Monument
16th Tennessee Volunteer
Infantry Regiment
Casualties (killed and died)
On the 26 January 1904 Colonel John H. Savage applied to the Warren County Court for the erection of a monument. In his petition he mentioned 'that he had the honor to command, as its colonel, the Sixteenth Tennessee Regiment of the Confederate States Army in the great war and that said regiment was composed of ten companies, four which were made up of young men from Warren County, the other six from the adjoining counties of DeKalb, White, Putnam, Van Buren, Grundy and Coffee.' He further pointed out 'that about two Hundred twenty-two (222) soldiers of said regiment were killed or mortally wounded in battle' and asked that 'a suitable monument at a cost of about Fifteen Hundred ($1500.00) Dollars, upon which is being placed the names of the killed of the regiment....to be permitted by your honorable court to erect said monument in the Southwest corner of the court house grounds in the Town of McMinnville, Tennessee.'
The Colonel's original idea had been to place the monument on the battlefield at Murfreesboro, where so many of his Regiment had died, but this wasn't to be. The Court unanimously granted the Colonels application. The Colonel died on the 5 April and so didn't live to see the unveiling of the monument at 1100 on the 10 May 1904. To this day at the monument still stands behind the McMinnville Courthouse, although in a corner, it is of white marble and 30 feet high.
I have included in this list not only those who were killed on the battlefield but those many who died
over the following days of the wounds that they had received there. This
list includes those who died of disease while serving with the Regiment.
Included here are those which had served time in the Regiment died while serving in other Regiments and the more unusual one of Hiram Taylor (Pomp) Kersey who deserted on 4 April 1863 raised a guerilla band and was killed with the remainder of his gang when only 17 years old.
I have added their rank, where possible, and any differences in their names have been put into brackets. Also where two companies are listed in brackets with a forward slash they were at times in both Companies. After the reorganization quite a few transferred to the cavalry this is listed as
(in Cav).
There are, I'm sure, some names that I've been unable to find, and that due to the similarities of
some have made a mistake in thinking that they are two different people, or when
two have listed them as one, but as it stands this list of
those that were killed and died while serving is 450 names long.
Monument
Company A Companies B-C-D-E Companies E-F-G-H Companies H-I-K
| Company A | |||
| Killed: | Battle: | Killed: | Battle: |
| Capt Lucien Napoleon Savage Lieut R. B. Anderson Lieut George W. Witt Sgt Thomas Richard Hooper Sgt A. J. Kersey Sgt W. C. Moore Sgt John E. Warren Cpl Robert M. Martin Isaac Adcock Benjamin A. Atnip Peter Atnip (Co A/B) ? Connl(e)y Howard J. Cantrell James K. Cantrell James M. Cantrell W. H(L). Cantrell G. W. Colwell? Thomas Dozier James Driver | Murfreesboro Murfreesboro Murfreesboro Franklin Franklin Perryville Murfreesboro Franklin Resaca Perryville Oct 1861, VA Perryville Perryville (Franklin?) Murfreesboro Perryville Franklin Unknown Atlanta Franklin |
June Driver Walter P. (L.) Eastham S. M(L). Fulton W. A. Hallu(a)m A. M. Hooper F(T). E. B. Kennedy (Cannady) Felix G. Kersey Hiram Taylor (Pomp) Kersey (Kearsy, Keirsey) Enoch Lea(e)gue Enoch Lockhart Lee Patterson William B. Richardson Robert Rowland Alvin Simpson Henry C. Tate Perry G. Webb (Co A/H) |
Franklin
Atlanta Atlanta Murfreesboro Perryville Perryville Murfreesboro Short Mountain, TN Murfreesboro Murfreesboro (Camp Douglas, IL, March 1863?) Murfreesboro Atlanta Perryville Atlanta Lost Mountain, GA Perryville |
| Died: | Where: | Died: | Where: |
| Sgt W. C. Moore Cpl Milton Laf Cantrell William M. Adcock James A. Bing William H. Bing W. H. Cantrell Calloway B. Davis G. W Heath William P. Herr(on)end James T. Hooper | Prison camp, Oct 1862 Vicksburg, Dec 1862 Camp Trousdale, June 1861 Rock Island Prison, Oct 1864 Rock Island Prison, Apr 1864 Prison, Point Lookout, IL, May 1865 Petersburg, April 1863 Unknown, unknown Atlanta, April 1863 Pocotaligo (McPhersonville?), SC, Feb (March?) 1862 |
Richard Hooper John W. Kelley J. G. Martin J. A. Moore Elisha L. McGinnis O. D. Potter Thomas T. Potter William H. F. Walls L. R. Witt? John Womack? William Womack |
Georgia, 1864 Greensboro, GA, June 1864 Unknown, Oct 1861 Home, 1863 Fort Delaware, NJ, Nov 1863 Camp Trousdale, July 1861 Camp Trousdale, July 1861 Camp Trousdale, July 1861 Camp Trousdale, 1861 Missing, GA, l864 Huntersville, VA, Oct, 1861 |
| Company B | |||
| Killed: | Where: | Killed: | Where: |
| Capt C. C. Brewer (Co B/E) (in Cav) Sgt William R. Wiser (maybe Co D) Christopher Brim(Briem) (Co B/G) M. Blunt (Blount) (Co B/G) Alfred Brown Joseph Brown (Co B/K?) William Cantrell | Unknown,
1864 Perryville Perryville Perryville Murfreesboro Atlanta Perryville | F. H. Church William C. Crocker Dennis Fau(w)lin George L. Freeman (trans to Cav) Elmer Hodge (T.) H. B. Long Isaiah Wiser | Murfreesboro Dalton, GA Murfreesboro Kentucky, 1864 Perryville Murfreesboro Perryville |
| Died: | Where: | Died: | Where: |
| Lieut J. E. Bashaw Jr (Co B/E) Lieut Thomas W. Lewis (detached) Lieut G. W. Turner Sgt R. J. Messick Cpl Jack J. Allen (Co B/G) Lytle (Little) Adams (in Cav) William Allen (Co B/G) Alfred Brown Thomas Burr(ows)oughs Noah Clay (in Cav, maybe Co E) Osborne Dye (in Cav) George W(L). Freeman (in Cav) John K. P. Haggard | Chattanooga, 1865 Atlanta, 1864 City Point, VA, Feb 1865? Tullahoma, Nov 1862 Kentucky, unknown Prison camp, 1864 Unknown, Sep 1861 Murfreesboro, unknown Virginia, Sep 1861 Kentucky, 1862 Virginia, Jan 1861 Kentucky, 1861 Unknown, unknown | Howell Pickney Joseph Hathcock James Hawke(s) Wade Henderson Isaac Howard Robert F. Hill (in Cav) Thomas H. B. Lang Alex L. Langley (Co B/E) Wallis McPeak Gabe J. Newman G. W(M). Sain John H. F. Walsh (in Cav) R. J. Wessick | Ft Delaware Prison, Nov 1864 Tullahoma, Nov 1862 Camp Trousdale, July 1861 Corinth, May 1862 Unknown, unknown Winchester, Jan 1863 Pototaligo SC, Feb 1862 (East Tennessee 1864?) Huntersville, VA, Aug 1861 Unknown, after Dec 1863 Camp Trousdale, July 1861 Unknown, 1861 White Sulphur Springs, VA, Dec 1861 |
| Company C | |||
| Killed: | Where: | Killed: | Where: |
| Capt Drury
Clare Spurlock Lieut Wright Smith Hackett Lieut E. C. Read Lieut Cicero Spurlock Lieut William H. Wooten Sgt Joshua B. Carter Sgt A. J. Mercer (in Cav) Sgt Thomas North (in Cav) Cpl James Blackburn (Co C/F) Cpl Philander Wood Cpl H. (W.) S. Thompson Thomas M. Bonner (Co C/F) T. M. Bowen Reese Brust(on)er | Murfreesboro Atlanta Perryville Perryville Perryville Kennesaw Mountain Unknown, unknown Unknown, unknown Atlanta (died? unknown, Aug 1864) Perryville Perryville Murfreesboro Murfreesboro Perryville | Richard D. Bybee James Carlin George Donnell James Gibbs Thomas W. Greer (Co C/D) Horatio Mackey J. K. P. Martin James R. Martin John Meadows Aaron Pepper William T. Thompson ? Toney M. P. Wood William M. Wooten | Murfreesboro Murfreesboro Franklin Murfreesboro Perryville Perryville Murfreesboro Murfreesboro Franklin Franklin Franklin Murfreesboro Perryville Perryville |
| Died: | Where: | Died: | Where: |
| Sgt John Hen(n)egar Sgt D. C. Mathews Co C/F?) Cpl W(A). S. Thompson J. Harrison Biles J. W. Bybee John L. Cunningham Romulus Gwyn(n) | Unknown, (after July 1863) Shelbyville, Feb 1863 Lauderdale Springs, Aug 1864 Chattanooga, Mar 1863 Rock Island Prison, May 1864 Macon Prison, 1862 (1864?) Grahamville, SC Apr 1862 | John Herriman (in Cav) William King (Co C/F) G. (B.) Kirby Louis (Lewis) Martin John Pace John Pepper(s) George Romulus | Unknown, after Apr 1862 Camp Trousdale, June 1861 Unknown, unknown Sewell Mountain, VA, Nov 1861 Unknown, unknown Shelbyville, March 1863 Unknown, April 1862 |
| Company D | |||
| Killed: | Where: | Killed: | Where: |
| Capt J. G. Lambert(h) Lieut W. A. Miller Sgt Samuel Lusk Archibold P. Bragg (in Cav) Lafayette Clark (Co D/E) W. Cope M. L. Edwards W. Thomas Greer (Co C/D) A. J. Gribble A. P. Gribble Samuel Gribble John T. Gribble | Perryville Atlanta Franklin Alabama, after Apr 1862 Missionary Ridge Murfreesboro Murfreesboro Perryville Murfreesboro Murfreesboro Murfreesboro Murfreesboro |
A. J. Higginbotham (detached) Thomas Hutson Hardin Smith Lane J. K. P. Nic(h)ols (Co D/F) William Perry W. H. Rains B. M. Rowland James Rowland William F. Smith J. M. Summers J. A. Wheeler J. W. Wolcott | Unknown, 1864 Murfreesboro Murfreesboro Franklin Murfreesboro Atlanta Murfreesboro Murfreesboro Murfreesboro Perryville Perryville Atlanta |
| Died: | Where: | Died: | Where: |
| Cpl G. W. Gribble Cpl J. K. P. Lowry (in Cav) James S. Davis Lacy Dye J. F. Fowler | Unknown, after Aug 1863 Unknown, on/or about Aug 1862 Unknown, Dec 1862 White Sulphur Springs, VA, Dec 1861 White Sulphur Springs, VA, Oct 1861 |
J. F. Gaw Richard McGregor L. J. Mullican William J. Ware |
Okolona, May 1862 Virginia, 1861 Tullahoma, March 1862 Prison, unknown |
| Company E | |||
| Killed: | Where: | Killed: | Where: |
| Lieut James P. Green Lieut A. P. Smartt Lieut Thomas J. York (transfered) Sgt William N. Lowry Sgt Michael Mauzy (Co E/H) Sgt Rowland W. Ware Sgt John B. Womack Cpl James M. Christian Cpl Isaac R. Jones Cpl H. A. Vanhooser William Bell (Co E/H) David Bomer David Bonner John Boren (Co E/H) John H. Brown (Co E/H) | Franklin Perryville Perryville Lost Mountain, GA Murfreesboro Perryville Franklin Perryville Murfreesboro Murfreesboro Perryville Murfreesboro Murfreesboro Perryville Franklin | J. T. Cantrell (possibly killed) ?Lawson Cantrell J. R(P.) Countiss (E/H) Abraham Douglass Joseph England William (W.) Evans (Co E/F?) James Kirby Allen D. Mason James L. McGregor Stephen Tate Americus Vanhooser Perry G. Webb Abner Womack Elias Womack Solomon Womack |
Perryville Murfreesboro Perryville Murfreesboro Perryville Atlanta Murfreesboro Perryville Perryville Corinth Atlanta (died 20 April 1897?) Perryville Franklin Perryville(Murfreesboro?) Peachtree Creek |
| Died: | Died: | Where: | |
| Maj. Joseph H. Goodbar Sgt Arnold Moss Mason J. S. Burr(oughs)ows J. K. Polk(Poke) Evans A. Reid Holmes J. A. Jones | Morristown, 1861 Rock Island Prison, unknown Bath Alum Springs, VA, Sep 1861 Sewell Mt. VA, Oct 1861 Warm Springs (Bath Alum Springs?), VA, Nov 1861 Unknown, Oct 1861 |
W(illiam) N(M). Ke(i)rby G. H. McRaw O. D. Neal ? Reese (a slave?) J. P. Smartt W. Carrol Womack U. L. Wood (transferred) | Marrietta, GA, Sep 1863 Unknown, June 1861 Huntersville, Sep 1861 Unknown, Oct 1861 Unknown, unknown Chattanooga? March 1863 Home, 1861 |
| Company F | |||
| Killed: | Where: | Killed: | Where: |
| Capt
E. A. McG(e)hee Capt John Boyd Vance (K/F) Lieut John Franklin Owen Lieut Daniel G. Pointer Lieut William W. Wallace Sgt Josiah(Joseph) Bullington Sgt Albert H. Ballard Sgt Jacob Choate Sgt Ruben. J. West Cpl John C. Laycock Meredith Marion Anderson Joseph Y. Ballard (Co F/K) John Brown W. N. Caruthers John Choate | Franklin Perryville Jonesboro, GA Perryville Murfreesboro Perryville Atlanta (Murfreesboro?) Murfreesboro Atlanta Murfreesboro Perryville Murfreesboro Murfreesboro Perryville Murfreesboro |
John Crow T. Y. Crowd William F. Grimsley Alexander Jackson William Hodges (Co F/K) Horatio Marbury J. R. Murray George R. Murray James R. Murray James Noe (Nol?) Rufus Everett Owen James Pleasant Thomas C. Thompson (Co F/K?) William Webb R. I. West (Co F/K?) |
Murfreesboro Murfreesboro Perryville Perryville Chickamauga Perryville Perryville Murfreesboro Murfressboro Murfreesboro Peachtree Creek Murfreesboro Perryville Franklin Peachtree Creek |
| Died: | Where: | Died: | Where: |
| Sgt
A. H. Ballard Sgt Obadiah Boyd Sgt David Hickman Bullington Bransford Boyd (Co F/K) Thomas Jefferson Evans Elijah Garrett (Co F/K?) Romulus Gwyn | Fair
Ground Hospital, May 64 Atlanta, Fall 1863 Tupelo, July 1862 Nashville, Aug 1861 Tullahoma, after Apr1863 Camp Trousdale, July 1861 Grahamsville, SC, April 1862 |
James Herron Lewis Martin Thomas R. Matheny (Co F/K?) William Moore W. T. Moore John Tolbert |
Unknown, Jan 1863 Meadows Bluff, VA, Nov 1861 Huntersville, VA, Sep 1861 Huntersville, VA, Sep 1861 Dublin, VA, Jan 1862 Millboro VA, Aug 1861 |
| Company G | |||
| Killed: | Where: | Killed: | Where: |
| Lieut Lewis (F.) Marion Petti(e)t Sgt Darius Clark Sgt Harris B. Cope Sgt C(B). L(M). Jordan Sgt Ozias D. McGowan Cpl Benjamin Hutchins Cpl William F. Roberts C. Bain(Brien) Isaiah Bain (Co G/B) Samuel Baker (trans to Cav) Christopher Brim J. L. Britto(ia)n A. C. Brown Howard Cant(e)rel (A/G?) James K. Cantrell Polk Cantrell W. S. Cantrell J. T. Cunningham? P. C. Duncan | Franklin Perryville Perryville Franklin Perryville Murfreesboro Perryville Perryville Perryville Unknown, unknown Perryville Perryville (Murfreesboro?) Died of wounds Atlanta, Jan 1863 Franklin Murfreesboro Murfreesboro Perryville Perryville Perryville | John Fisher Lawson C. Fisher Grundy Gibbs William W Gleeson Thomas L. Hodges John H. Hutson A. J. Mason J(I). B. Moore (Cornelious) Monroe Moore Ransom Parker Moore Thomas R. Pollard Lee Troglin Dock Roberts Jasper Roberts Lewis S.(H.) Stockton S. J(L). Walker Joseph W. Wiggins F. M. Wright | Murfreesboro Perryville Atlanta Perryville Murfreesboro Perryville Perryville Murfreesboro Perryville Murfreesboro Atlanta Murfreesboro Perryville Perryville Perryville Perryville Perryville Perryville |
| Died: | Where: | Died: | Where: |
| Lieut W. M. Clenny (maybe
Co B) Cpl E. M. Greenfield (A)J(ack) J. Allen William Allen Peter Atnip C. W. Cantrell Zil(l) Cruse John Donnell David L. Dunham Lee Froglin | Ga., 1863-4? in Camp, after Apr 1863 Kentucky Unknown, July 1861 VA, Oct 1861 GA, unknown Unknown, unknown Okolona, MS, July 1863(2?) Rock Island Prison, after Nov 1863 Murfreesboro, Dec 1862 | William W. Gleeson James Hi(e)lton Albert Hutchins D. W. Marsh Wallace McPeake Dimmond Moore James Mullins Isaac Roberts H. L. (T.) Sanders John L. Smith | Vicksburg, after Dec 1862 Camp Morton, Ind, Jan 1864 Atlanta, July 1863 Unknown, unknown Huntersville, Aug 1861 Murfreesboro, unknown Rock Island Prison, Mar 1864 Rock Bridge Springs, VA, Nov 1861 Vicksburg?, May 1863 Unknown, June 1861 |
| Company H | |||
| Killed: | Where: | Killed: | Where: |
| Capt James M. Parks Lieut John H. Akeman Lieut Bennett J. Solomon (in Cav) Sgt R. B. Hay(e)s Sgt W. P(H). Rhea(Ray) Sgt Benjamin J. Slaughter (in Cav) Sgt J. N. Smith Cpl William Etter Cpl Isaac R. Jones Cpl Jerome Sa(o)fley Samuel M. Baker (in Cav) John Countiss Isaac Cunningham | Chickamauga Peach Tree Creek Ft Donelson Perryville Perryville Unknown, unknown Perryville Atlanta Murfreesboro Perryville Unknown, unknown Perryville Perryville |
Martin Curtis John Estes John Etter Obadiah Hennessee W. Martin Hennessee Alpha(Alfred) Martin G.(George) R. Martin Henry Pennington David Addison Pursley? Edward Pursley B. F. Smith William Tallent S. J. Walker |
Perryville Murfreesboro Murfreesboro Perryville Perryville Cheat Mountain Murfreesboro Murfreesboro Murfreesboro Murfreesboro Murfreesboro Murfreesboro Perryville |
| Died: | Where: | Died: | Where: |
| Cpl? William Mitchell Allias Bess H. R. Bess Russell Bess (H/G?) William Ferrin N. J. Hill, Jr. James Johnson Jacob Jones G.(Gabe) C. McCraw J. A. Miller | Huntersville, VA, 1861 Tullahoma, Mar 1863? Nr Corinth, 15 June 1862 Camp Trousdale, 1861 Atlanta, Apr 1863 Home, 1861 Pocotaligo, SC, Feb 1862 Gatewood, VA, Oct 1862 Camp Trousdale, June 1861 Huntersville, VA, Sep 1861 | Isaac Roberts James W. Rowan Jefferson Savage Jesse Savage James Slaughter Jackson S. Smith L. L. Smith Isaac Walker W. H. Walker U. L. Wood? | Warm Springs VA, Nov 1861 Home, Warren County, July 1861 Shelbyville, 1863 Atlanta, 1863 Atlanta, Mar 1863 Home, June 1861 Home, June 1861 Home, July 1861 Home, Altamont, TN July 1861 Home, 1861 |
| Company I | |||
| Killed: | Where: | Killed: | Where: |
| Sgt Silas Y. Ballard (detached) Sgt John Grissom Sgt Napoleon Bonaparte Ha(n)m(b)rick Sgt William Jones Sgt William B. Wood Cpl Levi Johnson Cpl Henry C. Paine Cpl John J. Steakley Andrew J.(Jack) Agent Peter Baker Samuel Baker William Creel(e)y ? Dan Stacy Green Wiley B. Haston Isham Hollinsworth G. H. James John Levi -esley Logan | Unknown,
unknown Corinth Franklin Perryville Perryville Perryville before Lovejoy Station Perryville Atlanta Perryville Peachtree Creek Corinth Corinth Unknown, unknown Perryville Murfreesboro Murfreesboro Perryville Unknown, unknown | P. J. Marion Wil(l)ey Marton D. (I.) Crockett Moore James C. Moore Samuel T. Parker Jo.... Philips Simon Philips Samuel Porter Marion Priest Thomas Rawlins Henderson Rhodes Peter Shackles Peter Shockley Philip Shockley(detached) John Smaller George W. Sparkman James C. Steakley Frank(lin) M. Sty(i)pe (in Cav) John E. York |
Unknown,
unknown Unknown, unknown Murfreesboro Perryville Perryville Unknown, unknown Perryville Unknown, after 1 May 1863 Murfreesboro Murfreesboro Murfreesboro Perryville Perryville Unknown, unknown Perryville Perryville Perryville Unknown Perryville |
| Died: | Where: | Died: | Where: |
| Cpl W. J. Smith George W. Drake John B. Foster John Hankins Pleasant Harrison Robertson W. Hillis | Bath Alum Springs, VA, Nov 1861 Huntersville, VA, Sep 1861 White Sulphur Springs, VA, Dec 1861 Bath Alum Springs, VA, Oct 1861 Bath Alum Springs (Cold Sulphur Springs), VA, Nov 1861 Camp Trousdale, May 1861 | Isaac Howard Hillis Robertson (James) Marion Thommasson William Wilson U. L. Wood (discharged) Joshua Worley | Corinth, May 1862 Unknown, July 1861 Tullahoma, Apr 1863 Nashville, July 1861 Home, after Aug 1861 Atlanta, July 1863 |
| Company K | |||
| Killed: | Where: | Killed: | Where: |
| Lieut
Daniel G. Pomler (Co K/F) Sgt Stephen S. Williams Sgt Simeon Baker Cpl J. Y. Crowell James Brown James Carlin Hugh L. Carrick (in Cav) James Clark Marshall Cope John E. Ford Frank Goff | Perryville Kentucky Perryville Murfreesboro Greensboro, NC Murfreesboro Chickamauga Perryville Murfreesboro Perryville White County, TN, Aug 1863 | Franklin Marchbanks (in
Cav) Elisha Martin Alexander K. Oaks Brice Parsley Andrew Saylors T. H K. Shockley (detached) Robert Snodgrass Pleasant C. Templeton William Wilhoit George Worley Joshua Worley | Unknown, Mar 1864 Murfreesboro Perryville Murfreesboro New Hope Church (Lost Mtn, GA) Unknown, after Aug 1862 Unknown, GA Franklin Franklin Murfreesboro Murfreesboro |
| Died: | Where: | Died: | Where: |
| John Basha(ee)rs Logan Cantrell W. Choate Elb(ert)ridge Cope T. Vance Davis Jubal Earl(e)y Silas M. Farley T. M. Farley Sylvester Humphries | Prison camp, unknown Greenbrier, VA, Oct 1861 Unknown, unknown Shelbyville, Mar 1863 Unknown, Aug 1863 Prison camp, after Nov 1864 Chattanooga, Oct 1862 Unknown, after Feb 1863 Home, White County, Feb 1863 | John Kirby Thomas Knowles Zack Lay Daniel Martin George Martin Thomas Pi(u)rtle William R. Revis (in Cav) George (Jo F.) Shanks G. W. Worley | GA, unknown Huntersville, VA, Aug 1861| Unknown, after June 1862 Chattanooga? May 1863 Tullahoma, unknown Lewisburg (Millsboro?), VA, Aug 1861 Unknown, after Aug 1863 Tullahoma, after Nov 1862 Atlanta, Jan 1864 |
| Company | not | known | |
| Killed: | Where: | Died: | Where: |
| Cal Henton | Unknown, May 1864 | William Heinsel | Harrisburg, KY, Oct 1862 |
