George Washington Branham

George Washington Branham
Also Known As:	"George Brannum", "George Branom"
Birthdate:	circa 1818
Birthplace:	Tennessee, USA
Death:	March 05, 1864 (41-50) Belle Island, Richmond, Virginia, USA
Immediate Family:	Husband of Rachel Richardson Father of Pelissa Ann Branham

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OBJE: _META <metadataxml><content><line>Also called 2nd East Tennessee Infantry Regiment:</line><line>2nd East Tennessee Mounted Infantry Reg
CONC iment</line><line> </line><line>Organization begun at Camp Dick Robinson, Kentucky, in August, 18
CONC 61; seven companies mustered out at Knoxville, Tennessee, October 6, 1864; final muster out at Nashville, August 3, 1865.</line><line> </line><li
CONC ne>FIELD OFFICERS</line><line> </line><line>Colon
CONC els-James P. T. Carter, James M. Melton</line><line>Lieutenant Colonels-D. C. Trewhitt, John W. Bowman, James M. Melton</line><line>Majors-M. Cleveland, James M. Melton, Daniel A. Carpenter</line><line>CAPTAINS</line><line> </line><line>John W. Bowman, Amos Marney, Co. “A”. Enrolled August 10, 1861 at Kingston, Roane County; mustered in at Camp Dick Robinson
CONC , Kentucky, August 20, 1861; mustered out at Nashville, October 6, 1864.</line><line>James M. Melton, Mitchell R. Millsaps, Co. “B”. Enrolled at Montgomery
CONC , Morgan County, with men from Fentress County, August 10, 1861; mustered in at Camp Dick Robinson August 20, 1861; mustered out at Knoxville, October 6, 1864.</line><line>Willi
CONC am C. Carns, Co. “C”. Enrolled at Clinton, Anderson County, August 7, 1861; mustered in at Barboursville, Kentucky, August 21, 1861; mustered out at Knoxville, October 6, 1864.</line><line><spa
CONC n style="font-size: medium;">Joel Dotson, Robert C. Swann, Samuel C. Honeycutt, Co. “D”. Enrolled at Camp Dick Robinson, September 1, 1861, with men from Fentress and Cumberland Counties; mustered in at Camp Wild Cat, Kentuck
CONC y, October 24, 1861; mustered out at Knoxville, October 6, 1864.</line><line>Elihu E. Jones, Andrew P. Senter, Co. “E”. Enrolled at Tazewell, Claiborne Count
CONC y, August 9, 1861; mustered in at Camp Wild Cat, October 25, 1861; mustered out at Knoxville, October 6, 1864.</line><line>David Fry, Co. “F”. Enrolled at Ca
CONC mp Dick Robinson, September 23, 1861; mustered at Camp Wild Cat, October 26, 1861; County, Tennessee.</line><line>Abraham H. Cross, Evan B. Jones, Co. “G”. E
CONC nrolled at Camp Dick Robinson, October 11, 1861; mustered in at Camp Wild Cat October 25, 1861; mustered out at Knoxville, October 6, 1864.</line><line>Samuel S. Ryan, William M
CONC . Murray, Co. “H”. Enrolled at Jacksboro, Campbell County, in November and December; mustered in at Camp Somerset, Kentucky, December 31, 1861; mustered out at Knoxville, November 25, 1864.</line><line>&lt
CONC ;p>William H. Robins, Co. “I”. Most of the men enrolled at Sale Creek, Hamilton County; mustered in at Cumberland Ford, Kentucky, Februarv 28, 1862; date of muster out not known.</spa
CONC n></line><line>Joseph D. Underdown, Co. “K”. Enrolled at Sevierville, Sevier County, in December, 1861 and January, 1862; mustered in at Somerset, Kentucky, June 5, 18
CONC 63; mustered out at Knoxville, December 15, 1864.</line><line>The muster rolls of the regiment are defective, a large portion of them having been captured with the regiment at R
CONC ogersville on November 6, 1863. A detachment from the regiment, under 2nd Lieutenant Elisha Harbour, composed of recruits, stragglers, absentees, and returned prisoners from the companies already mustered out was mustered out at Nashville, Decembe
CONC r 5, 1865.</line><line> </line><line>The regiment left Camp Dick Robinson October 18, 1861; ha
CONC d a skirmish with General Felix Zollicoffer’s forces at Wildcat, Kentucky; and arrived at London, Kentucky, October 28, 1861. It was placed in the 12th Brigade commanded by Navv Lieutenant Samuel P. Carter, who was soon appointed brigadie
CONC r general.. During November and December it was stationed at London, then at Somerset; and left Somerset January 17, 1862 to join the Federal forces under Brigadier General George H. Thomas for the battle of Fishing Creek, or Logan’s Cros
CONC s Roads, which took place on January 19, 1862. Although it took part in this engagement, it was not heavily engaged.</line><line> </line><line>&l
CONC t;p>On March 14, 1862 it was with General S. P. Carter as part of a force which captured Lieutenant Colonel John F. White and the major part of two companies of the 1st East Tennessee Cavalry, CSA, at Jacks
CONC boro, Tennessee. On March 20, the regiment was at Woodson’s Gap, near Fincastle, Campbell County, Tennessee.</line><line> </line><line>
CONC On April 14, 1862, General Carter’s Brigade was designated as the 24th Brigade, of Brigadier General George W. Morgan’s 7th Division, of the Army of the Ohio. The regiment served i
CONC n this brigade in the operations around Cumberland Ford, and Cumberland Gap until September 17, 1862, when General Morgan, his supply-line threatened by Major General E. Kirby Smith’s invasion of Kentucky, evacuated Cumberland Gap, withdr
CONC ew through Kentucky to the Ohio River, and into the Kanawha Valley, West Virginia. On July 26, 1862, before the evacuation of Cumberland Gap, the regiment, with 450 men, was reported at Tazewell, Tennessee.</line><line><p&
CONC gt; </line><line>On October 31, the regiment was reported in General Carter’s 3rd Brigade, District of Western Virginia
CONC , under General Morgan. On November 4, 1862, the regiment was ordered to Nashville, and on December 4, 1862 was at Louisville, Kentucky, awaiting transportation. It finally marched to Nashville, and was at that point when the battle of Murfreesboro
CONC , or Stone’s River, began on December 31, 1862. Here the regiment was assigned to Brigadier General James G. Spears’ 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, XIV Corps.</line><line> </line><line>General Spears took command of the brigade on January 2, 1863, and with it escorted a train of supplies to the army outside Murfreesboro, arrivi
CONC ng at 5:00 A.M. on January 3. His brigade then relieved troops in the front line of General Thomas’ “Center” of the Federal lines. That night, in an engagement lasting from 6:00 to 8:00 P.M., the regiment took part i
CONC n driving Confederate forces from a woods in front of their lines. On January 5, the regiment, under Lieutenant Colonel Melton, was assigned to picket duty. It remained at Murfreesboro until March 10, 1862, when it returned to Kentucky to be mounte
CONC d. On May 14, it was reported at Somerset, Kentucky, with 588 men.</line><line> </line><line>It w
CONC as mounted in June, and served as mounted infantry until captured at Rogersville in November, 1863. On June 9, a detachment from the regiment was with Colonel August V. Katz, 2nd Ohio Cavalry, in an engagement at Monticello, Kentucky, with portion
CONC s of Confederate General John Pegram’s Brigade. On June 30, the regiment was reported in General Carter’s 1st Brigade, of Brigadier General Samuel D. Sturgis’s 1st Division, XXIII Corps.</line><l
CONC ine> </line><line>On July 7, 1863, the regiment left Lebanon, Kentucky, as part of a force under Brigadier General J. M
CONC . Shackelford which pursued General John Hunt Morgan through Kentucky, Indiana, and Ohio, capturing a large part of his force on July 20, and the remainder, including General Morgan at Salineville, Ohio, on July 26, 1863. Lieutenant Colonel Melto
CONC n commanded the regiment on this expedition. A detachment from the regiment was with Colonel W. P. Sanders from July 29 to August 3, when he was engaged in driving out of Kentucky the forces under Confederate Colonel John S. Scott.<
CONC /p></line><line> </line><line>On August 6, 1863, the XXIII Corps was reorganized, in preparation for Major General A
CONC . E. Buruside’s invasion of East Tennessee. The 2nd Tennessee Mounted Infantry, under Major Daniel A. Carpenter, was placed in General Shackelford’s 3rd Brigade, of General S. P. Carter’s 4th Division of Cavalry. On Au
CONC gust 26, it was at Chitwood’s, Tennessee; on August 30, reconnoitered to Winter’s Gap; on September 21, in a skirmish at Carter’s Station; and on October 10, was engaged in the battle at Blue Springs, Tennessee, with C
CONC onfederate forces under Generals W. E. Jones, John S. Williams, and A. E. Jackson. In this engagement, Colonel James P. T. Carter was in command of the brigade.</line><line>&amp
CONC ;nbsp;</line><line>The regiment pursued the retreating Confederates to Abingdon, Virginia, and then returned to Rogersville, Tennessee, where Colonel Israel Garrard, 7th Ohio Ca
CONC vafry, was in command. On November 6, Colonel Garrard was attacked and routed on the road outside Rogersville, came flying into camp with his men, and ordered Major Carpenter, commanding the 2nd Tennessee, to hold the position, and then, apparentl
CONC y unable to rally his men, fled with them to Morristown, leaving Major Carpenter holding the bag. The regiment was surrounded and captured by forces under Colonel H. L. Giltner, 4th Kentucky Cavalry, CSA. Casualties were five killed, one wounded, a
CONC nd 20 officers and 474 men captured.</line><line> </line><line>117 men from the regiment, many o
CONC f whom had escaped after being captured, finally reported at Knoxville, and remained there during the siege of that city until November 30, 1863. Under Colonel Melton, they moved to Clinton, Tennessee, skirmishing with Major General Joseph Wheeler&
CONC amp;rsquo;s forces on the way, escorted General Buruside to Camp Nelson, Kentucky, and returned to Rogersville.</line><line> </line><line><p&g
CONC t;On April 10, 1864 the XXIII Corps was reorganized, and the regiment was placed in Brigadier General Davis Tillson’s Brigade (Reserve Artillery) of Brigadier General J. Ammen’s 4th Divisio
CONC n. The brigade was assigned to the Defenses of Knoxville, with orders to hold that city against all hazards. The order went on to specify: “The 2nd Tennessee Volunteer Infantry will furnish such details as may be required by the provost-m
CONC arshall-general of East Tennessee for the execution of his orders.” It remained in this brigade until the end.</line><line> </line><lin
CONC e>On August 5, a detachment of 80 men was at Sevierville, Tennessee, and General Tillson, commenting on the actions of the commanding officer, which he disapproved, stated he would prefer charges an
CONC d ask for a court of inquiry, if it were not for the fact that the regiment was so soon to be mustered out of service. At the time of Major General Joseph Wheeler’s raid the last of August, detachments were at Maryville, Sevierville, Mayn
CONC ardville and Clinton. The detachment at Maryville was captured August 21, but the others were safely withdrawn to Knoxville.</line><line> </line>
CONC <line>The report of Tennessee Adjutant General Brownlow states the regiment was mustered out of service at Knoxville, October 6, 1864, retaining only 106 of the original number.” This statem
CONC ent applied only to Companies “A” through “G”, the other companies remaining in service. On October 31, 1864, Captain S. C. Honeycutt was reported in command; on December 31, Captain William M. Murray. On Mar
CONC ch 17, 1865, the 1st and 2nd Tennessee Regiments were ordered to Cumberland Gap. The 2nd, by this time, consisted only of the detachment under Lieutenant Elisha Harbour, which remained at Cumberland Gap until it moved to Nashville to be mustered ou
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1818	1818	Birth of George Washington Branham Tennessee, USA
1843	1843	Birth of Pelissa Ann Branham Anderson, Tennessee, USA
1860	August 10, 1860 Age 42	resided 9 Days After appearing in census in Sale Cre... District 11, Roane, Tennessee, USA
1864	March 5, 1864 Age 46	Death of George Washington Branham at Belle Island, ... Belle Island, Richmond, Virginia, USA
1908	August 29, 1908 Age 46	probated on 8/29/1908 Chattanooga, Tennessee

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