Ruff Abernathy C.S.A., Giles County, TN Soldier's Pension #C14 Clack's 3rd Tennessee Infantry.
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Ruff (Ruffin) Abernathy, (b. 1845; d. 26 Jul. 1926) fought in the Civil War along with his owner Tom Abernathy, and received a pension.
According to the information submitted to the Tennessee Board of Pension Examiners, Ruffin Abernathy was a cook, serving in the 3rd Tennessee Volunteer Infantry Regiment under Captain Flavel C. Barber, in the Confederate Army of 1863.
Captain Barber was killed in the battle of Resaca, Georgia. Ruffin was then taken in charge of by Surgeon General Samuel H. Stout of the Confederate Army and placed as servant in the Distributing Hospital at Atlanta, Georgia.
When Generals Hood and Sherman fought the battle of Atlanta in 1864, Surgeon General Stout moved him from Atlanta hospital to the hospital at Lisonia, Alabama. After this fight, Surgeon General Stout took him back to or near Atlanta, Georgia in 1865.
Later General Lee surrendered and as Rebel soldiers were coming in every day, General Stout was about to be discharged, so he called him from the Distributing Hospital near Atlanta to the discharging office and he took the oath at the same time of General Stout. "Then and there" they left the army together and General Stout took him back to his old home where he was taken from at the beginning of the war.
He received an honorable discharge.
Bev Thank You for the following information:
Ruff (Ruffin) Abernathy, (b. 1845; d. 26 Jul. 1926) fought in the Civil War along with his owner Tom Abernathy, and received a pension.
According to the information submitted to the Tennessee Board of Pension Examiners, Ruffin Abernathy was a cook, serving in the 3rd Tennessee Volunteer Infantry Regiment under Captain Flavel C. Barber, in the Confederate Army of 1863.
Captain Barber was killed in the battle of Resaca, Georgia. Ruffin was then taken in charge of by Surgeon General Samuel H. Stout of the Confederate Army and placed as servant in the Distributing Hospital at Atlanta, Georgia.
When Generals Hood and Sherman fought the battle of Atlanta in 1864, Surgeon General Stout moved him from Atlanta hospital to the hospital at Lisonia, Alabama. After this fight, Surgeon General Stout took him back to or near Atlanta, Georgia in 1865.
Later General Lee surrendered and as Rebel soldiers were coming in every day, General Stout was about to be discharged, so he called him from the Distributing Hospital near Atlanta to the discharging office and he took the oath at the same time of General Stout. "Then and there" they left the army together and General Stout took him back to his old home where he was taken from at the beginning of the war.
He received an honorable discharge.
Ruff Abernathy C.S.A., Giles County, TN Soldier's Pension #C14 Clack's 3rd Tennessee Infantry.
Bev Thank You for the following information:
Ruff (Ruffin) Abernathy, (b. 1845; d. 26 Jul. 1926) fought in the Civil War along with his owner Tom Abernathy, and received a pension.
According to the information submitted to the Tennessee Board of Pension Examiners, Ruffin Abernathy was a cook, serving in the 3rd Tennessee Volunteer Infantry Regiment under Captain Flavel C. Barber, in the Confederate Army of 1863.
Captain Barber was killed in the battle of Resaca, Georgia. Ruffin was then taken in charge of by Surgeon General Samuel H. Stout of the Confederate Army and placed as servant in the Distributing Hospital at Atlanta, Georgia.
When Generals Hood and Sherman fought the battle of Atlanta in 1864, Surgeon General Stout moved him from Atlanta hospital to the hospital at Lisonia, Alabama. After this fight, Surgeon General Stout took him back to or near Atlanta, Georgia in 1865.
Later General Lee surrendered and as Rebel soldiers were coming in every day, General Stout was about to be discharged, so he called him from the Distributing Hospital near Atlanta to the discharging office and he took the oath at the same time of General Stout. "Then and there" they left the army together and General Stout took him back to his old home where he was taken from at the beginning of the war.
He received an honorable discharge.
Bev Thank You for the following information:
Ruff (Ruffin) Abernathy, (b. 1845; d. 26 Jul. 1926) fought in the Civil War along with his owner Tom Abernathy, and received a pension.
According to the information submitted to the Tennessee Board of Pension Examiners, Ruffin Abernathy was a cook, serving in the 3rd Tennessee Volunteer Infantry Regiment under Captain Flavel C. Barber, in the Confederate Army of 1863.
Captain Barber was killed in the battle of Resaca, Georgia. Ruffin was then taken in charge of by Surgeon General Samuel H. Stout of the Confederate Army and placed as servant in the Distributing Hospital at Atlanta, Georgia.
When Generals Hood and Sherman fought the battle of Atlanta in 1864, Surgeon General Stout moved him from Atlanta hospital to the hospital at Lisonia, Alabama. After this fight, Surgeon General Stout took him back to or near Atlanta, Georgia in 1865.
Later General Lee surrendered and as Rebel soldiers were coming in every day, General Stout was about to be discharged, so he called him from the Distributing Hospital near Atlanta to the discharging office and he took the oath at the same time of General Stout. "Then and there" they left the army together and General Stout took him back to his old home where he was taken from at the beginning of the war.
He received an honorable discharge.
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