Confederate Soldier Photos
Note: Ranks shown here were the
ones held at the battle of Fishing Creek. Many of these images date from later in
the war, after the soldiers had been promoted.
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Pvt. John Thomas
Parker
Co. E, 15th Miss. Inf.
courtesy Henry McCabe III |
Lt. John
B. Love
Co. A, 15th Miss. Inf.
from "Long Creek Rifles" |
Pvt. Henry A. Moore
Co. F, 15th Miss. Inf.
Confederate Calendar, 1990
collections of Greg Gibbs / Larry Jones |
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1st Lt. Elijah Young
Fleming
Co. A, 15th Miss. Inf.
courtesy Joe E. Fleming
Fleming Family
Confederates |
Pvt. Asa E. O'Neal
Co. E, 15th Miss. Inf.
courtesy Hal Fleming and
Bruce O'Neal |
Pvt. Jefferson Ellis
O'Neal
Co. E, 15th Miss. Inf.
courtesy Hal
Fleming and Bruce O'Neal |
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Pvt. Robert Gray
Co. B, 15th Miss. Inf.
collection of Robert Betterton
from "When the South was Southern" by M. A. Grissom |
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1st Sgt. Thomas
Tristram "Tress" Smith
Co. D, 15th Miss. Inf.
courtesy Barbara Bowden, gt-grand-
daughter of T.T. Smith
(read Smith's battle narrative) |
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Pvt.
Miles N. Hines
Co. I, 15th Miss. Inf.
private collection |
Pvt. Lafayette Pollard
Cos. E & I, 15th Miss. Inf.
courtesy John Pollard |
Pvt.
Laurence Synnott
Co. D, 15th Miss. Inf.
courtesy James Synnott, Jr.
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Corp. Elias Green Gore
Co. D, 15th Miss. Inf.
Killed at Fishing Creek
courtesy Bill
Gore |
Pvt. Thomas Madison
Gore
Co. D, 15th Miss. Inf.
courtesy Bill Gore |
Pvt. James McGovern
Co. I, 15th Miss. Inf.
courtesy Don McGovern |
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Dr. (Maj.) Watson M.
Gentry
17th Tenn. Inf.
Confederate Veteran, Sept. 1932 |
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Dr. Gentry is shown wearing a very early
Confederate uniform. His collar insignia consists of one star and one bar,
indicating the rank of Major in a scheme adopted by the Confederate War Dept. about May
1861. Shortly thereafter a new system was adopted wherein Major was shown by a
single star on each collar.
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Lt. Col. Francis
Marion Walker
19th Tenn. Inf.
"The Old Nineteenth Tennessee" |
Capt. Abraham L.
Gammon
Co. G, 19th Tenn. Inf.
photo by Louise Rowland
(see note on uniform below) |
1st Lt. James A. Rhea
Co. G, 19th Tenn. Inf.
photo by Louise Rowland |
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Pvt. John Moore House
Co. E, 19th Tenn. Inf.
collection of Ellen Allran and Victoria Guthrie |
Pvt. A. Kyle McCarty
Co. K, 19th Tenn. Inf.
private collection |
Pvt. William T. Lane
Co. C, 19th Tenn. Inf.
collection of Anthony Hodges |
Both Capt. Gooch
and Lt. Claybrooke appear to be wearing Federal uniforms (also Capt. Gammon in the 19th
Tenn., above). Early in the war, it was very common for Tennessee Confederate
officers to wear regulation US Army officer frock coats, with shoulder epaulettes showing
their rank, US-style. Photos of Gen. Zollicoffer wearing such a uniform exist, and
the images of Lt. Johnson and Tod Carter above show them also wearing their insignia on
their shoulders, US-style. Later in 1862, most Confederate officers adopted the
style of uniform coat and insignia worn by Sgt. Ewin (shown here as an officer, after the
battle of Shiloh). Early-war images often show Tennessee enlisted soldiers in dark
frock coats, presumably blue, and this type of uniform was probably in use at Fishing
Creek, very possibly leading to some confusion during the battle.
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Pvt. Inslee Deaderick
Branner's 4th Tenn. Cav. Bn.
Seymour, "Divided Loyalties" |
Pvt. Thomas B. Collins
Brazleton's 3rd Tenn. Cav. Bn.
Kentucky Historical Society |
Pvt. Moses Poor
Bledsoe's Tenn. Cav. Co.
courtesy Witt Boone |
I wish to express my sincere
appreciation to the following individuals who supplied copies of some of the photos shown
here: J. D. Weeks, Gay Carter, Tim Burgess, Henry McCabe III, Wes and
Barbara Bowden, John Pollard, Tim
Bowman, Bill Gore, Don McGovern, James Synnott Jr., Witt Boone, Hal Fleming, Joe Fleming,
and John Wallwork. If you have a
photo of a Confederate soldier who fought at Fishing Creek, that you would like to submit
for this page, please send me an e-mail.
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