7th Tennessee Calvary, Co A, corporal/commissary sergeant, enlisted for 3 years in Lexington, TN on 8/4/62 and mustered in Jackson, TN on 8/18/62 at age 46. He was 5'8" tall, fair complexion, blue eyes, brown hair, a carpenter (1850 census), born in NC. He brought his own horse and equipment. Presumed captured with the regiment at Union City, TN on 3/24/64, he spent time in Andersonville Prison in Georgia but was exchanged through Charleston, SC on 12/11/64. Taken to Annapolis, MD, then to the hospital at Camp Chase, OH, he died of scurvy on 1/22/65. He was buried in the Greenlawn Cemetery, Section M, #221 in Columbus, OH and has a military marker. His wife, Permelia A Bartholomew, was appointed administrator of his estate which had a balance of $69.50 in February 1868. Permelia applied for and received a widow's pension ($8 per month) in 1870. Thomas P and Permelia were the parents of Edward A and Milton B Bartholomew, also of Company A
7th Tennessee Calvary, Co A, corporal/commissary sergeant, enlisted for 3 years in Lexington, TN on 8/4/62 and mustered in Jackson, TN on 8/18/62 at age 46. He was 5'8" tall, fair complexion, blue eyes, brown hair, a carpenter (1850 census), born in NC. He brought his own horse and equipment. Presumed captured with the regiment at Union City, TN on 3/24/64, he spent time in Andersonville Prison in Georgia but was exchanged through Charleston, SC on 12/11/64. Taken to Annapolis, MD, then to the hospital at Camp Chase, OH, he died of scurvy on 1/22/65. He was buried in the Greenlawn Cemetery, Section M, #221 in Columbus, OH and has a military marker. His wife, Permelia A Bartholomew, was appointed administrator of his estate which had a balance of $69.50 in February 1868. Permelia applied for and received a widow's pension ($8 per month) in 1870. Thomas P and Permelia were the parents of Edward A and Milton B Bartholomew, also of Company A
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