The Tipton Rifles

The first military group to be formed in Tipton County in 1861 and to be sent out to fight for the Confederacy.  This group consisted of men from Covington and the surrounding areas.

 

 

The Weekly Spy

Covington, TN

Saturday May 18, 1861

 

DEPARTED

 

Capt. John B. Turner left here last Tuesday morning for Memphis with company, destined for Germantown.  A list of the officers and privates may be found in another column.

Two more companies will soon leave this county, one cavalry and one foot company.  Old Tipton is responding to the call of her country.

 

The following is a list of the names of the members of the Tipton Rifles, who left this place on Tuesday morning the 14th inst., for Germantown:

 

Capt. -- John B. Turner

1st. Lieut -- John McKinzie

2d. Lieut -- H. W. B. Jones

3d. Lieut -- John T. Barret

Ord. Serg -- Peyton J. Smith

2d. Serg -- Philip A. Fisher

3d Serg -- J. H. Lauderdale

4th Serg -- James J. Stone

5th Serg -- John B. Payne

1st Corporal -- John A. Douglas

2d Corporal -- John L. Bledsoe

3d Corporal -- Wm. D. Smith

4th Corporal -- George Smith

Ensigne -- Becton Eckford

Privates
A. W. Smith R. C. Smith E. B. Daniels Jas. J. Ray T. Wright
G. W. Smitheal H. P. Cotton Wm. B. New P. M. Hughlet L. Davis
W. C. Davis J. McIntosh J. H. Gray Wm. R. Harris Wm. S. Harris
O. F. Turner J. B. Turner Jr. R. Turner J. D. Clark J. Layers
J. H. Smith Jas. G. Riley R. Wormath E. Yarbro S. S. Gill
J. A. Benard Wm. Bell John R. Wiseman N. Coats T. Coats
Wm. Wilkins A. Mayo J. R. Patton A. F. StSure A. Taylon
R. Brooks Thos. Malone M. Malone J. Brown A. McGregor
J. Dillahunty Geo. W. W. Townsend W. Cockrill C. Ralph D. H. Haynie
M. Costillo H. A. Miller J. G. Talley M. Fleming J. Shankle
R. Rutherford W. E. Wiseman Thos. Kutherford P. Turner R. McFadden
R. Bell S. Winfree H. A. Yar- W. H. Cage J. Winn
J. C. Drennan O. H. Stansbury S. Roe W. A. Smith W. B. Harrison
J. E. Dobson E. G. Robertson J. A. Overall J. K. Harrison H. Y. Smith
R. W. Mullins J. C. Kidd T. B. Stepleton J. A. McGuire M. Kelly
P. T. Winn C. Y. Debnam B. H. Ferrill John Haywood  

 

Note: All names are as they appear in the news article.

 

 

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