsonville, Spring Hill,
Franklin and Murfreesboro (Hood's campaign) operating against Wilson's Raid in 1865 until the
fall of Selma, AL, when he was made the last Confederate prisoner in the record of the Forrest
Escort. He surrendered as Pvt. at Citronelle, AL, 4 May 1865 and paroled at Gainesville, AL.
After the war he graduated in medicine at the University of Tennessee in 1872 and practiced in
Lynchburg. He was the first post master appointed by President Cleveland for four years.*
TAYLOR, William Ford 2nd Ltn. He was b. 23 July 1827, d. by 1907, Moore Co., TN. He m.
Alnuda Eveline EATON. He was s/o John H. TAYLOR and Elizabeth FORD.~ *Enr. 29 Apr 61
at Lynchburg, aged 33; term expired 27 Apr 62 and succeeded by A.F. EATON. He was
wounded in the back at Fredericksburg, VA, 13 Dec 62. He returned home and enrolled in
Forrest's Escort Company; surrendering at Citronelle, AL, 4 May 65 and paroled at Gainesville,
A.*
TAYLOR, Woody Burch Pvt. He was b. 15 Mar. 1829, Lincoln Co., TN, d. 7 June 1889. He m.
Susan T. KELLER. He was a s/o John H. TAYLOR and Elizabeth FORD.~ *Enr. 29 Apr 61 at
Lynchburg, aged 29; he served as commissioned officer before then being made standard-bearer;
wounded at Fredericksburg, VA, 13 Dec 62, grape shot contusion rear right lung extending round
breast; admit ted 10 Aug 63 to Chimborazo Hosp No 5, Richmond, with gonorrhea; absent
wounded or sick at hospital until present Sept & Oct 63; admitted 5 Oct 64 to Chimborazo Hosp
No 4, Richmond, amputation of right arm; passport issued to Gadsden, Cherokee Co., AL; retired
8 Dec 64; admitted 10 Jan 65 to Way Hosp, Meridian, Miss.; admitted 11 Mar 65 to Hosp,
Richmond; transferred to Chimborazo 12 Mar 65.*
THERMAN/THURMAN, Franklin A. Pvt. *Enr. 29 Apr 61 at Lynchburg, aged 26; furloughed
25 Nov 61.
TOLLEY, William Polk Sgt. Maj./Capt. He was b. 1839; m. (1) Fredonia WHITAKER and (2)
Jennie ALEXANDER. He was s/o William TOLLEY and Mary M. DUSENBERRY. *Enr. 29
Apr 61, Lynchburg; transferred to F&S; returned to ranks 5 Dec 61; present in Co E to Dec 61;
promoted to Captain 27 Apr 62 replacing Ezekiel SALMON; shot in the arm at Seven Pines, VA,
31 May 62; wounded at Gaines' Mill, VA with severe wounds in the arm and thigh; he resigned
his office 11 June 63; replaced as Captain of the Company by Thomas H. MANN. He returned to
the service and joined the cavalry. He applied for pension from Franklin Co. after 1891, #10349.
He died in 1903 aged 64, bur. Mulberry Cem., Moore Co.*
TUCKER, Samuel L. Pvt. *Born Lincoln Co., 5'8", dark complexion, black eyes, dark hair,
farmer. Enr. 29 Apr 61 at Lynchburg, aged about 20; discharged 25 Feb 62 with
pneumonia.*
WADE, Cicero M. Pvt. *Enr. 29 Apr 61 at Lynchburg, aged 24; killed at Seven Pines, VA,
31 May 62.*
WAGGONER, Wilson H. Pvt. *Enr. 29 Apr 61 at Lynchburg, aged 18; discharged 26 Oct 61.
Shows died in service.*
WILLIAMS, Cornelius D. Pvt. *Enr. 29 Apr 61 at Lynchburg, aged 24; detailed musician;
furloughed 18 Sept 63 for disability; dropped from the rolls 8 Feb 64.*
WOMACK, Alexander W. Cpl./Pvt. *Enr. 29 Apr 61 at Lynchburg, aged 28; wounded at
Gettysburg, PA, 3 July 63; transferred 30 Jan 65 to Chimborazo Hosp No 1, Richmond;
furloughed for 30 days from 6 Feb 65.*
WOMACK, Charles W. Pvt. *Enr. 29 Apr 61 at Lynchburg, aged 24; discharged 24 or 25 May
61 at Richmond, VA.*
This page last updated 20 July 2004.
The war started because two Yankees in New York started to Africa to get negroes to sell as
slaves. They landed in Africa on the 13th of May 1617 and opened a show on the boat and when
the boat was full of negroes they cut loose and left the shore and carried the entire load of negroes
back to New York. The negroes couldn't stay in the north on account of the cold so they decided
to run them into the south and sell them to the cotton planters. The negroes stayed in the south
two hundred and nine years and at the beginning of the war they had multiplied til at the beginning
of the war there were millions of them and after Abe Lincoln issued a proclamation to free all
these captive negroes and not pay a cent for them, then there were thirteen states withdrew from
the United States and raised a war. They did that in order to try to save their negroes.
In 1861, the 21st day of April I enlisted. Tennessee had not at that time withdrawn from the union
and I had to go to Virginia to fight. I enlisted in Tennessee in a volunteer regiment under Colonel
P. TURNEY, Company E. This regiment was called the First Tennessee but it was in reality the
first Confederate. We went to Richmond and camped there a while and practiced shooting and
drilling, then the fight started. The Yankees sent some men across the Potomac River into
Virginia. They formed a line of battle near Winchester Virginia and we were ordered there to
attack them and we whipped them out and drove them back across the river, killing artillery
horses, men and destroying equipment as they crossed.
Then we were ordered to Camp Fisher on the Potomac in east Virginia to guard the river against
the Union gunboats coming up to Richmond. We had a battle at Richmond and we were ordered
back to Richmond. The Yankees attacked us at Gaines Mill and we ran them back six miles to
Malvin Hill and they formed three lines of battle there and they were in the woods and we had to
attack them again and Stonewall Jackson sent a dispatch to General Archer, Brigadier general, to
attack them at one o'clock sharp and that he would be in the rear. We were in the open field
attacking them against one hundred and sixty thousand. Our force was only thirty thousand.
Jackson attacked them in the rear while we were in the front. In seventy-five yards of them we
had orders to start firing and keep at the double quick. The Yankees didn't run until we were
right on top of their brestworks and ready to use bayonets. I was just ready to stick my bayonet in
a Lieutenant when he turned to run and I shot him. As they ran we killed them by the thousands,
thirty thousand in that one day, killed and wounded. We fought them for five days more,
scirmishing, until they got back to their gun boats, then we were ordered back to
Fredricksburg.
After Fredricksburg we were ordered to Yorktown and from there to the battle of seven pines at
Seven Pines, Virginia. From Seven Pines to Cedar Run, and then to Petersburg, from Petersburg
back to Fredricksburg.
I was discharged at this time because I had enlisted too young, after serving 16 months. The
enlistment to have been only 12. From Fredricksburg I went back home, Lynchburg. At
Chattanooga there was a merchant who had been conscripted who offered me two thousand
dollars in gold to take his place, but I told him that if I went any more I would go for Cobb and
not some other fellow.
I went home and stayed three months. They run the conscription in Lynchburg, but I wouldn't go
up to Tullahoma to enlist, as I did not want to be conscripted. Enlisted with Buckner's Guards, in
Capt. Sanders company C. In this company I was detailed a courier to the Generals in Braggs
army. Generals Buckner, Hardee, Cheatham, Claiborn, Polk, Woods, Joseph E. Johnson, Sidney
Johnson, and Bushrod Johnson. First and last I carried all them Generals orders from
Bragg.
General Bragg ordered General Claiborne to take Franklin, Tenn. He says, "General, have you
got anything else to tell me?" He charged right down the big road til he got to the fortifications. I
was with the general, and he was killed on the brestworks at Franklin, and I was there with him
when he was killed. There was seven generals killed at this battle; five Confederates and two
Yankees. It was a bloody battle. They put up iron posts there and engraved all these generals
names on them. Then we had to retreat away from Franklin back to Hoover's Grove scirmishing
all the way, then we had to retreat from there back to Chattanooga and very nearly lost our entire
command. When we crossed the Tennessee River at Chattanooga they were near enough to us to
shell the town. Then we went from there to Tanner's Station and camped there until the
Chicamaga battle.
I left there and went down to Chattanooga to General McKister's office and he detailed me as a
spy to go inside the Yankee lines anywhere I pleased.
The Yankees had Tennessee then and I went down to Gunter's Landing, Ala. and gave a fellow
by the name of Payne fifty dollars to ferry me and Bill Davis, my partner across the river. It was
nite when we crossed so we went into a corn field and fed our horses and laid down to spend the
nite. There was a regiment of Union cavalry went by on the other side of the river just after we
crossed. We were posted as to where to go the next morning to get feed for our horses and
selves. The man's name was Woodall and he lived about three miles from the river at Paint Rock,
Ala. He carried us twenty miles to another man on Keel's Mountain, and then he carried us from
there to Trenton, Ga. We knew where we were there and we turned all our guides loose and
rambled anywhere we pleased. After that we went back across the river to Chattanooga and
reported all we had see and learned.
On the way to Chattanooga I stopped at home and my nephew, Asbury Cobb, who was sick at the
time told me that when I came back to bring an extra horse that he wanted to rejoin his command.
When I went back to get Asbury to carry him back, the Yankees were hiding nearby and saw me.
They captured both of us in the house. Captain Rickman was in command of the force that
captured us. He was trying to catch my brother. He thought I was him when I went in. He tried to
make me tell where he was. I told him I wouldn't do it. He says, "Well if you don't we are going
to hang you." I told him, "You can just hang, I'll never tell you." They carried me down to a mill
shed and tied a rope over a joist and tied the other end around my neck. They drew me nearly up
to the joist and let me hang there and let me down. Captain Rickman says, "I'll give you another
chance and if you'll tell we won't hang you." I still wouldn't tell so they drew me up again and
then let me down. I still wouldn't tell. They started up with me for the third time. He says, "Damn
you, you're gone this time." I said, "Let 'er go, you'll hang a good one when you do it." I didn't
fear it a bit more than nothing. They got me about half way to the joist, when there was a boy in
his company who I had gone to school with, slept with, and eaten with, whose name was Shade
Cleak said, "General that's a regular soldier you are about hanging." They let me down and he
asked the boy, "Are you sure of that?' He said, "He went out of here in '61 and I haven't seen
him since. I know he is a regular soldier." I was captured on Wednesday and on Sunday before
two Yankees soldiers went out to my father's and ordered dinner for themselves and horse food
and cavorted around. I had heard that they were there and I said to my pardner, "Bill let's way lay
the road and capure them." He said allright. So we did. They were mounted and when they came
charging down the road we stepped out and ordered them to halt, dismount and give up their
arms. And they did it without any argument. Then we put them on one horse and carried them
down in the woods, over to where my brother was hiding. He told us to take them off somewhere
and kill them. We took them out and killed them. We left them in a sink hole, they were never
heard from again. The Yankees had every man in that neighborhood summoned to Tullahoma to
see if they had seen them after they left Pa's and he said that he saw them heading toward camp
after they left the house.
Captain Rickman took me and Asbury to Tullahoma and put us in a box car to send us to
Nashville. There were two Yankees standing by the car and we asked our guards where they were
going with us. They answered that they were taking us to Nashville to the penitentery, but that we
would never get there. I said to the guard, "The hell we won't." I whispered to Asbury to watch
me and when I grabbed one of them for him to grab the other one and we would pitch them out.
We were going to do this on the road out from town, but they didn't give us a chance to do it.
There was a passenger car with thirty prisoners from Georgia. They took us out of the box car
and put us in that with the rest of them. There was an officer came up to the car and called for
them to send one of us out, and I told Asbury to go, but when he went out the officer said that he
was not the one that he wanted and for me to come out. I went out of the car and stepped down
on the car step and he reached over and pulled up my trouser leg to look at my boots, thinking
that I might have on the boots of one of the Yankees that had disappeared. I wasn't fool enough
to kill a man and then put on his boots. We didn't even rob the men or take a thing that they had.
It was too easy to get caught with anything like that. When he saw that I didn't have on the boots
I said to him, "Is that all you want?" He said yes and I went back in the car.
They carried us to Nashville from there and kept us in the penitentery there for three weeks. From
there we went to Louisville, Ky., and stayed eight days there, and from there to Camp Chase,
Ohio and stayed there three months. Then from Camp Chase to Rock Island, Ill. We stayed in
prison there til the end of the war. They detailed us there to work and clear up the land to build a
town. I stayed there twenty-one months and ten days. They exchanged all the Tennesseans but me
at the end of this time. One day General Layden came riding by and I hailed him and asked him
why it was that they didn't exchange me the day before with the rest of the Tennesseans and he
said, "Hell, you'll never be exchanged, we've got charges against you." They thought that I had
kiled them Yankees, but they didn't know.
They exchanged the Alabama men next. That wound up the exchanging and everybody else that
got out had to take the oath of allegiance to the Union. There was thirteen of us left that had
refused to take it. They called the roll twice a day to see if we were all there. One day I said to the
rest of the boys that if they gave us a chance the next morning to take the oath for us all to take it.
The next morning the officer called the roll and said that if there were any of us ready to take the
oath to step to the front. We all stepped to the front at the same time. They took us down to
headquarters and took our heights, weights and all identification marks. Then they swore us all
and gave us the oath on a piece of paper. I told them, "I'll take the damn thing but it never would
change me, that it was just from my teeth out." Then they gave us transportation and sent us all
home, down the river to Tullahoma. Pa died during the war and they preached his funeral the day
I got home. [This record was typed and ends in handwriting, which is very faint]: "this is not
record in the Confederate army your loving Dad to Kate Shipp. Marion Rice Cobb."
This continues with a page entitled "Life At Rock Island Ill Prison."
"When I was captured and sent to the prison I didn't have a cent. The first day there they issued
each man ten days rations. We each got a pint of sugar. I sold this for a dime and did without
sugar. I bought two gutta percha buttons with the dime and made two plain black rings with my
knife and a little file. I sold them for a nickle apiece. Then there was a boy came in each morning
to gather up the wast that we had put in fifty-four tubs. He hauled it out to his hogs. I helped him
empty the tubs each morning for a nickle. In the meantime I had managed to buy a little silver by
paying fifteen cents for a dime. I hammered it out and made a ring with three little sets in it. I sold
that for twenty-five cents. Then I put three buttons toghether and made a big ring, and sold it for
seventy-five cents. By this time I had got a few little tools to work with. Bill Hasty had bought a
set of jewelry tools of thirty three pieces, but he couldn't learn the work so he offered to sell it to
me. I said, "Bill, I ain't got no money, just seventy-five cents." He said he knew I was going to
learn the trade, and that he would sell it to me and let me pay him what I had and give him the rest
when I got it. He had paid Three dollars for the set and sold it to me for two and a half.
In less than two weeks I had the tools paid for and a lot of materials on hand. I worked every day
while I was in prison and I made from a dollar to five dollars every day. I would work till about an
hour by sun and then I would go out and walk about and polish the work that I had done.
1863 Confederate money was worth three dollars a hundred and 64 was worth four dollars. I kept
buying it untill I had four thousand dollars worth. I had plenty of jewelry and lots of money.
The Yankees had said that they would [pay] a man a hundred dollars to join their fronteer guards.
They kept the fronteers in a Bull pen against the prison walls and they would throw a note over
the wall to me telling me what kind of jewelry they wanted, and I would make the jewelry and
throw it over to them. One man wanted five dollars worth of jewelry and I had told him when to
throw the money over. When he threw it the rock it was tied to was a little too heavy and the
sentry on the wall heard it hit the ground and just as he whirled to see what it was I grabbed it and
ran around the end of the house. He shot at me just as I went around the corner of the
house.
When I left prison I had four thousand dollars in Confederate money and one hundred and
twenty-five dollars in green back, and three hundred dollars worth of jewelry. I sold jewelry all the
way home down the river.
I also made a fiddle while in Rock Island. I was offered fifty dollars for it but I wouldn't take it.
After we had taken the oath we went out to take dinner with an old copperhead (Northern
Democrat, also called Butternut). After dinner we were dancing and playing and having a big
time, and while we were having a big time the boat whistled for us down river and I rushed out so
hurriedly that I left my fiddle behind.
MOTLOW, Felix W. Corporal/Pvt. *Born 7 October 1840. Enr. 29 Apr 61 at Lynchburg, aged
20 as 3rd Cpl; detailed as teamster; surrendered at Appomattox Court House, VA, 9 Apr 65. He
was brother of Zadock Motlow of this Company.*

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