THE JOURNAL OF A CONFEDERATE NURSE by Kate Cumming Edited by Richard Barksdale Harwell - Baton Rouge, LSU Press, 1998 Kate Cumming, "The Confederate Rose," served as a nurse in Chattanooga Confederate hospitals for almost 5 months in 1862 and 1863. She kept a diary in which she often listed patients who died in her care. Noting in January and April of 1863 that there were so many wounded they could "scarcely take note " of their names, she lists the following veterans who died and are likely buried in Chattanooga Confederate Cemetery: (List shows her data only; the actual burials are not yet confirmed.) D.9-16-62 ________Hughes-16LA D.9-18-62 Allen Jone-4FL D.9-19-62 Watt Jones-4FL D.9-26-62 John Wilkinson-5MS (from Neshoba Co.,MS) D.9-27-62 D.W. Jarvis-32AL (from Coffeeville, AL) D.9-27-62 John Cotton-16LA (from Rappee or Ripides Parish, LA) D.9-()-62 Lt.________Huntley-27MS D.10-4-62 Thomas Goff-1VA Border Rangers (former POW) D.10-5-62 James Murray-32AL D.10-15-62 J. Tew-32AL (from Red Creek, AL) D.10-15-62 Robert Arnold-10SC D.10-15-62 ________Schoff-16LA D.10-21-62 H.C. Jole-37MS D.10-24-62 J.T. Barber-32AL (from Choctaw Co., AL) D.10-24-62 ________Jones-22MS, McKee's Bttn. D.10-25-62 ________Newbern-32AL (from Citronelle, AL) D.11-1-62 _________Robbins (from Pontotoc, MS) D.11-4-62 Thomas Ford-2KY, Morgan's Squadron (from Glasgow, KY) D.11-6-62 John Renfruit (from Barbour Co., AL) D.11-10-62 Lt._______Thompson-27MS D. 11-15-62 J.P. Allen-Hilliard's Legion (fromCoosa Co., AL) D.11-17-62 W. James-27MS D.11-21-62 J.B. Little-8MS D.11-25-62 W.H. Williams-Hardee's Body Guard D.2-16-63 _______Noland-11 or 16LA (nurse) D.2-17-63 _______Kelly-11 or 16LA (nurse) D.3-24-63 James Tucker-4KY D.3-26-63 Moses Compton-1AL (from Blount Co., AL) D.3-31-63 James Scott-4AL (from Fayette Co., AL) D.4-1-63 William York (from Williamson Co., TN) D.3-()-63 George Speaker-John Morgan's Squadron under Capt. Goldston D.4-28-63 _______Lee-33AL (from Butler Co., AL) D.5-4-63 A.W. Davis-25AL D.5-3-63 ________McCullough-6KY (from Hardin, KY.) D.5-10-63 _______Pike-36TN (wife in Smith Co., VA) D.5-20-63 Joseph Morton-2AR (from Sylvia Co., AR) D.5-19-63 James Barstow-Co.E, 7AR (age 22) D.5-24-63 Charles Maguire-18AL (from Sinclair Co., AL) D.6-7-63 ________Allison-LA (60-70 year old substitute) D.6-7-63 ________Johnson (17 years old) D.6-18-63 _______Miller-33AL (from Dale Co., AL) D.6-()-63 ________Messingen (German from TX) D.6-28-63 ________Murphy-36AL (from Jackson Co., AL) D.7-4-63 _________Bears (prisoner accused of desertion) Other deaths noted: d.6-23-63 Federal Negro, d.5-30-63 Dr. Thornton (not P. Thornton), d.11-15-62 Mr. Rally (husband of kitchen worker). J.Sims 12/99