Lawson Guthrie
Transcribed and Submitted by
Scott Guthrie
Age: 48
Rank Entering the Service: Captain
Rank Leaving the Service: Major
Military Unit: 43rd Infantry Regiment
Alternate Name for the Military Unit: 5th East Tennessee Gillespies &
43rd Tenn Mounted Inf.
Company: K
Enlistment Date: OCT 1861
Place of Enlistment: Hamilton County, Tennessee
Abstract of Information available in the Service Records:
Commander Company K, Gillespie's Regt. Provisional Army
Elected Major December 14, 1861
Wounded Vicksburg
Captured at Vicksburg July 04,1863
Sent with sick and wounded to New Orleans 1863
Exchanged at Demopolis, Alabama 1863
Resigned due to disease and wounds received at Vicksburg January 04, 1864
Resignation accepted by General Vaughn
Personal Information about the Veteran (Not contained in the CMSR):
Born 1816 in Cumberland County, Kentucky
Removed to Hamilton County,Tennessee 1834
Served in Mexican War, 4th Tennessee Inf. as a Captain 1846-1848. Breveted for
gallantry at Cerro Gordo.
Married Narcissa Smith 1849
Died March 05, 1875
Burial Smith Family Cemetery, Hamilton County, Tennessee Occupation, merchant
& farmer
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