Joseph's listing in the American CW Research Database, Historical Data Systems, contains commingled information from John R's records. See below.
Turney's 1st Tennessee was not at Perryville, remaining with the Army of Northern Virginia.
Joseph R. Cates
Residence was not listed;
Enlisted as a Private (date unknown).
He was listed as:
* POW 7/3/1863 (place not stated)
* Wounded 7/3/1863 (place not stated) (Severe wound in right arm, amputated)
Company "I" Co. TN 1st Infantry (Feild's)
Sources used by Historical Data Systems, Inc.:
- Index to Compiled Confederate Military Service Records
- The Medical and Surgical History of the Civil War
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John R. Cates
Residence was not listed;
Enlisted as a Private
Company "E" Co. TN 1st Infantry (Turney's)
Sources used by Historical Data Systems, Inc.:
- Index to Compiled Confederate Military Service Records
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Joseph Cates, Private, Captain William Ledbetter's Company, 1st Regiment Tennessee Infantry,* enlisted May 2, 1861 at Murfreesboro, re-enlisted for two years, April 30, 186 at Corinth, Mississippi, killed in the engagement near Perryville, Kentucky October 8, 1862
* This company was also known as Company I, (Feild's) regiment Tennessee Infantry.
M268: Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Tennessee