48th Tennessee Infantry (Voorhies)

Harris T. Fox was also my great, great grandfather. He was captured at Ft. Donelson and died at Camp Douglas prison camp June 1st 1862.

Joseph P. Whitehead was my great, great grandfather. He was with the Voorhies regiment, but he missed capture at Ft. Donelson and regrouped with the Sowel regiment but died later in 1862. Exact date and reason of death is as of yet unknown

Charles Washington Robinson, 1847 - 1919, served in Voorhees' Regiment, Co. A, 48th TN Inf. He lived in Williamson Co., TN, when he enlisted, and later moved to Maury Co., TN.

Died at Ft. Henry

John W. is my 2X great Uncle

Continued from 54th Tenn. Infantry: William after escaping the fall of Fort Donalson on 16 Feb 1862 was enlisted in the 48th Tenn. [Nixon's] which had also been badly mauled in combat. He has 21 items in his archival file. The regimental history states that they were active in the Kentucky Campaign in which he suffered a chest injury at the battle of Richmond, Kentucky. The regimental history also stated it was involved in the Atlanta Campaign and Hood's Tenn. Campaign as well as the Carolina Campaign. There is a bit of a mystery as his archival record says he was captured 20 April at Macon, Georgia. He was the father-in-law of the step grandson, of my 1st cousin 4 x removed Willie Susan Robinson. He is buried at Waxahachie City Cem. Ellis Co. Texas.

Enlisted Dec. 12th, 1861...Captured @ Fort Donelson Feb. 16th, 1862 and exchanged Nov. 10th, 1862 and later paroled @ Greensboro, NC on May 1st, 1865.

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Inducted 11/26/1861. Discharged April, 1865.

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My great-great grandfather Hoffman was born in Saxony, Germany around 1832. He immigrated to Maury County, Tennessee with his parents in 1835. He died at Corinth MS on 28 April 1862. His gravesite is unknown, but assumed to be in Corinth.

Frank Graves was in Co. F Voorhies Regiment while his brother Powel Paul Graves was in Co. E 3rd Tennessee.

James enlisted in 1861 with the Confederate 48th TN infantry Company F, from Maury County. I have found that James was captured June 18, 1864 at Kennisaw Mountain. He was a prisoner at Camp Douglas in Chicago IL until April of 1865 when he enlisted with 5th US Vol.

Helton Rutherford Walker enlisted in the 48th TN in Nov 1861, and was one of the few men still with the 48th at the final surrender after the Battle of Bentonville in NC. He was in Co D of thte 48th as a private, and was taken prisoner at the Battle of Fort Donelson. He was held, with numerous others of his regiment, at Camp Douglas in Illinois as a prisoner of war. In Sept 1862 they were exchanged and returned to active Confederate duty. When that portion of the 48th TN reorganized, he was elected Captain of Co G, under Corporal Voorhies. From this time there were essentially two regiments of the 48th: the one under Nixon (those not taken at Donelson), and the one under Voorhies (reorganized after release from prison camp. Helton Rutherford Walker was the son of Elijah Walker and Matilda McMurry, of Dickson County TN. He married Esther Elizabeth Thornton of Hickman Co TN, and enlisted from Hickman County. After the war, Helton Rutherford Walker and Esther Elizabeth (Thornthon) Walker moved to Howell Co MO (1872), where they remained and raised their family. They homesteaded near Mountain View, MO, and donated the ground for Walker Chapel Church and Cemetery from their homestead. The church, while not active continues to be well-maintained, and hosts a homecoming each year. Descendants of Helton Rutherford Walker continue to be buried in its little cemetery.

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William J Sowell is also an uncle to my great-great grandfather William Burr Sowell. He is the brother of Capt. David Sowell also of the 48th (Nixon's).

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Enlisted as a private, was captured at Fort Donelson and emprisoned at Camp Douglas. Exchanged at Vicksburg and continued with 48th throughout remainder of war. Was 2nd Lt. at war's end

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George W. Wade died at Fort Donelson 31 January 1862 but it is not yet known if his death was due to wounds or disease. His wife's name was Sarah and their daughter, Mary, was 4 year old at the time of her father's death. Mary married Benjamin Franklin Harris and they had a son named Robert Alonzo Harris (my grandfather) amongst other children. He married Annie Dean and their daughter, Edwena Harris, was my mother (she passed away in December 1998). My father was Robert E. Yokley of Columbia, TN and he died in 1980. My thanks to Rita Jines (& distant cousin) and my sister, Susan E. Parks for corrections to this entry.

Enlisted at Centerville, Hickman Co. TN on 01 Nov 1862. Captured near Nashville on 16 Dec 1864. Sent to Camp Douglas, IL 21 Dec 1864. Released 15 May 1865. Moved to Texas in 1870's. Died in Dallas, TX 31 Jul 1923. Buried at Oakland Cemetery, Dallas County, TX.

Died during Civil War

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McCrory, Thos., Co. K, 48th Tennessee Infantry, died 27 Feb. 1862, died in service. Source: Smith, Frank H. History of Maury County, Tennessee. Maury County Historical Society, 1969: p. 130.

Captured at Fort Donelson, sent to Camp Douglas, Ill. Captured at Port Hudson,LA with Whiteside's Battery, released immediately. Wounded at Nashville, captured at Egypt Station, MS. Sent to prison hospital in Alton, Ill. Paroled at Point Lookout, MD, February 1865.

Enlisted as Sergeant in Dec. 17, 1861 at Camp Maury in Nashville, TN under Colonel WM Voorhies. Was captured at Battle of Fort Donelson on Feb. 16, 1862 and sent to Camp Douglas, Chicago, IL. On 9/7/1862, he along with 823 other prisoners were sent to Vicksburg, MS via Steamer Jno H. Done to be exchanged. The exchange took place on 9/23/1862. On 9/27/1862, he was promoted to Captain. On 8/18/1863, he sent a letter of resignation to Ajutant and Inspector General Samuel Cooper CSA due to sickness (Brights Disease of his kidneys). Resignation was accepted and official on 9/7/1863