My husband's gg grandfather, Richard F. Liles, died from wounds received at the Battle of Franklin, TN. Richard was married to Pheba L. Turner, daughter of Rev. Lorenzo Dow and Judah McDonald Turner of the Shiloh Community in northeast MS. On April 20, 1862, Company H, the "Itawamba Tigers", 43rd Mississippi Infantry was organized under the leadership of Captain Merriman Pound. This unit was also called "Pounds Sharpshooters". Richard and three of Pheba's brothers - Allen, Alfred, and Francis Turner joined at that time. Lucinda, Pheba's sister was married to Isaac Young and he also joined this unit. The unit saw action at the Battle of Corinth, the Battle of Vicksburg, and the Battle of Franklin, TN. The 43rd MS Infantry was in Adam's Brigade, Loring's Division, Stewart's Corps and began their attack on the Federal Army entrenched at Franklin on November 30, 1864, from the vicinity of the Carnton Mansion. The Confederate wounded from that battle were initially treated at the Carnton Mansion where a field hospital had been set up. Richard was among that number. In the days that followed, those who could be transported were removed first to Columbia, TN, where they were cared for in temporary convalescent hospitals set up for that purpose. Richard was again among that number. Whether the move was too much for him or infection set in is not known, but Richard died in one of those hospitals and is buried in a Confederate plot in Rose Hill Cemetery in Columbia, TN. Linda Pearson ************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com.