John Penix
Transcribed and Submitted by Jeff S. Penix

 

Age: 26
Rank Entering the Service: Private
Rank Leaving the Service: Private
Military Unit: 5th Infantry Regiment
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Alternate Name for the Military Unit:
Company: G
Enlistment Date: 27 FEB 1862
Place of Enlistment: Outtawah, TN
Abstract of Information available in the Service Records:
John Penix served in the 5th Tennesse fighting in several skirmishes as well as The Battle of Look Out Mountain in Chattanooga, TN. He was captured at Rock Creek in Philadelphia, TN on October 20, 1863. From ther he was taken to Richmond Virginia. In March, 1864 he was shipped to Andersonville Georgia to continue as a prisoner of war where he died on May 16, 1864 of fever. He is buried at the National Cemetery there under tombstone 1141.
Personal Information about the Veteran (Not contained in the CMSR):
John was born in Hamilton County, TN in 1836. His name at birth was spelled Penick. When he signed up for the Federal Army they spelled it as Penix. After his death, when his son James Henry Penix was filing for pension as a minor, the name spelling stuck and has been spelled Penix ever since. John Penix / Penick's father was Henry Penick his mother was Louisa Penick. Henry Penick was born in North Carolina Circa 1800 and grew up in Roane County TN between 1811 and 1831. Henry Penick also became an orphan when his father, Adam Penick died early in 1815 from a fever.
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