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Related To These Soldiers ?

Thought I'd take a shot in the dark, and see if anyone is related to these southern Unionists. I'm probably distantly related, having the same surname, and with paternal roots in western North Carolina and east Tennessee.

Isaac Newton Land, Private, Company H 2nd Tennessee Cavalry:
Enlisted: Oct 10,1862, Age:34. Mustered: Jan 26 63,Died Feb 12,1863 possibly from wounds received on January 31, 1863,when Colonel Robert G. Minty commanding the 3rd Cavalry Brigade, composed of the 4th U.S., 400 men, 2nd Tennessee, 200 men, and 3rd Tennessee 40 men attacked Rebels at Middleton. On that date, the 2nd Tennessee captured Major DeWitt C. Douglass, one captain, one lieutenant and 41 men from Douglass' Battalion, Confederate Cavalry. His widow, Matilda, applied for a pension. 9/29/1864

Rufus A. Land, Private, Company H 2nd Tennessee Cavalry: Confederate deserter from Company C, Thomas NC; Legion. He deserted 9/29/1862, The Union 2nd TN Cavalry was mustered late 1862, early 1863. He apparently survived the war.

Thomas Crayton (or Clayton) ? Land, Private Company L 3rd Tennessee Cavalry: A Rebel deserter from the 52nd Georgia. He enlisted 3/13/1864 in Knoxville, Tn. On June 17th, he was mustered into Company L, 3rd TN Union Cavalry, by their Captain, Oliver P. McCammon. There are two conflicting reports as to the fate of young T.C. Land of Towns, Georgia. His Union Army record says he died on Aug.12, 1864, 'of measles at Brigade Hospital, Decatur, Alabama'. The Report of the Adjutant General State of Tennessee says, He was one among almost 500 men of the 3rd TN Cavalry captured by Forrest at Sulfur Branch Trestle, AL. on Sept.24, 1864 and later exchanged. The Adjutant General's report also has him being killed in the explosion of the Steamer 'Sultana', Memphis, TN. April 27, 1865. On Oct.12, 1869, his mother filed for a Federal Pension based on his service.

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