During the Civil War he was a Confederate Private/Sharpshooter in Shaver's 7th Ark infantry Co G.
7th Ar Confederate Inf, 1861- Apr 1, 1865, age 20.....Co G PVT 26 Jul 1861, Camp Shaver, AR: battles of Army of Tn: Hickman and Columbus, KY Sep 3, 1861. Battles, Pittsbug Landing, Shiloh, TN, April 6-7, 1862. Advance and Siege of Corinth, MS April 29 - May 30, 1862. Battle, Perryville, KY, Oct 8, 1862. Pursuite from Perryville to Loudon, KY Oct 10-22, 1862. Murfreesboro, TN Dec 26 - 30, 1862.
Battle, Stone's River, Murfreesboro, TN Dec 26, 1862 - Jan 3 1863.
Campaign Middle TN (Tullahoma Campaign) Jun 23 - Jul 7, 1863.
Skirmish, Manchester, TN Jun 24, 1863. Middle TN Passage of Cumberland Mns and Chickamauga, GA; Campaign Aug 16 - Sep 22, 1863. Alexander's Bridge, GA Sep 18, 1863;.
Skirmish, Pea Vine Ridge, GA Sep 18, 1863;.
Chickamauga, TN Sep 24 - Nov 23, 1863;.
Chattanooga, TN and Ringgold, GA Campaign Nov 23 - 27, 1863;.
Assault and Capture, Missionary Ridge, TN Nov 24 - 25, 1863;.
Action, Tunnell Hill, Terminus of Missionary Ridge, TN;
Nov 24 - 25, 1863. "The Bloody Seventh" at Shiloh;.
Organized Smithville, Lawrence Co Jun 16, 1861, into camp near Pocahontas in Radolph Co.
He returned to farming after his discharge and married Susan Chappell, b abt 1844, AR, (parents Elijah and Elizabeth RUMINER Chappell) abt 1867, Izard Co, Ar.
To this union were born: Mary "Mollie", b. 1 JUN 1868, Stone Co, Ar; Samuel Miser,b. ABT 1869; Ollie, b. ABT 1871; Nancy E., b abt 1872; Tennessee Elizabeth "Tennie" Whitfield, b. 19 FEB 1872, d. 1914, Izard Co, Ar, and buried, Whitfield Cemetery, Mt. View, Stone Co., AR.
After the death of Susan he married Melissa Caroline Pherbia Simpson, ( b. 13 MAY 1855,Tn) on 10 DEC 1876. Stone Co, Ar. Their children were: Dallas Samuel "Buck", b. 3 OCT 1877,Stone Co, Ar; Dora Lucinda Miser Rushing, b. 4 FEB 1879, Bickles Cove, Stone Co, AR, and Comodore Vanderbilt Miser, b. 15 FEB 1881, Mt View, Ar.
During the Civil War he was a Confederate Private/Sharpshooter in Shaver's 7th Ark infantry Co G.
7th Ar Confederate Inf, 1861- Apr 1, 1865, age 20.....Co G PVT 26 Jul 1861, Camp Shaver, AR: battles of Army of Tn: Hickman and Columbus, KY Sep 3, 1861. Battles, Pittsbug Landing, Shiloh, TN, April 6-7, 1862. Advance and Siege of Corinth, MS April 29 - May 30, 1862. Battle, Perryville, KY, Oct 8, 1862. Pursuite from Perryville to Loudon, KY Oct 10-22, 1862. Murfreesboro, TN Dec 26 - 30, 1862.
Battle, Stone's River, Murfreesboro, TN Dec 26, 1862 - Jan 3 1863.
Campaign Middle TN (Tullahoma Campaign) Jun 23 - Jul 7, 1863.
Skirmish, Manchester, TN Jun 24, 1863. Middle TN Passage of Cumberland Mns and Chickamauga, GA; Campaign Aug 16 - Sep 22, 1863. Alexander's Bridge, GA Sep 18, 1863;.
Skirmish, Pea Vine Ridge, GA Sep 18, 1863;.
Chickamauga, TN Sep 24 - Nov 23, 1863;.
Chattanooga, TN and Ringgold, GA Campaign Nov 23 - 27, 1863;.
Assault and Capture, Missionary Ridge, TN Nov 24 - 25, 1863;.
Action, Tunnell Hill, Terminus of Missionary Ridge, TN;
Nov 24 - 25, 1863. "The Bloody Seventh" at Shiloh;.
Organized Smithville, Lawrence Co Jun 16, 1861, into camp near Pocahontas in Radolph Co.
He returned to farming after his discharge and married Susan Chappell, b abt 1844, AR, (parents Elijah and Elizabeth RUMINER Chappell) abt 1867, Izard Co, Ar.
To this union were born: Mary "Mollie", b. 1 JUN 1868, Stone Co, Ar; Samuel Miser,b. ABT 1869; Ollie, b. ABT 1871; Nancy E., b abt 1872; Tennessee Elizabeth "Tennie" Whitfield, b. 19 FEB 1872, d. 1914, Izard Co, Ar, and buried, Whitfield Cemetery, Mt. View, Stone Co., AR.
After the death of Susan he married Melissa Caroline Pherbia Simpson, ( b. 13 MAY 1855,Tn) on 10 DEC 1876. Stone Co, Ar. Their children were: Dallas Samuel "Buck", b. 3 OCT 1877,Stone Co, Ar; Dora Lucinda Miser Rushing, b. 4 FEB 1879, Bickles Cove, Stone Co, AR, and Comodore Vanderbilt Miser, b. 15 FEB 1881, Mt View, Ar.
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