Private, Company H, 9th Regiment, Tennessee Cavalry
34 years old. Joseph J. Tatum, son of Clement J. Tatum and Mary Young Tatum, was a Confederate soldier in the American War Between the States (Civil War). He entered the war on August 31, 1863 as a Private with Co. H, 9th Tennessee Cavalry, as a foot soldier. On Nov. 5, 1863 his regiment encountered Union soldiers while crossing the Tennessee River at Motley's Ford in Blount County, Tennessee, and he was captured. After a few days confinement at Knoxville, Tennessee, he and other captives were transferred by train on November 11, 1863, and sent to McLean Barracks in Ohio to be processed as a prisoner of war. He managed to escape on the way but was captured the next day in Lee County, Virginia. He arrived at McLean Barracks in Ohio on November 23, 1863, and then was sent to Camp Chase prisoner of war camp in Cincinatti, Ohio (which was also the Ohio State Penitentiary) on the 24th. Three months later on February 29, 1864, he was transferred to the Federal prisoner of war camp at Fort Delaware, arriving there on March 4, 1864. This Union prisoner of war camp was located on Pea Patch Island, a small island in the middle of the Delaware River. On April 19, 1864, Joseph Tatum entered the prison hospital with smallpox. About five weeks later, Joseph died of this disease (May 13, 1864). His body was removed the same day and taken by boat for burial in Salem County, New Jersey, about a mile away. He was buried at a site set aside for the Confederate captives. The cemetery was later named Finn's Point National Cemetery. His grave is in Section Cm, Site 2194. Confederate burials extend to the right of the tall obelisk monument. Joseph Tatum was married to Margaret Ann Dabbs Tatum on February 13, 1851, in Lewis County, Tennessee. They had four children. She never married again and raised their children alone. In 1906 she received a Confederate Widows Pension, and she died January 24, 1923, in Gibson County, Tennessee.
34 years old. Joseph J. Tatum, son of Clement J. Tatum and Mary Young Tatum, was a Confederate soldier in the American War Between the States (Civil War). He entered the war on August 31, 1863 as a Private with Co. H, 9th Tennessee Cavalry, as a foot soldier. On Nov. 5, 1863 his regiment encountered Union soldiers while crossing the Tennessee River at Motley's Ford in Blount County, Tennessee, and he was captured. After a few days confinement at Knoxville, Tennessee, he and other captives were transferred by train on November 11, 1863, and sent to McLean Barracks in Ohio to be processed as a prisoner of war. He managed to escape on the way but was captured the next day in Lee County, Virginia. He arrived at McLean Barracks in Ohio on November 23, 1863, and then was sent to Camp Chase prisoner of war camp in Cincinatti, Ohio (which was also the Ohio State Penitentiary) on the 24th. Three months later on February 29, 1864, he was transferred to the Federal prisoner of war camp at Fort Delaware, arriving there on March 4, 1864. This Union prisoner of war camp was located on Pea Patch Island, a small island in the middle of the Delaware River. On April 19, 1864, Joseph Tatum entered the prison hospital with smallpox. About five weeks later, Joseph died of this disease (May 13, 1864). His body was removed the same day and taken by boat for burial in Salem County, New Jersey, about a mile away. He was buried at a site set aside for the Confederate captives. The cemetery was later named Finn's Point National Cemetery. His grave is in Section Cm, Site 2194. Confederate burials extend to the right of the tall obelisk monument. Joseph Tatum was married to Margaret Ann Dabbs Tatum on February 13, 1851, in Lewis County, Tennessee. They had four children. She never married again and raised their children alone. In 1906 she received a Confederate Widows Pension, and she died January 24, 1923, in Gibson County, Tennessee.
Private, Company H, 9th Regiment, Tennessee Cavalry
34 years old. Joseph J. Tatum, son of Clement J. Tatum and Mary Young Tatum, was a Confederate soldier in the American War Between the States (Civil War). He entered the war on August 31, 1863 as a Private with Co. H, 9th Tennessee Cavalry, as a foot soldier. On Nov. 5, 1863 his regiment encountered Union soldiers while crossing the Tennessee River at Motley's Ford in Blount County, Tennessee, and he was captured. After a few days confinement at Knoxville, Tennessee, he and other captives were transferred by train on November 11, 1863, and sent to McLean Barracks in Ohio to be processed as a prisoner of war. He managed to escape on the way but was captured the next day in Lee County, Virginia. He arrived at McLean Barracks in Ohio on November 23, 1863, and then was sent to Camp Chase prisoner of war camp in Cincinatti, Ohio (which was also the Ohio State Penitentiary) on the 24th. Three months later on February 29, 1864, he was transferred to the Federal prisoner of war camp at Fort Delaware, arriving there on March 4, 1864. This Union prisoner of war camp was located on Pea Patch Island, a small island in the middle of the Delaware River. On April 19, 1864, Joseph Tatum entered the prison hospital with smallpox. About five weeks later, Joseph died of this disease (May 13, 1864). His body was removed the same day and taken by boat for burial in Salem County, New Jersey, about a mile away. He was buried at a site set aside for the Confederate captives. The cemetery was later named Finn's Point National Cemetery. His grave is in Section Cm, Site 2194. Confederate burials extend to the right of the tall obelisk monument. Joseph Tatum was married to Margaret Ann Dabbs Tatum on February 13, 1851, in Lewis County, Tennessee. They had four children. She never married again and raised their children alone. In 1906 she received a Confederate Widows Pension, and she died January 24, 1923, in Gibson County, Tennessee.
34 years old. Joseph J. Tatum, son of Clement J. Tatum and Mary Young Tatum, was a Confederate soldier in the American War Between the States (Civil War). He entered the war on August 31, 1863 as a Private with Co. H, 9th Tennessee Cavalry, as a foot soldier. On Nov. 5, 1863 his regiment encountered Union soldiers while crossing the Tennessee River at Motley's Ford in Blount County, Tennessee, and he was captured. After a few days confinement at Knoxville, Tennessee, he and other captives were transferred by train on November 11, 1863, and sent to McLean Barracks in Ohio to be processed as a prisoner of war. He managed to escape on the way but was captured the next day in Lee County, Virginia. He arrived at McLean Barracks in Ohio on November 23, 1863, and then was sent to Camp Chase prisoner of war camp in Cincinatti, Ohio (which was also the Ohio State Penitentiary) on the 24th. Three months later on February 29, 1864, he was transferred to the Federal prisoner of war camp at Fort Delaware, arriving there on March 4, 1864. This Union prisoner of war camp was located on Pea Patch Island, a small island in the middle of the Delaware River. On April 19, 1864, Joseph Tatum entered the prison hospital with smallpox. About five weeks later, Joseph died of this disease (May 13, 1864). His body was removed the same day and taken by boat for burial in Salem County, New Jersey, about a mile away. He was buried at a site set aside for the Confederate captives. The cemetery was later named Finn's Point National Cemetery. His grave is in Section Cm, Site 2194. Confederate burials extend to the right of the tall obelisk monument. Joseph Tatum was married to Margaret Ann Dabbs Tatum on February 13, 1851, in Lewis County, Tennessee. They had four children. She never married again and raised their children alone. In 1906 she received a Confederate Widows Pension, and she died January 24, 1923, in Gibson County, Tennessee.
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