CAROTHERS, S. M.
Goldthwaite, Texas - Born Jan. 11, 1842, near Vernon, Tenn. Enlisted in the Confederate Army in July 1861, at Whitfield, Tenn., as Second Sergeant in Company B., Forty-Second Tennessee Regiment, Gen. Walthall's Division, Gen. Stewart's Corps, Army of Tennessee. My first Captain was Hubbard, and first colonel was Quarles. First fought at Fort Donelson, Tenn. When we were exchanged was in the service in Mississippi, and then went to Port Hudson, La., under Gen. Gardner. From there went to Mobile, Ala., thence to Dalton, Ga. Was wounded July 28th in front of Atlanta, Ga, shot in the head. Then went with Gen. Hood on the Tennessee campaign, and was shot in the leg while storming the Yankee breastworks at Franklin, Tenn. Was taken prisoner at Fort Donelson and was sent to Camp Douglas, Ill, where I was fairly well treated. Fort Donelson was taken on the 14th and 15th of February, 1862. I was elected September 1862 to Second Lieutenant and then promoted to First Lieutenant, January 1863, at Port Hudson, La., and when able was in command of my company until the battle of Franklin, Tenn., Nov. 30, 1864. Was in the battles of Fort Donelson, Port Hudson, Jackson, Miss., and all the battles form Dalton to Atlanta, then at Decatur, Ala. Was with Gen. Hood at Columbia, Tenn., and the last battle at Franklin, Tenn. Got my parole at Columbus, Miss in May 1865. My Captain, G. A. Lowe was killed at Atlanta, July 28, 1864. (Reminiscences of the Boys in Gray 1861 - 1865, Compiled by Mamie Yeary, McGregor, Texas, Published by Wilkinson Printing Company, Dallas, Tex., 1912
Goldthwaite, Texas - Born Jan. 11, 1842, near Vernon, Tenn. Enlisted in the Confederate Army in July 1861, at Whitfield, Tenn., as Second Sergeant in Company B., Forty-Second Tennessee Regiment, Gen. Walthall's Division, Gen. Stewart's Corps, Army of Tennessee. My first Captain was Hubbard, and first colonel was Quarles. First fought at Fort Donelson, Tenn. When we were exchanged was in the service in Mississippi, and then went to Port Hudson, La., under Gen. Gardner. From there went to Mobile, Ala., thence to Dalton, Ga. Was wounded July 28th in front of Atlanta, Ga, shot in the head. Then went with Gen. Hood on the Tennessee campaign, and was shot in the leg while storming the Yankee breastworks at Franklin, Tenn. Was taken prisoner at Fort Donelson and was sent to Camp Douglas, Ill, where I was fairly well treated. Fort Donelson was taken on the 14th and 15th of February, 1862. I was elected September 1862 to Second Lieutenant and then promoted to First Lieutenant, January 1863, at Port Hudson, La., and when able was in command of my company until the battle of Franklin, Tenn., Nov. 30, 1864. Was in the battles of Fort Donelson, Port Hudson, Jackson, Miss., and all the battles form Dalton to Atlanta, then at Decatur, Ala. Was with Gen. Hood at Columbia, Tenn., and the last battle at Franklin, Tenn. Got my parole at Columbus, Miss in May 1865. My Captain, G. A. Lowe was killed at Atlanta, July 28, 1864. (Reminiscences of the Boys in Gray 1861 - 1865, Compiled by Mamie Yeary, McGregor, Texas, Published by Wilkinson Printing Company, Dallas, Tex., 1912
CAROTHERS, S. M.
Goldthwaite, Texas - Born Jan. 11, 1842, near Vernon, Tenn. Enlisted in the Confederate Army in July 1861, at Whitfield, Tenn., as Second Sergeant in Company B., Forty-Second Tennessee Regiment, Gen. Walthall's Division, Gen. Stewart's Corps, Army of Tennessee. My first Captain was Hubbard, and first colonel was Quarles. First fought at Fort Donelson, Tenn. When we were exchanged was in the service in Mississippi, and then went to Port Hudson, La., under Gen. Gardner. From there went to Mobile, Ala., thence to Dalton, Ga. Was wounded July 28th in front of Atlanta, Ga, shot in the head. Then went with Gen. Hood on the Tennessee campaign, and was shot in the leg while storming the Yankee breastworks at Franklin, Tenn. Was taken prisoner at Fort Donelson and was sent to Camp Douglas, Ill, where I was fairly well treated. Fort Donelson was taken on the 14th and 15th of February, 1862. I was elected September 1862 to Second Lieutenant and then promoted to First Lieutenant, January 1863, at Port Hudson, La., and when able was in command of my company until the battle of Franklin, Tenn., Nov. 30, 1864. Was in the battles of Fort Donelson, Port Hudson, Jackson, Miss., and all the battles form Dalton to Atlanta, then at Decatur, Ala. Was with Gen. Hood at Columbia, Tenn., and the last battle at Franklin, Tenn. Got my parole at Columbus, Miss in May 1865. My Captain, G. A. Lowe was killed at Atlanta, July 28, 1864. (Reminiscences of the Boys in Gray 1861 - 1865, Compiled by Mamie Yeary, McGregor, Texas, Published by Wilkinson Printing Company, Dallas, Tex., 1912
Goldthwaite, Texas - Born Jan. 11, 1842, near Vernon, Tenn. Enlisted in the Confederate Army in July 1861, at Whitfield, Tenn., as Second Sergeant in Company B., Forty-Second Tennessee Regiment, Gen. Walthall's Division, Gen. Stewart's Corps, Army of Tennessee. My first Captain was Hubbard, and first colonel was Quarles. First fought at Fort Donelson, Tenn. When we were exchanged was in the service in Mississippi, and then went to Port Hudson, La., under Gen. Gardner. From there went to Mobile, Ala., thence to Dalton, Ga. Was wounded July 28th in front of Atlanta, Ga, shot in the head. Then went with Gen. Hood on the Tennessee campaign, and was shot in the leg while storming the Yankee breastworks at Franklin, Tenn. Was taken prisoner at Fort Donelson and was sent to Camp Douglas, Ill, where I was fairly well treated. Fort Donelson was taken on the 14th and 15th of February, 1862. I was elected September 1862 to Second Lieutenant and then promoted to First Lieutenant, January 1863, at Port Hudson, La., and when able was in command of my company until the battle of Franklin, Tenn., Nov. 30, 1864. Was in the battles of Fort Donelson, Port Hudson, Jackson, Miss., and all the battles form Dalton to Atlanta, then at Decatur, Ala. Was with Gen. Hood at Columbia, Tenn., and the last battle at Franklin, Tenn. Got my parole at Columbus, Miss in May 1865. My Captain, G. A. Lowe was killed at Atlanta, July 28, 1864. (Reminiscences of the Boys in Gray 1861 - 1865, Compiled by Mamie Yeary, McGregor, Texas, Published by Wilkinson Printing Company, Dallas, Tex., 1912
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