Thomas Everett was 50 years old when he and his 16 year old son Benjamin left their home in Bradley County, Tennessee and joined Co. G, 3rd Tennessee Cavalry Regiment, USA, in Nashville, Tenn.
They were captured at the Battle of Sulphur Creek Trestle, near Athens, Al. Thomas died Dec 31, 1864 in Cahaba Prison.
He was first buried in Cahaba Prison Cemetery, then disinterred after the war and reburied in Montgomery, Al, then reinterred once more, and for the final time in Marietta, National Cemetery, GA in an unknown grave, along with about 200 sets of remains from Cahaba. A memorial marker with the name Thomas Evert(sic) is in the cemetery at Cahaba Prison, Dallas County, Al.
His great grandchildren placed a memorial marker for him in Ellijay, GA at the grave of his widow Martha.∼PVT CO G 3 TENN CIVIL WAR
(marker says Company I, but that is not correct)
After the war, his remains, along with those of the Union dead at Cahaba were removed and reburied in Montgomery, Alabama around 1866. This cemetery was thought unsuitable, so they were again removed and this time buried in Marietta National Cemetery, Marietta, Cobb County, GA. Pvt Everett's remains were unidentifiable, so he is in a grave marked with a serial number, along with the other Unknown Soldiers from Cahaba Prison.
He joined the Union Army along with his 16 year old son Benjamin--they did this after Confederate Conscription Officers threatened to draft Bennie into the Rebel Army and force him to fight against his older brother William Everett, who was already serving in the 8th Tennessee Infantry.
Thomas and Ben slipped away from Bradley County, Tennessee and made their way to Nashville to enlist.
They were captured at the Battle of Sulphur Creek Trestle, near Athens, Al. Thomas died Dec 31, 1864 in Cahaba Prison.
He was first buried in Cahaba Prison Cemetery, then disinterred after the war and reburied in Montgomery, Al, then reinterred once more, and for the final time in Marietta, National Cemetery, GA in an unknown grave, along with about 200 sets of remains from Cahaba. A memorial marker with the name Thomas Evert(sic) is in the cemetery at Cahaba Prison, Dallas County, Al.
His great grandchildren placed a memorial marker for him in Ellijay, GA at the grave of his widow Martha.∼PVT CO G 3 TENN CIVIL WAR
(marker says Company I, but that is not correct)
After the war, his remains, along with those of the Union dead at Cahaba were removed and reburied in Montgomery, Alabama around 1866. This cemetery was thought unsuitable, so they were again removed and this time buried in Marietta National Cemetery, Marietta, Cobb County, GA. Pvt Everett's remains were unidentifiable, so he is in a grave marked with a serial number, along with the other Unknown Soldiers from Cahaba Prison.
He joined the Union Army along with his 16 year old son Benjamin--they did this after Confederate Conscription Officers threatened to draft Bennie into the Rebel Army and force him to fight against his older brother William Everett, who was already serving in the 8th Tennessee Infantry.
Thomas and Ben slipped away from Bradley County, Tennessee and made their way to Nashville to enlist.
Thomas Everett was 50 years old when he and his 16 year old son Benjamin left their home in Bradley County, Tennessee and joined Co. G, 3rd Tennessee Cavalry Regiment, USA, in Nashville, Tenn.
They were captured at the Battle of Sulphur Creek Trestle, near Athens, Al. Thomas died Dec 31, 1864 in Cahaba Prison.
He was first buried in Cahaba Prison Cemetery, then disinterred after the war and reburied in Montgomery, Al, then reinterred once more, and for the final time in Marietta, National Cemetery, GA in an unknown grave, along with about 200 sets of remains from Cahaba. A memorial marker with the name Thomas Evert(sic) is in the cemetery at Cahaba Prison, Dallas County, Al.
His great grandchildren placed a memorial marker for him in Ellijay, GA at the grave of his widow Martha.∼PVT CO G 3 TENN CIVIL WAR
(marker says Company I, but that is not correct)
After the war, his remains, along with those of the Union dead at Cahaba were removed and reburied in Montgomery, Alabama around 1866. This cemetery was thought unsuitable, so they were again removed and this time buried in Marietta National Cemetery, Marietta, Cobb County, GA. Pvt Everett's remains were unidentifiable, so he is in a grave marked with a serial number, along with the other Unknown Soldiers from Cahaba Prison.
He joined the Union Army along with his 16 year old son Benjamin--they did this after Confederate Conscription Officers threatened to draft Bennie into the Rebel Army and force him to fight against his older brother William Everett, who was already serving in the 8th Tennessee Infantry.
Thomas and Ben slipped away from Bradley County, Tennessee and made their way to Nashville to enlist.
They were captured at the Battle of Sulphur Creek Trestle, near Athens, Al. Thomas died Dec 31, 1864 in Cahaba Prison.
He was first buried in Cahaba Prison Cemetery, then disinterred after the war and reburied in Montgomery, Al, then reinterred once more, and for the final time in Marietta, National Cemetery, GA in an unknown grave, along with about 200 sets of remains from Cahaba. A memorial marker with the name Thomas Evert(sic) is in the cemetery at Cahaba Prison, Dallas County, Al.
His great grandchildren placed a memorial marker for him in Ellijay, GA at the grave of his widow Martha.∼PVT CO G 3 TENN CIVIL WAR
(marker says Company I, but that is not correct)
After the war, his remains, along with those of the Union dead at Cahaba were removed and reburied in Montgomery, Alabama around 1866. This cemetery was thought unsuitable, so they were again removed and this time buried in Marietta National Cemetery, Marietta, Cobb County, GA. Pvt Everett's remains were unidentifiable, so he is in a grave marked with a serial number, along with the other Unknown Soldiers from Cahaba Prison.
He joined the Union Army along with his 16 year old son Benjamin--they did this after Confederate Conscription Officers threatened to draft Bennie into the Rebel Army and force him to fight against his older brother William Everett, who was already serving in the 8th Tennessee Infantry.
Thomas and Ben slipped away from Bradley County, Tennessee and made their way to Nashville to enlist.
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Name should be Everett not Evert. His Unit was actually Co G, not Company I.
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