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I've had an interest in the Civil War since childhood, particularly in Memphis area. Hiked Shiloh several times as a scout. More recently my focus has been researching my 2nd great grandfathers:

John R Brown: died of measles at training camp near Union City, TN. Have conflicting info on unit but believe he was with Co G, 33rd Tennessee Infantry.

C C McDaniel (Christopher Columbus McDaniel) who was a private with Henderson's Scouts.

Robert D Brown (Nelson William Short) who left Ohio at time of war and went to Missouri. Robert D Brown was an alias used by Nelson W Short from 1861-1871 while he was in Missouri. Not sure what he was doing from 1861 to 1863 but in Feb 1864 he enlisted with Co H 3rd Missouri State Militia Cavalry. His record shows he was a detective with Provost Marshal part of this time in Ste Genevieve. Ordered to Co K 47th Infantry as 2nd LT in Sep 1864 and he served with this unit until mustered out 29 Mar 1865. After the war he was an Artificer with Co E of 1st Battalion US Engineers for Jul 1866 to Jul 1869 at Jefferson Barracks. In 1871 he moved to Nebraska and returned to using name of Nelson W Short.

 

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I've had an interest in the Civil War since childhood, particularly in Memphis area. Hiked Shiloh several times as a scout. More recently my focus has been researching my 2nd great grandfathers:

John R Brown: died of measles at training camp near Union City, TN. Have conflicting info on unit but believe he was with Co G, 33rd Tennessee Infantry.

C C McDaniel (Christopher Columbus McDaniel) who was a private with Henderson's Scouts.

Robert D Brown (Nelson William Short) who left Ohio at time of war and went to Missouri. Robert D Brown was an alias used by Nelson W Short from 1861-1871 while he was in Missouri. Not sure what he was doing from 1861 to 1863 but in Feb 1864 he enlisted with Co H 3rd Missouri State Militia Cavalry. His record shows he was a detective with Provost Marshal part of this time in Ste Genevieve. Ordered to Co K 47th Infantry as 2nd LT in Sep 1864 and he served with this unit until mustered out 29 Mar 1865. After the war he was an Artificer with Co E of 1st Battalion US Engineers for Jul 1866 to Jul 1869 at Jefferson Barracks. In 1871 he moved to Nebraska and returned to using name of Nelson W Short.

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[lupaglupa]

Welcome from the Researching Civil War Records and Ancestry forum. Just looking at the three men you have one at a time -

John R Brown: died of measles at training camp near Union City, TN. Have conflicting info on unit but believe he was with Co G, 33rd Tennessee Infantry.

I am not finding a John Brown in the 33rd TN. All of the men named John R Brown that I find records for sought for thee Union. When I look at men who fought for the CSA named John Brown I get 272 records. Do you have any more information about him that might narrow things down?

 

[lupaglupa]

C C McDaniel (Christopher Columbus McDaniel) who was a private with Henderson's Scouts.

The only C C McDaniel I find was in the 35th Tennessee. That company changed names and regiments a few times, but I do not see any of those units called Henderson's Scouts. There does seem to be some confusion in the records with a C C McDonald. Do you know any more about this man that could help us find records?

 

[lupaglupa]

His record shows he was a detective with Provost Marshal part of this time in Ste Genevieve.

Wow - that's a fascinating history! Provost Marshal records are hard to research but full of great stories.

 

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[dfostermem]

Welcome from the Researching Civil War Records and Ancestry forum. Just looking at the three men you have one at a time -


I am not finding a John Brown in the 33rd TN. All of the men named John R Brown that I find records for sought for thee Union. When I look at men who fought for the CSA named John Brown I get 272 records. Do you have any more information about him that might narrow things down?

I'm sorry. Too many Johns in the family. It should have been John W Foster. He was born in TN abt 1823 and lived in Obion County. His son JT Foster claimed he (JT) was born (1848) in Kentucky Bend but I've never found proof of that. I think that was his way of saying northwest TN. Everything I found was that they lived in Obion near Troy.

I've seen a couple of references for him. One is in the Obion Avalanche - Company H 9th Infantry. Another reference I found has 33rd. I found a scanned image of a newspaper that had a listing of everyone who showed up in Jackson TN in May 1861 that he was on. I really messed up and didn't document where I found it or copied the image. I've tried finding it - its not in newspaper.com or other online service. Anyway, there were a lot of units that organized in Jackson at that time and then went to Camp Brown near Union City for training. That is where he died. I don't think there is a service record for him. The closest official document I found was a receipt for his coffin in December 1861. The requisition is associated with a Mississippi unit who supplied the coffin (their documentation for supplying it).

 

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In Fold3 the record is for Forrest's Scouts CSA with a check mark next to Henderson. He was the Pastor of Walnut Grove Baptist Church. He traveled that area by horse and preached at various churches. After the war he was a leader in organizing the confederate veterans in Hardeman County. I found a Obion County website that implies he was from Obion but he was from Hardeman County. Christopher Columbus McDaniel was born in TN 3 Aug 1833 and died 26 Jan 1907 in Hardeman County. In 13 Jul 1900 Bolivar Bulletin stated that he "held the audience to attention and admiration of the battle scenes as told by an eye witness". Unfortunately as far as I know, these accounts were never written down or passed down in the family. Makes one wonder how much of our history has been lost.

 

[lupaglupa]

I'm sorry. Too many Johns in the family. It should have been John W Foster. He was born in TN abt 1823 and lived in Obion County. His son JT Foster claimed he (JT) was born (1848) in Kentucky Bend but I've never found proof of that. I think that was his way of saying northwest TN. Everything I found was that they lived in Obion near Troy.

I've seen a couple of references for him. One is in the Obion Avalanche - Company H 9th Infantry. Another reference I found has 33rd. I found a scanned image of a newspaper that had a listing of everyone who showed up in Jackson TN in May 1861 that he was on. I really messed up and didn't document where I found it or copied the image. I've tried finding it - its not in newspaper.com or other online service. Anyway, there were a lot of units that organized in Jackson at that time and then went to Camp Brown near Union City for training. That is where he died. I don't think there is a service record for him. The closest official document I found was a receipt for his coffin in December 1861. The requisition is associated with a Mississippi unit who supplied the coffin (their documentation for supplying it).

Well, this is a first. The only record for John W. Foster is a requisition form for a coffin and shrouding sheet. "Soldier died D'cr 13th 1861" is written lower down on the form. The outside of the paper is marked 29th Mississippi Regiment but the record is filed with the 33rd TN. The requisition form says Foster was in Company G commanded by J. F. Carpenter. Records for Co. G of the 33rd list James F. Carpenter as captain. He seems to have resigned quite early in the War - there are no cards for Carpenter with the 33rd that I could find.

I checked the Tennessee pension records and they don't have a record there showing his widow filed for a pension.