Eaves, John J.: Pvt.; enlisted 9/13/61 at Union City, TN; WIA at Chickamauga, GA 9/19/63 and sent to Hospital & remained in Hospital through March/April 1864 Muster Roll; Confederate Roll of Honor: awarded by the Company, the Badge of Distinction for Gallantry on the Battlefield of Chickamauga, GA, the 19th-20th of September 1863; on 1/19/64 Muster Roll listed as age 18; issued clothing 3/5/64.
Born April 29, 1844 in Lawrence County, TN; died May 17, 1932 in Benton County, TN; buried Matthews Cemetery, Benton County, TN; son of William & Eliza Eaves; husband of Lucinda E. (Morton) Eaves; 1860 Call. Co., KY, Census: bp. TN, age 14.
TN Pension # 211, Benton County: Accepted.