Dr. John Rufus Atkisson (CSA)

John Atkisson was a prominent physician and planter, the following is copied from the Conferedate Veteran of Nashville: "Dr. J. R. Attkisson answered the last roll call at his home in Lavinia, Tennessee, on December 29, 1905. He was born in Carroll County, January 8, 1845, and enlisted as a Confederate soldier in Company B, Fifty-fifth Tennessee Infantry, in July, 1861. His first service was at Columbus, Kentucky, and he was in the fort on the bluff during the battle of Belmont, Missouri. When Columbus was evacuated he went with his regiment to Island No. 10, and at the surrender of that place they were sent to a northern prison (Madison Wisconsin). After several months he was exchanged and was in all the fighting around Vicksburg, Port Hudson and Jackson, Mississippi. His regiment was made a part of the Army of the Tennessee at Dalton, Georgia, and until the 28th of July 1864, he was in that memorable campaign of skirmishing and fighting in front of Atlanta, where he received a wound which rendered him unfit for field service. He was placed on hospital service and remained in that until the close o't the war. He then returned home, studied medicine. and was graduated from the Nashville Medical School in the spring of 1867. From the date of graduation he practiced his profession in his native town and surrounding country until his death, and was considered one of the best posted physicians of the state.

" Doctor Attkisson was married to Miss Bettie Lanier in 1867, and his wife, two sons and three daughters are left. He was a charter member of Preston Smith Camp U.C.V. of Lavinia, of which he was a commander from its organization. He was also a prominent Mason and a consistent member of the church, leaving to his family a heritage of good deeds."

John Atkisson served in Company G, 55th Regiment, Tennessee Infantry (Brown's) in the Confederate Army as a Private.

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