Soldier's Notes
Private Junius H. Smith, Co. C, of Hawkins County, Tennessee was captured at Petersburg on June 17, 1864 and sent to Point Lookout Prison. On July 23 1864, he was transferred to Elmira Prison, New York where he died on January 9, 1865.
Robert B. Orrick served as a private in Fain's regiment. He was wounded in the head at Chicamaugua. Following the battle at Beans station, he was reported as deserting by his commanding officer. It was later documented that he left because of illness. He joined a militia in Hawkins County Tennessee after his return and received a pension from the state of Tennessee.
Private Richard David Rigsby was shot in the head above the right eye at Chickamauga, and not only did he survive the wound, but fought the rest of the war, until being captured at Petersburg just before General Lee's surrender. He was taken to Point Lookout prison and released on oath in June of 1865. He died in 1925 and is buried in Fordtown Baptist Church Cemetery in Kingsport, Tennesse.
Private Robert Kurtz Staten, Company D, joined the regiment before it was organized in May 1862. Robert was in the battle of Chickamauga and made the advance against Snodgrass Hill. During the movement against Knoxville, he accidentally wounded himself while on guard duty and was sent to a hospital in Loudon. It was here, in December 1863, that he was captured. He spent the rest of the war imprisoned in Louisville, Kentucky, and then later in Rock Island, Illinois. He was exchanged in Richmond in March 1865, and sent home to Jonesborough, Tenn., and took the oath in April 1865.
