Our American Family - Person Sheet
Our American Family - Person Sheet
NameWiley Jay RYAN 57,19,62,55, 22
Birth Date1 Nov 184099,57,58
Birth PlaceJefferson County, Tennessee
Death Date14 Feb 190758 Age: 66
Death PlaceEl Dorado Springs, Cedar County, Missouri
Burial PlaceEl Dorado Springs, Cedar County, Missouri, Clintonville Cemetery58
OccupationCW Union Soldier, MO Co. F, 44th Regiment Infantry; 1st Storekeep; 7th Day Adventist Preacher
Education4 Months Of School, Self Taught
ReligionMethodist 16 to 40, in 1880 joined Freewill Baptist Church
FatherMorgan RYAN , 44 (1817-1895)
MotherSusan Jane PATTON , 45 (1821-1883)
Spouses
Birth Date12 Nov 184799,57,162
Birth PlaceMonroe, Overton County, Tennessee
MemoU.S., Find a Grave Index, 1600s-Current
Death Date14 Feb 191458 Age: 66
Death PlaceEl Dorado Springs, Cedar County, Missouri
MemoU.S., Find a Grave Index, 1600s-Current
Burial Date15 Feb 191458
Burial PlaceEl Dorado Springs, Cedar County, Missouri, Clintonville Cemetery
MemoU.S., Find a Grave Index, 1600s-Current
OccupationIn 1848 In Covered Wagon From TN To MO
ReligionFree Will Baptist Later Seven Day Adventist
FatherAbraham HENDRIX , 46 (1813-1887)
Family ID244
Marr Date24 May 1860
Marr PlaceTexas County, Missouri
Marr MemoHall
ChildrenJames Henry (1861-1939)
 Susan Jane (1863-1878)
 John C. (1865-<1870)
 Martha A. "Mattie" (1866-1959)
 William Morgan "Morg" (1868-1909)
 Nancy Ann “Nicie” , 11 (1871-1938)
 Mahala Ellen "Ella" (1873-1955)
 Robert Alden "Bob" (1875-1956)
 Gilbert Wiley "Gill" (1878-1955)
 Sarah Elizabeth (Died as Infant) (1882-1883)
Notes for Wiley Jay RYAN
RYAN: Irish: simplified form of Mulryan. Irish: reduced form of O’Ryan, an Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Riagháin (modern Irish Ó Riain) ‘descendant of Rian’; Ó Maoilriain ‘descendant of Maoilriaghain’, or Ó Ruaidhín ‘descendant of the little red one’. Ryan is one of the commonest surnames in Ireland; there has been considerable confusion with Regan. KaM Americanized spelling of German Rein. EG Source: Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press

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Served in Civil War in Union Army, Wiley J. Ryan, Pvt. Co. F, 44 Mo. Inf. Sept. 31, 1864-Aug. 21, 1865 11m 17da Post Office, El Dorado Springs324

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312. WILEY JAY4 RYAN (MORGAN3, NANCY BRAKEBILL, PETER) (#3598) was born in Jefferson Co, TN 01 November 1840. WILEY died 14 February 1907 El Dorado Springs, MO, at 66 years of age. His body was interred in Cedar Co, MO, Clintonville Cemetery. He married MAHALA JANE HENDRIX in El Dorado Springs, MO, 24 May 1860. (MAHALA JANE HENDRIX is #3609.) MAHALA was born 12 November 1847 in Monroe Co, TN. MAHALA died 14 February 1914 in El Dorado Springs, MO, at 66 years of age. Her body was interred in Cedar Co, MO, Clintonville Cemetery. As a baby in 1848, she came to Missouri from Tennessee in a covered wagon with her parents. Wiley was a storekeeper, a minister in the Seventh Day Adventist Church and a Union Soldier. Page 78.47

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History of Hickory, Pol, Cedar, Dade and Barton Counties Missouri, 1889 pg. 773 lists:
Wiley J. Ryan, general merchant at El Dorado Springs, whose stock of goods is valued at $6,000, is the second of five sons and eight daughters born to Morgan and Susan J. (Patton) Ryan, natives of Tennessee, born in 1817 and 1821, respectively. The parents were married about 1937, and in 1848 emigrated to Lawrence County, Mo., where they remained until 1850, and then removed to Johnson County of the same State. In 1856 they came to Cedar County, and here Mrs. Ryan died July 21, 1884. Mr. Ryan is still living, and has been a life-long farmer. He was a soldier in the Seminole War, and was a member of the Methodist church for many years as was also his wife. His father, Fuller Ryan, who was of Irish extraction, was a carpenter by trade, and died in Knoxville, Tenn. John M. Patton, father of Mrs. Ryan, died in Tennessee. Wiley J. Ryan was born in Jefferson County, Tenn., in 1840, attained his growth on the farm, and never attended school but four months in his life. Notwithstanding all this, he is considered a well-informed man on all subjects, owing to the fact that all his spare moments were devoted to self study. He began for himself at the age of twenty as a farmer, and in 1860 he married Miss Mahala Hendrix, a native of Tennessee, and the daughter of Abraham Hendrix, who was also born in that State. Mr. Hendrix came to Texas County, Mo., in 1854, but died in Dent County. To Mr. and Mrs. Ryan have been born twelve children, four sons and three daughters now living. Mr. Ryan settled in Texas County, Mo., in 1861, and the following year removed to Carroll County of the same State, where his family remained until after the war. In 1864 he joined Company F Forty-fourth Missouri Infantry, U. S. A., and operated in Missouri and Tennessee. He was in the fights at Columbia, Spring Hill and Franklin, Tenn., receiving a gunshot wound at the last named place, which disabled him for further service. He received his discharge at Jefferson Barracks August 21, 1865. In 1866 he came to Cedar County, Mo., located near Clintonville, and here followed farming until 1876, when he engaged in general merchandising at that place, continuing the same industry until 1882, when he removed to El Dorado. Previous to this, in 1881, he established a branch house at El Dorado, and was the first to embark in that business there. He continued alone until 1888, when he sold out and engaged in the business with A. J. Ritter. Mr. Ryan is one of the leading merchants and general business men of the town. He is a Republican in politics, his first presidential vote being for Abraham Lincoln in 1864; was elected alderman of El Dorado by that party, and held the position one year. He is a member of the Masonic Fraternity, Lodge No. 482, is also a member of the I. O. O. F., Lodge No. 332, and has been a member of the former since 1878, and of the latter since 1875. He and Mrs. Ryan are members of the Freewill Baptist Church, having joined in 1880, and he was a member of the Methodist Church from the age of sixteen up to that time. Mr. Ryan is a member of the Encampment, Eastern Star and Rebecca Order.325

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Company G (also in History of Cedar County 1889 above listed as Company F)

Wiley Jay Ryan was the Union soldier who hid with the dead after being injured at Frankfurt, TN. This November 30, 1864 battle was led by the Confederate General Hood as a diversionary tactic to distract Union General Sherman from marching through Georgia, but it didn't work. The Confederates won the battle. Two Irish-born generals: General Tom Sweeney, Union and Major General Patrick Claybourne, Confederate led the opposing armies.

The TV series "The Irish in America" described the Battle of Franklin, TN as follows: "On November 30, 1864 (Major General) Patrick Claybourne led the Confederate charge at the Battle of Franklin outside Nashville, Tennessee. Some said it was the grandest military spectacle of the entire war. A charge of twenty thousand men with bands playing. One Irishman said "it was the only battle I remember where the tooters and the shooters went in together". At 4 PM, as the sun was setting in the southwest and the was moon rising in the southeast the skyline was red. The soldiers even then were calling it "the valley of death", "the valley of no return". Twenty thousand Confederates, eighteen Confederate brigades, a hundred Confederate regiments started forward. Most officers on white horses, band playing, bayonettes glistening, one hundred battle flags flying. Conspicuous among those St. Andrew's crosses was the indomitable blue flag with white trim and white moon of Claybourne's division (33rd Alabama). The Federal army, they themselves said they "couldn't believe our eyes, it was like a human tidal wave rolling toward us". Adam Weaver of the 104th Ohio said "4 o'clock, the air is hazy, I can honestly hear bands playing and that eerie, defiant rebel yell. . . May God be with us".

The PBS-TV series, part 8 of "Civil War" described the Battle of Franklin, TN as follows: "Lacking a leg and the use of one arm, John Bell Hood had to be strapped to the saddle each morning, but he fought as hard and as recklessly as ever. Hood and his dwindling army now tried to divert Sherman’s attention by moving north to join forces with Nathan Bedford Forrest’s cavalry and invade Tennessee. Sherman was delighted, “If he will go to the Ohio River, I’ll give him rations,” he said “My business is down south.” Waiting for Hood in Tennessee was a fresh, well equipped Union Army a third again as large as Hood’s, commanded by George Thomas “the Rock of Chickamauga”. At Franklin, Hood ordered a series of thirteen hopeless charges in which twelve Confederate generals and seven thousand soldiers were lost. More men than US Grant had lost at Cold Harbor the year before. More than George McClellan lost in all the battles of the seven days in 1862. Franklin is a horrendous battle and the flower of the army fell. There’s a strong suspicion that Hood was trying to discipline his army by staging that charge and there’s some truth in it, his army was wrecked. The defeat at Nashville is in large part due to what had happened at Franklin a month before. At Nashville, George Thomas attacked what was left of Hood’s army.”

Of all the Civil War’s major engagements, the Battle of Franklin is the most unjustly forgotten. It was a struggle at once magnificent and hideous. Both armies went in as though they knew it would be their last leap at glory. Some witnesses later recalled the battle flags waving along the lines, the bands playing jaunty airs in the heat of battle, the splendor of the Confederacy’s full frontal attack. Other were haunted by grim visions of what followed: bodies stacked like cordwood, blood flowing ankle-deep. Nearly 9,000 men were killed, wounded, or captured in the space of just a few hours, including no fewer than 15 Confederate generals. It was perhaps the most concentrated slaughter of the entire war.326

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birth day also listed as: 11 Jan 1840, 16 Jun 1840 and 11 Nov 1840

birthdate also listed 184162

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View an excellent video animation of the battle created by the Civil War Trust, an organization dedicated to saving important Civil War battlefields. The video shows the fight at Columbia, TN November 29th. It continues on to the engagement at Spring Hill, TN later that day and traces how the Union Army escapes north within yards of the the sleeping Confederate army. The video ends with the terribly fierce major battle at Franklin on November 30, 1864. You can view the video at Civil War Trust, Maps of Franklin, Tennessee (1864) Battle of Franklin Animated Map. Notice the pivotal role Wiley Jay Ryan’s 44th Missouri infantry played in the center and most terrible part of the battle. If it were not for his 44th infantry the Confederate Army might have won the battle and changed the outcome of the war in the West. His group was at the was in a killing field from 4:40 until around 9:00 the night of 327

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Cemetery Directory of Cedar County Missouri 1972 (unindexed)
Clintonville Cemetery as: Ryan, W. J., Co. G 44 Mo. Cav. Civil War

Joined Union Army with brother John M. Ryan in Carroll Co. MO59

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MISSOURI VOLUNTEER FORCES IN THE CIVIL WAR with Federal Service (UNION): 44th REGIMENT MO INFANTRY.
This informational webpage has been created by the MO Commandery of MOLLUS.

44th REGIMENT MO INFANTRY.
• Organized at St. Joseph, Mo., August 22-September 7, 1864. Attached to District of Rolla, Dept. of Missouri, to November, 1864. Paducab, Ky., Dept. Ohio, November, 1864. Unattached, 23rd Army Corps, Army Ohio, to December, 1864, 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division (Detachment), Army of the Tennessee, Dept. of the Cumberland, to February, 1865. 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, 16th Army Corps (New), Military Division West Mississippi, to August, 1865.
• SERVICE.-Moved to Rolla, Mo., September 14-18, 1864, and duty there till November 5. Expedition from Rolla to Licking November 5.9. Near Licking November 9. Moved to Paducah, Ky., November 12-16, thence to Nashville, Tenn., November 24-27, and to Columbia, Tena., November 28. Spring Hill November 29. Battle of Franklin November 30. Battle of Nashville December 15-16. Pursuit of Hood to Columbia and Pulaski December 17-28. Moved to Clifton, Tenn., December 29-January 2, 1865, thence to Eastport, Miss., January 9-11, and duty there till February 6, 1865. Near McMlnnville, Tenn., February 5 (Detachment). Moved to Vlcksburg, Miss., thence to New Orleans, La., February 6-21. Campaign against Mobile, Ala., and Its defences March 11-April 12, Expedition from Dauphin Island to Fowl River Narrows March 18-22. Siege of Spanish Fort and Fort Blakely March 26-April 8. Assault and capture of Fort Blakely April 9. Occupation of Mobile April 12. March to Montgomery April 13-25, thence to Tuskegee, and duty there till July 19. Moved to Vicksburg, Miss., thence to St. Louis, Mo., July 19August 4. Mustered out August 15, 1865.
• Regiment lost during service 4 Officers and 61 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 5 Officers and 168 Enlisted men by disease. Total 238.

Source of Data: "A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion, V.III" by Frederick H. Dyer, c1908, p.1337
Copyright (c) 1998
Missouri Commandery
Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the US133

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John,

I spent several day reading old Newspapers in Eldo library and below is
information found on Monroe Ryan.
I was so excited and plan to go back when time permits.  The micro films are
hard to read and it is slow going.
Until later
Your Cuz
Della

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El Dorado Springs Sun Newspaper Thursday February 18, 1904:  Munn Ryan the
restaurant man moved into his new quarters in the Hallenbeck buildings on
East Springs street last Monday.

Sun Newspaper July 1904: Munn Ryan the restaurant man, has been seriously
sick of malarial fever, but his attending physician, Dr J. W. Noland,
reports that he is now on the road to recovery.

Sun Newspaper Aug 4 1904 Vol 15, # 21
Mun Ryan, whose dangerous sickness has been referred to in these columns,
and who a few days ago was thought to be in a dying condition, has taken a
change for the better, and his friends and relatives now entertain strong
hopes as to his early recovery.

Eldo Sp Sun News Paper Thur. Aug 11 1904 Vol 15 #22
Death of Monroe Ryan
Munroe Ryan, who had been engaged in the restaurant business on East Spring
Street for several months past, died.  Tuesday at 11 o'clock after and
illness of six or seven weeks from typho-malarial fever.  A week ago we
referred to his condition as being much improved and stated that strong
hopes were entertained for his recovery.  At that time it was believed that
the crisis of the dread malady was passed, and he was thought to be
improving until last Monday when his symptoms became unfavorable and he
continued despite the efforts of his physician, to grow worse until death
came to his relief.  He was a man of rugged physique, and possessed unusual
strength and vitality, and these were things that his friends believed would
enable him to win the battle with the grim destroyer, but all were doomed to
disappointment.  No higher tribute can be paid to the deceased than to say
that he was a good man and enjoyed in the fullest degree the confidence and
respect of the entire community where he has so long resided.  He was a
member of the I.O.O.F. and the Modern Woodmen of America lodges and held a
policy in the latter in favor of his wife for $2,000 .  The funeral took
place yesterday at 3 p.m. at the M. E. Church, south, the services being
conducted by Revs. II A. Mitchell and J. Shook, after which the remains were
taken in charge by the I. O. O. F. lodge and were interred in accordance
with the beautiful rites and cere monies of that order.  The deceased leaves
a wife and seven children, who have the sympathy of the entire community in
the hour of their sore bereavement.

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Here are some other notes I have.

Monroe ran a Blacksmith Shop in Willowville MO then at Clintonville MO a
horse laid on his leg and he opened a restaurant in Eldorado Springs.  He
was a woodsman of the World joined in 1902, and belonged to IOOF lodge.

1901 Restraint was in the Ringer building

Merry-go-round 1885-1890 (this has not been documented yet)

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Some info on Wiley J. Ryan,

From the El Dorado Springs Sun Newspaper Sept 12 1895 Vol 6 #27
City Council  meeting on front page,  A sidewalk was ordered put down in
front of Ryan & Bro's store on Main street and that the grade of said walk
be lowered.

Sun Newspaper July 1904 Vol 15:  J. R. Ford (this was Martha Ryan's Husband)
the real estate man, last week bought a house and six lots in Summer's
addition in the west part of town from W. J. Ryan for a consideration of
$200.328

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Wiley’s Muster-in roll shows him born in Knox CO. Ark. He was 25 yrs old a farmer, enlisted in Carrollton, he has hazel eyes, dark hair, and dark complexion.
was mustered in at St. Joseph, MO 9/9/1864. Recruit and is entitled to One Hundred Dollars Bounty. Where credited Wauconda Ths. Carroll Co. 6 Coug. Dist. Was wounded at Franklin Battle of Tenn. went to Hospital at Nashville Tenn. (Was said to hid in tent with dead men to avoid capture.) From Nashville Hosp. to Jefferson Barracks MO. then transported to St. Joseph on sick leave. Transportation money $6.25. Disability Discharge gunshot wound of right thigh received in action at Franklin TN Nov. 30, 1864, resulting in permanent lameness from loss of muscular tissue. He is unfit for the veteran reserve corp. Disability Total. Discharge date 8/21/1865 at Jefferson barracks. signed H. R. Lilton asst. Surgeon.160

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Margaret Harris says Wiley’s death certificate says his middle name is James not Jay156

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A sidewalk was ordered put down in front of Ryan & Bro’s store on Main street and that the grade of said walk be lowered.329

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J.R. Ford the real estate man, last week bought a house and six lots in the Summer’s addition in the west part of town from W.J. Ryan for a consideration of $200.330

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"Information received from Masonic Lodge:
 Wiley J. Ryan did belong to Clintonville Lodge #482 in Clintonville, Missouri.  He was initiated an Entered Apprentice on March 20, 1880, passed to Fellow Craft on April 24, 1880 and raised to Master Mason on May 8, 1880. He held the office of Treasurer in 1881, the office of Junior Warden in 1882 and he was Worshipful Master of the Lodge in 1883.  He was suspended for non payment of dues on July 27, 1901 and I can find no record that he ever reinstated his membership."82

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In 1860 they were in Texas Co. I knew they went to Iowa then down to Carroll Co. MO.   In 1870 they were in Mooney Twp Polk Co.331

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There is a Chariton County that has a town called Keytesville. I bet that was where he was. This is exciting I’ve never documented them being there before. Chariton County is right next to Carroll County where he enlisted in 1864 at Carrollton, Carrollton is 33 miles from Keytesville..  He enlisted at Carrollton then they went abt 100 miles to St Joseph MO and was mustered in.332

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An amazing animated web video on how The Battle of Franklin was fought at http://www.civilwar.org/battlefields/franklin/maps/franklin-animated-map/333

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In a letter from Grandmother Roea Ann “Roy” Ryan she noted that Wiley and his wife Mahala both died on Valentine’s Day 7 years and 5 hours apart.42

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More on the Battle of Franklin - ‘WE WILL MAKE THE FIGHT’ – THE BATTLE OF FRANKLIN
 
November 30, 1864 (Wednesday)

The fear harbored by Nathan Bedford Forrest was found to come true by the dawn. He had sent a brigade of his cavalry forward toward Spring Hill, where the night before John Schofield’s entire Union Army of the Ohio had been arrayed. Upon receiving their report, he learned “that the enemy had passed unmolested on the main pike during the night.”

Upon learning the news himself, John Bell Hood, commanding the Rebel army, was understandably furious. But his anger did not get the best of him. This was now a desperate situation. Any chance of beating the Yankess to Nashville or blocking Schofield from uniting with George Thomas’ gathering forces in that city, was quickly slipping away. Hood had to act.

And so he came up with a plan to attack. Though he blamed his subordinants for letting the Federals escape the day previous, he temporarily buried his frustrations. Learning from Forrest’s command, which was dogging the Federal rear guard, that Schofield was casting off most supply wagons and other ephemra, Hood concluded that his enemies would not stop before getting to Nashville.

But still more reports held that the Federals had indeed stopped, barricading themselves before the town of Franklin, twelve miles to the north and but eighteen miles south of Nashville. A quick glance at a map would show Hood that the Harpeth River ran behind the town. If he could stop Schofield from crossing, he would pin them down and destroy the entire Federal army. The day before he had nearly snared them. This day, he believed, all would go his way.

The anger and frustration was carried not only by General Hood, but by his subordinants, and in turn, their men in the ranks. The Northerners had gotten away twice now – if they had anything to say about it, they would not do so again.
 
With this, they marched and Forrest skirmished until they were within three miles of Franklin. The first infantry brigade arrived on Winstead Hill, opposite the Federal works, around 3pm. Before them, across the undulating plain, they could see the river, the town, but also the entrenchments and abatis of their enemy. These fortifications were stout and encircled Franklin, itself situated in a bend of the river, from one bank to the other. Each of the Federal flanks rested upon the water. On the north side of the river, they could see Fort Granger, its guns willing to throw death down upon them.

“We will make the fight,” Hood concluded, even after seeing what his men would face. His subordinates, men such as Generals Patrick Cleburne and Benjamin Cheatham, protested. The enemy was too well entrenched. Hood agreed, but countered that if they did not attack, the Federals would retreat yet again, but this time they would escape into the impossible fortifications of Nashville. If they were to be destroyed, it would have to be here, and it would have to be now.

In this, Hood was not mistaken. All could see the Federal supply wagons being passed across the river – a clear indication that a retreat would soon be ordered. In fact, Schofield had already given his orders, and by 6pm, his army was to begin once more their move to Nashville.

But Hood’s army was still arriving on the field. He needed time, and daylight was swiftly waning. Two of his three corps would have to be enough. And so Cheatham and A.P. Stewart’s would have to do. This gave him around 27,000 men, hardly enough to assault Schofield’s host of a similar number. In the open field, they might be victory, but an attack across two miles of open fields against strongly entrenched veterans, there was only the slimmest of hopes.
 
With that, Steward would take the right, and Cheatham the left. Forrest’s cavalry was divided, and each of his divisions would hold a flank. By 4pm, all was ready. The attack would fall mostly upon the Union left. There, Schofield had placed a division one-half mile in front of his main line. This division was directly in the path of Patrick Cleburne’s and John C. Brown’s divisions. Advancing north up the Columbia Pike, they slammed into this forward position.

Hardly a shot needed to be fired as the Rebels drove the Federals from their positions, back upon the main line. And they followed with all speed. As the retreating front line came to the main, the Confederates clamored over the works with them. A battery was taken, and the melee grew vicious and deadly. In a matter of minutes, Cleburne’s and Brown’s men grew roots, seizing the works as their own. Now stood a gaping hole in the Northern lines.

But much of the remaining Rebel attack was hardly so fortunate. The Confederate right was torn apart by artillery from Fort Granger as well as guns placed along a railroad cut. Those who escaped such fates were met with repeating rifles, firing at least ten rounds each minute. It was as if they were faced with several times more men than truly were before them. During these assaults, General Cleburne was killed.

On the Confederate left, where the foothold still held, a sort of stalemate evolved. The Rebels would not retreat, but could not attack. General Brown was wounded, and three of his brigade commanders killed.

The Southern surge forward had ended, but after they regrouped, another was to come. When it did, it too was repulsed. Then another came, meeting the same doom. Each attack was met with more violence and horror than the one before it. Even the closing light could not stop the bloodletting.

In this way, Hood’s attacks continued until around 7pm, when he decided he must send in the reserves. Edward “Allegheny” Johnson had charged his men up Culp’s Hill in Gettysburg, over the bodies of their comrades and through the dark. Today, it would be no different. And today, as before, ultimate success would allude him.

General Hood could understand that it was now too late, at least for this day. And the following, he vowed, his army would try again. And attack was ordered for morning, though by then they would have nothing to assault.
 
Around 11pm, Union General Schofield ordered his men to slip across the river. Some, such as corps commander Jacob Cox, protested. Hood was weak, he believed, and should be attacked. But Schofield, with discretionary orders from Thomas, chose to fight another day, with hope, behind the defenses of Nashville.

The Federals would begin arriving around noon the next day. Hood’s army would follow, but they were hardly the force of 40,000 from the start of the campaign.

This battle had cost Hood dearly, with estimates hovering around 7,000 killed, wounded and missing. This included fourteen generals and fifty-five colonels. He now commanded only 26,000 men, including the bulk of the corps which did not take place in this day’s battle.

Schofield’s losses were light, considering – perhaps as few as 2,300, including 1,000 taken prisoner upon the initial collapse of his lines.

From this, Hood would have to recover. He would have to approach Nashville, and then decide what must be done. To attack or invite battle, he could not yet say. But forward he would have to move. 
 
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Sources: The Confederacy’s Greatest Cavalryman by Brian Steel Wills; The Confederacy’s Last Hurrah by Wiley Sword; The Army of Tennessee by Stanley Horn; Autumn of Glory by Thomas Lawrence Connelly.

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1900 Census334
1880 Census57
1870 Census335
1860 Census69

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Union Sol, Pvt Co F, 44 Mo. Inf

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The Battle of Spring Hill - November 29, 1864

Spring Hill was the prelude to the Battle of Franklin. On the night of November 28, 1864, General John Bell Hood’s Army of Tennessee marched toward Spring Hill to get astride Major General John M. Schofield’s Union army’s life line. Cavalry skirmishing between Brigadier General James H. Wilson’s Union cavalry and Major General Nathan Bedford Forrest’s Confederate troopers continued throughout the day as the Confederates advanced.

November 29, Hood’s infantry crossed Duck River and converged on Spring Hill. In the meantime, Major General Schofield reinforced the troops, holding the crossroads at Spring Hill. In late afternoon, the Federals repulsed a piecemeal Confederate infantry attack. During the night, the rest of Schofield’s command passed from Columbia through Spring Hill to Franklin. This was, perhaps, Hood’s best chance to isolate and defeat the Union army. The engagement has been described as “one of the most controversial non-fighting events of the entire war."

For more information and photographs, go to: https://www.civilwar.org/learn/galleries/spr

Posted on Ancestry by cocoa11111

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The Battle of Columbia

The Battle of Columbia was a series of military actions that took place November 24–29, 1864, in Maury County, Tennessee, as part of the Franklin-Nashville Campaign of the American Civil War. It concluded the movement of Lt. Gen. John Bell Hood's Confederate Army of Tennessee from the Tennessee River in northern Alabama to Columbia, Tennessee, and across the Duck River. A Union force under Maj. Gen. John M. Schofield skirmished with Hood's cavalry, commanded by Maj. Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest, and fortified a defensive line south of Columbia, but soon withdrew north across the Duck River, abandoning the town. Hood's invasion of Tennessee continued as he attempted to intercept Schofield's retreating army at Spring Hill.

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44th Mo Brothers in Battle

Missouri in the Civil War – the 44th Missouri Infantry
Missouri in the Civil War
44th Missouri Infantry
Brothers in Battle
History and Roll of Honor

The men of the 44th Missouri were brothers in battle with the 175th and 183rd Ohio in middle Tennessee during November and December of 1864. The three regiments have been forever linked in history by Eric Jacobson and Richard Rupp in their book Baptism of Fire. Prior to the extensive research undertaken by these historians the history of The Battle of Franklin, what led to it, and what followed, was written differently. “Forgotten” is the appropriate word for the three regiments – history is now rewritten and credit where due has been given. Eric said it, and I’ll paraphrase; the men of these three regiments deserved a better fate.

Prior to Eric and Richard’s work, history, at least that of Franklin, was told by self-absorbed commanders, or commanders who were far from the actual events. Often the real details were hidden in the smoke and the mass of humanity involved in battle. Our brothers have found their places in history. The following presentation is just a small part of the history of the 44th. A few web-sites, listed below, are recommended by the people at the NEW Missouri Civil War Museum. Please visit the separate post on this site for information regarding the museum.
http://www.sos.mo.gov/archives/soldiers/results.as...Unit=44&rbBranch
http://www.nps.gov/civilwar/search-regiments-detail.htm

http://www.civilwardata.com

History and Service:

·The 44th Infantry Regiment was organized at St. Joseph, Missouri between August 22 and September 7, 1864.

·Attached to District of Rolla, Dept. of Missouri to November, 1864. Moved to Rolla, Mo., September 14-18, 1864, and duty there till November 5. Expedition from Rolla to Licking November 5-9. Near Licking November 9. Moved to Paducah, Ky., November 12-16

·Attached Dept. of Ohio, November, 1864. Unattached, 23rd Army Corps, Army Ohio, to December, 1864. Moved to Nashville, Tenn., November 24-27, and to Columbia, Tenn., November 28. Spring Hill November 29. Battle of Franklin November 30.

As November 1864 neared its end troops were urgently needed in middle Tennessee. The 44th moved to Paducah and then Nashville where they immediately boarded rail cars headed to Columbia, TN. In the cars, already loaded, were the men of the 183rd Ohio. If one reads the History of the 183rd beginning in Nashville to their arrival at Franklin, you have read the travels of the 44th, mostly marching north (right through the Confederate Army) with a small interference at Spring Hill. At Franklin the 44th was held in reserve just to the west of Columbia Pike. The 183rd was further west and the 175th Ohio was just across the pike to the east, also in reserve. When the Confederate Army attacked the Union lines they were able to breach the area at the pike and as they did Union troops up front were forced back. The whole mass crashed right into the 44th Missouri. Simply stated, had the 44th faltered the Battle of Franklin may have been lost. Instead they stood their ground and fought with great courage until reinforcements came forward and until the retreating main line troops were able to gather themselves and rejoin the fight.

·Attached 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, Army of the Tennessee, Dept. of the Cumberland, to February, 1865. Battle of Nashville December 15-16. Pursuit of Hood to Columbia and Pulaski December 17-28. Moved to Clifton, Tenn., December 29-January 2, 1865, thence to Eastport, Miss., January 9-11, and duty there till February 6, 1865.

The actual battle at Franklin lasted a little over five (5) hours. At about 9:00 p.m. most of the fighting ended and at midnight the Union Army moved across the Harpeth River, north to Nashville. There the 44th was told to report to Commander A.J. Smith. The Army was reorganized with two old divisions now under Smith’s command. The Battle of Nashville began on December 15. The men were first held in reserve and then moved forward to the main body and joined the attacked Hood’s Army, driving them back about one mile. They did not suffer any losses. On Dec. 16 they were held in reserve as the Union Army continued their attack and forced Hood into full retreat. Hood’s army was defeated.

The 44th joined in pursuit of Hood to Pulaski. In their pursuit they passed through Franklin and there they recovered men who had been wounded and left behind, including Thomas Richardson, Henry Harris, and Ben Branch. By the time they reached Pulaski the majority of the men were barefooted, wrapping their feet to keep them warm on the cold winter ground.

·Attached 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, 16th Army Corps (New), Military Division West Mississippi, to August, 1865. Moved to Vicksburg, Miss., thence to New Orleans, La., February 6-21. Campaign against Mobile, Ala., and its defenses March 11-April 12. Expedition from Dauphin Island to Fowl River Narrows March 18-22. Siege of Spanish Fort and Fort Blakely March 26-April 8. Assault and capture of Fort Blakely April 9. Occupation of Mobile April 12. March to Montgomery April 13-25, thence to Tuskegee, and duty there till July 19. Moved to Vicksburg, Miss., thence to St. Louis, Mo., July 19-August 4. Mustered out August 15, 1865.

·Mustered out August 15, 1865.

Official records found in most historical accounts will list; “Regiment lost during service 4 Officers and 61 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 5 Officers and 168 Enlisted men by disease; total 238.”

The regiment’s five hours at The Battle of Franklin, Tennessee accounted for 67 dead, 39 captured (survivors), and 43 wounded; total 149. This accounts for sixty-percent of the regiment’s casualties. Given my focus on Tennessee I will not pursue further the Roll of Honor. I will hope that others will do so someday. I suspect that they might find that many of that “168 by disease” will have taken place in the deep-south as their winter turned into summer.

It has been an honor to help Eric Jacobson and Richard Rupp keep the memory of the men of the 44th Missouri alive.

Bob Werner – 2013

ROLL OF HONOR (Tennessee Only)

Men Killed in Action or Mortally Wounded at Franklin or Died in Prison*

William T. Allen, age 18, Pvt. Co. C
Pleasant M. Bales, age 56, Pvt. Co. F captured – appears Pleasant lied about his age
James S. Barnes, age 34, Cpl. Co. G
Solomon Bartlett, age 37, Pvt. Co. E captured
George Beane, age 27, 1st Sgt. Co. C
Benjamin F. Bondurant, age 21, Pvt. Co. I
Charles W. Bowen, age 22, Pvt. Co. F
George A. Cannon, age 18, Pvt. Co. E
James Carroll, age 27, Pvt. Co. C buried at Stones River National Cemetery
Horatio Cast (Cass), age 18, Pvt. Co. D captured

Andrew J. Caster, age 36, Pvt. Co. E
Jerome Chadd, age 21, Pvt. Co. G captured
Lewis Constable, age 19, Pvt. Co. D
Harvey Crawford, age 23, Pvt. Co. E captured
Samuel Chrisman Sr., age 27, Pvt. Co. K
John Dean, age 21, Pvt. Co. A
Ezra Dunbar, age 42, Pvt. Co. B captured
James T. Dunlap, age 47, 1st Lt. Co. E
Daniel Dunn, age 40, Pvt. Co. G captured, buried as an unknown at Nashville City Cemetery
Thomas J. Dykes, age 18, Pvt. Co. D
Amos A. Dunton, age 18, Pvt. Co. K
Charles W. Eaton, age 18, Cpl. Co. I
Levi Eaton, age 36, Pvt. Co. I buried at Nashville National Cemetery
James Fitzpatrick, age unknown, Pvt. Co. D died of sickness
James B. Fugett, age 18, Pvt. Co. C captured – buried at Andersonville National Cemetery
Alburtus Gallimore, age 32, Cpl. Co. I
Hudson Goben, age 23, 1st Sgt. Co. A
Furney Hall, age 18, Pvt. Co. B captured
John F. Hall, age 18, Pvt. Co. I died from disease
Moses Hicks, age 43, Pvt. Co. B died of sickness – buried at Nashville National Cemetery
James H. Hubbard, age 18, Pvt. Co. I died of disease
Ariel W. Jones, age 21, Pvt. Co. E
Benjamin E. Kirgan, age 44, 2nd Lt. Co. F
Luther K. Lowell, age 32, Cpl. Co. D
Mathias Lynch, age 18, Pvt. Co. H
John Marshall, age 33, Pvt. Co. E
Thomas Marshall, age 25, Pvt. Co. F
John Martin, age 18, Pvt. Co. H captured – buried at Andersonville National Cemetery
James McKissack, age 23, Cpl. Co. B
Caswell Mears, age 38, Pvt. Co. A captured
Benton K. Morelock, age 18, Pvt. Co. E
John Murry, age 18, Cpl. Co. C
Alonzo Newcomb, age 21, Pvt. Co. K
Elisha Odell, age 18, Pvt. Co. B captured – buried at Andersonville National Cemetery
Simon Odell Sr., age 42, Cpl. Co. B
Austin S. Perryman, age21, Cpl. Co. D
Henry S. Phillips, age 18, Pvt. Co. H
James E. Phipps, age 18, Pvt. Co. K
John R. Purcell, age 19, Pvt. Co. G captured, buried at Andersonville
Elbert Routt, age 42, Pvt. Co. C captured
Reuben G. Shackelford, age 22, Pvt. Co. I
Andrew Smiley, age 25, Pvt. Co. I
Asa Smith, age 44, Pvt. Co. F wounded and died of disease
James M. Steele, age 32, 1st Lt. Co. F wounded and died of disease
Romulus Sullinger, age 28, Pvt. Co. B captured – buried at Jefferson Barracks
Josiah Swisher, age 34, Pvt. Co. H buried at Stones River National Cemetery
William R. Tarwater, age 40, Pvt. Co. B captured – buried at Andersonville National Cemetery
Volney Thurman, age 21, Pvt. Co. F wounded and died of disease
Samuel J. Warren, age 33, 2nd Lt. Co. K
Henry C. Wells, age 19, Pvt. Co. B
Alexander J. Whitmore (Whitmer), age 23, Pvt. Co. C
William B. Williams, age 24, Pvt. Co. B
Hartwell G. Wilson, age 18, Pvt. Co. G
Jesse Wilson, age 29, Pvt. Co. B
James C. Wood, Pvt. Co. A captured – buried at Nashville National Cemetery
Samuel L. Woods, age 35, Pvt. Co. K
Cpl. John Ziefle, age 23, Co. G
*if captured most died in prisons, a small few in hospitals after release or exchange, and even a very small few of those died in transit on their way home

CAPTURED AT FRANKLIN (that survived)

Hiram H. Bennett, age 17, Pvt. Co. C
Robert P. Bennett, age 30, Pvt. Co. A
John Blair, age 33, Pvt. Co. C captured at Spring Hill not Franklin
Samuel V. Bradford, age 19, Pvt. Co. F
William M. Brown, age 42, Pvt. Co. C
Lucius Butler, age 18, Pvt. Co. D
Benjamin D. Carpenter, age 20, Pvt. Co. B
Thomas Clark, age 21, Pvt. Co. H
Aaron Clevenger, age 44, Pvt. Co. B
Isaac Clevenger, age 18, Pvt. Co. B
Andrew M. Colton, age 17, Pvt. Co. G
Daniel J. Crump, age 22, Pvt. Co. K
Owen M. Daniel, age 24, Pvt. Co. G rescued at Columbia during Hood’s retreat
Henry C. Dennison, age 20, Cpl. Co. H
Adam Givens Duffield, age 16, Pvt. Co. K
Benjamin A. Dunbar, age 18, Pvt. Co. G
Houston A. Evens, age 22, Pvt. Co. B
David Green, age 19, Pvt. Co. F
Henry John Heislinger, age 20, Pvt. Co. F
Riley Hopper, age 39, Pvt. Co. K
Thomas Ireland, age 42, Sgt. Co. C
Hiram Jackson, age 25, Pvt. Co. K
Francis M. Jones, age 18, Pvt. Co. F
Henry Kellner (Killner), age 36, Pvt. Co. F
Ambrozine Moffit, age 19, Pvt. Co. K
Benjamin Nichols, age 20, Sgt. Co. A
David E. Reed (Reid), age 18, Pvt. Co. G rescued at Columbia during Hood’s retreat. David later died of disease in Mississippi
James Ridenour, age 18, Pvt. Co. A
Henry L. Robbins, age 26, 1st Cpl. Co. E
Hiram Rose, age 41, Pvt. Co. K
William W. Sears, age 19, Pvt. Co. E
William N. Scaggs (Skaggs), age 18, Pvt. Co. F
William N. Shaffer, age 20, Cpl. Co. G
Albert P. Shour (Shower), age 19, Pvt. Co. K
William J. L. Swearengen, age 22, Pvt. Co. E
Benjamin F. Taylor, age 18, Pvt. Co. A
David Toomay, age 21, Pvt. Co. H
Henry C. Wells, age 19, Pvt. Co. B
George M. Williams (McWilliams), age 23, Pvt. Co. B captured at Spring Hill not Franklin

WOUNDED AT FRANKLIN

Pleasant Baker, age 21, 2nd Cpl. Co. E
James A. Baldridge, age 18, Pvt. Co. I also captured and 2 weeks later rescued
Absalom Barrett, age 36, Pvt. Co. D
Robert Charles Bradshaw, age 23, Field & Staff Col. wounded eight times
Benjamin Branch, age 44, Pvt. Co. B
James Brassfield, age 19, Pvt. Co. E
William Breeze, age 39, Pvt. Co. C was also wounded again at Nashville
Martin C. Bridewell, age 25, Pvt. Co. I
Thomas Jackson Butts, age 19, Pvt. Co. C
James Carpenter, age 16, Pvt. Co. G
Jacob Cox, age 27, Pvt. Co. H
William T. Crowley, age 19, Pvt. Co. B
John DeSha, age 25, 1st Lt. Co. G
Jacob Fitzpatrick, age 24, Pvt. Co. D
Lorenzo Gannon, age 26, Pvt. Co. D
Gideon B. Gillihan, age 41, Cpl. Co. D
John Glendening (Glending), age 19, Pvt. Co. F
Henry Harris, age 23, Pvt. Co. E
John Hays, age 18, Pvt. Co. H
Samuel Hooker, age 18, Pvt. Co. H
Frank Granger Hopkins, age 32, Capt. Co. C
Moses H. Hopper, age 18, Pvt. Co. D also captured and 2 weeks later rescued
James T. Jennings, age 16, Pvt. Co. G
John Kayser, age 23, Cpl. Co. H
John C. Knutter, age 18, Pvt. Co. B
Timoleon W. Martin, age 18, Pvt. Co. I
James McCully, age 18, Pvt. Co. E also captured and 2 weeks later rescued
Alcana Mumpower, age 34, Cpl. Co. C
James Munson, age 40, Pvt. Co. C
Caleb Odell, age 28, Pvt. Co. B
Elijah Peterson, age 20, Pvt. Co. D
Thomas L. Richardson, age 16, Cpl. Co. I
Wiley J. Ryan, age 24, Pvt. Co. F
Henry W. Setters, age 19, Pvt. Co. E
Reuban W. Smith, age 27, Pvt. Co. H
Josiah Stewart, age 22, Pvt. Co. I
William Sumpter, age 25, Pvt. Co. E
Adam Swigart, age 25, Pvt. Co. H
George Swigart, age 21, Pvt. Co. H
John Tunnel, age 37, Pvt. Co. I
James L. D. Underwood, age 18, Pvt. Co. D
Ephraim L. Webb, age 44, Capt. Co. E
Marvin Welker, age 44, Pvt. Co. G

Source for Roll of Honor is Eric Jacobson’s book Baptism of Fire

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Notes for Mahala Jane "Haley" (Spouse 1)
Mahala J. Hendricks, was born November 12, 1847 in Tennessee and died in El Dorado Springs, February 14, 1914, aged 66 years, 3 months and 2 days. She was married to Wiley J. Ryan, May 24, 1860 in Texas county, Missouri. To this union was born twelve children, six dead and six living, those living are Gilbert Ryan of Olivet, Kansas. Robert Ryan of Cherryvale, Kansas. James Ryan, Martha Ford and Nicie Willet of El Dorado Springs and Ella Jordan of Independence, Mo.

She has thirty grandchildren and fifteen great grandchildren. Her husband, Wiley J. Ryan died and buried seven years ago today and ever since she longed to be with him, and all during her sickness she was patient and trustful and said she was was going to soon be with "Pa" in Glory.

She was of quiet nature and served God from the heart without any outward manifestations. Loved her home and friends in a quiet way. Her husband and she were very much devoted to each other. She was a member of the Free Will Baptist church for for several years, but for the last few years was a Seven Day Adventist.160

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Alternative birth date Nov 20, 1846

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Married At 12 1/2 Yr Old

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Indian? Mahala Means Woman In Indian

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Hendrix is Dutch in origin, Hendricks is German or Swedish in origin.

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On her death certificate (filled out by Mattie’s husband Jim Ford, Mahala’s parents are listed as David Hendrix and Lizzie Perkins336

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Clovis Brakebill lists the site of their wedding as El Dorado Springs, MO

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Possibly her father Abraham Hendrix:
1850 he is in Murry Co GA , census stated that he was 41 years old at that time and was from North Carolina.Film M432 Roll 78 Page 256, Family 1496, line 175

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In a letter from Grandmother Roea Ann “Roy” Ryan she noted that Wiley and his wife Mahala both died on Valentine’s Day 7 years and 5 hours apart.42

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As a baby in 1848, she came to Missouri from Tennessee in a covered wagon with her parents. Page 78.47

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Research notes for Mahala Jane "Haley" (Spouse 1)
HENDRIX (also Hendricks, Hendrick, Hendrich) German36

1910 Census337
1900 Census334
1880 Census57
1870 Census335
1860 Census69
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