John Alexander Baskerville and Pattie Pursley

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Husband John Alexander BASKERVILLE

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         Born: 1805 1
         Died: Deceased
       Buried: 

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       Father: Richard BASKERVILLE (1770-1838) 2
       Mother: Elizabeth ??? (1777-1850)

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     Marriage: 

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Events in his life were:

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• Pension, #: S4653, Trousdale Co, Tennessee

• Military, 2nd (Smith's) Cavalry, Trousdale Co, Tennessee, CSA, Abt 1865

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Wife Pattie PURSLEY ³

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         Born: Abt 1800
         Died: Deceased
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Events in her life were:

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• Pension, #: W10867, Trousdale Co, Tennessee

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General Notes (Husband)

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Sumner, TN 1870 Federal Census, pg 588b, 50/52
Barskville J. A. 65 M W Farmer 5,680 1,500 VA . . . . . . . . . . .
Barskville Jane S. 20 F W . . . TN . . . . . . . . . . . [a daughter?]
Barskville Eliza 55 F W Keeping House . . TN . . . . . . . . . . . [his sister?]
Barskville Ann 59 F B Cook . . TN . . . . . . . . . . .

Confederate Pension applications
NAME: Baskerville, J.A.
PENSION #: S4653
COUNTY: Trousdale
UNIT: 2nd (Smith's) Cav.

NAME: Baskerville, John Alexander.
WIDOW: Baskerville, Pattie Pursley
PENSION #: W10867
COUNTY: Trousdale

Unit History
The Company was organized at the old "Napier Hole" a noted place on Flat Creek just north of the Bear Creek Pike. Here they met regularly for drill under Capt. Billington and here they were sworn in by Dr. J. H. Parks. The Company originally numbered 112 men but no record is now available giving all the names. Commanded by Capt. Jas. M. Billington, the Company marched to Columbia, taking cars here for Nashville and Murfreesboro and at the latter place went into quarters at Camp Anderson, three miles from town. The regiment organization was made in July 1861 and completed at Camp Trousdale August 23, 1861, The Duck River Riflemen becoming Company G in the 24th Tennessee Volunteer Infantry. The 24th Tennessee was originally composed of 12 companies, each containing over a hundred men:
Co. A, Rutherford Co., Capt. John C. Jackson
Co. B, Williamson Co., Capt. W.E. Shannon
Co. C, Macon Co., Capt. J.M. Uhles
Co. D, Williamson Co., Capt. John A.Wilson
Co. E, Sumner Co., Capt. J. A. Baskerville
Co. F, Smith Co., Capt. James Dowell
Co. G, Maury Co., Capt. James A. Billington
Co. H, Hickman Co., Capt. C. W. Beale
Co. I, Hickman Co., Capt. E. W. Beasley
Co. K, Franklin & Wilson Co.Capt. T.C.Goodner
Capt. Buck Hart's Company from Sumner, Trousdale & Smith Counties & a Company commanded by Capt. Mays were afterwards added to the 24th.
The first battle for the Riflemen was in an expedition from Cave City, KY Oct. 25, 1861 against Camp Joe Underwood about 5 miles away which suceeded in breaking up the Federal Camp of instuction. The Regiment was at this time in the 3rd Brigade, Col. R. G. Shaver commanding in Hardee's Division but was transferred to the 2nd Brigade under Col. Patrick R. Cleburne on Jan. 1st 1862 where it remained until the reorganization at Tupelo. While this unit did not participate at Ft. Donelson, they did join the retreating forces under Albert Sidney Johnson from Bowling Green and became part of the Central Army reorganization at Murfreesboro on Feb. 23rd 1862.
At the Battle of Shiloh on April 6th & 7th 1862, the Riflemen fought bravely losing 12 killed and 24 wounded in two days of fighting. Cleburne's Brigade went into the battle 2,750 strong and lost an even thousand men with 32 missing. Field returns for April 26, 1862 show that the 24th was reduced to a total of 106 effectives.
At the reorganization at Tupelo on July 8, 1862 Company G was consolidated with B of Williamson County becoming part of the 2nd Bridage commanded by Brig. Gen. Alex P. Stewart, Maj. Gen. Frank B. Cheatham the Division, and Maj. Gen. Leonidas Polk the Left Wing. Under this organization the Regiment took part in the Battle of Perryville on Oct. 8th, 1862 losing another two men with another wounded. Afterwards, the Confederate Army traveled through East Tennessee with a supply wagon train forty miles long headed toward Nashville and took position around Murfressboro in the Autumn of 1862. In the last of December of that year the regiment went into battle there remaining in line until Jan 4th and was one of the last commands to be withdrawn on the retreat to Tullahoma. It entered the fight with 31 commissioned officers and 313 men, taking a total of 344 effectives it lost 3 officers with 6 men killed, & 5 officers and 39 men wounded.
On April 1st 1863, the army was reorganized and Col . O. F. Strahl commanded Stewart's Brigade, Cheatham the Division, and Polk the Corps Commander. The 24th fought next at Tullahoma, Chattanooga, Missionary Ridge and Chickamauga suffering only 4 wounded, 6 captured, 1 missing, & 1 discharged for disability.
By December 14th, 1863 the field returns showed that the 24th then had an effective force of 211, total present 257 number of arms, 148 with 40 rounds of ammunition per man. During the Ringgold Campaign the regiment lost 3 killed, 5 wounded , and 45 missing. On April 30th returns show that Lt. Gen. W.J. Hardee, "Old Reliable", comanded the Corps with "Old Joe Johnston" the commander.
By July 17th Gen. John B. Hood became the commander and the 24th fought at Atlanta losing a man with another captured. Soon Hood began his march into Tennessee heading towards Nashville til establishing headquarters two and a half miles from Spring Hill, TN on November 29, 1864. The next day the Riflemen fought at the bloody Battle of Franklin. In the aftermath the 24th Tennessee Regiment as a whole had the Colonel, Lieut. Colonel, Major, Adjutant, and every Captain and First Lieutenant killed or wounded, the ranking officer being a Second Lieutenant. Field Retuns November 6th shows Stewart's Army Corps to have 8,708 total effectives present, and Cheatham's Corps 10,519. The next field return is December 10th after Franklin and before Nashville and read 5,321 and 7,272 showing a loss of one third.
Nashville proved to be Hood's final downfall where he was absolutely routed. By this time the Duck River Riflemen had now become so absorbed in these reorganizations and consolidations that it had lost all semblance of existence as a separate organization. On December 20th 1864 Forrest was placed in command of the rear guard of the army, and Walthall was ordered to support him with eight brigades of "picked infantry". These eight brigades gave him an effective force of 1900 men, of whom about 400 were without shoes, and many more were practically bare-footed and made up the famous "Rear Guard". Maney & Strahl's brigades were commanded by Col. Hume R. Field and field returns next day show 113 effectives total. In the last consolidation in North Carolina March 21st 1865, the 3rd Tennessee Consolidated Regiment was organized and was composed of the 4th, 5th, 19th, 24th, 31st, 33rd, 35th, 38th, and 41st making up newly formed Company K.
On the way home from the surrender the few retiring members of this unit had to stop at the home of a widow's house about ten miles east of Greenville, Tennessee to care for John H. Derryberry who had suffered with chronic disentery. In a few days he died leaving no means to bury him. That night four of the Riflemen led by Anderson Daniel made the charge on the combined Commissary, Quartermaster, Paymaster, and Ordinance Train and captured four bales of spun cotton yarn. With three of these a coffin was procured from town and the other bale was given to the widow for her attention the the deceased and a grave for him in her apple orchard. This was the last official act of the Duck River Riflemen.
The final summery of this company compiled from the best information now available is as follows:
R. W. Tindall, Capt.
John E. Hardeman. 2nd Lieut.
Sam W. Daimwood, Orderly Sergt.
2 commissioned officers & 15 men killed
4 mortally wounded
3 missing
1 died on way home
4 died of sickness
31 wounded some more than once
7 wounded & discharged or left at home
10 discharged for ill health
9 otherwise discharged (too young/old)
8 captured
1 name placed on the Confederate Roll of Honor at Richmond for Conspicuous Bravery in the Battle of Murfressboro. Willis A. Jones was his name.

Birth Records, Sumner County TN

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1 1870 Sumner Co, TN Census (http://www.us-census.org/pub/usgenweb/census/tn/sumner/1870/), 558b.

2 Baganoff, Kay Roemer.

3 Pension File, #: W10867, Pattie Pursley Baskerville.