Joel Allen Battle, Jr.

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Joel Allen Battle, Jr.

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Nashville, Davidson County, TN, United States
Death: April 1862 (23-24)
Shiloh Battlefield, Hardin County, Tennessee, USA, Shiloh, Hardin County, Tennessee, United States (Killed in the Battle of Shiloh)
Place of Burial: Hardin County, TN, United States
Immediate Family:

Son of Colonel Joel Allen Battle and Adaline Battle
Husband of Dorothy Battle
Father of Joel Allen Battle, III
Brother of Francis Marion Battle; Sarah Lucinda Battle; Fannie Battle, Spy & Angel of the Poor; Elizabeth Stancil Scales; Emma J Battle and 3 others
Half brother of William Searcy Battle

Military Service: 1st Lt. (CSA)
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About Joel Allen Battle, Jr.

Joel A. Battle, Jr. was the gifted and talented adjutant of the Twentieth Regiment Tennessee Volunteers. His father, Colonel Joel Allen Battle, Sr., commanded the regiment.

Joel A. Battle, Jr was killed in action at the Battle of Shiloh after doing his duty all day on the field of battle with one arm in a sling, from the effects of a wound that he had received at the battle of Fishing Creek.

His half-brother, William Searcy Battle was also killed in the Battle of Shiloh while serving under his father.

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/110811427/joel-allen-battle

20th Tennessee Infantry CSA

A graduate of Miami University, Butler Co Ohio

Allegedly his classmates recognized him and buried him in a individual grave.

1st Lieut. and Adjutant of his father's regiment, 20th Tenn. Inf., C.S.A.

Joel married Dorothy Harness Renick [c1842 Ohio - ?] on 12 Jan. 1860 in Ross County, Ohio. To them was born a son also named Joel Allen Battle on 4 Jan. 1861 in Chillicothe [Ross Co.] Ohio. Old Northwest Genealogical Quarterly, 1906, vol. 9, page 159

20th Tennessee Infantry CSA A graduate of Miami University, Butler Co Ohio Allegedly his classmates recognized him and buried him in a individual grave.

1st Lieut. and Adjutant of his father's regiment, 20th Tenn. Inf., C.S.A.

Joel married Dorothy Harness Renick [c1842 Ohio - ?] on 12 Jan. 1860 in Ross County, Ohio. To them was born a son also named Joel Allen Battle on 4 Jan. 1861 in Chillicothe [Ross Co.] Ohio. Old Northwest Genealogical Quarterly, 1906, vol. 9, page 159

Information courtesy of Find A Grave contributor Carol Weldon* Reference: Find A Grave Memorial - SmartCopy: Aug 29 2020, 20:00:07 UTC

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Joel Allen Battle, Jr.'s Timeline

1838
1838
Nashville, Davidson County, TN, United States
1861
1861
Chillicothe, OH
1862
April 1862
Age 24
Shiloh Battlefield, Hardin County, Tennessee, USA, Shiloh, Hardin County, Tennessee, United States
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Shiloh Confederate Burial Trench, Hardin County, TN, United States