His records end with his Vicksburg parole certificate. Two company muster rolls survived post Vicksburg, and he is not mentioned. Thus, I would conclude that his 1st Sergeant was aware of his death. However, this information is usually recorded on the roll.
Thanks for the info on Sgt. York.
George Martin
Curtis Gill, enlisted as a Private April 26, 1861 at Sweetwater, Monroe County, Tennessee by Capt. John Crawford Vaughn, in Company F, 3rd Tennessee Infantry, served on extra duty as a Teamster April/May 1862, captured and paroled at Vicksburg July 1863, no further records, reportedly killed or died on route home following parole
John Crawford Vaughn, High Sheriff of Monroe County, raised the company from Monroe county, then was elected Colonel of the 3rd Tennessee, Newton J. Lillard who later commanded the regiment was originally Captain of Company 'I' from Meigs County.
Note, Vaughn's brigade in which the 3rd, 31st/39th, 43rd, and 59th Tennessee were incorporated in November 1863, were mounted in December as a result of a letter from Vaughn to Jefferson Davis requesting the change to the Cavalry arm. Thereafter, they were recorded as Cavalry regiments in Vaughn's Cavalry Brigade. It is a mystery to me why they were post war listed as Mounted Infantry.
An interesting read on the 5th Tennessee Cavalry is that of "William E. Sloan's Diary of the Great War of Southern Independence." Sloan was an original member of the 3rd Tennessee and shifted to the 5th Cavalry following the regiments return from Virginia. Of interest is that when they dismounted to form a skirmish line, he notes: "When we halted at the foot of the mountain and counted off for horse holders (each fourth man was a horse holder in all dismounted fights) . . . "
This booklet is self published, n. d. I believe I picked it up three years ago at the History Branch of the Cleveland (Tennessee) Public Library, Barbara Fagen the Director. It is an extremely good read on the role of the cavalry in East Tennessee and Georgia.