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Medford C Bowman
- 1st Sergeant
Died at Shiloh; April 6, 1862
Contact Name: Virginia Donnell
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Date Added: 10/14/2015

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John Fields
- Private
No comments
Contact Name: Douglas R. Smith
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Date Added: 8/3/2010

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James David McNabb
- Private
No comments
Contact Name: David
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Date Added: 1/21/2011

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Cheslie (Chesley) C Pierce
Rank Unknown
My GG Grandfather recd a confederate pension recorded as follows Pension #S10547. Giles Co TN, 45th Infantry.
Contact Name: Kaye Sass
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Date Added: 12/10/2005

Company A
Benjamin Thomas Wilson
- Private
Wounded at the Battle of Shiloh
Contact Name: Timothy Wilson Burnette
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Date Added: 2/25/2007

Company B
Joel Newman Van Hook
- Private
From muster records and discharge certificate 12-09-1861 to 02-02-1863
Contact Name: Larry Van Hook
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Date Added: 6/13/2012

Company C
Robert Thomas Rankin
- Private
1834-1862 Enlisted in November 1861. Died 16 May 1862. Possibly wounded at the Battle of Shiloh and died in hospital about 5 weeks later in Mississippi.
Contact Name: George Hill
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Date Added: 12/13/2022

Company D
pleasent lane
Rank Unknown
No comments
Contact Name: Wm. T. Ashley
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Date Added: 3/18/2013

Company D
Hiram Glover Morton
- Private
No comments
Contact Name: Tommy Thompson
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Date Added: 7/31/2013

Company D
William Anderson RAY
- Private
No comments
Contact Name: Mary Ann Gauer
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Date Added: 10/10/2011

Company D
Moses Woodfin
- Private
Moses Woodfin enlisted with 3 brothers from the Murfreesboro area. The brothers were in the 18th Regiment. Moses and Hugh White Woodfin were captured in the Battle of Missionary Ridge and were sent to Union prisons until the end of the war. I would be interested in any history of this regiment or his company.
Contact Name: Ric Manning
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Contact Homepage: http://cwprivates.blogspot.com
Date Added: 8/2/2009

Company D
Granville Cheney Crockett Wray
- 1st Corporal
Granville was born 4 Oct 1835 in rural Rutherford County, near Murfreesboro, Tenn. The 1860 census finds him in district #8 in that county with the post office at Prinne. He has 18 cards in his archival file. He enlists at Murfreesboro on 2 Nov 1862 for 3 years, enlisted by A. Hall. He was promoted to the rank of 1st Corporal on 1 Oct 1863. He sees action at Shiloh, Baton Rouge, Vicksburg, Murfreesboro, Chickamauga and Chattanooga where he is captured and sent to the military prison at Louisville, Ky and on to Rock Island Barracks in Illinois. The last card in his archival card shows him as a POW being release on 21 May 1865 form the Rock Island prison.

The 45th Tenn. Infantry was organized at Camp Trousdale in Dec of 1961 after the losses at the battle of Chattanooga it was consolidated with the 23rd Tenn Infantry which when combined contained only 316 men.

Granville Married in 1858 to Julia Ann Murphy. He died 2 Sept 1889 at Almaville, Rutherford County and is buried in the Wray - Covington Cem. in that town. We are related by a distant marriage.
Contact Name: Phillip Thomas
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Date Added: 5/14/2024

Company E
Thomas J Alford
- 2nd Lieutenant
Thomas J Alford enlisted early in the War. He was captured in Triune, Tennessee, in December 1864 after the Battle of Nashville.
Contact Name: Bobby
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Date Added: 5/8/2009

Company E
John Stephen Hollowell
- Private
J S Hollowell was my Great Grandfather
Contact Name: Jack Pahlmann
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Date Added: 7/22/2012

Company E
William Anderson Miller
- Private
According to wife Susan (Herron) Miller's application for Confederate Widow Pension Application, he served in Co E 45th Tennessee Infantry. Enlisted 11/30/1861 and was last on rolls 8/31/1864. Wounded at the Battle of Murfreesboro, TN 7/2/1863 with a leg wound. Company surrendered in North Carolina 1865?? Susan states on the pension application that William Miller was born 10/4/1833. Tombstone has 10/3/1835
Contact Name: Gay Mathis
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Date Added: 5/9/2007

Company F
Hugh Larkin Bass
- 2nd Lieutenant
Enlistment Date: 09 Dec 1861; Enlistment Place: Camp Trousdale .
Found sources listed as H.L. Bass and L.L. Bass (L.L. Bass is a transcription error)
b. 21 Jul 1834 d. 16 Oct 1898; Burial: Bass Family Farm Cemeter, Wilson County, Tennessee.
Husband of Almeda Vivrett-Bass-1st cousin 4x removed.
Contact Name: Ellen L Carr-Ogden
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Date Added: 11/26/2023

Company F
Thomas F. Branch
- Private


Thos. Branch's service record simply said 'Died Feb. 12, 1862' (18 years old). He is buried on our farm about 15 mi. East of Nashville. No one knows how he came to be there nor who are in the five (5) other unmarked graves surrounding him.
Contact Name: Thomas Ramsey
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Date Added: 10/2/2013

Company F
A. J. Carver
- Corporal
A.J. Carver enlisted in Co. F in Dec. 1861 and stayed in that company throughout the war until he was wounded and lost his left arm at Jonesboro, GA. He applied for his Confederate Pension in 1906 stating that he never took the oath of allegiance.
Contact Name: Thomas Ramsey
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Date Added: 10/6/2013

Company F
James Martin Eagan
- Private
No comments
Contact Name: Mark Anderson
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Date Added: 11/17/2007

Company F
Marcus Rufus Eagan
- Private
Died Feb 1912, Wilson Co, TN.
Contact Name: Mark Anderson
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Date Added: 11/17/2007

Company F
William Gordon Thompson
- Private
No comments
Contact Name: Patricia Thompson
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Date Added: 1/3/2015

Company G
Benjamin Franklin Baskin
- Sergeant
No comments
Contact Name: Jim
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Date Added: 4/26/2008

Company G
George Washington Crawley
- Private
George Washington Crawley was my GG uncle.
Contact Name: James Crawley
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Date Added: 12/1/2010

Company G
W D Crawley
- Private
W D Crawley Also went by Major David Crawley of the 48th Tenn. Nice to know the military never changes.
Contact Name: James Crawley
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Date Added: 12/1/2010

Company G
Green B Hackney
- Private
Confederate Service Records show G.B. Hackney serving as a Private in G Company 45th Tennessee Infantry from 16 Dec 1861 to 16 Jan 1862 when he died in service.
Contact Name: Jeremy
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Date Added: 12/31/2007

Company G
John Hackney
- Private
Confederate Service Records show J.J. Hackney serving as a Private in G Company 45th Tennessee Infantry from 16 Dec 1861 to Nov 1862.
Contact Name: Jeremy
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Date Added: 12/31/2007

Company G
William Lannom
- Private
William Lannom,Pvt. Company G, enlisted November 6, 1862 in Murfreesboro, TN. Listed as a deserter in April 1863 when 'sent to his home until he got well, so able for duty and has not reported to his command' according to Confederate Service Records.
Contact Name: Jeremy
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Date Added: 2/4/2008

Company H
George Wasington Buchanan Shannon
- Sergeant
George Washington Buchanan Shannon was abt 31 years old. Born in Wilson Co. Tenn. Enlisted 6 Nov 1862 at Murfeesboro, Tenn. for 3 years. Enlisted by Co Hall. Enlisted as Pvt. He died of disease at Winship & Blackie Hosp. at Atlanta Ga. His father went to retrieve his body but it was buried in a mass grave at Oakwood Cem. His Death card listed his rank as Sergt. He was the Father in Law of my 3rd cousin 2 x removed.
Contact Name: Phillip Thomas
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Date Added: 4/19/2018

Company H
Benjamin Franklin Summers
- Private
No comments
Contact Name: Beth Gregory
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Date Added: 4/23/2004

Company I
John T. H. McCoy
- Private
No comments
Contact Name: Don Smith
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Date Added: 10/1/2018

Company K
James Frederick Cabler
- Sergeant
Jamee Frederick Cabler born TN 25 Oct 1833; enlisted 21 Nov 1861; wounded at Atlanta, 1865; Confederate pension denied - no proof of discharge from CSA; farmer, lived Rutherford Co; died 30 Oct 1913. Married Marha Jane Dickey, 18 Dec 1856; 8 children
Contact Name: Shirley Charlton
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Date Added: 1/14/2013

Company K
James W Haley
- 2nd Lieutenant
No comments
Contact Name: Ed Hailey
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Date Added: 4/4/2007

Company K
SImeon Hunt
- Private
Wounded at Shiloh APRIL, 1862 by rifle ball entering shoulder joint, exited shoulder blade. Evacuated to Corinth MS. and returned home to Murfreesboro, TN to heal under the care of his family. Returned to unit, Co. K, 45 TN Inf. at Stones River days before the battle. Unable to shoulder a pack he was placed in mounted inf. He was shot through the left leg and evacuated to Chattanooga, TN. Jan.1863. Initial application for pension was rejected and SImeon moved to Texas. Upon returning to TN he was able to locate 45 Inf. company clerk who could verify service. Supporting letters issued by doctor and younger brother who treated wounds. WIfe Jennie was given widows pension after his death.
Contact Name: Jim Hunt
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Date Added: 9/6/2009

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