Matthew joined the 14th Battalion, Company C and G, Georgia Light Artillery (Montgomery's)as a Private on 1 Apr 1862. On14 Oct 1862 with the transfers from companies A, C, and B, becoming known as Anderson's Battalion Georgia Light Artillery. On 11 Dec 1862 with the rank of Sergeant Matthew was killed in action at Cherokee Station, Alabama in the service of the CSA.
The location of Cherokee Station was about 3 miles east of the Natchez Trace, a major frontier road with the northern terminus at Nashville and the southern terminus at Natchex on the Mississippi river. During the war, the Trace crossed the Tennessee river about 2-3 miles north of Cherokee Station. today, this crossing is covered by Pickwick Lake, part of the TVA system of lakes created when the Tennessee was controlled by a series of dams. During the war, the Trace passed near Jackson, MS., and provided communication to northeast Mississippi, northwest Alabama, and south central Tennessee. An east/west road though Cherokee Station follows the path of US 72 today. West of Cherokee, the road reached Memphis and east to Cherokee, the road reached Decatur and Gadsden. At Gadsden, Chattanooga and Atlanta were easily reached by adequate roads. Cherokee Station may have been important because of the roads.
Matthew joined the 14th Battalion, Company C and G, Georgia Light Artillery (Montgomery's)as a Private on 1 Apr 1862. On14 Oct 1862 with the transfers from companies A, C, and B, becoming known as Anderson's Battalion Georgia Light Artillery. On 11 Dec 1862 with the rank of Sergeant Matthew was killed in action at Cherokee Station, Alabama in the service of the CSA.
The location of Cherokee Station was about 3 miles east of the Natchez Trace, a major frontier road with the northern terminus at Nashville and the southern terminus at Natchex on the Mississippi river. During the war, the Trace crossed the Tennessee river about 2-3 miles north of Cherokee Station. today, this crossing is covered by Pickwick Lake, part of the TVA system of lakes created when the Tennessee was controlled by a series of dams. During the war, the Trace passed near Jackson, MS., and provided communication to northeast Mississippi, northwest Alabama, and south central Tennessee. An east/west road though Cherokee Station follows the path of US 72 today. West of Cherokee, the road reached Memphis and east to Cherokee, the road reached Decatur and Gadsden. At Gadsden, Chattanooga and Atlanta were easily reached by adequate roads. Cherokee Station may have been important because of the roads.
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