WILLIAM A. GRAHAM
16th TENNESSEE (NEAL'S) CAVALRY
CSA
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Born: 29 Jul 1830 in Anderson County, TN
Died: after 1 Oct 1898
Buried:
Parents:
Married: Nancy Langley on 1 January 1850 in Anderson County, Tennessee
Born: abt 1832
Died: after 1 Oct 1898
Buried:
Parents:
Children:
- Robert M. Graham
- John F. Graham
- Grant Graham
- General Sherman Graham
- Lewis L. Graham
MILITARY INFORMATION
16th Tennessee (Neal's) Cavalry Regiment
Company C
ABSTRACT:
- Entered military as Private and left as a Private
- Enlisted 14 May 1862 at Washington, TN
- Enlistment - 31 Aug 1862: Present
- Sep & Oct 1862: Present
- Sep 1 - Dec 31, 1862: Present
- Jan & Feb 1863: Absent on Surgeon's Certificate of disability in Meigs County, TN
- Feb 28 - Jun 30, 1863: Present
- Captured at Rhea County, TN and sent to Louisville, KY to prison in Nov 1863
- Took the Oath of Allegiance on 20 Nov 1863
- Residence: Rhea County, TN
- Complexion: Fair
- Hair: Dark
- Eyes: Blue
- Height: 6'
- Took oath and sent north
- Captured at Decatur, AL on 7 Nov 1862
- Captured at Decatur, TN on 17 Nov 1862
- Prisoner of War Record: Captured 7 Nov 1863 at Decatur and sent to Louisville, KY on 19 Nov 1863
- Deserted and took the Oath
- On a list of Deserters from the Rebel Army: discharged 20 Nov 1863, took oath and sent north
PENSION APPLICATION ABSTRACT
S1883
ABSTRACT:
- Filed: 1 Oct 1898
- Rejected
- Residence: Ai, Putnam County, TN
- Member: 16th Tennessee Infantry
- Battles: King's work in VA; His horse was killed out from under him. Another horse out from under him.
- Wounds: rim of his belly injured
- Born: Anderson County on 29 Jul 1830
- Enlisted: Mar 1862 in Captain Darvin, Col. Rucker, General Forrest
- Took the Oath of Allegiance 20 Nov 1863 to keep out of prison
- Wife is 60 years old.
- No children living with him
- Attest: W. A. Daughtry & Mary Daughtry
CENSUS DATA
- 1850 Census: Campbell County, TN, Page 326
- 1860 Census: Rhea County, TN, Page 499
- 1870 Census: Rhea County, TN, Page 253
- 1880 Census: Daviess County, IN, Page 534A
- 1900 Census:
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