John was the son of John Aaron Hughes, Sr. and Mary "Polly" Bass, the eldest of their four children: John Aaron Jr. (1840/1-1862), Burney (1842-1905), Frances "Fannie" (1845-1872) and Thomas Jefferson "Jeff" (1848-1911).
Their father died in 1848 when he was barely 7, and their mother Polly married Beloved Turner, her next door neighbor in the 1850 census and eight years her junior (!). Together they had two sons and a daughter.
John and his brother were farmers and he was just 20 when the Confederate draft meant they were encouraged into the Confederate Army in March 1862.
They joined Company G, Alabama 33rd Infantry and were quickly dispatched to Fort McRae, Pensacola, Florida. On November 4, 1862, the Ala 33rd were in a train heading through Tennessee when the train wrecked near Cleveland. John and Burney were sitting on a crate eating their lunch when the accident occurred; John was killed but Burney survived unscathed. A log came off the tender derailing one of the cars and causing an accident where 17 men were killed and over 70 wounded. The dead, including John Hughes were buried in an unmarked mass grave alongside the tracks.
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∼Confederate Civil War soldier who died with many others in a train wreck. CSA. In memory The 33rd Ala. Volunteers who died Nov. 4, 1862 in a train wreck south of Cleveland enroute to Chattanooga Capt. R.J Cooper, Lt. Charles Scott, Wm. M. Mason, T.A. Pritchard, Clinton Evans, O.M. Broxton, Z. Chandler, John Hughs, T.Z. Nichols, G.L. Smith, Wm. M. Smith, Edw. Nix, L.M. Bush, J.G. Lewis, H. Clark, M Noblin, B. Lloyd
Their father died in 1848 when he was barely 7, and their mother Polly married Beloved Turner, her next door neighbor in the 1850 census and eight years her junior (!). Together they had two sons and a daughter.
John and his brother were farmers and he was just 20 when the Confederate draft meant they were encouraged into the Confederate Army in March 1862.
They joined Company G, Alabama 33rd Infantry and were quickly dispatched to Fort McRae, Pensacola, Florida. On November 4, 1862, the Ala 33rd were in a train heading through Tennessee when the train wrecked near Cleveland. John and Burney were sitting on a crate eating their lunch when the accident occurred; John was killed but Burney survived unscathed. A log came off the tender derailing one of the cars and causing an accident where 17 men were killed and over 70 wounded. The dead, including John Hughes were buried in an unmarked mass grave alongside the tracks.
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Other cenotaph here
∼Confederate Civil War soldier who died with many others in a train wreck. CSA. In memory The 33rd Ala. Volunteers who died Nov. 4, 1862 in a train wreck south of Cleveland enroute to Chattanooga Capt. R.J Cooper, Lt. Charles Scott, Wm. M. Mason, T.A. Pritchard, Clinton Evans, O.M. Broxton, Z. Chandler, John Hughs, T.Z. Nichols, G.L. Smith, Wm. M. Smith, Edw. Nix, L.M. Bush, J.G. Lewis, H. Clark, M Noblin, B. Lloyd
John was the son of John Aaron Hughes, Sr. and Mary "Polly" Bass, the eldest of their four children: John Aaron Jr. (1840/1-1862), Burney (1842-1905), Frances "Fannie" (1845-1872) and Thomas Jefferson "Jeff" (1848-1911).
Their father died in 1848 when he was barely 7, and their mother Polly married Beloved Turner, her next door neighbor in the 1850 census and eight years her junior (!). Together they had two sons and a daughter.
John and his brother were farmers and he was just 20 when the Confederate draft meant they were encouraged into the Confederate Army in March 1862.
They joined Company G, Alabama 33rd Infantry and were quickly dispatched to Fort McRae, Pensacola, Florida. On November 4, 1862, the Ala 33rd were in a train heading through Tennessee when the train wrecked near Cleveland. John and Burney were sitting on a crate eating their lunch when the accident occurred; John was killed but Burney survived unscathed. A log came off the tender derailing one of the cars and causing an accident where 17 men were killed and over 70 wounded. The dead, including John Hughes were buried in an unmarked mass grave alongside the tracks.
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Other cenotaph here
∼Confederate Civil War soldier who died with many others in a train wreck. CSA. In memory The 33rd Ala. Volunteers who died Nov. 4, 1862 in a train wreck south of Cleveland enroute to Chattanooga Capt. R.J Cooper, Lt. Charles Scott, Wm. M. Mason, T.A. Pritchard, Clinton Evans, O.M. Broxton, Z. Chandler, John Hughs, T.Z. Nichols, G.L. Smith, Wm. M. Smith, Edw. Nix, L.M. Bush, J.G. Lewis, H. Clark, M Noblin, B. Lloyd
Their father died in 1848 when he was barely 7, and their mother Polly married Beloved Turner, her next door neighbor in the 1850 census and eight years her junior (!). Together they had two sons and a daughter.
John and his brother were farmers and he was just 20 when the Confederate draft meant they were encouraged into the Confederate Army in March 1862.
They joined Company G, Alabama 33rd Infantry and were quickly dispatched to Fort McRae, Pensacola, Florida. On November 4, 1862, the Ala 33rd were in a train heading through Tennessee when the train wrecked near Cleveland. John and Burney were sitting on a crate eating their lunch when the accident occurred; John was killed but Burney survived unscathed. A log came off the tender derailing one of the cars and causing an accident where 17 men were killed and over 70 wounded. The dead, including John Hughes were buried in an unmarked mass grave alongside the tracks.
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Other cenotaph here
∼Confederate Civil War soldier who died with many others in a train wreck. CSA. In memory The 33rd Ala. Volunteers who died Nov. 4, 1862 in a train wreck south of Cleveland enroute to Chattanooga Capt. R.J Cooper, Lt. Charles Scott, Wm. M. Mason, T.A. Pritchard, Clinton Evans, O.M. Broxton, Z. Chandler, John Hughs, T.Z. Nichols, G.L. Smith, Wm. M. Smith, Edw. Nix, L.M. Bush, J.G. Lewis, H. Clark, M Noblin, B. Lloyd
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