Williamson Raney, age 24, enlisted as a 5th Sergeant in Company C, 23rd Tennessee Infantry (Newman's) Battalion October 20, 1862 at Thompson's Creek, Bedford County,Tennessee, on the Jan/Feb 1863 muster near Shelbyville, Tenn., he is listed as absent sick with the measles, he is last recorded present on the Mar/Apr 1863 muster, also near Shelbyville, no further records, the Jul/Aug 1863 muster took place at Chattanooga, Tenn., Sep/Oct at Sweet Water, Tenn., Jan/Feb 1864 near Dalton, Ga., and also there on the Mar/Apr, the MayJun 1863 muster roll is missing which is where his disposition should have been recorded

The May/Jun 1863 muster roll is missing for the other companies and Field & Staff