6th Tennessee Mounted Infantry

Born September 7th 1842. Died September 4th 1918.

U.S. Pvt. John Henegar Miller was my GG Grandfather, William LaFayette 'Fate' Miller's older brother. He was 5'6' with blue eyes and fair hair. He was a farmer and from Harrison/Dallas Bay (North of Chattanooga, TN), Hamilton County, Tennessee. He Volunteered and Enlisted in the Union Army on 8 August 1864 at the age of 18 and 'Died of wounds received in action January the 26th 1865.' His Military headstone is in Jackson Chapel Cemetery in present day Chester Frost Park North of Hixson, TN. It is unclear if his body was ever recovered from the battlefield in Lafayette, Georgia where he was killed in action.

Charles was from Rhea County, Tennessee. He is buried in the Sardis Church Cemetery in Victoria, Tennessee.

William H. Martin was born 17 Jul 1845 in Roane County, TN, and enlisted on 1 Feb 1861 with Company B in Chattanooga at the age of 19 years (while living in Meigs County, TN, with his widowed mother and siblings). William H. Martin contracted smallpox in April 1865 and died at the Pest House in Dalton, GA, most probably on 31 May 1865. His burial site is unknown, but he may be one of four unknown Union soldiers buried at Dalton's West Hill Cemetery. Another option is a lost cemetery just north of the location of the Pest House, about 3 miles south-southwest of Dalton near a branch of Drowning Bear Creek.

William F. Morgan was born 1837 in Rhea Co., TN. SOURCE: Civil War Service Record: William F. Morgan, Co., 'B' 6th TN Mounted Infantry USA; Rank Induction: Private Rank Discharge:Captain Allegiance: Union

Mustered into service on 27 August 1864. Discharged on 30 June 1865. Member of G.A.R. Post 53 Sequatchie, Marion Co., TN.

Includes NotesNotes for David H. Ridge: David H. Served as a Lieutenant in the Civil War-Company C, 6th Tn. Mtd. Inf. (Union)

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MY GGG Grandfather, Moses D. Miller born in Roane County, TN on 05/10/1815 and was mustered into the Union Army with Two of his sons John Henegar Miller and James Alfred Miller from Hixson(Harrison)/Chattanooga, Tennessee. Moses in 09/12/1864 who died of Smallpox at the Post/Pest Hospital in Dalton, GA 1 June 1865 and is likely one of the 4 'unknown Union Soldiers' buried at the Confederate Cemetery on Cuyler Street. John Henegar Miller was a Sgt. in Co. D of the 6th Tennessee Infantry and was killed in action in LaFayette, GA 01/26/1865, and James Alfred Miller served in Company A,D,G, and finally F of 4th Tennessee Cavalry and was taken prisoner at the Chattahoochee River at Liberty Hill, GA 7/31/1864 and held in captivity at Andersonville Prison and exchanged 04/01/1865 at Vicksburg, MS and discharged on 12 July 1865 having served 2 years, 2 months, and 24 days.

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Benjamin J. Bailey (on his enlistment papers Benjamin J. Baley)was my great-great-great grandfather. He was born in Wilson County, Tennessee and lived his adult life and died in Whitwell, Marion County, Tennessee. He met and married in Whitwell Emily West and had 10 children. He was well known in his community and upstanding citizen and community activist. He was a farmer, started an elevator car to coal mines in the Whitwell mountains of the Sequatchie Valley, and was also once a sherriff for Whitwell.

William died outside Atlanta on Aug 6, 1864. The regiment saw heavy combat that die. He may have been killed in action.

Discharge paper indicates he was discharged in Nashville on June 13, 1865 and entitled transportation back to Chattanooga

Name: William L. Land Rank: Private Company: E WILLIAM LAND Rank: Privt Age: 26 Enlisted: Mar 3 64 Mustered: Mar 3 64 Remarks: Det as Sgt Major Nov 26 64 Sixth Mounted Infantry TENNESSEE (1-YEAR) Sixth Mounted Infantry. -- Lieut.-Col., George A. Gowin; Maj., William H. Bean. This regiment was organized in Hamilton county, Oct. 24, 1864. It was employed for some time by Gen. Steedman in scouting the Cumberland Mountains in Tennessee and northern Georgia after the guerrilla bands which infested that region, and it had several severe engagements with the bushwhackers. In March, 1865, the regiment was turned over to the commander of the department, and was soon afterward placed under Gen. Judah, commanding at Decatur, Gal, where it continued its scouting until the surrender of the Confederate army. It was then ordered to Resaca. On June 18, 1865, it was ordered to Nashville and on the 30th of that month was mustered out. Source: The Union Army, vol. 4, p. 389 ( Former Confederate of Co.H, 35th Tenn.Inf. )

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My Great Grandfather. He enlisted in Chattanooga, TN and was mustered out June 30, 1865 at Nashville, TN. Carter died August 15, 1913 Hollywood, AL.

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His mother was a sister to my maternal gr,gr,gr, grandfather. Along with his brother James, he probably fought on both sides in the Civil War !!! His UNION service : John P. Hale (First_Last) Regiment Name 6 Tennessee Mounted Inf. Side Union Company G Soldier`s Rank_In Pvt. Soldier`s Rank_Out Pvt. 6TH TENNESSEE MOUNTED INFANTRY REGIMENT, U.S.A Organized October 24, 1864 at Chattanooga; mustered out June 30, 1865, at Nashville JOHN P. HALE Rank: Privt Age: 23 Enlisted: Feb 20 65 Mustered: Feb 20 65 Remarks: John was probably a P.O.W. and chose to join the Federal Army to get out of prison.

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John R. Stephens -- Private, 6th Tennessee Mounted Infantry, Company G (Full name believed to be John Rice Stephens, however, there is no documentation to support it) Born: 10 Jan 1844, Morgan County, Tennessee Died: 21 Jun 1897, near Crossville, Cumberland, Tennessee Served from 1864 to 1865. John was a member of his local GAR Post (John R. Swan post) according to his obituary. John could be the same "John Stephens" listed in the ranks of the 28th Tennessee Infantry (Confederate States Army) from 1861 to 1863. Buried: Hyder Cemetery, Crossville, Cumberland, Tennessee