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1SGT Elijah Jefferson Pirkle

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Birth	:	17 Aug 1839
Death	:	9 Jul 1911
Burial	:	Hayes Shed & Michigan Avenue Cemetery, Cleveland, Bradley County, USA
Coordinate	:	35.1639000, -84.8211000
Description	:	Tennessee, Death Records, 1908-1958 about E J Pirkle Name: E J Pirkle Death: Paralysis Occupation: Farmer Gender: Male Birth Date: abt 1840 Birth Place: Georgia Age: 71 Death Date: 9 Jul 1911 Death Place: Cleveland, Bradley, Tennessee Certificate Number: 3401 U.S. Civil War Soldiers, 1861-1865 about Elijah J. Pirkle Name: Elijah J. Pirkle Side: Union Regiment State/Origin: Tennesee Regiment Name: 3 Tennessee Cavalry Regiment Name Expanded: 3rd Regiment, Tennessee Cavalry Company: G Rank In: Private Rank In Expanded: Private Rank Out: First Sergeant Rank Out Expanded: First Sergeant Film Number: M392 roll 12 Rank: 1 Ser Age: 24 Enlisted: July 1 63 Mustered: Aug 31... Read More	Tennessee, Death Records, 1908-1958 about E J Pirkle Name: E J Pirkle Death: Paralysis Occupation: Farmer Gender: Male Birth Date: abt 1840 Birth Place: Georgia Age: 71 Death Date: 9 Jul 1911 Death Place: Cleveland, Bradley, Tennessee Certificate Number: 3401 U.S. Civil War Soldiers, 1861-1865 about Elijah J. Pirkle Name: Elijah J. Pirkle Side: Union Regiment State/Origin: Tennesee Regiment Name: 3 Tennessee Cavalry Regiment Name Expanded: 3rd Regiment, Tennessee Cavalry Company: G Rank In: Private Rank In Expanded: Private Rank Out: First Sergeant Rank Out Expanded: First Sergeant Film Number: M392 roll 12 Rank: 1 Ser Age: 24 Enlisted: July 1 63 Mustered: Aug 31 63 Remarks: Privt to Oct 31 63: ap Serg 1 Ser June 30 64: wnd in hips in action Sep 10 64 Florence, Ala The 3rd Tennessee Volunteer Cavalry Regiment was a cavalry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. 3rd Regiment Tennessee Volunteer Cavalry Active January 27, 1863 to August 3, 1865 Country United States Allegiance Union Branch Cavalry Engagements Battle of Stones River Tullahoma Campaign Battle of Nashville The 3rd Tennessee Cavalry was organized at Murfreesboro and Nashville, Tennessee and mustered in for a three year enlistment on January 27, 1863 under the command of Colonel William C. Pickens and saw action at the battle of Stones River before being officially mustered. The regiment was attached to 4th Division, Center, XIV Corps, Department of the Cumberland, November 1862 to January 1863. Post of Nashville, Tennessee, Department of the Cumberland, to June 1863. 2nd Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, Army of the Cumberland, to August 1863. Post of Nashville, Tennessee, Department of the Cumberland, to January 1864. 3rd Brigade, Cavalry Division, XVI Corps, Department of the Tennessee, to April 1864. 1st Brigade, 4th Division, Cavalry Corps, Army of the Cumberland, to June 1864. District of North Alabama, Department of the Cumberland, to October 1864. 1st Brigade, 4th Division, Cavalry Corps, Military Division Mississippi, to November 1864. 2nd Brigade, 6th Division, Cavalry Corps, Military Division Mississippi and District Middle Tennessee, to August 1865. The 3rd Tennessee Cavalry mustered out of service at Nashville, Tennessee on August 3, 1865. Commanders Colonel William C. Pickens Major Benjamin Cunningham - commanded at the battle of Nashville he regiment lost a total of 546 men during service; 2 officers and 8 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded, 4 officers and 532 enlisted men died of disease. Many of those captured at Sulphur Branch Trestle were sent to Cahawba Prison in Alabama and paroled in April of 1865. The parolees were then sent to Vicksburg, where they embarked on the ill-fated S.S. Sultana. Over 260 soldiers of the 3rd Tennessee died in the Sultana disaster on April 27, 1865. Their names are listed on the Sultana monument in Mount Olive Cemetery in Knox County, TN.

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Longitude: -84.8211000

Family Members:

Parent

Spouse

Elizabeth Carson Pirkle

(1842 - 1923)

Siblings

Corp Jesse Mercer Pirkle

(1845 - 1915)

Children

Philip S Pirkle

(1867 - 1962)

James Alpheus M Pirkle

(1869 - 1947)

Alexander Grant Pirkle

(1872 - 1895)

Mary Lou Pirkle Henderson

(1874 - 1966)

Samuel Roscoe Pirkle

(1878 - 1946)

Abigail A. “Abbie” Pirkle Stephenson

(1881 - 1964)

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