William M. Hyatt, a farmer, married Tillitha Hesterly on 25 October 1840 in Marshall County, Alabama, USA. They had four children, John, Elizabeth Catherine, Samuel H., and William G.
William was originally mustered with the 4th Alabama Co. H which became 3rd Tennessee Co. G (Forrest's Tennessee Cavalry). He was wounded at the Battle of Fort Donelson, and his son, John, also a CSA soldier, helped his daddy to crawl into some brush and hide. After the battle was over, John went back to look for his daddy but couldn't find him where he had left him. Tillitha and her children never knew of his fate. Until the day she died, Tillitha would go and stand at the side of the road everyday and look for him to return home. When I got into genealogy, I was able to learn what became of him with the help of Reggie Hughes, of SCV Camp 452, in Marshall County, Alabama. William was taken prisoner at the Battle of Fort Donelson on the Cumberland River in Stewart County, Tennessee. He died, as a prisoner of war, 21 May 1862, in the infamous Camp Douglas prison camp, Chicago, Illinois, and is buried in a mass grave of 6,000 Confederates, many of whom were murdered by various Union Camp Commanders.
William was originally mustered with the 4th Alabama Co. H which became 3rd Tennessee Co. G (Forrest's Tennessee Cavalry). He was wounded at the Battle of Fort Donelson, and his son, John, also a CSA soldier, helped his daddy to crawl into some brush and hide. After the battle was over, John went back to look for his daddy but couldn't find him where he had left him. Tillitha and her children never knew of his fate. Until the day she died, Tillitha would go and stand at the side of the road everyday and look for him to return home. When I got into genealogy, I was able to learn what became of him with the help of Reggie Hughes, of SCV Camp 452, in Marshall County, Alabama. William was taken prisoner at the Battle of Fort Donelson on the Cumberland River in Stewart County, Tennessee. He died, as a prisoner of war, 21 May 1862, in the infamous Camp Douglas prison camp, Chicago, Illinois, and is buried in a mass grave of 6,000 Confederates, many of whom were murdered by various Union Camp Commanders.
William M. Hyatt, a farmer, married Tillitha Hesterly on 25 October 1840 in Marshall County, Alabama, USA. They had four children, John, Elizabeth Catherine, Samuel H., and William G.
William was originally mustered with the 4th Alabama Co. H which became 3rd Tennessee Co. G (Forrest's Tennessee Cavalry). He was wounded at the Battle of Fort Donelson, and his son, John, also a CSA soldier, helped his daddy to crawl into some brush and hide. After the battle was over, John went back to look for his daddy but couldn't find him where he had left him. Tillitha and her children never knew of his fate. Until the day she died, Tillitha would go and stand at the side of the road everyday and look for him to return home. When I got into genealogy, I was able to learn what became of him with the help of Reggie Hughes, of SCV Camp 452, in Marshall County, Alabama. William was taken prisoner at the Battle of Fort Donelson on the Cumberland River in Stewart County, Tennessee. He died, as a prisoner of war, 21 May 1862, in the infamous Camp Douglas prison camp, Chicago, Illinois, and is buried in a mass grave of 6,000 Confederates, many of whom were murdered by various Union Camp Commanders.
William was originally mustered with the 4th Alabama Co. H which became 3rd Tennessee Co. G (Forrest's Tennessee Cavalry). He was wounded at the Battle of Fort Donelson, and his son, John, also a CSA soldier, helped his daddy to crawl into some brush and hide. After the battle was over, John went back to look for his daddy but couldn't find him where he had left him. Tillitha and her children never knew of his fate. Until the day she died, Tillitha would go and stand at the side of the road everyday and look for him to return home. When I got into genealogy, I was able to learn what became of him with the help of Reggie Hughes, of SCV Camp 452, in Marshall County, Alabama. William was taken prisoner at the Battle of Fort Donelson on the Cumberland River in Stewart County, Tennessee. He died, as a prisoner of war, 21 May 1862, in the infamous Camp Douglas prison camp, Chicago, Illinois, and is buried in a mass grave of 6,000 Confederates, many of whom were murdered by various Union Camp Commanders.
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One of 6,000 Confederate soldiers buried here who died as Prisoners of War at Camp Douglas in Chicago.
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