Hi, I was hoping you could steer me in the right direction. I am trying to determine which unit my 2nd great grandfather served in. The problem is he has a common name: Henry James Williams. He often signed as Henry J Williams or H J Wiliams. What I know from written family history written by his daughter is: "In March 1861 he enlisted in the Confederate Army. He was in the artillery service under Harden serving continuously throughout the war. He was in the siege of Vicksburg, but was never captured or wounded. He always believed that Divine Providence directed him. He could tell many interesting incidents of the war." That's all I have to go on. He was born in Nolensville, Williamson Co, TN. In the 1860 census he was listed as a teacher in Davidson Co. Nashville is the post office listed. He later lived in Pleasant Site, AL and Iuka, MS but Nashville is the closest I can put him (in 1860) to his enlist date of March 1861. Do you have any idea which unit "Harden" commanded because then I could search those on footnote.com I'm not sure where to find who the Harden is so I could locate the unit number. Thank you, Dianne

Diane, found this doing a search for "Harding" since nothing came up Harden. http://www.tngenweb.org/civilwar/csaart/huggin.html My grandfather's half-brother was part of Harding's Artillery, but he died in camp in Hopkinsville, Kentucky in late 1861 of Cholera. His unit became Monserrat's Lt. Artillery. --- Original Message ----- From: "Dianne Armstrong" <di@montanapets.org> To: "Davidson Co" <TNDAVIDS@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, November 25, 2010 3:29 AM Subject: [TNDAVIDS] searching for Civil War unit under Harden > Hi, I was hoping you could steer me in the right direction. I am trying to > determine which unit my 2nd great grandfather served in. The problem is he > has a common name: Henry James Williams. He often signed as Henry J > Williams or H J Wiliams. What I know from written family history written > by his daughter is: > > "In March 1861 he enlisted in the Confederate Army. He was in the > artillery service under Harden serving continuously throughout the war. He > was in the siege of Vicksburg, but was never captured or wounded. He > always believed that Divine Providence directed him. He could tell many > interesting incidents of the war." > > That's all I have to go on. He was born in Nolensville, Williamson Co, TN. > In the 1860 census he was listed as a teacher in Davidson Co. Nashville is > the post office listed. He later lived in Pleasant Site, AL and Iuka, MS > but Nashville is the closest I can put him (in 1860) to his enlist date of > March 1861. Do you have any idea which unit "Harden" commanded because > then I could search those on footnote.com I'm not sure where to find who > the Harden is so I could locate the unit number. > Thank you, > Dianne > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > TNDAVIDS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message