Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-11-03

paRy joined the army under Gems. Washiuqso
and Laiaysste. He was Ia service st York dul
ing the siege OF that place, and after iLs 5usrsI
der be W2s ons # the guard, und3r the cCu
raaHd Of Msj1r Wsleh, who marched with Oh
prisoners 20 Winchester, Va, where his term 4
servieG having expired, ks was discharged. i
1861 he was q. resident Of Davidson county
Tennessee. Pension granted july 81, 1888
under the act Of June :, 1922
Reuben Stevens, born January, Iz62. in Bla
dsn county, N. @. He was drafted in January
1870, for three months, and served the tiua L
the 9th regiment South Carolina S;al8 troops
under Col. Archibald Little. In April Of th,
same year, he volunteered for thge8 months il
the same regiment, and was taken prisoner g
the fall Of Charleston and par0lsd. IL February
/ 1881. he again entered tina service IS q Volun
I teer IN q regiment commanded BY Col. Ihomsi
I Robinson, and served ont his time and was dis
/ charged. In Nay, 1871, he again volunteered
for three months in the game regiment, ou
/ served only two months, when h8 was dis
/ charged. Ia 1851, he was living in NsWmaz
county, Ga. Pension certificate issued ApEiI Is,
/ 1898, Rudsr the act of June z, 1892.
Micajah Brooks, was born IN Chatham eouu-
ty, North Carolina, December ., I76I. Hs en-
tered the service IN I775, when he was bu5 four
ten years old, under the following eircum-
stances; H had been sent to mill in Nsr.h
Csrllina While there, waiting for his gTss to
be ground, \ certain BsHiamin Fier0 came
along with party Of twenty or thirty soldiers
and asked him if hs did net want 10 60 with
them aBd serve thfir country. He rsBlisd sbaE
ha should ba glad 10 do 50 if be could. The
miller sFraed 70 send Asci1s8 bis mistress the
horse and bag Of meal, aad Books acccmpa-
nice lha recruiting party % the State Of Ge0T-
pia. Hs served in that State IS q scout under
Fier0 fer = considerable time. II remained in
TIE military service Of the couaIy fora period Of
two yssrs OK mora, ia Esrsnt capacities and
regiments
He was at the siega Of Augusta, Gesrgia, as q
private, in a regiment commanded by Col Eli
jah Clark, and was present e tas surrender Of
the place by ths British. Ho states that the
British tT008a marched ont of the place, leaving
the isriGs in tbe hands Of the WEiVs, who
slaughtered them without mer =. Hs saw the
British Gen. GEsosOu killed afser tie surrender of
the place, he having been shot IN the upper part
ct leg hoHse, IN a balcony, by a Wbig, named
james Alexander, who bad been q prisoner Ia
der this sreesoH, and had been msltT=zted By
him while hs was prisoner IN bis hands. BE
dis gai8ad himself, ard teok this method Of effect
ua.iv reVcnginE his Injuries. Ia 1861 Hr
Brooks was living in PaUlding county, Ga. H3
was pensi0ued By . special act Of Congress, sp-
proved June 5, 1858.
william C0ggin, born January 8, 1855, In
BarnWsh district, South Car0line, snd If yet
living, is Ia bis ono hundred and ninth year. rs
entered the service in Camden district, South
Carolina, about the year I75l, as q lisutsnsnt Of
infantry, in the company commanded BY Capt
Ihcmas SssTke, in Col. Gayi9T's rfgimsnt, in
Sanders brigade. H9 also served for seventy
days as lieutenant Of cavalry in an expedition
20 OTsugs5UTg. 6s was atthe siege ef Ninety
SIX, and vas also n the bs tie af & jcky msasis
La 1861 he was living IA Gordon county, Gsor-
gis. HIS psFsion certificate was issued Feb
ruary ., 1856, uudsr the act Of JGB0 z, 1892.
John Hames, born in Msck.enbuTg county,
Virgiaia, April %, 1852, and if Dow living, be
Is in his one hundred and twelfth year. He VOlun-
tCsred IN l176 as a private ia g regiment com
manded by Colonel Thomas Braan6n, and
marched TO the Cherokee country, and paruci-
pated in two engagements with the Indians. he
vas also in an engagement with tha British q
B,Gckst0ch's, IN S1alh Carolina, in which the
enemy were defeated. lie su1seq 1ently partic--
ipated in the attack upon snd siege Of Fort
Cranky. BE was sftsrward at the battle of Eiu-
EaW Springs, under General Greene, ana was
alss engaged in the battle Of C1wpens. Hs &C
c0mpsais1 Marion IN his ATTACK upon the tories
On the Psdss river, wheTs a large number Of
them had been collected and organized, ia which
them 50wn the Broad river uaii they came to a
bridge which il was necessary 60 cross.
Marion ordered the men 90 spread taoir blank
cts On this bridge to prevent the enemy, who
were supposed 70 be near, from hearing the
horses feet. Notwithstanding this prscaHtoR,
the enemy discovered and attaakei then before
they lad all crossed the bridge The tories were
defeated ia this engagement also. aud a number
of prisoners were taken. Ia 1861 Hzns5 was
still living, in Ball county, Ca. A pension GER
liicata was issued January 9, 1884 uuder The
act of June Z, 1882, for foray dollars per year,
and a new certificate issued March Is 1855, ia-
cTeasing ths peRsion 70 sixty one 5cIlagB aad
twenty-five cents, from MArcn 4, 1881.
Jsmes Barham. born May Is, 1764, in South
smpfOa county, Va. Hs entered the service in
the Virginia militia JanuaTy L, 17Sl, for three
months, az a SUB tiLuss f9rrZ idock Bell, under
Capt. jesse Whitehead. Before the expiration
Of MS three months service as a subBfisUta, he
Vas drafted himself, and On the Ist Of april,
l7sl, he entered On his second term ef service,
under Capt Jcbn Taylor end served six months
and three weeks. He was in 81 engagement
with the British at Petersburg, Va, and was
present at the surTendsr Of CORVALLIS ct 70 K.
town, after Which event he was disch -rged. lie
is now living at SPRINGFIELD, Ho. His pension
certificate was Issued September 5, 1893, under
the act Of June 7, 1872