----- Original Message ----- From: Rinda Lynn Ferguson <rinda@psci.net> To: <CIVIL-WAR-IRISH-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, September 13, 2000 6:23 PM Subject: [CIVIL-WAR-IRISH] Would you be able to help? > Hello Everyone on the list, :-D > > I was wondering if you might be able to help. > > I have a gentleman trying to find out information about William Tarkington buried in the Old > Moral Cemetery in Potowatomie County, Oklahoma. William Tarkington was part of Company B 4th > Infantry of Tennessee CSA according to his tombstone. > > How can he and I possibly find more information about this unit and William's part in that unit? > We > are trying to find information of when he died since that type of date information is not listed > on the stone. > > Thank you ahead of time for any help you may be able to give. > > Rinda Lynn Ferguson -- rinda@psci.net > 4th Tennessee (Neely's) Infantry. Organized May 15,1861 in Provisional Army of Tennessee: transferred to Confederate service August,1861; reorganized April 25,1862; consolidated with the 5th Tennessee Infantry Regiment in December,1862; formed part of Company D,3rd Consolidated Tennessee Infantry Regiment April 9,1865;paroled in Greensboro,North Carolina May 1,1865. Company B "The Pillow Guards."Men from Hardeman County. Captains: James Fentress, M.H.Vernon, A.T.McNeal Here: http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Hills/4427/gig.htm#4th Has the units history. - -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------ 4th Tennessee Infantry Consoldiated. 4th Tennessee (Churchwell's) Infantry - Provisional Army This person may be able to provide more info. 4th TN Infantry Regiment (CSA) heleno@alaska.net - -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------- There was a TARKINGTON, WILLIAM KIA October 26, 1864 Orrick, Mo. He was a member of Capt. William T. Anderson's Men (Bloody Bill) http://www.mcmsys.com/~nblock/andmen.htm - -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------ There was a Tarkington, William B., pvt., Co. C, 29th Iowa Infantry Rgt. March 1, 1863 died of disease at Helena, Ark. - -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------- 'Tarkington' and 'Tarkenton' genealogy. http://www.tarkington.com/genealogy.html - -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------- Old Moral Cemetery, Pottawatomie County, OK - Submitted by Nalora Burns http://www.maxpages.com/mygenroots/Old_Moral_Cemetery_Pott_Co - -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------- If I come across any more, I'll post it. Desoto Joe/The Record Man