Pvt. Isaac J. or T.J. Burkes,(Birks) 48th Tennessee Infantry, died on September 10, 1862 from wounds received during the Battle of Richmond, Kentucky. He is buried in a mass grave in Section H of the Richmond Cemetery.( on some of his Civil War records they used initials and his name was transcribed as T. J. Burke.
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Thanks to Old Joseph for the photo of the marker on Isaac's grave, and the monument placed in Richmond Cemetery for the Confederate Soldiers.
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Isaac was the son of Nathaniel W. and Rebecca Crowder Burkes. He was one of eight children born to the family.
Isaac, along with his parents and siblings moved to Lauderdale County, Alabama abt 1857. While living there he met and married Permelia Caroline Davis on October 4, 1859 in Lauderdale County, Alabama. Isaac & Amelia can be found living with her parents on the 1860 census in Lauderdale County.
Shortly after 1860 Isaac & Permelia along with several other families moved to Tennessee.
Isaac & Amelia had one child Margaret b August 1860 in Lawrence County, Tennessee.
Note: Isaac's sister Frances married Amelia's cousin Joseph B. Hardwick.
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On January 15, 1862, Isaac enlisted in "Forty-eighth (Nixon's) Infantry" at Wayland Springs, Lawrence County, Tennessee.
The Battle of Richmond, Kentucky
( In mid-August of 1862, the Confederates launched a two-pronged offensive into the border states of Maryland and Kentucky. Leaving Knoxville on August 14, Confederate Major General Edmund Kirby Smith bypassed to the west of the Union-held Cumberland Gap and thrust deep into eastern Kentucky. On August 30, Smith almost annihilated a Union force of 6,500 near Richmond, Kentucky, despite an attempt to stem the battle tide by Federal commander Maj. General William Nelson, who arrived at 2 p.m. from Lexington. However, the Confederates won, and August 30 proved a bleak day for the Lincoln administration.
A portion of the Battle of Richmond was fought in the cemetery with soldiers using tombstones for cover! The Confederate troops pushed the Union soldiers into the graveyard where they proceeded to defeat them. Over 240 Union troops are buried here. Over 175 Confederate soldiers are buried in a mass grave marked with a small stone that says "The Southern Dead." A new monument was later erected and dedicated to all Civil War soldiers buried there.
In February 7, 1863 Amelia C. Burkes filed a lawsuit against the Confederate Government over his death.
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Thanks to Old Joseph for the photo of the marker on Isaac's grave, and the monument placed in Richmond Cemetery for the Confederate Soldiers.
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Isaac was the son of Nathaniel W. and Rebecca Crowder Burkes. He was one of eight children born to the family.
Isaac, along with his parents and siblings moved to Lauderdale County, Alabama abt 1857. While living there he met and married Permelia Caroline Davis on October 4, 1859 in Lauderdale County, Alabama. Isaac & Amelia can be found living with her parents on the 1860 census in Lauderdale County.
Shortly after 1860 Isaac & Permelia along with several other families moved to Tennessee.
Isaac & Amelia had one child Margaret b August 1860 in Lawrence County, Tennessee.
Note: Isaac's sister Frances married Amelia's cousin Joseph B. Hardwick.
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On January 15, 1862, Isaac enlisted in "Forty-eighth (Nixon's) Infantry" at Wayland Springs, Lawrence County, Tennessee.
The Battle of Richmond, Kentucky
( In mid-August of 1862, the Confederates launched a two-pronged offensive into the border states of Maryland and Kentucky. Leaving Knoxville on August 14, Confederate Major General Edmund Kirby Smith bypassed to the west of the Union-held Cumberland Gap and thrust deep into eastern Kentucky. On August 30, Smith almost annihilated a Union force of 6,500 near Richmond, Kentucky, despite an attempt to stem the battle tide by Federal commander Maj. General William Nelson, who arrived at 2 p.m. from Lexington. However, the Confederates won, and August 30 proved a bleak day for the Lincoln administration.
A portion of the Battle of Richmond was fought in the cemetery with soldiers using tombstones for cover! The Confederate troops pushed the Union soldiers into the graveyard where they proceeded to defeat them. Over 240 Union troops are buried here. Over 175 Confederate soldiers are buried in a mass grave marked with a small stone that says "The Southern Dead." A new monument was later erected and dedicated to all Civil War soldiers buried there.
In February 7, 1863 Amelia C. Burkes filed a lawsuit against the Confederate Government over his death.
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Pvt. Isaac J. or T.J. Burkes,(Birks) 48th Tennessee Infantry, died on September 10, 1862 from wounds received during the Battle of Richmond, Kentucky. He is buried in a mass grave in Section H of the Richmond Cemetery.( on some of his Civil War records they used initials and his name was transcribed as T. J. Burke.
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Thanks to Old Joseph for the photo of the marker on Isaac's grave, and the monument placed in Richmond Cemetery for the Confederate Soldiers.
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Isaac was the son of Nathaniel W. and Rebecca Crowder Burkes. He was one of eight children born to the family.
Isaac, along with his parents and siblings moved to Lauderdale County, Alabama abt 1857. While living there he met and married Permelia Caroline Davis on October 4, 1859 in Lauderdale County, Alabama. Isaac & Amelia can be found living with her parents on the 1860 census in Lauderdale County.
Shortly after 1860 Isaac & Permelia along with several other families moved to Tennessee.
Isaac & Amelia had one child Margaret b August 1860 in Lawrence County, Tennessee.
Note: Isaac's sister Frances married Amelia's cousin Joseph B. Hardwick.
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On January 15, 1862, Isaac enlisted in "Forty-eighth (Nixon's) Infantry" at Wayland Springs, Lawrence County, Tennessee.
The Battle of Richmond, Kentucky
( In mid-August of 1862, the Confederates launched a two-pronged offensive into the border states of Maryland and Kentucky. Leaving Knoxville on August 14, Confederate Major General Edmund Kirby Smith bypassed to the west of the Union-held Cumberland Gap and thrust deep into eastern Kentucky. On August 30, Smith almost annihilated a Union force of 6,500 near Richmond, Kentucky, despite an attempt to stem the battle tide by Federal commander Maj. General William Nelson, who arrived at 2 p.m. from Lexington. However, the Confederates won, and August 30 proved a bleak day for the Lincoln administration.
A portion of the Battle of Richmond was fought in the cemetery with soldiers using tombstones for cover! The Confederate troops pushed the Union soldiers into the graveyard where they proceeded to defeat them. Over 240 Union troops are buried here. Over 175 Confederate soldiers are buried in a mass grave marked with a small stone that says "The Southern Dead." A new monument was later erected and dedicated to all Civil War soldiers buried there.
In February 7, 1863 Amelia C. Burkes filed a lawsuit against the Confederate Government over his death.
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Thanks to Old Joseph for the photo of the marker on Isaac's grave, and the monument placed in Richmond Cemetery for the Confederate Soldiers.
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Isaac was the son of Nathaniel W. and Rebecca Crowder Burkes. He was one of eight children born to the family.
Isaac, along with his parents and siblings moved to Lauderdale County, Alabama abt 1857. While living there he met and married Permelia Caroline Davis on October 4, 1859 in Lauderdale County, Alabama. Isaac & Amelia can be found living with her parents on the 1860 census in Lauderdale County.
Shortly after 1860 Isaac & Permelia along with several other families moved to Tennessee.
Isaac & Amelia had one child Margaret b August 1860 in Lawrence County, Tennessee.
Note: Isaac's sister Frances married Amelia's cousin Joseph B. Hardwick.
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On January 15, 1862, Isaac enlisted in "Forty-eighth (Nixon's) Infantry" at Wayland Springs, Lawrence County, Tennessee.
The Battle of Richmond, Kentucky
( In mid-August of 1862, the Confederates launched a two-pronged offensive into the border states of Maryland and Kentucky. Leaving Knoxville on August 14, Confederate Major General Edmund Kirby Smith bypassed to the west of the Union-held Cumberland Gap and thrust deep into eastern Kentucky. On August 30, Smith almost annihilated a Union force of 6,500 near Richmond, Kentucky, despite an attempt to stem the battle tide by Federal commander Maj. General William Nelson, who arrived at 2 p.m. from Lexington. However, the Confederates won, and August 30 proved a bleak day for the Lincoln administration.
A portion of the Battle of Richmond was fought in the cemetery with soldiers using tombstones for cover! The Confederate troops pushed the Union soldiers into the graveyard where they proceeded to defeat them. Over 240 Union troops are buried here. Over 175 Confederate soldiers are buried in a mass grave marked with a small stone that says "The Southern Dead." A new monument was later erected and dedicated to all Civil War soldiers buried there.
In February 7, 1863 Amelia C. Burkes filed a lawsuit against the Confederate Government over his death.
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