| Soldier of Unknown Identity Buried at
Gallatin, Tenn. |
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| Thomas H. King, Sr., of
Gallatin, Tenn., writes: "During the first year of the war a train
composed of box cars (the kind then generally used for the
transportation of soldiers) arrived at the depot in Gallatin from the
South, and upon the top of one way lying a Confederate soldier who had
evidently been struck by an overhead bridge or something similar. He was
carried to an office near by, where he lived some twenty-four hours;
but, with the exception of an occasional moan, no sound escaped his
lips. Upon his uniform the buttons had a 'pelican,' leading those who
saw him to think he was from Louisiana. He was the first Confederate
soldier to be buried at this place, and that was done by Capt. H. B.
Boude's company with the honors of war. Do any of his comrades remember
him? His grave is in Confederate Circle in the cemetery in Gallatin, and
the spot is known. This may help some relative to find his grave. |
| {Transcribed from
Confederate Veteran, 1906, p. 266. |
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| From the web article "The Condensed History
of the 1st Louisiana Cavalry Regiment, CSA" at
http://tcc230.tripod.com/lacavhistory/index.html |
| "The regiment was ordered to
report to Headquarters, Western Department, CSA on November 6, 1861. The
1st Louisiana Cavalry loaded into riverboats, the Magnolia, Vicksburg,
and others and traveled from Baton Rouge to Memphis, Tennessee. From
there, railroaded to Nashville, Tennessee and then marched to Bowling
Green, Kentucky and reported to General Albert Sidney Johnston,
Commander of the Western District." |
| {From the two
reports, I'll guess that the soldier was from the 1st Louisiana Cavalry
and was injured during the trip from Memphis to Nashville and missed
when his unit began its road march. The soldier was found on a box car
on the Louisville & Nashville RR about 27 miles north of Nashville,
about November 20, 1861.} |
| {Thanks to CMWinkler,
of CivilWarTalk.com} |
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