BENJAMIN FRANKLIN CARUTHERS
28^th TENNESSEE INFANTRY
CSA

PERSONAL INFORMATION

Born: 28 Aug 1834 in Jackson County, TN
Died: 30 Sep 1903 in Putnam County, TN
Buried: Paran Cemetery, Overton County, TN
Parents: Joseph and Sarah (Unknown) Caruthers

Married: Margaret J. Unknown
Born: 13 Nov 1836 in
Died: 22 Feb 1903 in Putnam County, TN
Buried: Paran Cemetery, Overton County, TN
Parents:

Children:

1. Joseph Pettway Caruthers
2. Nancy Adaline Caruthers
3. Alley Caruthers
4. Benjamin Franklin Caruthers
5. William Caruthers
6. Cornelius Caruthers
7. Eler Caruthers
8. James Mitchell Caruthers

MILITARY INFORMATION

28^th Consolidated Tennessee Infantry Regiment
Company F

ABSTRACT:

• Entered military as Private and left as a Private
• Mar & Apr 1863: Present
• Jul & Aug 1863: Present
• Jan & Feb 1864: Missing at Battle of Chattanooga
• Chimborazo Hospital: 27 Mar 1865
• PO Bristol, Washington County
• Disease: Scorbeitus
• Captured on 19 Sep 1863 at Chickamauga
• Transferred to Louisville, KY 1 Oct 1863
• Transferred to Camp Douglass, IL
• Transferred to Point Lookout, MD on 14 Mar 1865
• Wayside Hospital, Richmond, VA 21 Mar 1865

PENSION APPLICATION ABSTRACT

S2356

ABSTRACT:

• Filed: 27 Nov 1899
• Accepted
• Residence: Algood, Putnam County, TN
• Member: Company F, 28th Tennessee Infantry
• Battles: Hoover's Gap and Chickamauga
• Wounds: wounded in the left arm at Hoover's Gap and in the left leg at Chickamauga on Saturday evening
• Born: 28 Aug 1832 in Jackson County, TN
• Enlisted: Nov 1862 in Captain Cooks' Company F, Col. Stanton's 28th TN Regiment
• Captured and imprisoned until the end of the war
• Wife is 66 years old
• Two daughters and two sons
• Attest: P. Boatman & T. L. Sliger

CENSUS DATA

• 1850 Census:  Overton County, TN, Page 38
• 1860 Census:  Putnam County, TN, Page 39
• 1870 Census:  Putnam County, TN, Page 219
• 1880 Census:  Putnam County, TN, Page127A
• 1900 Census: