01 January 202016th Tennessee Volunteer
Infantry Regiment:
Original Members
I have
attempted to find illustrations of any type of the original members of the
Regiment what follows is all that I have managed to find to date. The highest
rank that the person reached has been used, even if this was while in another
unit. All
illustrations are linked to a short biography, some very short.
Very few of the pictures illustrated here have a date for when they were
taken so it should be noted that while some of these illustrations were taken
during the war many others were taken post-war. Some of those shown died as
late as 1940 so that if they look old they are and shouldn't be confused with
re-enactors of the present day who are older than the very young men who were
the soldiers of the time.
I have had reference to other
illustrations but as yet have not manage to track them down. If you have,
or know, where these illustrations are, or can confirm that any from a group
photo are from the Regiment please inform me.
The last surviving members of the unit were Privates
Bluford
Lafayette Scarlett F Company, who died, aged
91, on the
20 January 1935,
and Ransom Gwyn Martin D Company, who died, aged 98, on the 22
May 1940.
With help I have collected together
cemeteries showing the
Burial sites of
original members of the unit. Slowly, to go with this,
I have been collecting photos of their head stones which will be posted when
time allows.
It is important that you do not take
at face value any information listed here of any member of the Regiment but that
you verify the information yourself as while every effort has been made so that
there are no errors there could possibly be some so to help you in this matter
at the top of each member, both in the roster and in the short biographies
listed here there is a list of where the information has come from.
Abbreviations listed at the bottom of this page.
Those marked with
01 January 2020
Those marked with 
18 June 2019
Officers
Covering a painting, drawings and photos from the US Army during the Mexican - American War, through the Civil War,
with most being post-war and into when they were old men.
18 June 2019
NCO's There is the odd pre-war photo, a couple from during the war, with most being post-war and into when they were old men.
Privates One painting, one pre-war photo, a few
photos from during the
war, and again with most being post-war and into when they were old men,
possibly one not be a member of the Regiment.
01 January 2020 and
18 June 2019
Other photos Posted here are ones that don't fit into the categories above: the Perryville Colour Guard, McMinnville High Street and two of the memorial to the killed and died.
Unlikely to be members There are some photos that are unlikely to be members of the Regiment that have been said to be members in books, on gravestones etc they are posted here.
Uniform information Here are larger photos of those in wartime and post-war photos who are wearing uniforms.
The 24th September 1864 saw the 8th, 16th, and 28th consolidated due to the small numbers in all the Regiments, previous to this the 84th had been consolidated with the 28th, here are links to some of the units members with their photos and also a link to a roster.
This covers their birth, death, burial place, wives, children, military service and what they did for a living both before and after the war. With some there is a good volume of information known, due to family bibles, with others there are only a few sparse words. I have been helped by many of the families of the original members of the Regiment but please be aware that much of this information has been gathered from the internet, with all the reliability this has at times.
Anc. ancestry.com
Ark. Information derived from Arkansas
Confederate Pension Records.
Carden Robert Carden Memoir.
Cemetery Actual observation or county index
records.
Clark Carroll H. Clark Memoirs.
Clark Diary of Darius Clark
CMHI Carlisle Barracks Military History
Institute.
CRC Confederate Research Center,
Hillsboro Texas.
CSH Confederate Soldier’s Home
application.
CSR Complied Service Records.
CV Confederate Veteran Magazine.
CWS&SS Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System
CWVQ Tennessee Civil War Veteran’s
Questionnaires.
CWVQm Mentioned in the CWVQ by a veteran as
having been in the 16th.
Dillard Memoir of H. H. Dillard.
Etter Diary of Reisoner Etter.
Fam. Family Tree Maker’s Genealogy Site.
Fancher Diary of James Fancher.
Find. findagrave.com
Fisher
Thomas H. Fisher.
Garland Garland County Arkansas
Historical Society.
Gen. genealogy.com
Head Thomas Head, Campaigns and
Battles of the 16th Regiment.
Henn. thehennesseefamily.com
Hooper Diary of Thomas Hooper.
Int. Internet: forums, findagrave and
various other internet sites.
Lind. J. B. Lindsley, Military
Annals of Tennessee.
Mason Diary of Moss Mason.
Mauzy Diary of Michael Mauzy
Medley History of Van Buren County
Mon. 16th Tennessee monument at
McMinnville Courthous
My. mygeneologyhound.com (Goodspeads
Histories)
OR Official Records of the War of the
Rebellion
Path. The Pathfinder Grundy County
Historical Societ
Pen. Tennessee Confederate Pension
Records
Pen. KY Kentucky Confederate Pension Records
Private Collection
John Brogdens private collection
Putnam “Stray Leaves of Putnam County”.
Rel. Information from a 16th
descendant.
Roots. rootsweb.ancestry.com
Savage Memoirs of John Houston Savage
SCV Sons of Confederate
Veterans.
Thompson Memoirs of James R. Thompson
TNG TNGenes Genealogy
TSLA Tennessee State Library
and Archives.
TSM Tennessee State Museum.
Webb Bicentennial History of DeKalb
County, T. G. Webb.
Womack Diary of James J. Womack.
WPA Work Progress Administration,
transcribed letters from Tennessee
