7th Tennessee Cavalry USA.
RADFORD, WILLIAM P, Companies E & C, pvt, enlisted for 3
years in Huntingdon, TN by Captain Parsons on 6/28/62 and
mustered at Humboldt, TN on 8/11/62 at age 27. He was
5'10" tall, fair complexion, hazel eyes, light hair, a
farmer, born in Henry Co, TN. He was due a $100 bounty for
enlistment. Captured and paroled with the regiment at the
battle of Trenton on 12/20/1862, Radford most likely spent
time in parole camp at Camp Chase in Columbus, OH along
with Colonel Hawkins and others of the regiment awaiting
exchange. These men were exchanged from June through
September, 1863. There is no evidence in the muster rolls
that he was surrendered with the regiment at Union City TN
on 3/24/64. The men not captured were stationed mostly in
Columbus, KY in the summer of 1864 and in Paducah, KY in
the fall. At some point Radford was sent to the hospital
in Jeffersonville, IN where he was ill with scrobutus. He
listed his wife Elizabeth Radford, who was living in
Illinois, as the person to contact. Discharge on 6/26/65
was most likely due to illness. Radford is buried in the
Oak Cemetery in the Crab Orchard Wildlife Preserve in
Williamson Co, IL. A minor's pension, #418,426, for
William A Radford was filed from Tennessee.4
Sources:
- William P. Radford Civil War Service Record
- Ancestry.com. Headstones Provided for Deceased Union Civil War Veterans, 1879-1903
- Ancestry.com. Tennessee, Marriage Records, 1780-2002
- THE 7TH TENNESSEE CAVALRY USA (Originally 2nd West Tennessee Volunteer Cavalry) Peggy Scott Holley
