Union Soldiers
There is no way of knowing how many men served in the Union Army from this region. Units were not formed in this area. Those who chose the Union cause enlisted on an individual basis in other states.
The men's names are recorded at the National Archives in Washington, D.C. These records are alphabetical and one would have to check the records of every Union soldier to know whom and how many came from here.
Albert Sidney Johnson Hall was from Fannin County. His father was a pronounced Union man at the beginning of the war. In 1861, Albert entered the Federal Service as a Captain of Company H, Tenth Tennessee Calvary.
After four years of command at wars end, he was honorably discharged. The sons of Tom Curtis made their decision to join the Union Army under much different circumstances. Tom Curtis was opposed to Secession and remained neutral as long as possible. In April of 1862 the Confederate Government passed a Conscription Act that applied to all men between 18 and 35. The Fannin County Home Guard began arresting eligible men and forcing them into the Confederate Army. The sons of Tom Curtis fled to the hills to avoid arrest.
Richard and John Curtis were walking along a back road one day when Captain Elisha Green of the Home Guard spied them and ordered them to halt. The Curtis boys ran for cover in the woods followed by a rain of bullets.
That incident convinced them to join the Union Army and leave Fannin County. They left with their brothers Tom and William and several neighbors for Kentucky. They joined the army under General Burnside and were assigned to the Quartermasters Department. Tom Curtis was killed in Kentucky. The three other boys returned to Fannin County at the end of the war.
The total number of men from Tennessee who fought for the Confederacy was about 100,000 and for the Union Army around 30,000. A large portion of the Union soldiers came from East Tennessee. Singularly and in groups, men crossed the mountains into Kentucky to join the Union Army where they were organized into companies and regiments.
From: TOUCHING HOME
A Collection of History and Folklore from the Copper Basin, Fannin County Area
Edited by A. Thompson, Produced by the students of the West Fannin High School Photo Journalism Class
1976
There is no way of knowing how many men served in the Union Army from this region. Units were not formed in this area. Those who chose the Union cause enlisted on an individual basis in other states.
The men's names are recorded at the National Archives in Washington, D.C. These records are alphabetical and one would have to check the records of every Union soldier to know whom and how many came from here.
Albert Sidney Johnson Hall was from Fannin County. His father was a pronounced Union man at the beginning of the war. In 1861, Albert entered the Federal Service as a Captain of Company H, Tenth Tennessee Calvary.
After four years of command at wars end, he was honorably discharged. The sons of Tom Curtis made their decision to join the Union Army under much different circumstances. Tom Curtis was opposed to Secession and remained neutral as long as possible. In April of 1862 the Confederate Government passed a Conscription Act that applied to all men between 18 and 35. The Fannin County Home Guard began arresting eligible men and forcing them into the Confederate Army. The sons of Tom Curtis fled to the hills to avoid arrest.
Richard and John Curtis were walking along a back road one day when Captain Elisha Green of the Home Guard spied them and ordered them to halt. The Curtis boys ran for cover in the woods followed by a rain of bullets.
That incident convinced them to join the Union Army and leave Fannin County. They left with their brothers Tom and William and several neighbors for Kentucky. They joined the army under General Burnside and were assigned to the Quartermasters Department. Tom Curtis was killed in Kentucky. The three other boys returned to Fannin County at the end of the war.
The total number of men from Tennessee who fought for the Confederacy was about 100,000 and for the Union Army around 30,000. A large portion of the Union soldiers came from East Tennessee. Singularly and in groups, men crossed the mountains into Kentucky to join the Union Army where they were organized into companies and regiments.
From: TOUCHING HOME
A Collection of History and Folklore from the Copper Basin, Fannin County Area
Edited by A. Thompson, Produced by the students of the West Fannin High School Photo Journalism Class
1976
Union Soldiers
There is no way of knowing how many men served in the Union Army from this region. Units were not formed in this area. Those who chose the Union cause enlisted on an individual basis in other states.
The men's names are recorded at the National Archives in Washington, D.C. These records are alphabetical and one would have to check the records of every Union soldier to know whom and how many came from here.
Albert Sidney Johnson Hall was from Fannin County. His father was a pronounced Union man at the beginning of the war. In 1861, Albert entered the Federal Service as a Captain of Company H, Tenth Tennessee Calvary.
After four years of command at wars end, he was honorably discharged. The sons of Tom Curtis made their decision to join the Union Army under much different circumstances. Tom Curtis was opposed to Secession and remained neutral as long as possible. In April of 1862 the Confederate Government passed a Conscription Act that applied to all men between 18 and 35. The Fannin County Home Guard began arresting eligible men and forcing them into the Confederate Army. The sons of Tom Curtis fled to the hills to avoid arrest.
Richard and John Curtis were walking along a back road one day when Captain Elisha Green of the Home Guard spied them and ordered them to halt. The Curtis boys ran for cover in the woods followed by a rain of bullets.
That incident convinced them to join the Union Army and leave Fannin County. They left with their brothers Tom and William and several neighbors for Kentucky. They joined the army under General Burnside and were assigned to the Quartermasters Department. Tom Curtis was killed in Kentucky. The three other boys returned to Fannin County at the end of the war.
The total number of men from Tennessee who fought for the Confederacy was about 100,000 and for the Union Army around 30,000. A large portion of the Union soldiers came from East Tennessee. Singularly and in groups, men crossed the mountains into Kentucky to join the Union Army where they were organized into companies and regiments.
From: TOUCHING HOME
A Collection of History and Folklore from the Copper Basin, Fannin County Area
Edited by A. Thompson, Produced by the students of the West Fannin High School Photo Journalism Class
1976
There is no way of knowing how many men served in the Union Army from this region. Units were not formed in this area. Those who chose the Union cause enlisted on an individual basis in other states.
The men's names are recorded at the National Archives in Washington, D.C. These records are alphabetical and one would have to check the records of every Union soldier to know whom and how many came from here.
Albert Sidney Johnson Hall was from Fannin County. His father was a pronounced Union man at the beginning of the war. In 1861, Albert entered the Federal Service as a Captain of Company H, Tenth Tennessee Calvary.
After four years of command at wars end, he was honorably discharged. The sons of Tom Curtis made their decision to join the Union Army under much different circumstances. Tom Curtis was opposed to Secession and remained neutral as long as possible. In April of 1862 the Confederate Government passed a Conscription Act that applied to all men between 18 and 35. The Fannin County Home Guard began arresting eligible men and forcing them into the Confederate Army. The sons of Tom Curtis fled to the hills to avoid arrest.
Richard and John Curtis were walking along a back road one day when Captain Elisha Green of the Home Guard spied them and ordered them to halt. The Curtis boys ran for cover in the woods followed by a rain of bullets.
That incident convinced them to join the Union Army and leave Fannin County. They left with their brothers Tom and William and several neighbors for Kentucky. They joined the army under General Burnside and were assigned to the Quartermasters Department. Tom Curtis was killed in Kentucky. The three other boys returned to Fannin County at the end of the war.
The total number of men from Tennessee who fought for the Confederacy was about 100,000 and for the Union Army around 30,000. A large portion of the Union soldiers came from East Tennessee. Singularly and in groups, men crossed the mountains into Kentucky to join the Union Army where they were organized into companies and regiments.
From: TOUCHING HOME
A Collection of History and Folklore from the Copper Basin, Fannin County Area
Edited by A. Thompson, Produced by the students of the West Fannin High School Photo Journalism Class
1976
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