John Montgomery Bell was a
Presbyterian of Scotch-Irish ancestry and a man of great stature and courage.
He was a grandson of Major William Bell and Margaret Montgomery of Montgomery
County, Tennessee. John Montgomery Bell
John Montgomery Bell was a
Presbyterian of Scotch-Irish ancestry and a man of great stature and courage.
He was a grandson of Major William Bell and Margaret Montgomery of Montgomery
County, Tennessee.
John M. Bell (and his brother Hugh Bell) served as a Confederate soldier in Company H (The Obion Avalanche) 9th Tennessee Infantry & Co.E, 1st Consolidated Tennessee Infantry. from 1861-1865. He was severely wounded in the leg at Chickamauga, Ga. shot through the hand and wounded in the head. He was one of the "Immortal Thirteen," and drew a Confederate pension.
John M. and Sarah Wallace Bell Married in 1866 in Union City, Tennessee. He is buried in Woodland Heights Cem., Clay County, Rector, AR
Glory and Tears - Obion County Tennessee 1860-1870 by
Rebel C. Forrester.
John Montgomery Bell, a cousin of Lieutenant Daniel Bell {killed at
Perryville,Ky} and a grandson of Major. William Bell, served in the Obion Avalanche until
Johnston's surrender. He was very severely wounded in the leg at the Battle of
Chickamauga. This wound rendered him lame for life. Not withstanding
this, he rejoined his company when the wound healed and served until the end of the war.
He moved to Rector, Arkansas many years ago, where he died in 1921. The last time I
saw him was at the reunion in Memphis many years ago. He was still lame and had to
walk with the assistance of a stick.
Glory and Tears - Obion County Tennessee 1860-1870 by Rebel C. Forrester
George W. Carmack, John Bell and Fount Holloway were paroled in January, 1863 {after their
capture at Perryville, Ky.} They were landed near Vicksburg, Mississippi from which
they were forwarded to Chattanooga. They were absolutely destitute in the shape of
clothing. They had no change from August 1862. until January 1863, except when they
took off their old shirts to wash them in cold water. They were literally crawling
with what are now called "cooties," little animals which were called by another
name at that time. On the arrival at Chattanooga - being on parole - they were
detailed as brakemen on the N.C. & St. L. Railway, where they remained until April
1863, when they left and rejoined their command at Shelbyville, Tennessee.
Served under Col. Henry L. Douglas, Col. Charles S. Hurt, Lt. Col.
John W. Buford, Capt. J. W. McDonald, Captain H. W. Head.
Higher Unit Assignments: Stephen's Brigade, 1st Geographical Division, Department #2
{Sept-Oct 1861. Stephens Brigade, 1st Geographical Division, Dept. #2 Oct 1861-1862.
Stephen's Brigade, 1st Grand Division, Army of the Mississippi, Dept. #2 [March 1862}.
Stephen's Brigade, Clark's Division, 1st Grand Division, Army of the Mississippi,
Dept. #2 {March 1862} Stephen's Maney's Brigade, Cheatham's Division, 1st Corps, Army of
the Mississippi, Dept. #2 {March-July 1862}. Maney's Brigade, Cheatham's
Division, Army of the Mississippi, Department #2 {July-August 1862}. Maney's Brigade,
Cheatham's Division, Right Wing, Army of the Mississippi, Dept. #2 {August- November
1862}. Maney's Brigade, Cheatham's Division, 1st Corps, Army of Tennessee, {November
1862-63}, Polk's Corps. Maney's Brigade, Walker's Division, 1st Corps, Army of
Tennessee {November 1863-February 1864}. Maney's-Carter's Brigade,
Cheatham's-Brown's Division, 1st Corps, Army of Tennessee {February 1864-1865} Evidence of
Physician for Pension: State of Arkansas: County of Clay.
A wound in the back of the head and right hip, also bullet wound in right
hand. Principally to wound in hip causing a kind of Rheumatism. Totally
incapacitated for manual labor.
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