Enoch served in the Army of the Confederacy (pvt. 313, Co., K 8th TN. Cavalry) and died during the war in federal prison. Tradition says that he starved to death.
He left a widow, Mary Allen Atnip, and seven children under the age of 10 years old
(information for Bio from Ann Brown's research)
Another source: He was arrested, possibly as a Confederate deserter, in Dekalb County, Tennessee, February 3, 1864, by soldiers serving under Major General G H Thomas. He was transferred to the custody of Captain S E Jones, Provost Marshall General at the Military Prison in Louisville, Kentucky, 'for exchange' where he arrived on February 18. Later, he was transferred from Louisville to Camp Chase on March 6 arriving there on March 11. He died there from chronic diarrhea.
Few researchers claim DOB as 29 DEC 1836
He is the son of Benjamin F Atnip and Jemima Herring Atnip, who have memorials with unknown graves sites.
U.S. Veterans Gravesites, ca.1775-2006 ancestry.com
Name: Enoch Atnip
Death Date: 16 Oct 1864
Interment Date: 16 Oct 1864
Cemetery: Camp Chase Confederate Cemetery
He left a widow, Mary Allen Atnip, and seven children under the age of 10 years old
(information for Bio from Ann Brown's research)
Another source: He was arrested, possibly as a Confederate deserter, in Dekalb County, Tennessee, February 3, 1864, by soldiers serving under Major General G H Thomas. He was transferred to the custody of Captain S E Jones, Provost Marshall General at the Military Prison in Louisville, Kentucky, 'for exchange' where he arrived on February 18. Later, he was transferred from Louisville to Camp Chase on March 6 arriving there on March 11. He died there from chronic diarrhea.
Few researchers claim DOB as 29 DEC 1836
He is the son of Benjamin F Atnip and Jemima Herring Atnip, who have memorials with unknown graves sites.
U.S. Veterans Gravesites, ca.1775-2006 ancestry.com
Name: Enoch Atnip
Death Date: 16 Oct 1864
Interment Date: 16 Oct 1864
Cemetery: Camp Chase Confederate Cemetery
Enoch served in the Army of the Confederacy (pvt. 313, Co., K 8th TN. Cavalry) and died during the war in federal prison. Tradition says that he starved to death.
He left a widow, Mary Allen Atnip, and seven children under the age of 10 years old
(information for Bio from Ann Brown's research)
Another source: He was arrested, possibly as a Confederate deserter, in Dekalb County, Tennessee, February 3, 1864, by soldiers serving under Major General G H Thomas. He was transferred to the custody of Captain S E Jones, Provost Marshall General at the Military Prison in Louisville, Kentucky, 'for exchange' where he arrived on February 18. Later, he was transferred from Louisville to Camp Chase on March 6 arriving there on March 11. He died there from chronic diarrhea.
Few researchers claim DOB as 29 DEC 1836
He is the son of Benjamin F Atnip and Jemima Herring Atnip, who have memorials with unknown graves sites.
U.S. Veterans Gravesites, ca.1775-2006 ancestry.com
Name: Enoch Atnip
Death Date: 16 Oct 1864
Interment Date: 16 Oct 1864
Cemetery: Camp Chase Confederate Cemetery
He left a widow, Mary Allen Atnip, and seven children under the age of 10 years old
(information for Bio from Ann Brown's research)
Another source: He was arrested, possibly as a Confederate deserter, in Dekalb County, Tennessee, February 3, 1864, by soldiers serving under Major General G H Thomas. He was transferred to the custody of Captain S E Jones, Provost Marshall General at the Military Prison in Louisville, Kentucky, 'for exchange' where he arrived on February 18. Later, he was transferred from Louisville to Camp Chase on March 6 arriving there on March 11. He died there from chronic diarrhea.
Few researchers claim DOB as 29 DEC 1836
He is the son of Benjamin F Atnip and Jemima Herring Atnip, who have memorials with unknown graves sites.
U.S. Veterans Gravesites, ca.1775-2006 ancestry.com
Name: Enoch Atnip
Death Date: 16 Oct 1864
Interment Date: 16 Oct 1864
Cemetery: Camp Chase Confederate Cemetery
Bio by: Linda Davis
Inscription
Pvt. Enoch Atnip Co. K 8th Tenn. Cav. CSA
Gravesite Details
Confederate POW who died while in Yankee captivity during the Civil War of 1861-65
Family Members
Siblings
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