F.M. and brothers Willam Newton and Pleasant Joseph joined the confederacy in Newport, Cocke County TN in October of 1862. Immediately after being mustered into Confederate service they were ordered to Mississippi.
Their first action of any consequence was at the Battle of Chickasaw Bayou and Chickaaw Bluffs, outside Vicksburg, December 6-29, 1862. Vaughn's Brigade held the abattis on the left wing of the defenses. Reports state the the Union attack was met with firmness by be East Tennesseans. The regiment suffered only four casualties. In this battle the Federals suffered heavy losses.
The next engagement was at Big Black River, May 17, 1863. Their unit was holding a hastily thrown-up line of earthworks on the left of the brigade, when it was attacked in overwhelming strength by General Osterhaus's Division of the Federal Army. The regimental colors were seized and of about 400 men who responded for duty on the morning of the 17th, only 112 were marched back to Vicksburg that evening.
For the next 48 days and nights "without shelter, and with less than half rations of poor quality, the men literally ate, slept and fought in the trenches. The mortality from exposure and insufficient food was great-in fact, much greater than the casualties in battle." Along with the rest of the brigade, the regiment was surrendered on July 4, 1863. Although almost immediately paroled, the men captured at Vicksburg were not declared exchanged until June 27, 1864, and some of those captured at Big Black were not released until the spring of 1865. F.M. was held as a prisoner in Alton Illinois. W.N. and P.J. were held at Fort Delaware.
Afer the Civil War F.M. moved briefly to Arkansas to be near family and then settled in Van Zandt County Texas. He was married twice. First, in Arkansas, to Diannah Quenette Gailer of Mississippi and secondly to Nora Wilson in Big Sandy TX. His death date is an estimate.
Their first action of any consequence was at the Battle of Chickasaw Bayou and Chickaaw Bluffs, outside Vicksburg, December 6-29, 1862. Vaughn's Brigade held the abattis on the left wing of the defenses. Reports state the the Union attack was met with firmness by be East Tennesseans. The regiment suffered only four casualties. In this battle the Federals suffered heavy losses.
The next engagement was at Big Black River, May 17, 1863. Their unit was holding a hastily thrown-up line of earthworks on the left of the brigade, when it was attacked in overwhelming strength by General Osterhaus's Division of the Federal Army. The regimental colors were seized and of about 400 men who responded for duty on the morning of the 17th, only 112 were marched back to Vicksburg that evening.
For the next 48 days and nights "without shelter, and with less than half rations of poor quality, the men literally ate, slept and fought in the trenches. The mortality from exposure and insufficient food was great-in fact, much greater than the casualties in battle." Along with the rest of the brigade, the regiment was surrendered on July 4, 1863. Although almost immediately paroled, the men captured at Vicksburg were not declared exchanged until June 27, 1864, and some of those captured at Big Black were not released until the spring of 1865. F.M. was held as a prisoner in Alton Illinois. W.N. and P.J. were held at Fort Delaware.
Afer the Civil War F.M. moved briefly to Arkansas to be near family and then settled in Van Zandt County Texas. He was married twice. First, in Arkansas, to Diannah Quenette Gailer of Mississippi and secondly to Nora Wilson in Big Sandy TX. His death date is an estimate.
F.M. and brothers Willam Newton and Pleasant Joseph joined the confederacy in Newport, Cocke County TN in October of 1862. Immediately after being mustered into Confederate service they were ordered to Mississippi.
Their first action of any consequence was at the Battle of Chickasaw Bayou and Chickaaw Bluffs, outside Vicksburg, December 6-29, 1862. Vaughn's Brigade held the abattis on the left wing of the defenses. Reports state the the Union attack was met with firmness by be East Tennesseans. The regiment suffered only four casualties. In this battle the Federals suffered heavy losses.
The next engagement was at Big Black River, May 17, 1863. Their unit was holding a hastily thrown-up line of earthworks on the left of the brigade, when it was attacked in overwhelming strength by General Osterhaus's Division of the Federal Army. The regimental colors were seized and of about 400 men who responded for duty on the morning of the 17th, only 112 were marched back to Vicksburg that evening.
For the next 48 days and nights "without shelter, and with less than half rations of poor quality, the men literally ate, slept and fought in the trenches. The mortality from exposure and insufficient food was great-in fact, much greater than the casualties in battle." Along with the rest of the brigade, the regiment was surrendered on July 4, 1863. Although almost immediately paroled, the men captured at Vicksburg were not declared exchanged until June 27, 1864, and some of those captured at Big Black were not released until the spring of 1865. F.M. was held as a prisoner in Alton Illinois. W.N. and P.J. were held at Fort Delaware.
Afer the Civil War F.M. moved briefly to Arkansas to be near family and then settled in Van Zandt County Texas. He was married twice. First, in Arkansas, to Diannah Quenette Gailer of Mississippi and secondly to Nora Wilson in Big Sandy TX. His death date is an estimate.
Their first action of any consequence was at the Battle of Chickasaw Bayou and Chickaaw Bluffs, outside Vicksburg, December 6-29, 1862. Vaughn's Brigade held the abattis on the left wing of the defenses. Reports state the the Union attack was met with firmness by be East Tennesseans. The regiment suffered only four casualties. In this battle the Federals suffered heavy losses.
The next engagement was at Big Black River, May 17, 1863. Their unit was holding a hastily thrown-up line of earthworks on the left of the brigade, when it was attacked in overwhelming strength by General Osterhaus's Division of the Federal Army. The regimental colors were seized and of about 400 men who responded for duty on the morning of the 17th, only 112 were marched back to Vicksburg that evening.
For the next 48 days and nights "without shelter, and with less than half rations of poor quality, the men literally ate, slept and fought in the trenches. The mortality from exposure and insufficient food was great-in fact, much greater than the casualties in battle." Along with the rest of the brigade, the regiment was surrendered on July 4, 1863. Although almost immediately paroled, the men captured at Vicksburg were not declared exchanged until June 27, 1864, and some of those captured at Big Black were not released until the spring of 1865. F.M. was held as a prisoner in Alton Illinois. W.N. and P.J. were held at Fort Delaware.
Afer the Civil War F.M. moved briefly to Arkansas to be near family and then settled in Van Zandt County Texas. He was married twice. First, in Arkansas, to Diannah Quenette Gailer of Mississippi and secondly to Nora Wilson in Big Sandy TX. His death date is an estimate.
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