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PREFACE in 1914 and 1915 Questionnaire Forms Were Sent to All PREFACE In 1914 and 1915 questionnaire forms were sent to all known living Tennessee Civil War soldiers by Dr. Gus Dyer who was serving as Archivist at that time. Again in 1920 Mr. John Trotwood Moore, Director of the Tennessee Historical Commission, sent out a revised form which covered essentially the same data. All the completed forms that were returned were received by 1922. These questionnaires contain information regarding date and place of birth; date and place of enlistment; war service, including descriptions of battles, prison life, and other war experiences; economic and social status of the soldier and his family; genealogical data; educational and religious data; occupation before and after the war; and some other facts. The veterans were encouraged to write fully of their experiences both during the war and afterward. Many of them sent additional pages of material . This index to the questionnaires which are housed in the Manuscripts Section of the Tennessee State Library and Archives contains the soldier's name, his company, and his regiment as given on the completed form by the soldier. The index is being published in order that the public may be made more aware of these records and the wealth of information contained in them. Manuscripts Section Tennessee State Library and Archives Completed: September 12, 1962 Revised: November 15, 1974 INDEX QUEST IONNAIRES - CONFEDERATE SOLDIERS NAME COMPANY REGIMENT Abbott, Napoleon Bonaparte K 1st Tenn. Abernathy, Alfred E. E 32nd Tenn . Abernathy, J. Press A 3rd Tenn. Abernathy, Milton Thomas A 3rd Tenn. Abernathy, Ritchard Tucker C 53rd Tenn . Acuff, Stokley ' Bundren's 26th Tenn. Adair, Robert President A 13th S. C. Adams, Charles Wesley A 48th Tenn. Cav. Adams, Ford Norfleet E 50th Tenn, Adams, J.M. F 15th Tenn. Adams, John R. E 19th Tenn. Adams, Samuel James B 4th Tenn . Cav. Adams, William Thomas C 11th Tenn. Adkisson, George Lafayette H 1st Tenn. Adkisson, Samuel 51st Tenn. Agnew, James K. Polk 11th Tenn. Cav. Aiken, James Capt. Winston's Tenn. Light Art. Aldrich, Thomas Joyce C 1st Tenn. Cav. Alexander, Andrew Jackson Maury Art. Alexander, E. C. Maury Art. Alexander, E. F. E 51st Tenn. Alexander, George L. 9th Tenn. Alexander, George Was hington E 9th Tenn. Cav. Alexander, James Knox Polk I 5th Tenn. Alexander, McKager Cooper D 45th Tenn. Alexander, T. B. Capt. Tenn . Light Art. Sparkman's Alexander, William Thomas 2nd Ala. Allen, Andrew Jackson G 12th Tenn. Allen, John Benton E 37th Tenn. Allen, John Simpson 4th Tenn . Gav. Allen, Myrick Roberson G 32nd Tenn. A11 en, W. J. A 31st Tenn . Allen, Wi lliam Gibbs D 5th Tenn. Cav. Anderson, Frank Oglesby A 14th Tenn. Anderson, Henry D 40th N. C. Anderson, James A. F 8th Tenn. Anderson, James Berey D 28th Cav. Anderson, John B. 27th Cav. Anderson, John Moultrie Capt. Smart I s Anderson, Mark LaFayette Putnam 8th Tenn. Cav. Andes, J. W. H 4th Tenn. Cav. Andes, William Leonades 4th Tenn. Andrews, J. K. P. 17th Tenn. Andrews, Mark L. 4th Tenn. Cav. -2- Anthony, James Frederick B 28th Tenn . Cav . Anthony, Rody S. D 1st Tenn . Anthony, Wi lliam Lee 7th Tenn. Cav. Apperson, Cinci nnatus 7th Va. Applewhich , A. W. 34th Mi ss. Archer, Wi1 l i am Wry l ey E 41st Tenn. Arnett, William Richard F 1st Tenn. Arnol d, Francis Marion I 18th Tenn, Arnold, Thomas C. F 23rd Tenn. Arnol d, Thomas W. A 6th N. C. Cav. Arrington, Henry Clay F 28th Tenn. Ary, William A 9th Cav. Ashcroft, J. W. I 1st Tenn. Cav. Askew, J . F. E 53rd N. C. Askew , W. T. H 44th Tenn. Atkins, Archibald 47th Ky. Cav . Atkins, Augustine Taylor K 11th Tenn. Gav . At kins, James Merdth B 8th N. C. Atkins, Lucu l lus Can G 3rd Ky . Atki nson, S. W. 8th Tenn. Cav. Austin, George W. G 2nd Ark. Austin, J. T. D 7th Tenn. Cav. Austin, James B 29th Reg. Austin, Robert 8th Tenn. Cav . Aydelott, Wi l liam Clanent B 2nd Tenn. Aymett, John M. A 3rd Tenn. Bagley , Charles Boyles C 41st Tenn. Baker, Leander K. E 7th Tenn. Baker, Wi ll iam P. F 30th Tenn. Baldridge, Wi l liam T. A 31st Tenn. Bal dwin, James Wood H 1st Texas Bal lanfant, Josiah Turner Bandy, James Howard K 51st Tenn . Banister, David Monroe D 17th Ala. Barbee, Romulus Allison 's Cav. Barfield, M. T. C 67th N. C. Barker,James Madison B 12th Tenn. Barksdale, Henry P. E 9th Term. Barnes, El ijah C. F 59th Tenn . Barnes, J. W. D 4th Tenn. Barnes, J. W. I 44th Tenn. Barnes, William Thomas E 38th Tenn. Barnett, Thomas Alexander 4th Ga. Barron, John M. B 19th Tenn . Barron, Samuel Lee I 38th Tenn. Barrow, George Washington D 50th Tenn. Barrows, W. H. 18th Tenn. Barry, Thomas Van Buren 30th Tenn . Bartl ett, Isaac Anderson 1st Tenn . Cav. Bary, James Lemuel 4th Tenn . Cav. Bashaw, Joseph Peter I 7th Tenn. Baskervi lle, George Booth E 12th Tenn. Cav. Baskett, Gideon Hicks 45th Tenn . Bass, J. B. K 3rd Tenn . Bass, James 0. I 7th Tenn. Bass~ William Jones B 8th Ark . Cav. -3- Bate, William Brimage I 2nd Tenn. Bates, Robert Baxter G 19th Tenn. Batey, Benjamin Blanks I 1st Tenn. Baugh, Wi 11 is M. Burg's Baxter, W. S. H 14th Tenn . Bayless, Robert R. C 60th Tenn. Mt. Inf. Beaner, Andrew Jackson L 38th Tenn . Beard, Richard H 7th Tenn. Beard, William David B 53rd Tenn. Beard, William Edward B 21st Tenn. Cav . Beasley, Charles Davis 19th Ala. Beasley, Ed. Maney 4th Tenn. Cav. Beech, Richard Thomas 26th Tenn. Beene, Lemuel Jackson A 4th Tenn . Bell, John Walter 1st Tenn . Cav. Bell,W.T. E 4th Tenn . Cav. Bennett, Ambrose H 1st Tenn. Bennett, Samuel 4th Tenn. Cav. Bennett, William James Bell's Benson, George W. B 23rd Tenn. Biggs, Zack, Jr. D 55th Tenn. Bilbrey, Felix Grundy 8th Tenn. Cav. Billingsley, Lee T. F 2nd Tenn. Cav. Bing, Lewis Green A 16th Tenn. Bishop, John Calvin C Gen. Thomas' Reg. Bittick, John Holland H 9th Tenn. Black, W.W. B 1st Ark. Blackburn, James Knox Polk 8th Tex. Cav. Blackburn, William Henry K 11th Tenn. Blackwell, Charlie Fleming A 41st Tenn . Blackwell, Thomas J. C 31st Miss . Blair, Samuel Tate A 2nd Tenn. Cav. Blakely, Henry Pink F 14th S. C. Bledsoe, Louis Jefferson E 32nd Tenn. Bledsoe, T. N. E 41st Tenn . Blevins, W. F. I 5th Tenn. Cav. Bodenhamer, David Shires Myers H 32nd Tenn . Boles, G. R. 8th Tenn. Cav. Bond, J. H. F 59th Tenn. Bondurant, Benjamin T. I 20th Tenn. Cav. Booker, Thomas G 28th Tenn. Boring, Peter Capt. William Fry's Scouts Bostick, Berry Rice H 4th Ark. Bourne, Edw. 3rd Conf. Inf. Bowden, Jefferson 5th Tenn . Bowden, Robert Lucius 3rd Tenn. Boy, Adam Alfred B 4th Tenn . Boya, Charles Washington I 44th Tenn. Boyd, William Townes A 3rd Va. Cav. Boze, William Carroll B 7th Tenn. Bradford, John A 20th Tenn. Bradley, Andrew Jackson B 7th Tenn . Bradley, J. W. E 30th Tenn. Bradley, Thomas Edward Bradsher, Stephen Garrett K 7th Tenn. Cav . Bransford, A. T. G 30th Tenn. -4- Brantley, Soloman Norman L 7th Tenn. Brawner, John H. E Col. Chester's Reg. Bray, J. F. 6th Tenn . Brewer, J. A. D 29th Tenn. Bridgmen, Mathew N. E 63rd Va. Briggs, Wil l iam Herschel D 53rd Tenn. Briggs, William Jackson Wheeler's 6th Tenn . Cav. Bringhurst, Edw. S, H 14th Tenn . Brittain, Thomas C. B 11th Tenn. Cav. Broadaway, Jesse E. D 8th Tenn. Brooks, Joe C. I 154th Reg. Brown, B. R. A 6th N. C. Cav. Brown, George Washington 3rd Tenn. Cav. (Lanier Dragons) Brown, Hiram Riemes K 2nd Tenn. Brown , Isacc D 19th Tenn. Brown, James Amos D 63rd Tenn. Brown, James P. 1st Tenn. Brown, Jesse C. 25th Tenn. Brown, John William F 20th Tenn . Brown, Ridley Shadrick F 17th Tenn. Brown, Russell Laseter H 16th Tenn. Brown, Stephen J. D 1st N. C. Brown, Thomas A 60th Tenn. Inf. Broyles, Isaac N. 1st Tenn. Cav. Bruce, A. M. D 2nd Tenn. Bruce, John Hardiman C 17th Tenn . Bruce, John I. Sneed 9th Tenn. Invincibles Brurnmi tt, John Henry 44th N. C. Brunson, Robert Jackson H 32nd Tenn. Bryan, Thomas Ledbetter I 4th Tenn. Cav . Bryant, John David A 44th Tenn . Bryant, R. A. H 55th Tenn . Bryant, Wylie Richard B 26th Tenn. Buchanan, Claudius D 20th Tenn. Buckner, Daniel L. H 43rd Tenn. Buffat, Augustus Gus C 37th Tenn. Bullen, Sam D. 8 12th Tenn. Cav. Bunch, Francis Marion 3rd Tenn. Burks, Robert Lee 4th Tenn. Cav . Burnley, W. D. Bus ly, Jack E 26th Miss. Butler, Thomas Jefferson Armstrong's 17th Tenn. Butts, Melman Marion 1st Tenn. Heavy Art. Bynum, E. J. E 4th Cav . Byrd, James Jordan 8 54th Ala. Byrne, George Da l las K 17th Tenn. Byrne, James Polk K 17th Tenn. Caldwell, James P. F 3rd Tenn. Callahann, A. H. K 24th Tenn. Camp, George Cooper M 5th Tenn. Campbell, Benjamin D. 7th Ark. Campbell, William Riley D 8th Ark. Cannon, Jabez Pugh 27th Ala. -5- Cannon, Newton I 11th Tenn. Gav. Cantrell, Al exander 1st N. C. Ca v. Carden, W. C. A Cardwell, Joseph Leonard H 24th Tenn. Carlton, W. H. D 12th Tenn. Carmack, Jesse Washington 8th Tenn. Carnes, Wi lliam Watts Jackson's Art. Carnihan, J. M. G Carpenter, John W. K 44th Tenn. Carpenter, T. B. 3rd Ky . Carr, Wi 11 i am C 19th Tenn. Carrick , Thomas F. H 21st Tenn .
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