Alfred Reece
Transcribed and Submitted by Kathy Woody

 

Age: 35
Rank Entering the Service: Private
Rank Leaving the Service: Private
Military Unit: 4th TN Cavalry Regiment
Alternate Name for the Military Unit:
Company: G
Enlistment Date: 15 APR 1863
Place of Enlistment: Cocke Co TN
Abstract of Information available in the Service Records:
He was captured by Confederate forces. He became ill with fever and died on May 26, 1865 at the Sedgewick Military Hopital in Greenville, Louisiana. He is buried at Chalmette National Cemetery in Chalmette, Louisiana
Personal Information about the Veteran (Not contained in the CMSR):
Alfred Reece was born 1830 in Greene Co TN. His parents were John Reece Sr. and Mary Ottinger Reece.He was on of 11 children who lived on the Cocke/Greene County line.
Alfred had 3 brothers who also died in the Civil War. The most famous of his brothers was Peter Reece, who was hanged by the Conferate forces in Parrottsville, TN. The 2 other brothers were Caleb and Johnathan
Alfred married Elizabeth Phhipps. They had 2 daughters Mary Caroline Reece (7/27/1860-5/31/1949) who married George Washington Woody and Sydney Emaline Reece (7/30/1862-7/10/1937) who married Nicholas Brown Fox. Elizabeth and her 2 daughters are buried in the Oak Grove Cemetery in Del Rio Tn. (Spicewood Flats area)

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