LINDSEY VICKERS
5
thTENNESSEE CAVALRY
USA
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Born: 22 March 1818, Tennessee
Died: 22 February 1864, White County, Tennessee
Buried:
Vickers Cemetery, Putnam County, Tennessee
Parents: Mose and Nancy (Alta) Thomas
Married: Elizabeth Richardson on 25 October 1845 in DeKalb County, Tennessee
Born: 13 April 1832, Tennessee
Died: 30 March 1898 in Putnam County, Tennessee
Buried:
Vickers Cemetery, Putnam County, Tennessee
Parents: Caleb and Patsy (Medlin) Richardson
Children:
- Mary Angeline Vickers
- Esarilla Vickers
- John H. Vickers
- Eliza J. Vickers
- Hardin Perry Vickers
- Sarah Caroline Vickers
- Lindsey Angeline Vickers
RELATIVES WHO SERVED
- Brother: James Calvin Vickers - 5th Tennessee Cavalry
- Brother: William J. Vickers - 5th Tennessee Cavalry
MILITARY INFORMATION
5
thTennessee Cavalry
Company I
ABSTRACT:
- Entered service as a Private and left service as a PrivateEnter the Service as a Private
- Enlisted 24 November 1862 at Nashville
- Age: 44 years
- Height: 5' 10"
- Complexion: Fair
- Eyes: Blue
- Hair: Dark
- 21 Dec 1862 - 28 Feb 1863: Present
- Mar & Apr 1863: Absent sick in General Field Hospital Murfreesboro, TN since 18 Mar 1863
- May & Jun 1863: Captured near Dixon Springs, Smith County, Tenn., 22 Jun 1863
- Jul & Aug 1863: (Roll at Camp Chase) Present
- Nov & Dec 1863: Returned from Camp Chase, 5 Nov 1863
- Jan & Feb 1864: Killed in action near Johnson Mill, White Co, Tenn
- Memorandum From Prisoner of War Records: L. P. Vickers, 1st M. TN Cavalry - Co I; Captured at Carthage, TN 10 Jun 1863 & confined at Richmond, Va 24 June - 6 July 1863. Paroled at City Point, VA on 8 Jul 1863; Reported at Camp Parole, Md on 9 Jul 1864
- Final Statement
- Killed in Action near Johnson's Mill White County, Tenn on the 22nd day of February 1864
- Inventory of Effects: No Effects
US PENSION APPLICATION
- 11 Jul 1868:Widow's Pension Application: 162856; Certificate: 128400
- Download a Copy of His Pension Application
CENSUS DATA
- 1850 Census: Jackson County, TN, Page 256
- 1860 Census: Putnam County, TN, Page 46