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In Search Of My Great Grandfather - Milton G. McDonald - My Link To The Civil War
June 22, 1839 - April 3, 1922
I have been searching for info on my Great Grandfather for some time now, I am most curious about his Civil War activities. Here is what I know:.
Milton G. McDonald
Regiment Name: 1 (Carter's) Tennessee Cavalry.
Side: Confederate
Company: A
Soldier's Rank In: 2 Lieutenant
Soldier's Rank Out: 2 Lieutenant
Alternate Name: M.G./McDonald
1st Regiment, Tennessee Cavalry (Carter's)
1st (Carter's) Cavalry Regiment was organized in November, 1862, using the 3rd Tennessee Cavalry Battalion as its nucleus. The men were from the counties of Rhea, Bradley, McMinn, Roane, Bledsoe, Union, Knox, Jefferson, and Claiborne. Also some of its members were raised behind enemy lines, and a few had served in Thomas' North Carolina Legion. Company C was detached and assigned to A.W. Reynold's Brigade in the Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana. This company was active in the Vicksburg Campaign and was captured in July, 1863. Exchanged, it was attached to Waul's Texas Legion, then returned to the regiment. Company K took part in the Atlanta Campaign, the defense of Savannah, and the campaign of the Carolinas. It surrendered with the Army of Tennessee. The regiment was attached to Wheeler's, Pegram's, J.S. Williams', Giltner's, and Vaughn's Brigade. It participated in Wheeler's raid in Tennessee, fought at Murfreesborough, skirmished in Kentucky and Tennessee, and was active at Cumberland Gap. For a time it served with the Army of Tennessee, then in April, 1864, moved to Virginia with 248 effectives. After fighting at Piedmont, it saw action in various conflicts in the Shenandoah Valley with General Early. During the spring of 1865 the unit disbanded. The field officers were Colonels William Brazelton, Jr., and James E. Carter; Lieutenant Colonel Onslow Bean; and Majors Alexander M. Goforth, John B. King, and Richard S. Van Dyke.
More Info On 1st (Carter's) Cavalry Regiment can be found at: TNGenweb.org CLICK HERE
He was organized at Sulphur Springs, Rhea County. Under Captain Burton Lenty, and later Captain Green B. Keys under the same company in 1861. He was captured in Virginia in 1863 and became a POW for one and a half years. Upon his release he returned to his farm in North Dayton, Tn which he later traded for three new farms. One was where Watts Barr Dam is located, another was where Watts Bar Nuclear Plant is located and the third is in the Frazier Community which is owned now by my Uncle Austin McDonald and where my Cousin Neil McDonald now resides.
OK, so my Great Grandfathers regiment was in Kingsport, Tn. on September 18th 1863, on October 31, 1863 it was reported at Saltyille, Virginia, and on November 19, 1863 they are shown in Dalton, Georgia. So, if Milton was captured by Union forces in Virginia and in 1863 this would mean that he was most likely captured sometime in October of 1863.
Milton went into the mercantile business with a friend, Bob Thomison on the main street in Dayton and he died on April 3rd, 1922 and was buried in the family buriel plot in Buttram Cemetery.
Milton was married to Mary Barbara Frazier on October 9, 1884 and had one son - my Grand father, Carl Frazier McDonald who was born in August 1886. Barbara died on September 8, 1886 and Milton later married Bertha Crosby with whom he had no Children.
The store owned by Milton and the Thomison Brothers.
Bertha Crosby, Miltons second wife and my Great Grandmother
If you have any information at all on Milton or any other McDonalds related to Milton, please e-mail me with the e-mail link on the menu, I would love to hear from you!
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