Company "B"
Transcribed by Sue Bowers

Extracted from "HISTORY of the  Twentieth Tennessee Regiment CSA" 
Published in 1904

The "Tennessee and the Civil War" Project wishes to thank Sue for transcribing this information.

Joel A. Battle was elected Captain; promoted to Colonel; captured at the battle of Shiloh, April 7, 1862; remained in prison until the fall of that year.  After his release he was appointed Treasurer of the State of Tennessee, by Gov. Isham G. Harris; was appointed by Gov.  John C. Brown, Superintendent of State Prison in 1872. Died Aug. 23, 1872, of dysentery; buried at his old home in the Sixth District of Davidson County.  

Lieut. William Martin Clark.  Promoted to Captain, afterwards, Acting Surgeon of the regiment; resigned in the spring of 1862; died in the Eighth District of Davidson County, in the year 1895.

Lieut. Thomas Benton Smith.  Promoted to First Lieutenant, then to Captain; elected Colonel May 8, 1862;  promoted to Brigadier General in 1864; now in the Middle-Tennessee Insane Asylum from the effects of a sabre wound on the head by a Federal Major when a half mile inside of the Federal lines, and an hour after he had surrendered.

Lieutenant W. H. Matthews.  Promoted to Second Lieutenant, then to First Lieutenant,and was not elected at the re-organization of the army at Corinth; accompanied Gen. John H. Morgan on his Ohio raid, and now 
lives in Nashville.

Joel A. Battle, Jr.    Promoted to Adjutant; wounded at Fishing Creek; killed April 7, 1862, at the battle of Shiloh.

Orderly Sergeant M. M. Hinkle was promoted to Commissary of the Regiment, with rank of Captain.  Died during the war.

Second Sergeant B. F. Holland died at Nolensville after the war.

Third Sergeant John F. Gutherie.  Promoted to Orderly Sergeant, then to Captain, then to Major, and was killed Aug 31, 1864, at the battle of Jonesboro, Ga.  

Fourth Sergeant W. H. Doyle.  Was badly wounded at the battle of Shiloh; died after the war, in West Tennessee, from the effects of the wound received at Shiloh.

First Corporal Harding Bostick.  Died near Triune, Tenn. after the war.

Second Corporal W. S. Battle.  Killed April 6, at the battle of Shiloh.

Third Corporal James Gambill, afterwards made Lieutenant; now lives at Lebanon, Tennessee.

Fourth Corporal E. L. Jordan, afterwards promoted to Regimental A. Q. M., now lives in Nashville, Tennessee.

Andrews, William     Died since the war.

Baker, Frank         Died after the war.

Baldridge, William   Living in Nashville.

Barnes, Bolen        Dead.

Barnes, George       Dead.

Barnes, T. H.        Living near Allisonia.  

Battle, I. J.    Now living near Nolensville, and a farmer.

Battle, John     A farmer living near Nolensville, Tennessee.

Battle, Frank    Was promoted to Captain.  After the war was appointed superintendent of the capitol by Gov. Turney;  now lives near Clarksville.

Battle, Robert I.    A practicing physician near Cartersville, GA.

Battle, William      Captured and held in prison until the close of the war, where he contracted chronic diarrhea, from which he died a few days after his return home.

Britton, Jack        Died near Rock Springs, Rutherford County, about the close of the war.

Burke, Sam       Died near Nolensville after the war.

Buttery, John        Dead.

Carmack, Robert      Dead.

Castleman, George W.    Living at Cairo, Crockett County, Tennessee.

Castleman, John F.    Dead.

Chadwell, George    Living near Clover Croft, Williamson County, Tn.

Clay, Jack         Dead.

Crocker, J. M.    Badly wounded in battle of Murfreesboro.  Now dead.

Crocker, T. W.     Dead.

Cunningham, William   Dead.

Eaton, Joe    Living in Rutherford County, near Sumner's Knob.

Edmundson, John    Promoted to Chaplain of the Regiment; after the 
first year disowned his cause, and now living in the North.

Ezelle, James      Dead.

Ezelle, Lafayette    Living in Knoxville, Tennessee.

Falvy, Timothy     Dead.

Fly, John     Promoted to Color Bearer; wounded at Chickamauga; died 
since the war.

Gaunt, James      Dead.

Gaunt, William    Living in Texas.

Gooch, Robert     Dead.

Green, Ed    Appointed Commissary Sgt.  Dead since close of the war.

Green, Sherwood      Killed in front of Atlanta, in 1864.

Griggs, John         Dead.

Griggs, Meredith     Dead.

Griggs, Thomas K.    Dead.

Gutherie, Henry    Living near Nolensville.

Gutherie, James    Living in Nashville.  Surrendered at Greensboro.

Gutherie, William    Living in Nashville.

Hall, Thomas     Living near Nashville, Tenn.  Surrendered at Greensboro.

Hamer, Lee        Dead.

Hamer, Robert     Dead.

Hamlet, Jack      Surrendered at Greensboro.  Dead since the war.

Hamlet, William     Dead.

Hay, James L.     Promoted to Assistant Surgeon C. S. A.; assigned to hospital duty, and died later in the war, while on duty.

Hay, W. A.        Killed at battle of Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

Herbert, John O.  Dead.

Herbert, R. N.    Practicing medicine at Campbell Station, Maury Co.

Irwin, A. J.      Dead.

Jenkins, Green    Died at Tullahoma, March, 1863.

Jenkins, Lewis    Dead.

Johnson, Ben      Dead.

Johnson, C. S.    Promoted to First Lieutenant, then Captain; now living in Nashville, Tennessee.

Johnson, Milton   Killed Sept. 19, 1863, at the battle of Chickamauga.

Johnson, Timothy    Surrendered at Greensboro; elected Sheriff of Davidson County; living near Cain Ridge, Davidson County, Tennessee.

Johnson, William, Jr.  Living near Rocky Fork, Rutherford County, Tn.

Johnson, William, Sr.  Dead.

Jones, A. J.    Living near Lavergne.

Jordan, John A.   Dead.

Jordan, John H.   Dead.

Jordan, Thomas    Living at Thurber, Texas.

Jordan, William   Dead.

Keith, John       Killed at Fishing Creek.

King, William     Living at Smyrna, Tennessee.

King, John        Killed in front of Atlanta, 1864.

King, Thomas    Living in the Eighth District of Davidson County, Tn.

King, David     Killed September 19, at Chickamauga.

Kellow, Nat     Living near Nolensville.

Kellow, William    Killed Dec. 31, 1862, at Murfreesboro.

Lane, Alford    Dead.

Lane, G. W.     Dead.

Little, W. D.   Living near Concord, Williamson County, Tn.

Martin, William     Dead.

Matthews, James F.    Detailed for duty with Engineer Corps in 1865, and paroled at Charlotte, N C, May 5, 1865;  living in Nashville, Tenn.

Matthews, William     Living in West Tennessee.

McClure, W. H.    One of the best of soldiers.  Died since the war.

McDowell, David      Dead.

McGahey, G. W.       Dead.

McKinley, William    Living in Nashville.

McLean, William      Died Sept. 1, 1861.

McMurray, W. J.    Promoted to First Lieutenant; lost left arm near shoulder August 5,1864, in front of Atlanta; practicing physician in Nashville, Tenn.

Mitchell, Monroe    Living in Nashville, Tenn.

Mitchell, Wyatt   Dead.

Moss, H. C.     Living at Lewisburg, Marshall County, Tn.

Moss, John        Dead.  

Nevins, James    Killed September 19, 1963, at Chickamauga.

Nevins, W. R.    Lost a leg in Breckinridge's charge at Murfreesboro; now living near Nolensville.

O'Neal, Dan      Living in Soldier's Home, Missouri.

Page, S. W.       Dead.

Parsley, Jordan    Unknown.

Patterson, E. M.   Living in Nashville, Tennessee.

Peebles, James    Living in Nashville.

Peebles, Uriah   Died since the war.

Peay, George   Promoted to Lieutenant; surrendered at Greensboro, 
North Carolina;  Dead.

Peay, H. Cannon    Killed at Dalton, GA, in 1864.

Peay, John     Living near Triune, Tennessee.

Peebles, H. C.   Living in Dickson, Dickson County, Tennessee.

Peel, Robert     Killed Dec. 31, 1862, at Murfreesboro.

Pogue, Bunk      Died June, 1861.

Pogue, J. J.     Dead.

Pogue, J. N.     Dead.

Potts, J. H.     Died June 25, 1861.

Potts, J. N.     Died July 20, 1863.

Rains, B. R.     Dead.

Rains, W. R.  Living near Paragon Mills.

Roach, S. H.  Living near Lavergne.

Roach, T. B.  Living near Lavergne.  Severely wounded at Chickamauga.

Russell, Berry    Severely wounded in elbow at Murfreesboro;  Living in West Tenn.

Safley, Lewis   Unknown.

Saferly, Thomas

Sanders, Alford     Dead.

Sanders, William    Died at Tullahoma, 1863.

Sanford, Marion     Dead.

Scales, D. C.     Living in Nashville.

Sloan, R. D.     Dead.

Smith, John    Color Bearer, killed Dec. 31, 1862, at Murfreesboro.

Sneed, A. E.    Badly wounded at Chickamauga; died 1902.

Sneed, John R.     Living in Nashville.

Stanfield, Edward    Dead.

Stanfield, Henry    Dead.

Stewart, James     Dead.

Street, Eugene    Killed Sept. 20, at Chickamauga. 

Taylor, Thomas L.   Dead.

Taylor, William G.  Dead.

Vaughn, Richard    Dead.

Waldron, Henry    Dead.

Waldron, Robert   Dead.

Waller, James     Dead.

Waller, Richard   Dead.

Walton, Edward    Killed at Nashville, 1864.

Walton, Sam     Living in Nashville.

Ware, J. P.    Living.

Ware, W. W.    Dead.

Warren, Andrew    Dead.

Warren, Henry     Dead.

Warren, William   Dead.

Watson, James     Living near Nolensville.

Williams, Powell    Living in West Tennessee.

Williams, Sylvester    Promoted to Orderly Sergeant.  Living near Nashville.

Williams, T. G.    Promoted to 3rd Lieutenant, then 2nd Lieutenant; 
lives near Nolensville.

Williams,Thomas G., Sr.    Dead.

Wright, Andrew    Living in Williamson County, Tennessee.

Wright, Gus       Living in Williamson County, Tennessee.

Zachery, John     Dead.

Total Rank and File, 159.

Bill King was a negro man owned by Mr. Jack King, of Williamson County, and was sent by him to wait on his sons, John, Thomas, and William, who were members of Company B.  "Bill" accompanied them throughout all their campaigns, making a faithful servant and cook, rendering many invaluable services to the members of the company until the surrender in North Carolina.

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