James A. Tolle
Second Tennessee Mounted Infantry
James Anderson Tolle was the grandson of Jonathan Tolle
and Elizabeth Arnett and son of George W. and Elizabeth Skillern Tolle the
daughter of N. B. Skillern also a Union Mounted Inf. Soldier and Joseph Barnett
Wilson Skillern.. James was born November 11, 1844 in Hickman Co.,
TN. He died July
5, 1924 at Wayne County, Tennessee. He is buried at the Tolle Cemetery in Wayne County.
He married Tennessee
Wilson October 25, 1868 in Wayne Co., TN at the home of James Lee and
married by John Kimbro They had the following children: George (died at
the age of 10 years old), Annie, James Marion., Lester Odell, Bertha, Hatty and
Charlie Valentine ( a daughter).
James enlisted as a Private in Company "A", 2nd Regiment, Tennessee Mounted Infantry October 2, 1863 18 years of age. He applied for a Invalid Pension March 31, 1883. Application #182690 certificate # 266311. His widow applied for Widow's Pension August 1, 1914 Application # 122272 certificate # 953565. He had a curvature of the spine.
2nd Regiment, Tennessee Mounted Infantry
Organized at Nashville, Clifton and Franklin, Tenn., October 2,
1863, to April 10, 1864. Attached to Defenses of Nashville & Louisville Railroad, Dept. of the Cumberland, to March, 1865.
2nd Brigade, District of East Tennessee, Dept. of the
Cumberland, to June, 1865.
SERVICE.-Duty at Clifton and on line of the Louisville &
Nashville Railroad till November, 1864. Stone's Mill December 19, 1863. Skirmish in Berry County April 29, 1864.
Decatur County June 21. Centreville July. Blount County July
20. Skirmishes at Clifton July 22, 23, 30 and August 15-16.
Marysville August 21. Clinton Road August 27. Clifton August 31 and September 1. Lobelville and Beardstown September 27.
Centreville September 29. Moved to Johnsonville, Tenn., November, 1864, and duty on line of Duck River. Ordered to
Gallatin December 9. Patrol river from Gallatin to Carthage.
Duty at Clifton and on line of Louisville & Nashville Railroad till June. Mustered out June 27, 1865.
Lost during service 3 Officers and 30 Enlisted men killed and
mortally wounded and 3 Officers and 78 Enlisted men by disease. Total 114.
James A. Tolle is the Great-Great-Grandfather
of
Tonya & Charity Staggs
Company "A" 2nd Mounted Infantry Web Page
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