Civil War Genealogy Database
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5th Tennessee Infantry
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Company Unknown
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David C Crockett - Unknown
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Enlisted: Feb. 28, 1862 in Barbourville, KY
Fought in Battle of Resaca, 1864
Reported AWOL from May 22-Sept. 8, 1864 (probably to help bring in the family's harvest)
Fought in Battle of Franklin
Mustered out: Mar. 28, 1865
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Contact Name:
Clayton Hall
Contact Email:
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Date Added: 9/29/2013
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Company A
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William Harris Anderson - Corporal
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My great grandfather's brother: enlisted Barbourville KY in 1862 at the age of 16. Survived all action of the 5th, mustered out in Nashville.
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Contact Name:
Scott Anderson
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Date Added: 4/19/2017
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Company A
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Isreal Scott - Private
Contact Name:
Scott Anderson
Contact Email:
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Date Added: 4/19/2017
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Company B
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James R. Thompson - Captain
Contact Name:
William Thompson
Contact Email:
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Date Added: 11/23/2016
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Company C
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William Byrd Pearson - Captain
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Company D
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Francis Marion Harrison - Private
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Also served in Co. I, 5th TN Infantry, USA, and Co. A, 17th Battalion, TN Cavalry, CSA.
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Contact Name:
Tim Harrison
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Date Added: 2/19/2008
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Company D
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Miles Franklin Harrison - Corporal
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Served November 1864 - July 1865 with rank of Corporal. Also served in Co. H, 59th TN Mounted Infantry, CSA.
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Contact Name:
Tim Harrison
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Date Added: 2/19/2008
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Company D
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Thomas Jackson Pelfrey - Sergeant
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Served in Companies, D, I, and K.
Pelfrey entered the service as a Private on November 1, 1862, and was mustered in on November 27th of that same year.
He attained the rank of Sergeant during his length of Service.
Thomas was promoted to Sergeant on May 18th, 1863.
Pelfrey served with the unit at Spring Hill, Franklin, and Nashville. He also participated in Sherman's campaign of the Carolinas.
Thomas Pelfrey passed away on April 14, 1912, and was buried in Smyrna Cemetery. He has the second oldest grave (marked) in the cemetery.
While in the service, Thomas Pelfrey was listed as 26 years old, 6 ft. 2 1/2 in., dark complexion, yellow eyes, and black hair.
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Company E
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john henry rinkle/wrinkle - Private
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this is my great grandfather on my mothers side, am looking for a thomas raines married to dorothy ? which was johns in laws.
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Company F
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Frances Marion Goddard - Corporal
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1840-1883
GG Grandfather to Linda Mathis Neal. Daughter of John Dale Mathis, son of John M. Mathis, son of John Martin Mathis and Vesta Alice Goddard, dauther of Frances M. Goddard.
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Contact Name:
James Lee Neal
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Date Added: 11/16/2011
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Company F
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Robert Ozias Jordan - Private
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Robert Ozias 'Icey' Jordan was born Jan. 1824 in Habersham Co., GA. He died 13 Sept 1907 Graysville, Rhea Co., TN. Pvt. Ozias Jordan enlisted in Co., 'F' 5th TN Inf USA. He contracted smallpox while he was in the War
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Contact Name:
Pamela McKinney-Smith
Contact Email:
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Date Added: 6/12/2006
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Company F
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Benjamin J. Lively - Private
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Buried at Indian Creek Church, Oliver Springs, TN with Civil War Tombstone
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Contact Name:
Tom H. Carver
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Date Added: 1/22/2007
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Company F
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Francis M. Morgan - Private
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Pvt. Francis M. Morgan was born 1836 Rhea Co., TN. He enlisted in the 5th TN Inf Co 'F' USA. He was killed in action 05 Oct 1863 in Chattanooga, TN. He was only 27 years old when he died.
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Contact Name:
Pamela McKinney-Smith
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Date Added: 6/12/2006
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Company F
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John W. Morgan - Private
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John W. Morgan b. 03 Mar 1828 Rhea Co., TN. d. 28 Feb 1914 Rhea Co., TN. buried: Mount Vernon Church Cemetery, Rhea Co., TN. Enlisted: 25 Mar 1862 Discharged: 29 Mar 1865 Pvt Co. 'F' 5th TN Inf USA (AKA) 5th East Tennessee Infantry.
Citations & Decorations: John received the 'GRAND ARMY BADGE' for the capture of a Confederate cannon. Disability Incurred: John's eyes were injured while he was in the Civil War, when he returned home from the War, he was given the name 'Sleepy John'. He also had Rhumatism. Source: 1890 Hamilton Co., TN. Dist. 11, Veterans Scheduales: Surviving Soldiers, Sailors, Marines & Widows ect... Pension started: 03 June 1912 Pension pay: $30.00 a month
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Contact Name:
Pamela McKinney-Smith
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Date Added: 6/8/2006
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Company G
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Charles D. Bean - Private
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Charles had migrated from Botetourt County Virginia to Rhea County Tennessee in the 1830''s. He died on March 2, 1863 near Murfreesboro, Tennessee. He had four sons who also were in the war, John, William, Jacob and Charles.
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Company G
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William F Kendall - Private
Contact Name:
Mark Watkins
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Date Added: 4/21/2021
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Company G
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Lawson Hicks Lemons - Private
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Buried - National Cemetery Chattanooga.
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Company G
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Wesley Massey - Private
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Company G
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James Morgan - Private
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Died in Nashville in April 1865, his wife retrieved his body and he is buried in Matthews Cemetery, Hamilton County, TN.
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Contact Name:
Phebe Morgan
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Date Added: 6/24/2012
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Company H
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Wilkerson P Adkison - 1st Sergeant
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Birth (1831)married first(1853) Martha R. Green second
(1866) Caroline Green, Wilkerson buried in Williams Cemetery,
Roane Co; TN
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Company H
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Francis Beals - Private
Contact Name:
Scott Anderson
Contact Email:
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Date Added: 4/19/2017
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Company I
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Perry Lee Collins - Unknown
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Born 14 Mar 1839, Died 18 Sep 1922
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Contact Name:
Robin Marshall
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Date Added: 9/27/2010
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Company I
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Andrew D McKee - Private
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Company K
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Wiley Lively - Private
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Buried at Indian Creek Church, Oliver Springs, TN with Civil War Tombstone
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Contact Name:
Tom H. Carver
Contact Email:
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Date Added: 1/22/2007
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Company K
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William Seward Raulston - 1st Corporal
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My GG Grandfather, Cpl. Willam Seward Raulston was wounded in the Right Shoulder in the battle of Resaca, GA on 05/14/1864 with Sherman's march through GA (promoted to Cpl on 06/20/1864). He continued on to Savannah and back and was discharged at the end of the war in Nashville, TN.
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Company K
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John R. Scott - Private
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Great-great grandfather: enlisted with Southern forces in 1862, went AWOL and joined the 5th in 1863. Injured at Battle of Resaca. Survived the war.
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Contact Name:
Scott Anderson
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Date Added: 4/19/2017
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Company M
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William E. Cole - Private
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Pvt. William E. Cole, Union soldier, 5th mounted Infantry Company G. died May 25, 1865 at Gordon's Mill, Georgia. I have looked for his burial site for two and a half years.
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