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.