Er ist verheiratet mit Elizabeth Jane Harvey.
1 _MEND Death of one spouse
Sie haben geheiratet am 7. Dezember 1865 in Amite County, Mississippi, er war 28 Jahre alt.Quellen 1, 3
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2 PLAC bur. Nunnery (New Zion Baptist Church) Cemetery, Amite County, Mississippi
2 SOUR S06811
3 PAGE Tree #2937
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4 TEXT Date of Import: Apr 27, 1998
[Brøderbund WFT Vol. 12, Ed. 1, Tree #2937, Date of Import: Apr 27, 1998]
I have photocopies of the microfilmed originals of Reuben's ConfederateService Records.
The 24 year old Reuben originally joined Capt. Sam J.W. Nix's Company,(Liberty Guards), Mississippi Volunteers on April 29, 1861. This companylater became Company E, 22d Regiment Mississippi Infantry.
However, on September 28, 1861, he switched to Capt. B.F. John's Company,(Amite Rifles), 7th Regiment Mississippi Volunteers. This company laterbecame Company C, 7th Regiment Mississippi Infantry.
On June 30, 1862, he was promoted from Private to Corporal. Reuben waswounded "in charge 300 yards in front of breast works and left in thehands of the enemy" at the Battle of Stones River, Murfreesboro, TN onDec 31, 1862;, sent to No. 7 Union General Hospital, Louisville, KY onFebruary 15 1863; then sent as a Prisoner of War to Camp Morton, IN onFebruary 25, 1863.
He appeared on a list of Prisoners of War dated April 12, 1863, of"Five Hundred and ten enlisted men, Confederate Prisoners of War and onedead body--and three women" delivered to City Point, VA by Lt. Col. C.C.Matson, 71st Indiana Volunters, U.S.A. He was back at his unit "inquarters sick," by the end of April, 1863. On September 8, 1863, he wasreduced in rank to Private, and was assigned extra duty as an ambulancedriver. In January of 1864, he re-enlisted "for the War," and continuedhis extra duty as an ambulance driver.
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Battle of Stones River (also known as Battle at Murfreesboro)
Location: Rutherford County, TN
Campaign: Stones River Campaign (1862-63)
Date(s): December 31, 1862-January 2, 1863
Principal Commanders: Maj. Gen. William S. Rosecrans [US]; Gen. BraxtonBragg [CS]
Forces Engaged: Army of the Cumberland [US]; Army of Tennessee [CS]
Estimated Casualties: 23,515 total (US 13,249; CS 10,266)
Description: After Gen. Braxton Bragg's defeat at Perryville, Kentucky,October 8, 1862, he and his Confederate Army of the Mississippiretreated, reorganized, and were redesignated as the Army of Tennessee.They then advanced to Murfreesboro, Tennessee, and prepared to go intowinter quarters.
Maj. Gen. William S. Rosecrans's Union Army of the Cumberland followedBragg from Kentucky to Nashville. Rosecrans left Nashville on December26, with about 45,000 men, to defeat Bragg's army. He found Bragg's armyon December 29 and went into camp that night, within hearing distance ofthe Rebels.
At dawn on the 31st, Bragg's men attacked the Union right flank. TheConfederates had driven the Union line back to the Nashville Pike by10:00 am but there it held. Union reinforcements arrived from Rosecrans'sleft in the late forenoon to bolster the stand and before fightingstopped that day, the Federals had established a new, strong line.
On New Years Day, both armies marked time. Bragg surmised that Rosecrans
would now withdraw, but the next morning he was still in position. Inlate afternoon, Bragg hurled a division at a Union division that, onJanuary 1, had rossed Stones River and had taken up a strong position onthe bluff east of the river. The Confederates drove most of the Federalsback across McFadden's Ford, but with the assistance of artillery, theFederals repulsed the attack, compelling the Rebels to retire to theiroriginal position.
Bragg left the field on the January 4-5, retreating to Shelbyville andTullahoma, Tennessee. Rosecrans did not pursue, but as the Confederatesretired, he claimed the victory. Stones River boosted Union morale. TheConfederates had been thrown back in the east, west, and in theTrans-Mississippi.
Result: Union victory
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1870 Amite Co, MS Federal Census p. 392 Family# 230
Nunnery, Reuben 32 MS
Lizzie J. 22 f
Nancy 3 f
William K. 1 m
Cotton, Asa 17 m
Ford, Alice 15 f (Elizabeth Harvey Nunnery's orphaned 1st cousin)
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