Timotheus Relative

Darling C. McGowan

Darling C. McGowan CSA g2grandmother’s brother

Son of George F. McGowan, from Pitt County, NC, enlisted about age 18 as private, 1 February 1862. Mustered into Company C, 44th Infantry Regiment North Carolina on 3 Apr 1862. Promoted to Full Corporal on 30 Mar 1863. Died of disease while assigned to Company C at hospital, Richmond, VA.

George Franklin McGowan

George Franklin McGowan (McGowans/McGowns) CSA g3grandfather

From Pitt County, NC, enlisted at age 51 as private, though married with 9 children 1 February 1862 (same day as son Darling). Mustered into Company C, 44th Infantry Regiment North Carolina on 30 Apr 1862. Died of disease while assigned to Company C (on 25 Sep 1863?) at hospital, Tarboro, NC.

Jasper Denmark

Jasper Denmark CSA g2grandfather

From Madison County, Florida, enlisted with his brother Newton as a Private on 20 August 1861 at the age of 23. Mustered in Company M, 2nd Infantry Regiment Florida. Sick over that winter, he was discharged from Company M, 2nd Infantry Regiment Florida on 26 Dec 1861. Enlisted in Company G, 5th Infantry Regiment Florida on 3 Mar 1862. Captured while serving rear guard in Company G, 5th Infantry Regiment Florida a few days before 7 Apr 1865 during Lee's retreat from Petersburg.

There was a lot of fighting the bureaucrats in his widow’s pension applications, as he was mistakenly listed a deserter the week after Lee’s surrender. Numerous fellow-soldier veterans had to testify that he was not a deserter and was in fact captured. To quote one, “…about April 1, 1865, at which time Jasper Denmark with some others were left in the breastworks to look out for and guard against the Yankees while the command marched to Appomattox Court House…When we left, Jasper begged not to be left, saying he was ‘too tall and his back too broad for the enemy to shoot at,’ but he was ordered to stay in the diches (sic) and we left him there…to my knowledge, two of the men who were left with him were shot and killed and Jasper was captured and made prisoner of war. He was in my Company all the time and made a good soldier and never did desert.” – Thomas J. Freeman.

Probable campaigns: Yorktown under Magruder, September 17, 1861 to first discharge. Pryor’s Brigade, Second Bull Run (Second Manassas) August 28-30 1862. Sharpsburg (Antietam, including “Bloody Lane”) Sept 17-18 1862. Perry’s Immortal Brigade, Fredericksburg Dec 11-15 1862. Chancellorsville Apr 20-May 6 1863. Gettysburg July 1-4 1863. Bristoe Station October 1863. Wilderness May 5-6 1864. Cold Harbor May 31-June 12 1864. Siege of Petersburg 1864-1865. Lee’s Retreat Mar 25-capture Apr 2 1865.

Jean Baptiste Carrin, Jr

Jean Baptiste Carrin, Jr. (AKA John B. Carrin) USA g2grandfather

Born 1 Sep 1834 in Nord, Valenciennes, France, with his family moved from Illinois to N.W. Territory in Iowa in 1857 then back to Ill. because of a Sioux Indian massacre of the settlement of Spirit Lake, Iowa, then back to Iowa in 1860 because of the threat of the Civil War. He later joined the Union army in Illinois, at age 30 married with 4 children, and was assigned to Co E, 130th Illinois (later transferred to Co G, 77th Illinois). Sick since winter of ’64-‘65, he went to hospital first in New Orleans, then transferred to New York, and finally released in Chicago with consumption.

Probable campaigns: Red River Campaign March 10 - May 22, 1864. Advance from Franklin to Alexandria, La. March 14-26. Bayou De Paul, Carroll's Mills, April 8. Battle of Sabine Cross Roads April 8. Regiment mostly captured at Sabine Cross Roads and confined at Tyler, Texas, 13 months. Retreat to Morganza May 13-20, Garrison duty at New Orleans, La., June, 1864, to January, 1865. “Regiment lost during service 2 Officers and 18 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 4 Officers and 153 Enlisted men by disease. Total 177.”

John Giles McGaha

John Giles McGaha USA g2grandfather’s brother

Passed through confederate lines from Cocke Co., TN and enlisted October, 1863 in Co K, 11th TN Cavalry, and merged March 24, 1865 into Co K, 9th TN Cavalry, to honorable discharge September 11, 1865. On October 24, 1863, Colonel DeCourcy, at Crab Orchard, Kentucky, described them as raw, undisciplined troops. They were often so poorly mounted and equipped that they functioned as infantry.

Probable Campaigns: Cumberland Gap Dec 1863-Jan 1865. (No evidence that the 9th participated in infamous Stoneman's Raid March 21-April 25.) Wytheville April 6. Shallow Ford and near Mocksville, N. C., April 11. Salisbury April 12. Catawba River April 17. Swannanoa Gap, N. C., April 20. Hendersonville April 23.

Newton Denmark

Newton Denmark CSA g2grandfather’s brother

From Madison County, Florida, enlisted with his brother Jasper as a Private on 20 August 1861 at the age of 18. Mustered in Company M, 2nd Infantry Regiment Florida. 1st Corporal by mid 1864, he was in every engagement fought by the Regiment. He was at Appomattox at the surrender, and paroled in May 1865.

Robert McGaha

Robert McGaha g3grandfather’s brother

Though not a soldier, he was “killed in action,” as they say: “Robert lived with his family in the Cosby area [of TN]. During the Civil War, one winter he did not have enough clothing to keep his body protected. Frostbite damaged his feet so much that his bones showed through. (Like most of the mountaineers in the [East Tennessee] region, the McGahas were staunch unionists living surrounded by rebels.) One day four soldiers came to the McGaha home and asked for something to eat. Since they were wearing blue uniforms, Robert was happy to oblige. (In those brutal days, food was often raided to the point where civilians starved to death - especially if they were suspected of being unionist. So food was often hidden away.) As they were finishing their meal, Robert heard someone coming, and thinking it might be rebels, said to his guests, "Come on boys! You can go out the back way." What he did not know was that his guests were Confederates dressed in uniforms of the north. When the men got outside, one of the soldiers turned on his host, put a gun in Mr. McGaha's mouth, and shot him to death as his horrified children watched.” He was about 63 years old.

Robert Smith McGaha

Robert Smith McGaha USA g2grandfather’s brother

Robert enlisted as a private in the 2nd Tennessee Volunteer Cavalry (Co. A) of the Union army (at age 29 married with 5 children) on 11/01/1862. While serving at Murfreesboro, TN, he was burned by a powder explosion in the face and eyes. He contracted chronic diarrhea in New Orleans and was taken to McPherson Hospital in Vicksburg, Mississippi. While at the hospital in Vicksburg, he also contracted ‘hemorrhage of the lungs.’ He was mustered out on account of his disability and was discharged on 05/24/1865 at Vicksburg.

Probable campaigns: Murfreesboro, TN Dec 26-30 1862. Operations against Pegram Mar 22-Apr 2 1863. Franklin Apr 10 1863. McMinnville Apr 20-30. Tullahoma Campaign June 23-July 7 1863. Huntsville, Ala., July 13-22. Chickamauga Campaign Aug 16-Sept 2. Battle of Chickamauga Sept 19-21. Anderson's Cross Roads Oct 2. Mossy Creek TN skirmish Jan 12, 1864. Smith's Expedition to Okolona Miss. Feb 11-26 1864. Nashville TN Feb 27 and duty on line of Nashville & Chattanooga Railroad, and in District of North Alabama till Nov 1864. North Alabama June 24-Aug 20. Operations against Wheeler August-September 1864. Operations against Forest and Hood September 16-November 3. Nashville Campaign Nov-Dec 1864. Near Paint Rock Bridge December 7. Battle of Nashville December 15-16 1864. Pursuit of Hood to the Tennessee River December 17-28 1864.

Regiment lost during service 2 Officers and 14 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 208 Enlisted men by disease. Total 224.

Sidney McLean

Sidney McLean CSA-USA g3grandmother’s brother

"I was arrested in 1862 at home by a squad of Confederate soldiers to compel me to serve in the army for 4 weeks or longer. I was compelled to go to Asheville, thence to Raleigh, then into Virginia and on to Charleston, TN and from there to Cumberland Gap .While under arrest I was forced to join Co. G, 29th NC Regt and was detained in the service about 8 months. I was discharged on account of sickness and while under arrest was compelled to take an oath of allegiance to the Confederate Government. After my discharge I was arrested and brought to Marshall, NC to be enrolled as a conscript but made my escape and after lying out for sometime went through the lines and joined the Federal troops." Sidney was a recruiting Sergeant first and then promoted to first Lieutenant for Co. G 3rd NC Mtd Inf. from 1864 into 1865. He resigned at Greenville, TN, June 1865.

Possible Campaigns: Morganton Raid, June 1864. Bull’s Gap Sept 1864. Red Banks of Chucky vs. Col Keith Dec 1864. Sack of Waynesville, NC Feb 1865. Held supply routes for Stoneman’s Raid Mar-May 1865.

“I was threatened by Col. J.A. Keith of the Rebel Army in 1863,1864, and 1865 and in the spring of 1864 on Bull Creek in Madison County, NC the said Keith and his men drove my family from their home and destroyed my household furniture, and either killed or drove off all my live stock."

He was awarded a claim of $487 for supplies taken by the Union Army in 1864:

claimed-awarded

2 second class horses 250.00 200.00

750 lb. bacon 150.00 100.00

200 lb. flour 12.00 12.00

15 bushel corn 18.75 15.00

500 pounds beef 50.00 50.00

400 pounds corn 24.00 24.00

70 bushel of corn 87.50 87.50

32 gallons molasses 32.00 16.00

Total 624.25 487.00

1. The black horse was taken at Bulls Gap, TN Spring 1864 by the 11 TN. Cav.

2. The mare was taken at Strawberry Plains, TN. Aug. 1864 by 11th Mich. Cav.

3. The 750 pounds of bacon, sides, hams, and shoulders were taken at Cove Creek, Green County, TN Spring 1864 by the 3rd NC Mtd Inf., led by Col. Kirk, and a portion of the 8th TN Cav. It was opened and given as rations right on the spot.

4. Two hundred pounds of flour and 15 bushels of corn were taken May 1, 1864 at Cove Creek, Greene County, TN by Col. Kirk and the 3rd NC Mtd Inf. and part of the 8th TN Cav. The flour was given as rations and the corn was given to the horses.

William Cherry McGowan

William Cherry McGowan CSA g2grandmother’s brother

Enlisted as a Private on 15 July 1862 at the age of 33, married with 2 children. Mustered in Company I, 1st NC Cavalry Regiment. Promoted to Full Corporal on 15 July 1864. Wounded on 25 August 1864 at Ream’s Station, VA. Absent on 31 December 1864 (for wounds).