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Memorial to soldiers who fell along the Nashville & Northwestern Military Railroad

Banks, Oscar Daniel - 100th US Colored Infantry - Sept 4th 1864 - Killed - Killed by guerillas while at spring for water at section 46 N&NWRR
Barker, Marquis - 43rd Wisconsin Infantry Co C. - Nov 18th 1864 - Died of disease at Johnsonville, TN
Cheers, Phillip - 12th US Colored Infantry - Nov 1 1864 - Killed by farmer William Jordan while foraging in Cheatham County
Chesley, Nelson - 12th US Colored Infantry Co A - February 4th 1864 - Sent to hospital Dec. 28th, 1864 and died in Hospital at Kingston Springs, TN
Cook, Henry - 12th US Colored Infantry - February 15, 1865 - Died of smallpox in Regimental Hospital at Kingston Springs
Harvell, Thomas B - 43rd Wisconsin Infantry Co C. - Nov 5th 1864 - Killed - Johnsonville, TN
Hiatt, Steven - 100th US Colored Infantry - Sept 4th 1864 - Killed by guerillas while at spring for water (possibly shot at location and died of wounds Oct 20th at Section 48)
Hilburn, William - 2nd TN Mounted Infantry Co F - Aug 5th 1864 - Struck by lightning at Section 49 (Camp Gillem)
Hudson, Andrew - 43rd Wisconsin Infantry Co B - Nov 5th 1864 - Killed - Johnsonville, TN
James, Thomas - 2nd TN Mounted Infantry Co F - Aug 5th 1864 - Struck by lightning at Section 49 (Camp Gillem)
Kornegay, George F C - 2nd TN Mounted Infantry Co G - Oct 30 1864 - Killed in action near N&NWRR
Nash, Joshua P - 2nd TN Mounted Infantry Co G - Oct 30 1864 - Missing in action, supposed killed near N&NWRR
Olds, William D - 14th Michigan Infantry - Feb 5th 1865 - Original place of internment N & N W R R, Tenn
Poynter, John - 13th US Colored Infantry Co D - June 2nd 1865 - Party captured 16 guerillas led by Col. John Chenoweth who refused to surrender and were going to Mexico. While swimming the TN river from Paris back to Waverly Poynter was shot in the shoulder and transported by wagon 80 miles to a surgeon around Nashville where he died
Reeves, Jesse - 2nd TN Mounted Infantry Co G - Oct 20 1864 - Killed whilst on duty by the enemy near Waverly TN
Scott, James N - 2nd TN Mounted Infantry Co G - Oct 30 1864 - Missing in action, supposed killed near Sec 54 N&NWRR
Voegell, Balthaza - 45th Wisconsin Infantry Co E. - May 10th 1865 - Died of disease at Johnsonville, TN
Watson, W R - U S S - June 28 1864 - Buried N N W R R, Tenn

Unknown - Civilian - November 1864 - A Civilian killed by cannon fire in "the village" reported by the 1st Kansas Battery