Whitaker, Joseph Private, Company E, 16th Tennessee Cavalry Battlion. Entrolled at Greeneville, Tennessee 7 Aug 1862 by Capt. Thomas S. Rumbough for 3 years or war. No age given. Nov/Dec 1862 muster (Greeneville, Tenn). Present for duty due $24.40 for use of his horse bounty due. Jan/Feb 1863 muster (Camps near Knoxville) Absent - sick at home in Cocke County; Mar 1 - June 30, 1863 muster (Sweetwater, Tenn). Present due $48.80 for the use of his horse; May 1 - Dec 31, 1864 muster (Kingsport, Tenn); Present.
Served in Rucker's Legion and Battle of Chickamauga, Georgia
September 19–20, 1863
16th Cavalry Battalion was organized in October, 1862, with four companies, later increased to six. The men were from Roane, McMinn, Rhea, Greene, and Hawkins counties. It served in Pegram's, J.J. Morrison's, H.B. Davidson's, Grisby's, and Vaughn's Brigade. From June, 1863 to March, 1864, the 12th and 16th Battalions were consolidated into a field organization known as Rucker's Legion. This command saw action at Chickamauga and in Tennessee, and on January 31, 1864, it totalled 171 effectives. During April, 1864, the 16th had 147 members and moved into the Valley of Virginia where it was engaged at Piedmont . It went on to confront the Federals in Virginia and Tennessee, moved to North Carolina, and probably disbanded in Georgia during the spring of 1865.
Edmund Winchester Rucker
2nd wife Sarah E Young - no issue
3rd wife Sarah E McCracken children Jesse R
Whitaker, Joseph Private, Company E, 16th Tennessee Cavalry Battlion. Entrolled at Greeneville, Tennessee 7 Aug 1862 by Capt. Thomas S. Rumbough for 3 years or war. No age given. Nov/Dec 1862 muster (Greeneville, Tenn). Present for duty due $24.40 for use of his horse bounty due. Jan/Feb 1863 muster (Camps near Knoxville) Absent - sick at home in Cocke County; Mar 1 - June 30, 1863 muster (Sweetwater, Tenn). Present due $48.80 for the use of his horse; May 1 - Dec 31, 1864 muster (Kingsport, Tenn); Present.
Served in Rucker's Legion and Battle of Chickamauga, Georgia
September 19–20, 1863
16th Cavalry Battalion was organized in October, 1862, with four companies, later increased to six. The men were from Roane, McMinn, Rhea, Greene, and Hawkins counties. It served in Pegram's, J.J. Morrison's, H.B. Davidson's, Grisby's, and Vaughn's Brigade. From June, 1863 to March, 1864, the 12th and 16th Battalions were consolidated into a field organization known as Rucker's Legion. This command saw action at Chickamauga and in Tennessee, and on January 31, 1864, it totalled 171 effectives. During April, 1864, the 16th had 147 members and moved into the Valley of Virginia where it was engaged at Piedmont . It went on to confront the Federals in Virginia and Tennessee, moved to North Carolina, and probably disbanded in Georgia during the spring of 1865.
Edmund Winchester Rucker
2nd wife Sarah E Young - no issue
3rd wife Sarah E McCracken children Jesse R
Family Members
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Mary Ann Whitaker Britton
1826–1889
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Martha Whitaker Jackson
1827 – unknown
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Jane Whitaker Peters
1829 – unknown
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William Alexander Whittaker
1838–1864
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Julia Ann Whitaker Haynes
1839–1907
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Hugh L "Hughdy" Whitaker
1844–1914
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Nancy J Whitaker Bradley
1847–1911
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Rose Whitaker Harper
1850–1907
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Margaret "Maggie" Whitaker Laster
1852 – unknown
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Eliza Whitaker Shipman
1854–1914
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Catherine Melvina Whitaker Williams
1849–1929
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Margaret Emma Whitaker
1851–1927
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Martha Jane Whitaker Sisk
1853–1895
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William J Whitaker
1855–1920
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Mary Rebecca Whitaker Smith
1857 – unknown
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Francis E Whitaker
1859 – unknown
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Salina "Lina" Whitaker Lauderdale
1861 – unknown
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John Gildon Whitaker
1865–1926
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Susan Eliza "Aunt Sue" Whittaker
1867–1931
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Samuel Stansbury Whitaker
1868–1948
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Jesse Russell Whitaker
1882–1948
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